Hospitals

Chennai, June 15th, 2024: Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, a leading multi-speciality quaternary healthcare centre organised Fibro Scan liver screeningfor police personnel under Tambaram Commissionerate on June 15th, 2024.  C Maheshwari, IGP, Additional Commissioner of Police, Hqrs & Traffic, Tambaram City Police inaugurated the camp in the presence of Dr. Nagesh K Rao, CEO, & Dr Joy …

Chennai, June 13, 2024: A multidisciplinary team of experts at Rela Hospital has successfully treated an 83-year-old man diagnosed with a rare combination of rectal and breast cancers by employing comprehensive interventions including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. While developing two different types of cancer simultaneously is uncommon, the occurrence of breast …

Chennai, June 2024: Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals, the most trusted private hospital across generations, has launched the Geriatric Long Term Care Ward at the Global Campus in Velappanchavadi. This facility allows clinicians to monitor and provide in-patient treatments for elderly people with chronic illnesses, their associated complications, and age-related disabilities.  Padma Shri …

Chennai, June 2024:  Six-month-old baby girl from Bhutan who weighed 7.5 kilograms underwent a successful liver transplant surgery at Gleneagles Health City. Baby’s mother donated a portion of her liver as the finest present she could give to her daughter. Earlier treated in Kolkata, baby had been suffering from jaundice since birth, …

Chennai, June 7, 2024: Globally, Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness affecting approximately 18 million people. It is also one of the major causes of blindness among diabetic patients. Clinical studies estimate that up to 20% of all cataract surgeries are performed in diabetic patients. In commemoration of Cataract Awareness Month this June, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital is conducting …

Chennai, 30th May 2024: Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet, a leading multi speciality healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu launched an art expo “Canvas of Hope,” an initiative aimed at raising awareness about bladder cancer through art. The art expo is in association with Merck Speciality Pvt Ltd. The hospital also emphasized on …

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 …