COVID Patient with Severe Complications Recovers After Double ECMO at MGM Healthcare Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India: MGM Healthcare, a super-specialty hospital in the heart of Chennai city, today announced that it has successfully treated 37-year-old male COVID-infected patient with the aid of double Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - a procedure that oxygenates a patient’s blood outside the body. It is an extremely rare occurrence as ECMO support was engaged twice especially for a COVID-positive patient. Dr. KR Balakrishnan, Chairman-Cardiac Sciences Director, Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support, MGM Healthcare explained about the case and said, “The patient Mr. Deepak Kumar Keshav from Rajkot was shifted to MGM Healthcare Chennai on 12 th April 2021 was being treated for COVID Pneumonia and was put on ventilator support. He was obese and had tested COVID positive on 25 th March 2021. He was put on ECMO support on 11 th April by the MGM team of Doctors and slowly the support was withdrawn as the patient’s health cond