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KIDS Faculty Felicitated on International Women’s Day by ISPPD
Dr. Kanika Singh Dhull, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Preventive Dentistry, KIDS has been awarded the “Distinguished Woman Award” for her exceptional contribution to the Society of Paediatric Dentistry by Indian…
KIMS Pediatrics Team Saves Life of a Child with Dreaded Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) is a long-term public health challenge with recurrent seasonal outbreaks in many districts of Odisha. It's a clinical condition with multiple etiologies including Japanese encephalitis (JE), Herpes simplex…
Director, Student Counselling Interacts with First Year MBBS Students of KIMS
The first year undergraduate students of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) were inducted to the KIIT Student Counselling Cell on 13th March 2021. Dr. Nandita Sen, Director Students’ Affairs, KIMS introduced Dr. Sucheta…
Eagle’s Syndrome: Endoscopic Trans Palatal Bilateral Styloidectomy
Introduction
Elongated styloid process syndrome, first described by American otolaryngologist Watt Weems Eagle in 1937, is a rare facial pain syndrome affecting 0.4% of the population. It is characterized by elongation of…
A Rare Case of Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia in a 9-Year Old Male Child
Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia (TPE) is one of a number of syndromes characterized by pulmonary infiltrates and peripheral eosinophilia. TPE is a variant of filariasis that results from a hypersensitivity response to the microfilariae of…
PhD Orientation Programme – 2021 at KIMS
The Department of Research and Development (R&D), KIMS, KIIT-DU organized an orientation programme for the first batch of PhD students (three in Physiology and one in Anatomy) enrolled in the academic year 2020-21 on 2nd March…
Surgical Management of Glomus Jugulare Tumor: An Infratemporal Fossa Approach
Introduction
Paragangliomas (commonly referred to as glomus tumors) are tumors of the paraganglionic tissue. They are slow growing, usually benign and highly vascular tumors. Within the head and neck, these cell rests are…
A Case of Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated in Department of Paediatrics, KIMS
A 13-year old girl from Keonjhar got admitted to KIMS, PICU on 11th January 2021 as a case of status epilepticus with suspected Encephalitis. In fact, she was in SCB MCH for seven days before being admitted to KIMS hospital. Due…
KIMS General Surgery Department Successfully Operates A Rare Case of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei –…
Introduction
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP), nicknamed “Jelly Belly”, is a very rare disease characterised by the presence of jelly-like fluid called mucin in the abdominal cavity. What makes it so…
KINS e-Seminar on Palliative Care Concludes
Palliative Care as an approach improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering: World Health Organization
The…