Odisha gets 9 ECMO machines
The Hindu
Till a few months ago, State did not have an ECMO facility; critically ill COVID-19 patients had to be air-lifted out
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated nine extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines, which support the lungs or heart of critically ill patients and allow the organs to recover, in the government-run SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack. The nine ECMO machines constitute the largest ECMO unit in eastern India. “The ECMO plays a life-saving role for critical COVID-19 patients. Seriously ill COVID-19 patients of Odisha will no longer be required to go outside to avail this treatment,” Mr. Patnaik said. He added, “Highly qualified doctors and professionals have been engaged to operate these units. ECMO treatment is very expensive but the State government will make the treatment available free of cost. People will not have to bear any cost for this.”
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