Lucknow | A 15-year-old ‘girl’ completed her journey of being a ‘boy’ when she chopped off her hair and got a new look. The ‘girl’ became a ‘boy’ with the doctors at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) performing a sex-change surgery recently. Prof Vishwajeet Singh, senior faculty in urology department, who led the surgical […]
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Woman gets heart surgery, delivers child at the same time
Lucknow | Doctors at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) have successfully conducted heart surgery and a Caesarean section delivery on a patient. Dr Sudhir Singh, spokesperson, KGMU, said, “Such a complex procedure for a pregnant woman was conducted for the first time in Uttar Pradesh to the best of our knowledge. Both mother and newborn […]
Even single-dose of vaccine effective against Covid: KGMU study
Lucknow | A study conducted by the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here on 56 resident doctors who got infected twice in a gap of 5-6 months, has revealed that even a single dose of vaccine can provide a shield against severe illness after contracting Covid. The study found that 21 doctors out of 56, who […]
Lucknow: 40 KGMU doctors test Covid positive
Lucknow | Forty doctors of Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University (KGMU), including Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (retd) Vipin Puri, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This is the second time since last August that the Vice Chancellor has been infected by the virus. He was administered the second dose of vaccine on March 25. Sandeep […]
KGMU begins plasma therapy on corona patient
Lucknow: Convalescent plasma therapy on the critical patient was conducted by doctors of King George’s Medical University (KGMU), which also recorded its third plasma donation on Sunday. A 54-year-old government doctor from Orai was transfused with plasma donated by Canada-based woman doctor who, incidentally, was Lucknow’s first Corona virus patient and recovered after quarantine and […]
Lucknow: 65 KGMU staffers including 13 doctors quarantined after patient tests positive
Lucknow: In a major development, at least 65 staffers, including 13 resident doctors, of the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) trauma centre were sent on institutional quarantine after a 64-year-old patient they were treating was tested positive for Corona virus. The patient, who was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, has been shifted to the […]
KGMU suspends classes after doctor tests corona positive
Lucknow: The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has suspended all classes, including MBBS, BDS, B.Sc, nursing and paramedical, after a junior doctor tested Coronavirus positive on Wednesday morning. The junior doctor who tested positive was a part of the medical team that is treating the two Corona positive patients in the KGMU. The KGMU is […]
KGMU doctor tests positive as corona cases in UP rise to 16
Lucknow: A junior doctor in the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has tested positive for coronavirus. This is the third COVID-19 case to test positive in the Uttar Pradesh capital, taking the total number reported cases to 16 in the state so far. The junior doctor has been quarantined in the KGMU. He was a […]