The 19-year-old patient from Jharkhand, leading an isolated life for the last ten years, underwent 14-hour surgery at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. Surgeons reconstructed his upper jaw using his leg bone. This is the largest ever reported upper jaw tumor of its kind. The hospital performed the surgery free of cost.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center, Kochi, were presented with the Excellence awards by the Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan, at the World Environment Day celebrations held at the Mascot Hotel, Trivandrum, on June 7, 2018.
Dr. Pillay V. V., Head of Department, Department of Forensic Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, attended the 12th Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Toxicology ( TOXOCON -12), which was held at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, from April 6 to 7, 2018.
A 21-year-old patient from Yemen, Islam Hussein, who lost both his hands and eyesight in a bomb blast, has regained vision in one eye after successfully undergoing a corneal transplant at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
Dr. Vidya Jha, 2nd Semester MHA student at Amrita, received first prize for her paper (oral) presentation at SYMHEALTH 2018 – National Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach to Healthcare, held at Symbiosis International University, Pune, from May 3- 5, 2018.
A neuro-surgical procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) offers patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease a new ray of hope, enabling them to lead a near-normal life, neurology specialists at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences said on the eve of World Parkinson’s Day on April 11, 2018.
Dr. V. V. Pillay, Chief, Poison Control Centre, and Professor & Head, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, attended the 2018 Society of Toxicology’s 57th Annual Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, USA, from March 11 – 15, 2018.
The Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Amrita School of Medicine, hosted the 4th National Conference in Emergency and Trauma Care, AETLS -18, from 5th to 7th March, 2018.
Dr. K. N. Panicker, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Community Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, visited Berlin from February 20 – 23, 2018, to participate in an Advocacy Planning Meeting of Neglected Tropical diseases.
Students from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, secured first prize in the quiz competition at the Kerala State Chapter Level Emergency Medicine Conference, ‘EM Kerala 2018’, an academic fest organized by the Emergency Medicine Association.
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