Hospitals

Chennai, 28th March 2023: Gleneagles Global Health City has announced its successful completion of 504 kidney transplants. The Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation has to date performed kidney transplants for both paediatrics and adults with 22 transplants comprising babies and children and 482 adults. Of the 482 adults, 156 were women recipients and 348 constituted men. To commemorate this …

Aimed at eliminating the menace of drug abuse, Home Minister Amit Shah’s multi-pronged strategies are yielding results, taking the country closer to Prime Minister NarendraModi’s “Drug-free India” target in the Amrit Kaal period.  According to official data, during the 2014-2022 period, the value of seized drugs has gone up 30 times to Rs 22,000 crorecompared with the last eight years (2006-2013) of the …

Chennai March 21st, 2023: SIMS Hospital, a leading multi-speciality hospital in Chennai, hasannounced the launch of its new Genetic Clinic in association with LifeCell Diagnostics (soon to beknown as MFine Diagnostics). The clinic will offer advanced genetic testing and counsellingservices to patients seeking to understand their genetic makeup and potential …

Chennai, March 21, 2023: India is currently witnessing a significant rise in influenza infection across the country. According to the integrated health information platform, India has seen a large number of cases of acute respiratory illness or influenza-like illness from January to March 9ththis year, amounting to nearly one million. Over 3000 laboratory-confirmed cases of various influenza subtypes were also reported during …

Chennai, March 2023: The 13th edition of RETICON, India’s biggest annual retinal conference organized by Dr Agarwals Retina Foundation, was held in Chennai today. More than 1,000 Ophthalmologists from India and abroad attended the conference. Thiru. Dayanidhi Maran, Central Chennai, Member of Parliament inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp in …

Chennai, 15 March 2023: Apollo, the world’s largest vertically integrated healthcare provider, has been at the forefront of patient care in India and has led the robotics revolution in healthcare, carrying out 10,000+ robotics-assisted surgeries till date. In the last two years alone, the group has witnessed over 400% increase in …

Chennai, March 2023 : – Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multi-specialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, has successfully conducted a complex coronary angioplasty procedure using drug coated balloons (DCB) for a man aged 74. The team of cardiologists performed an image-guided procedure using DCB …

Chennai, 11th March 2023: Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital, Chennai today organized a Human chain to raise awareness on Glaucoma disease and treatment as a part of World Glaucoma Week (March 12-18, 2023). More than 150 members belonging to different age groups comprising staff of Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital and the general public held placards participated in the walkathon and human chain which created a public awareness about the importance of Glaucoma …

Chennai, March 2023 – AINU- Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology, a renowned name in the field of urology, launched the revolutionary surgical ‘daVinciRobot’ . The launch marks as one of the single specialty hospital across India offering the innovative technology. The daVinci Robot is an advanced surgical tool that …

Chennai, March 8th, 2023: MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty quaternary care hospital in the heart of Chennai, celebrated International Women’s Day by hosting a variety of events as part of the women’s health awareness campaign. With ‘Healing to Empower’ as the theme a huge colossal piece of art featuring works of 32 …