Hospitals

Chennai, June 12th, 2025 – Kauvery Hospital’s 24×7 Diabetes Helpline (88802 88802) has completed an impressive milestone of 1500 days of uninterrupted service since its launch on April 21, 2021. As one of the forerunners in establishing a dedicated helpline for diabetes care in Chennai, this initiative has become a …

Chennai, June 12, 2025: In a first for India, SIMS Hospital successfully performed a single-stage hybrid procedure combining an intraoperative transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) technique, a major open-heart surgery used to replace a damaged portion of the aorta with a specialised graft, on a …

Chennai, June 2025 Servier India, a subsidiary of the leading French pharmaceutical Servier Group, announced the launch ofIvosidenib (Tibsovo®), an oral targeted therapy approved in the management of cancer patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Cholangiocarcinoma, with an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) mutation. Servier India received the approval on 14th May 2025, from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for the import, sale, and distribution of the medication. Acute myeloid leukemia is …

Chennai, 10 June 2025:  The “Conquer HPV & Cancer Conclave 2025” was launched today in Chennai as part of a nationwide public health initiative led by the Serum Institute of India (SII). India continues to face a significant burden of HPV-related diseases, particularly cervical cancer, which remains the second most common cancer among women in the country. According …

Chennai, 9 June 2025: Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital, India’s largest eye care service chain operating a network of 236 facilities across 10 countries, announced its partnership with Menicon Co., Ltd., a global pioneer in contact lens innovation operating in more than 80 countries worldwide. The partnership aims to drive research and …

Chennai, 9 June 2025: Breathing new life into 44-year-old Ms. Kavitha, a mother of two daughters, Rela Hospital performed a high-risk double lung transplant and averted a heart transplant, which was becoming inevitable as her interstitial lung disease—a progressive condition that turns lungs fibrous, making them stiff and unable to …

Chennai, 8th June 2025 The grand event was graced by Thiru. Ma. SUBRAMANIAN, B.A., LL.B, Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, who officially inaugurated the facility and commended the hospital’s mission to make world-class care both accessible and compassionate. A New Chapter in Care Begins Designed to …

Chennai, 6th June 2025: In a historic milestone for Tamil Nadu’s transplant programme, Mr. Vivek (name changed), a 44-year-old patient, received a life-saving kidney transplant through the iORTA system at FIMS Hospital in Coimbatore, achieving the shortest wait time ever recorded in the state’s brain-dead donor transplant history. This milestone not only sets a record in terms of wait …

Chennai, June 2025: MGM Healthcare Malar, Adyar, has successfully performed a high-risk cardiac surgery on a 58-year-old male patient diagnosed with Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (SOVA)— a rare, life-threatening cardiac anomaly involving a swelling (aneurysm) of one of the aortic sinuses. The aneurysm, located in the right coronary sinus, was obstructing blood flow from the heart …

Chennai 2025: The Department of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy and Gastroenterology at GEM Hospital(pioneers in minimally invasive surgery – laparoscopic & robotic surgeries) Chennai, proudly hosted SCOPE2025, a three-day international conference focused on the latest innovations in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy. SCOPE2025 is officially endorsed by the Indian Society of Gastroenterology – Tamil Nadu Chapter and the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI). Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Ex-Chief …