Kauvery Hospital launches comprehensive suite of advanced ECMO and multi-organ life support services

Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, in Chennai has launched a suite of specialised Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) services to support patients with complex clinical needs as part of a comprehensive critical care approach that considers the heart, lungs and other organs collectively.

According to a release, the hospital’s Kauvery Centre for ECMO and Advanced Life Support offers a range of specialised services, including VV-ECMO for severe respiratory failure, VA-ECMO for cardiac failure, V-AV ECMO (Hybrid ECMO) for combined heart and lung failure, awake ECMO, and ECMO-supported road and air transfers. The programme is led by K. Madhan Kumar, Director – ECMO and VAD, and Senior Consultant – Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon at Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, who currently serves as president of the ECMO Society of India.