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KIMSHEALTH employs ECMO for 44 days to save life of severe COVID patient

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 24 (UNI) A seriously ill COVID patient from the district has been treated and brought back to life, by employing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) — a procedure which oxygenates a patient’s blood outside the body — for 44 days, at the KIMSHEALTH hospital here.
The 38-year-old engineer, who was in home quarantine after turning Covid positive, was advised through teleconsultation to come to the hospital after his oxygen saturation dropped suddenly, sources said on Saturday.
The initial treatment was supervised by the KIMSHEALTH COVID team. The patient was given oxygen support and moved to the multidisciplinary ICU. He was then put on the ventilator as his condition worsened after he developed pneumonia and his lungs function dropped.
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