Hospitals

Chennai, 5th August 2026 Reinforcing its commitment to public health and emergency preparedness, Kauvery Hospital and Chennai Airport jointly inaugurated the HeartSafe Initiative, installing 13 Automated External Defibrillators (AED) at Chennai International Airport, enhancing the airport’s capability to respond swiftly to sudden cardiac emergencies.The initiative was inaugurated in the presence …

Chennai, August 4, 2026: Strengthening its comprehensive liver care services, Gleneagles Hospital, Perumbakkam, Chennai, a part of the Fortis Healthcare Network, has launched a new Liver OPD Suite, a dedicated, high-capacity clinical hub for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of liver diseases. Designed as a comprehensive liver care facility, the suite brings every …

Chennai, July 31, 2026: In a first-of-its-kind neighbourhood healthcare initiative, SRM Prime Hospital has launched SRM Prime Zone with the aim of making quality medical care much more accessible and affordable for residents living within a 5 km radius of the hospital, through an exclusive card, SRM Prime Card, issued …

Madurai, July 30, 2026: Building on a decade of expertise and trusted care in robotic surgery, Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital (MSSH) has further strengthened its robotic surgical programme with the Toumai™ MT-1000 Pro Robotic Surgical System, marking the next chapter in its journey towards advanced robotic-assisted care. The next-generation platform is designed …

Chennai, 28 July 2026: Overcoming multiple anatomical and surgical challenges, surgeons at MGM Healthcare successfully performed a rare and highly complex mitral valve replacement on a 14-year-old girl who had severe mitral valve disease that caused debilitating breathlessness and left her largely bedridden. The girl suffered from severe mitral regurgitation …

Chennai, July 2026: In a rare surgical achievement, MGM Healthcare has successfully performed a robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on a 49-year-old man from West Bengal suffering from complex triple vessel coronary artery disease. The patient, a known case of coronary artery disease, had previously undergone two angioplasty procedures …

Chennai, 22nd July 2026: The team of neonatologists at Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals, Chetpet, has successfully treated and saved an extremely premature baby born at just 24 weeks of gestation and weighing only 530 grams at birth. After 97 days of intensive care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the baby was …

Chennai, July 22, 2026: Kauvery Hospital launched ‘Kauvery 3X Chennai’, an integrated robotic surgery programme that brings together advanced robotic technology, comprehensive surgical expertise, and highly skilled multidisciplinary teams across all its three Chennai hospitals under uniform standards of care. The robotic programmes will be offered based on the 4th …

Chennai, July 22, 2026: In a heart-touching tale, a 40-year-old man from Chennai met his stem cell donor who had saved him from a rare and life-threatening blood disease for the first time, almost two years after the transplantation. DKMS Foundation India, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the fight against …

Chennai, July 21, 2026: Rela Hospital successfully restored shoulder function and relieved pain in a 97-year-old male with a massive and irreparable rotator cuff tear by performing a keyhole (arthroscopic) procedure to implant a fully biodegradable balloon spacer. The patient had sustained the injury following a fall at home. Considering …