Mangalore April 29: The Super Speciality block of K S Hegde Hospital in Deralakatte will be inaugurated on April 29 and the commemoration function will be held at 7.30 pm on the same day at K S Hegde Auditorium at Medical College Campus.

Speaking to media persons here on Monday, President of Nitte Education Trust N Vinaya Hegde informed that a well known Cardio-Vascular Surgeon in USA Dr Mahesh Ramchandani, cardio-vascular surgeon of Cumballa Hill Hospital, Mumbai Dr K R Shetty and well known medical practitioner from Mumbai Dr N V Adyanthaya will be the Chief Guests for the function. Dr Ajith Adyanthaya a well-known Cardiologist of Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA will be the Guest of Honour during the function.

Prior to this function, there will be a video conferencing between K S Hegde Hospital and Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA during which a panel of well known cardiologists and cardiac surgeons of Mangalore and Methodist Hospital would interact. The video conferencing will be inaugurated by Dr Michael Ellis Debakey, the world renowned Cardio-Vascular Surgeon and Researcher of USA. The conference will be led by Dr Mahesh Ramchandani, Dr Ajith Adyanthaya and Dr Lumsden of Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA.

The Super speciality block has a most advanced cardiology department that has a state-of-art flat panel cath lab and advanced operation theatre with facilities for angiogram, angioplasty and valvuloplasty. The hospital also has very advanced treatment facilities in Paediatric Surgery, Neurology, Neuro Surgery, Urology, Nephrology and Craniofacial Surgery. The hospital has a wide range of modern equipment like Ultramodern Cath Lab, MRI scan, Spiral CT scan, Ultrasonography, Mammography, Dialysis unit, fully equipped 15 modern operation theatres well equipped ICU/ICCU and Blood Bank.

Mr Vinaya Hegde said that more than Rs 15 crores have been spend to set up the super speciality wing, which he thinks will encourage research activities in the hospital. The hospital has also introduced a set of special rooms, general, a/c and suits, mainly targeting the middle class, he added.

Vice Chairman of the Hospital Dr M Shantharam Shetty, KSHEMA Dean Dr Arunachalam Kumar, Vice Dean Dr Santhosh Bhandary and other specialists were present on the occasion.

Genetic status of foetus

Thousands of babies are born every year with genetic disorders due to which they become mentally and sometimes physically challenged. According to Dr Lekha Pandit, Neurologist in KSHEMA, these disorders can be identified as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy by a series of blood tests of the mother.

“If the first child in a family has some kind of genetic disorder, there is a chance that the second child to have a similar disorder. In that case, the parents can vent their anxiety by undergoing this particular test and be sure whether their child is going to have any disorder, when it is still young in the womb. This also enables them to take a decision whether to have the baby or not”, Dr Lekha explained.

Dr Lekha has done extensive and original research in this field and hopes that the research would further enable the medical fraternity to correct the genetic disorders of the foetus right inside the womb. The facility which is now available in KSHEMA is the first of its kind in South India, Dr Lekha added.

DHNS