Hospitals

Chennai, 30 May 2024: Apollo Hospitals Chennai has achieved a remarkable world-first by successfully performing the Simplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) therapy on a patient with an ectopic kidney. Dr. Refai Showkathali and his team carried out this pioneering procedure to treat resistant hypertension in a 58-year-old man with uncontrolled blood pressure despite being on a …

A 70-year-old gentleman, who had been suffering from chronichigh blood pressure and uncontrolled hypertension for the past six years, was successfully treated at Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, through a procedure called renal denervation.  The patient had been battling with hypertension since 2019. Despite taking five different medicines for high blood pressure and even after increasing the dosage over a period of time, his blood pressurecontinued to be as high as 200/120mm Hg and the associated symptoms like frequent headaches and palpitations affected his quality of life.  With such …

Chennai, 29th May 2024: Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai marks one year since the successful completion of its first robotic assisted Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) procedure. Over the past year, four additional robotic HIPEC procedures have been performed, with all patients currently under follow-up for up to six months.The first patient, an …

Chennai, May 2024 – KKR ENT Hospital and Research Institute is proud to share a remarkable milestone in the journey of cancer treatment and recovery. A patient diagnosed with extensive throat cancer in 2002 has not only survived for over 22 years but continues to lead a vibrant life, speaking …

Chennai, May 2024:– Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet, a leading multi-specialty healthcare provider, launched the summer internship program for psychology students and aspiring psychologists. The program, titled “Praxis – Putting Theory into Practice,” is designed to offer a unique 14-day workshop that combines hands-on experience with theoretical knowledge. The Praxis internship program …

Chennai, May 2024 – Exciting news from Meril Life Sciences! The LANDMARK trial’s 30 days primary outcomes were presented on 15th May at EuroPCR 2024, Paris, France. LANDMARK was recognized by EuroPCR as one of the top three late breaking trials poised to transform revolutionisecurrent practices in the field of Interventional Cardiology. The trial involving 768 patients across 31 …

Chennai, May 2024: Gleneagles Health City has made history in the field of hand transplants by surgically attaching a brain-dead donor’s hands to Mr. R. Karthick, a real estate consultant from Chennai. Karthick, now aged 31, lost both his hands a year ago when, while attending a funeral, the firework …

Chennai, 23rd May, 2024: In an effort to mitigate the growing prevalence of diabetes in India through research, the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Asia’s largest stand-alone diabetes research institution, today entered into a strategic partnership with embedUR systems, a global innovation leader in AI, Edge Computing, IoT and Cloud, to co-create advanced AI models …

Chennai, May 2024: The World Hypertension League (WHL) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization organized the Free Screening for Hypertension awareness program. Today More than 300 public have attended in the program along with 250 Doctors from various hospitals in Lady Andal Matriculation School at Chetpet, Chennai. The World Hypertension League …

Chennai, India – May 2024 – In a significant development for patients suffering from rib cage disorders, ICAD, SIMS Hospital today unveiled its dedicated Centre of Excellence. This specialised unit promises comprehensive and advanced treatment for conditions like rib fractures and pectus deformity, setting a new standard for chest trauma and deformity care in …