New Lifeline Hospital launched ECMO Facility in Zirakpur
Zirakpur: New Lifeline Superspeciality Hospital was inaugurated here today along with the launch of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) facility. The facility was launched by Dr Muneesh Goel (MCh, CTVS). In his inaugural speech, Dr Praveer Goel, Managing Director, New Lifeline Superspeciality Hospital said, “ECMO is the ultimate life saving therapy in the world today available at very high end selected centers worldwide. This is a form of extra corpeal life support, where an external artificial circulator carries venous blood from the patient to a gas exchange device (Oxygenator) where blood is enriched with Oxygen and its Carbon Dioxide gets removed. This blood then re-enters the patient’s blood circulation.” While addressing the media, Dr Rachit Duggal, MD – Anaesthesia said, “ECMO is truly the new standard of care in any critical care setting. It provides chances of survival in cases of heart failure, lung failure where patient would have otherwise certainly die...