In a remarkable life-saving effort, the PICU team at KIMS Cuddles, Kondapur, led by Dr. Parag Shankarrao Dekate, successfully saved a 14-year-old girl battling severe pneumonia, septic shock and dangerously low oxygen levels using ultra-rapid VV-ECMO life support — initiated within an hour of her arrival.

With swift “scoop-and-run” retrieval, precision teamwork, and advanced paediatric critical care, the young patient made a full recovery after 35 days of intensive treatment — even overcoming a rare complication along the way.