Mangaluru : Rare HIPEC Surgery for cancer successfully done at AJ hospital
Mangaluru: Kuntikana’s AJ Hospital and Research Center, which is known for successful management of complex surgeries, has added one more feather in its cap.
A 59-year-old man from Tumkur was treated at a well-known hospital in Bengaluru for a Pseudomonas tumor four years ago, but he again complained the same problem and was suffering from severe pain. When he was examined through a CT scan, it was found that he needs multiple organs treatment. The patient was admitted to AJ Hospital on August 14 after surgical inspection and pre-preparation. The doctor's team, led by cancer surgeon Dr. Vishwanath, performed an 18-hour surgery and successfully removed the tumor.
The surgeon's team included Surgical Gastroenterologist Dr. Rohan Shetty, Dr. Ashwin Alva, Medical Oncologist Dr. Rachan Shetty, and Anesthesiologist Dr. Trivikram Thantri.
The specialty of this surgery:
The patient was subjected to a multiple organ surgery as the disease had spread to the principal organs of the body. This resulted in the removal of a part of the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and spleen. The outer part of the pancreas had to be eliminated. Besides, peritoneum was also completely removed. It was a complicated surgery that was performed for 18 hours, Dr. Vishwanath informed.
Then the chemotherapy was performed within the stomach at a temperature of 42 degrees for 90 minutes by the Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) machine. Delivering hot chemotherapy directly into the peritoneal hole helps in destroying cancer cells that are not visible to human eyes. With chemotherapy given through HIPEC, the medicine will instantly be in contact with the cancer cells, and the side effects can be reduced.
As the HIPEC chemotherapy was given in Mangaluru for the first time, a team of doctors headed by Anastasia division head Dr. Trivikram Thantri kept the patient's condition in constant care. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the 12th day after the patient’s condition was normal.
The surgical procedure through HIPEC equipment has been given for the first time in the Karavali, and it is intended to treat patients with such technique hereafter as well. AJ Hospital has all the technology and expert specialists to treat such deceases.
People do not necessarily need to go to far places for the treatment of such problems. This treatment will be available in Mangaluru for the patients of Kerala and coastal region,
For more details on this surgery, the hospital cancer surgeon Dr. Vishwanath can be contacted on 8123567396.
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UK Professor Nitasha Kaul's Overseas Citizenship of India cancelled
Academician decries move as "transnational repression"
London/New Delhi: Professor Nitasha Kaul, a London-based academic, announced on May 18, 2025, via a social media post that her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card has been cancelled by the Indian government. She described the move as a "bad faith, vindictive, cruel example of transnational repression" intended to punish her for her scholarly work critical of the Modi government's policies concerning minorities and democracy.
The cancellation follows an incident in February 2024 when Professor Kaul, who holds a British passport and held an OCI card, was denied entry into India upon arrival at Bengaluru airport. She had been invited by the then Congress-led Karnataka state government to speak at a conference on "The Constitution and Unity in India."
According to an image of the letter shared by Professor Kaul, the Indian government stated that it had been "brought to the notice of the Government of India that you have been found indulging in anti-India activities, motivated by malice and complete disregard for facts or history." The letter further accused her of regularly targeting India and its institutions on matters of India's sovereignty through "numerous inimical writings, speeches and journalistic activities at various international forums and on social media platforms."
Professor Kaul, who is a Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at the University of Westminster, London, vehemently rejects these accusations. She stated she had provided a 20,000-word response to what she termed the government's "ridiculous inanity about ‘anti-India’," but the OCI was cancelled through a "rigged process."
In her social media posts, Professor Kaul lamented the decision, questioning how the "mother of democracy" could deny her access to her mother in India. She characterized the action as stemming from "thin-skinned, petty insecurity with no respect for well-intentioned dissent."
The February 2024 denial of entry had already sparked controversy. At the time, immigration officials reportedly cited "orders from Delhi" without providing formal reasons, though Professor Kaul mentioned informal references to her past criticism of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The Ministry of External Affairs had then responded by stating that the entry of foreign nationals into India is a "sovereign decision." Unofficial government sources had indicated that a "preventive lookout circular" was issued against her due to her alleged "pro-separatist" and "anti-India" stance on Kashmir.
The BJP in Karnataka had criticised the state government for inviting her, labelling her an "anti-India element." Conversely, the then-Karnataka government and various international human rights organizations and academic bodies had condemned the denial of entry.
Professor Kaul has been an outspoken commentator on Indian politics, including the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, and has testified before international bodies such as the US Congress on human rights in the region. She maintains her work is academic and pro-democracy, not anti-India.
The cancellation of her OCI card effectively bars her from entering India, a country to which she has personal and academic ties. This incident adds to a growing list of academics, journalists, and activists of Indian origin whose OCI status has been revoked or who have been denied entry to India in recent years, raising concerns about freedom of speech and dissent. Reports indicate that over 100 OCI cards were cancelled by the Indian government between 2014 and May 2023. Furthermore, in 2021, new rules were introduced requiring OCI cardholders to obtain special permission for activities such as research and journalism.
