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Eastern India’s largest ECMO unit becomes operational in Odisha

“Though ECMO unit had become functional at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar in the last month, we are yet to administer ECMO therapy as no COVID critical patient has been referred for clinical intervention so far”, said B. Geetanjali, Director of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar.

Odisha villages sans basic needs as schemes bypass them

The villages have no connectivity, electricity, roads, primary school, or health care facilities. Children who go to the Beheraguda primary school fail to do so when the river swells. They depend on village quacks, priests, herbs for their ailments.