Fifty-six years since KEM Hospital performed the first two human heart transplants in the state, it endeavours to launch its heart transplant programme, making it the first public hospital in the state to offer this critical medical service.
According to the hospital authority, on an average, every month they are admitting at least 30 to 40 dogs suffering with canine distemper viral disease in the hospital. Shockingly, the hospital authority reveals that every month around 50 per cent of the infected cases (dogs) admitted loses their life during the treatment