AIIMS Bhubaneswar treats infant’s rare lung disease
The Hindu
22-month-old baby girl was provided ECMO support
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Bhubaneswar has successfully treated a 22-month-old girl suffering from Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, a rare disease of the lungs, by placing her on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) support.
This girl is also the youngest child in India to have undergone this procedure, AIIMS-Bhubaneswar said here on September 18.
According to the hospital authorities, the girl, who hails from Dhenkanal, had tested positive for COVID-19 along with other family members in June 2021. She had, however, recovered.

After more-than-two-year wait, the flyover at Goripalayam junction will be commissioned on Saturday. As of now, the main arm of the new flyover, named after freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, will help to decongest vehicular movement from Tamukkam junction till Nelpettai junction on East Veli Street.












