by Echelon Hospital | May 11, 2026 | Blog
A patient is shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) when one or more vital functions breathing, circulation, or consciousness become unstable and need continuous monitoring or active support that a regular ward cannot provide. This includes severe infections,...
by Echelon Hospital | May 10, 2026 | Blog
Most women have had a late period at some point. Stress, travel, a bad month at work – these things happen. But when your cycle keeps shifting every month with no pattern, or disappears for months at a stretch, that’s a different situation altogether. If...
by Echelon Hospital | May 9, 2026 | Blog
On average, most patients lose somewhere between 50% and 80% of their excess body weight in the first 12 to 18 months after bariatric surgery – and that gap between 50 and 80 is bigger than it sounds. Someone 50 kilos overweight losing 50% gets a very different...
by Echelon Hospital | May 7, 2026 | Blog
To be eligible for weight loss surgery, you generally need to hit specific BMI thresholds – a BMI of 40 or above, or 35 and above if conditions like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, or sleep apnoea are already in the picture. But the number on the BMI chart is...
by Echelon Hospital | May 6, 2026 | Blog
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a chronic functional disorder of the digestive system – and honestly, it’s one of the most underdiagnosed conditions out there, mostly because people spend years blaming it on something they ate or a bad week at work. The signs...
