Hospitals

Chennai, 10th April, 2023: Prashanth Hospitals, one of Chennai’s leading multispecialty hospital chains, today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind, advanced 4th generation Robot for Joint Reconstruction. This precision-based technology system comprises of 3D visualization and intuitive control systems,that is used for performing joint reconstruction surgeries in patients with end-stage arthritis and …

Chennai, 10, April 2023: Improvement of Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and constipation score after oral consumption of AFO-202 strain of Aureobasidium Pullulans produced Beta-1,3-1,6 Glucan food supplement from Japan (Nichi BRITE) for 90-days in a pilot clinical studywere reported in World Parkinson’s Day Webinarconducted by Be Well Hospital, Chennai. The data was earlier presented in the ASENT …

Chennai | April 9th, 2023 : Chennai’s leading super-speciality hospital,  Prashanth Hospitals launches its fourthFertility and Women’s Centre at Selaiyur in Tambaram. The centre was inaugurated by Tambaram MLA Thiru. S R Rajaand the centre will have facilities for diagnosis, testing and counselling connected to fertility treatment for women.  Inaugural offers will be available from 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm everyday till the end …

Chennai, 04 April 2023: In a special effort to celebrate theheroism of transplant recipients and showcase sustained support to patients beyond the treatment cycle, Apollo Hospitals is sponsoring the journey of former patient and star sportsperson, Sumeer Kumar, to the World Transplant Games in Australia this month. The World Transplant Games is the world’s largest awareness event and sporting platform for transplant communities.  Sumeer Kumar is a professional sportsperson who has excelled in cricket, badminton and athletics. However, he has endured a two-decade-old battle with various …

Chennai, April 4, 2023  Headed by eminent Neurophysician and Senior Consultant Dr. U. Meenakshisundaram, the expert team of Neurologists from SIMS Hospitals, Vadapalani, performed successful Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Implantation Surgeries, giving a new lease of life to three Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients in different age groups of 63, 40 …

Chennai, April 2023 In connection with World Colon cancer Awareness month – March 2023, Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals held a three-day awareness program on three major actionable areas titled “Preventable, Treatable, and Beatable” on the 29th, 30th and 31st of March 2023.  According to the press release, this awareness program focused on colon cancer …

Chennai, March 30th, 2023: A 60-year-old man from Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai was brought to Promed Hospital, Chennai by his family members, with complaints of shortness of breath and irregular heartbeats. The patient was treated by Dr. Arun Kalyanasundaram and his team. On arrival, the patient was diagnosed with an acute heart attack, complicated by cardiogenic shock. The situation was made worse by …

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 …