A CASE OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE MENINGITIS IN A NEONATE

Bacteraemia resulting due to vibrio cholera can lead to invasive disease such as septicemia and meningitis in the neonatal age group especially in immunosuppressed population. Vibrio cholera is known to cause diarrhoeal illness in adults and children but very rarely, it causes infection in neonates. We report a case of septicemia with meningitis due to vibrio cholera in a neonate at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (IAH), New Delhi.

Misleading allegations against Apollo Hospital, Gandhinagar for continuing ventilator on a dead patient

<span>Recently, the family of a deceased woman has blamed the Apollo Hospital located in Gandhinagar of ventilator on the patient even after she was dead (post pregnancy complications).</span><span> They made this allegation to the Rakhiyal police station of Dehgam Taluka, Gandhinagar district.</span>

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Intracranial Meningioma in Apollo Hospitals Dhaka

Background: A meningioma is a tumor that arises from the meninges- the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.Objective: This is a retrospective analysis of the recorded data of patients managed for intracranial meningiomas between January 2007 and June 2015 at Apollo Hospital, Dhaka.Methodology: Demographic data was analyzed for all but only patients who had surgery and histological diagnosis were analyzed for outcome.Results: This study shows that meningiomas had female preponderance. Majority cases were above 50 years of age. Convexity is the most common anatomical location of meningioma. Most common symptoms were headache (70%) followed by seizure in 34.3% of patients. 90% of the cases were benign. Malignant meningioma was 1.4% and recurrence was found in 1.4% of cases. Six patients with histological grades I, II and III meningi- omas were sent for stereotactic radiotherapy after incomplete tumor resection or for residual tumour. Total removal was done in 80% cases and the mortality was 1.4%, in patient who had poor GCS score on admission.Pulse Vol.9 January-December 2016 p.22-26

Syed Mohammad Yunus Jaffery 1930–2016

Dr. Yunus Jaffery, distinguished Persian scholar and teacher and a living legend of old Delhi, died on Monday, August 29 at the age of 86 after a short stay at Apollo Hospital, Delhi, surrounded by his nephew Faridun, his niece Simin and other family members. An authority on Delhi and Indo–Persian literature and author of influential text editions of Persian historians and poets who wrote during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1628–58), Dr. Jaffery taught Persian at the Anglo-Arabic School of Zakir Husain College (previously Delhi College) until his retirement in 1995. His room, his hujra in the historical building of the madrasa of Ghaziuddin in which the Anglo-Arabic School is situated outside Ajmeri Gate became a place of pilgrimage for an international community of scholars, writers, students, and journalists who sought to study classical Persian, acquire knowledge on the history and culture of old Delhi and the Mughals, sought a rare publication in his library, or who just wanted to meet the famous Dr. Jaffery, who had been the guide of William Dalrymple to his “City of Djinns.”