A MUST KNOW FOR ALL MEDICAL ENTRANCE STUDENTS

First time in Nepal

----Compiled by : Kishor Joshi,MBBS final year,IOM

1. Test tube baby

-On falgun 20, 2061 Nepal’s first test tube baby Om Mani Tamang was born. Since then more than hundred test tube babies have been born at In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) center of OM hospital. It should be noted that when Om Mani Tamang was born, first test tube baby of world, Louis Brown was 27 years old. Till date there are over 12 lakhs test tube babies in the world.

2. Cochlear implantation

- First cochlear implantation in Nepal was strated in 26th December, 2004 in TU Teaching Hospital

3. Stem cell bank

- A couple of years ago Good health people service and diagnostic center headed by Gautam pradhan got affiliation from Cryo bank international to preserve stem cell.Stem cells are extracted from blood in the umbilical cord.Stem cells are primitive cells with the possibility of both self renewal and differentiation and thus can be used to treat blood cancer,various anemias,myocardial infarction,Alzheimer’s disease,diabetes etc.It costs around one lakh 15 thousand to preserve stem cells in International bank for 21 years. 

SNAKE BITES

By BISHAL GYAWALI 



1. Snake venom is a cocktail of proteins: many (>20) are enzymes like phospholipase, ATPase, nucleotidase and other non enzymatic compounds like neurotoxins, hemorrhagins, and cardiotoxins. The outcome of snake bites is very unpredictable ranging from virtually no effect to death.
2. Local pain, paresthesia(altered sensation) and swelling suggest Cobra bites. Tissue necrosis suggests viper bites.

3. Nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, syncope, cold and clammy skin soon after the bite. These features are seen due to fright rxn.

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Rabi Lamichhane set the world record for longest television talk show.

Nepalese television presenter Rabi Lamichhane (L) is presented with a certificate by a Guinness World Records official after taking the world record for hosting longest television talk show in Kathmandu on April 14, 2013. Lamichhane set the world record for the longest television talk show by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said Sunday. One hundred guests, ranging from former Maoist rebel leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, to the Indian ambassador to Nepal, to Nepalese television celebrities and common people joined Lamichhane during the programme. AFP PHOTO/ STR