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Kauvery Hospital launches advanced ECMO services in Chennai
Kauvery Hospital has launched specialised ECMO services at its Vadapalani centre in Chennai.
The services include support for severe heart, lung or combined failure, using different forms of ECMO.
ECMO temporarily supports a patient’s heart or lungs when conventional treatment is not enough, giving doctors time to treat the underlying condition and assess recovery.
The programme also includes awake ECMO and support for road and air transfers.
The approach considers the heart, lungs and other organs together, because patients may face complications across several organs.
The programme is led by K. Madhan Kumar, a cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon, and no further steps were specified.
Kauvery Hospital in Vadapalani, Chennai, has launched specialised ECMO and advanced life-support services.
The services cover severe respiratory failure, cardiac failure and combined heart and lung failure.
The programme also offers awake ECMO and ECMO-supported road and air transfers.
The hospital says the centre takes a critical-care approach that considers the heart, lungs and other organs together.
The programme is led by K. Madhan Kumar, the hospital’s Director of ECMO and VAD and a senior consultant cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon.
- Who
- Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, launched the services.
- What
- It launched a suite of specialised ECMO and advanced life-support services.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, Chennai.
- Why
- The services are intended to support patients with complex clinical needs, including severe heart or lung failure.
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- Hospital
- Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani
- Location
- Chennai
- Programme leader
- K. Madhan Kumar
- Service
- VV-ECMO for severe respiratory failure
- Service
- VA-ECMO for cardiac failure
- Service
- ECMO-supported road and air transfers
What people are saying
When severe heart or lung failure does not respond to conventional treatment, ECMO provides temporary life support, allowing doctors to treat the underlying condition and assess the potential for recovery.
Advanced critical care depends on the strength of the team behind it.
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