National Health Service (NHS)

[ad_1] The student recovered without the need for ECMO.London: An Indian-American student studying in London has decided to choose a career in medicine after the UK's National Health Service (NHS) medics saved his life after his heart stopped six times.Atul Rao, from Seattle and a student from Baylor University in Texas, developed a blood clot in his lungs which stopped the blood flow through his heart, a condition called pulmonary embolism, and caused him to go into cardiac arrest.After he was rushed to London's Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hammersmith Hospital's heart attack centre, scans confirmed that blood clots in the lungs were blocking the flow of blood from the heart. Recently, Rao returned to the hospital in London with his parents to express his gratitude."Before this...

[ad_1] The health regulator has given a go ahead for a Faecal Microbiota Transplant. (Representational Photo)As hundreds of patients are battling from a difficult-to-treat superbug, faecal transplants will be made available to them in order to treat their infections. The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is planning to use gut bacteria extracted from healthy donor's faeces to treat these patients with the transplant, said a report from The Guardian.The health regulator, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has given a green signal for a Faecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) to be made available to patients who have failed two or more rounds of Clostridium difficile (C.diff) treatment, the outlet further said.By introducing a variety of gut bacteria and other m...

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Indian-American Student Saved In UK After Heart Stopped Six Times

Hundreds Struggling With “Superbug” In UK To Be Given Faecal Transplants: Report