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Ranchi: Around 90 doctors from various medical disciplines were given training on the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) procedure as part of their Continuing Medical Education (CME) on Saturday.
ECMO, also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is a technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life, has emerged as a boon for the critically-ill Covid-19 patients.
So far, ECMO has helped 70% of such patients and experts who have helped patients across the country said those operating the ECMO machines have to take care of various aspects.
Over 75 per cent of those who complained of minor adverse effects after receiving the vaccine against coronavirus in Jharkhand are residents of Ranchi, according to data collected by the National Health Mission (NHM).
Doctors spearheading the vaccination campaign in Jharkhand, however, could not state any scientific reason behind the higher rate of adverse effects reported in the state capital, barring that more people were vaccinated in Ranchi compared to the remaining 23 districts.
“Most of the people who complained of adverse effects after vaccination only suffered from minor pains in the arm. We have not reported any case of severe adverse effects following immunisation in Jharkhand,” said Dr Ajit Prasad, the nodal officer for the vaccination programme in the state.
Ranchi: The sadar hospital in Ranchi wore a festive look with balloons hanging from the ceilings and rangolis on the floor as the Covid-19 vaccination drive began in the city around 10.45am on Saturday. After 10 months of the pandemic, the vaccination to control the pandemic commenced at 48 centres across the state.
Dr Ranju Sinha, a pathologist working with at the hospital and among the first five recipients of the vaccine, was excited to get inoculated on Day One and was counselling her colleagues as she prepared to get the shot. “I have complete trust in the work of our scientists and researchers who have worked day and night to come up with this vaccine. You shouldn’t harbour an iota of doubt over its efficacy,” the 49-year-old said, while motivating one of her colleagues.
Medica director, Sadar hospital worker get first jabs in Ranchi Being a doctor and the director of a hospital I thought it is my job to also be the first to take the vaccine so that others can get motivated, says Dr Vijay Mishra
When Mariam Guriya, a cleanliness worker at Ranchi’s Sadar hospital, walked out of the vaccination centre about an hour after becoming the first recipient of Covishield in the state on Saturday, all she had to say was: “It felt like a small pinch in my arm. Nothing unusual.”
The 30-year-old frontline worker said she was proud to be among the first people to get the vaccine and appealed to others to not refrain from doing so.