Breakthrough Cases

Dr Niranjan N Rathod | Reduced Intensity Conditioning (RIC) Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant (PBSCT)

Mr. P.S. a 50 year old man was diagnosed as case of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), 2 months back. Patient received induction chemotherapy at reputed hospital in Mumbai. Patient required haematopoietic stem cell transplant as part of ideal treatment. Fortunately, he has HLA matched sister.

Dr Niranjan N Rathod. Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (BMT) | Stem Cell Transplant

Mr. N S a 27 years old gentleman was diagnosed to have Aplastic Anaemia 6 months back and have been having low haemoglobin, wbc count and platelet count requiring frequent blood transfusion. This is a life threatening condition of bone marrow failure and risk to life comes from severe infections and bleeding in these patients.

Dr Hastak Hastak - Brain Attack Or Stroke: The New Hope | Neurology

Brain attack or stroke is a block or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. In India about 14 lakh people every year suffer from this dreadful disorder but few are aware about the availability of modern care. This is a story of a doctor helped by modern medicine and may allow you to help your dear one.

Dr. Suchitra Panit, Dr. Vinay Joshi and Dr. Preetha Joshi | Gynaecologist & NICU Team

Mrs. Shreya Singh Jitan delivered a healthy baby boy (2.8 Kgs) today at 5.35 pm. She was with us in the hospital for 3 months (since Feb, 2011) She had presented with a pregnancy of six months (26 weeks - 600 gms ) with a very short cervix and funnelling of internal os with bulging membranes (mouth of the womb was very short and open with the membranes bulging into it). This meant she would deliver very soon. At this stage one can put a stitch on the cervix called as a rescue cerclage of the internal os but due to the funnelling and bulging of membranes the water bag could easily burst, infection chances ...

Dr. Hemant Vadeyar, Dr. Geeta Billa and Dr. Ankur J. Shah | Liver Transplation

Mr R. M., a 53 year old gentleman, had been suffering from cirrhosis of the liver for some time and had been under treatment from various doctors within the city. The cause of the cirrhosis was not known.  Mr M was a teetotaller and was surprised to hear that he was suffering from this condition.  When his abdomen started filling up with fluid, it was evident that his liver was unlikely to recover.  Moreover, a scan suggested that there were some possible areas of tumour developing within his cirrhotic liver.  This is when his doctors advised him to undergo a liver transplant operation as soon as possible.

Dr. J. J. Dalal | Cardiology

A 92 year old man suffered from an acute myocardial infarction. He was hospitalized and thrombolized.In spite of full 15 day medical therapy, he continued to have symptoms, and option of angiography was suggested.However as he was 92 years old the patient and family were apprehensive about invasive procedures.We felt the patient had been fairly active prior to the episode and as he was remaining unstable we did his coronary angiogram.

Dr. Subhash Agal | Gastroenterology

A 36 yrs old women presented to Kokilaben Hospital on 23rd March 2009 with history of Recurrent Cholangitis for last six months.

She was seen by Dr.Subash Agal, Consultant Gastroenterologist at KDAH.

Dr. Mihir Bapat | Orthopaedics

A 30yr old man came to Kokilaben Hospital with severe pain in the right leg and a stiff back. He said that he was unable to do any activity due to pain. He had consulted several doctors and had received varying opinions.

Dr. Abhaya Kumar | Neurosurgery

A 87 year old women suffering from left Trigeminal Neuralgia for last 10 years was admitted with us recently.

She had tried conservative treatment with medicines.

Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala | Orthopaedics

New cell therapy can help avert knee replacement

Double Switch Surgery- Performed Successfully For The First Time in Mumbai | Cardiovascular Surgery Paediatric

The Pediatric Cardiac team at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital led by Dr Suresh Rao has written a new chapter in the history of Pediatric Heart Surgery in Mumbai.