Advanced robotic kidney transplant surgery at Yenepoya Medical College
Mangaluru, August 21: Robotic kidney transplantation has created a revolution in the medical field. Interestingly, the Yenepoya Medical College of Mangaluru is the first college in the state and the second in the country to have such a modern medical facility. With this facility, a patient was successfully transplanted a kidney in the college.
Sathish (name changed) was the sole breadwinner of the family. When he met Yenepoya Medical College Nephrology head Dr Santosh Pai with ill-health, he was diagnosed with kidney failure. Then the doctors advised him to transplant the kidney instead of treatment. Later, his own elder sister agreed to donate the kidney. After all prior examinations of both, the doctors team decided to conduct the surgery with the robotic technology.
A team of doctors comprising Dr Mujeeb Rehman, Dr Altaf Khan and Dr Nischith D’Souza and Dr Padmanabh took the kidney from the donor through 3D laparoscopic surgery and transplanted it to the patient with the robotic technology successfully.
Robotic transplantation is different from the traditional open surgery. But it has several benefits. With minimal invasive surgery, the patient could get quick recovery. If it is in the traditional surgery, then the recovery of the patient has to take months. But in this surgery, the patient can go home within two-three days.
Robotic technology is a high-tech technology in the world. But it would require more skills to conduct surgeries. Fortunately, the Yenepoya Medical College doctors team has such an advanced skills, said Yenepoya university vice chancellor and noted cancer specialist Dr M Vijay Kumar.
Yenepoya university finance director Farhad Yenepoya appreciated the efforts of the doctors and promised of doing such surgeries to the poor at reasonable cost.
People in need of kidney transplantation and kidney failure and other diseases could contact Robotic and Kidney Transplantation Coordinator Nelvin Nelson (8123018855) for more details, according to a press release from the college.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
