Scott started feeling sick in the fall of 2017. After being transferred to GW Hospital, doctors discovered he had an infection in his heart. Soon after, Scott was placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). "ECMO is absolutely a life saving device. It is a temporary form of the heart-lung machine that we can use solely to allow their body time to recover," explains Elizabeth Pocock, MD, cardiac surgeon at GW Hospital. | George Washington University Hospital

Patient success story | ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) helps successfully treat critical case of covid The patient Mrs. Smriti tested positive for covid during the 8th month of her pregnancy. Her condition was critical & she was put on oxygen support. She was shifted to Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road. Dr. Arul D Furtado, Sr Consultant - CTVS at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore talks about how they successfully tackled her challenging case. She had delivered her bab