Hospitals

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 …

Madurai, July 2026: Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre (MMHRC), Madurai, hosted MADHURAM 2026, the 11th edition of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) – Paediatric Haematology Oncology Chapter’s Midterm Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme. The three-day event, held from July 17 to 19, showcased the latest advances in paediatric haematology, …

Chennai, 17th July, 2026: Prashanth Hospitals, one of South India’s leading super-speciality healthcare providers, today announced the introduction of Excimer Laser Coronary Atherectomy (ELCA) at its Velachery unit, becoming the first hospital in South Chennai and the second in Chennai to offer the advanced laser angioplasty technology. The addition marks a significant …

A wound may seem like a simple injury, but not every wound heals on its own. While many recover with basic care, others can become infected, refuse to heal, or even threaten a limb if neglected. Knowing when to seek the right treatment can make all the difference. As we …

Chennai, July 14, 2026: Averting the need for traditional open spine surgery, expert orthopaedic surgeons at SIMS Hospital successfully performed an advanced single-incision endoscopic procedure on an 84-year-old patient with multi-level spinal stenosis and degenerative scoliosis, a spinal deformity that had caused severe lumbar nerve compression and left him unable …

Chennai, July 11, 2026: Doctors at Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals successfully saved the life of a 53-year-old woman from Chennai who developed a rare and life-threatening brain condition, Varicella encephalitis following a recent chickenpox infection. The patient was brought to Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals, Global Campus, Velappanchavadi, Chennai at the end of January …

Chennai, July 10th 2026: Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, has successfully treated two failing heart valves in a patient without repeat open-heart surgery, in what is believed to be the world’s first reported completely catheter-based treatment following a Ross procedure. The procedure was performed on a 58-year-old man who had undergone a …

In a remarkable demonstration of multidisciplinary coordination and advanced surgical planning, a high-risk breast cancer surgery was successfully performed at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai, by Breast Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Manjula Rao, and her team, on a young woman with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition that significantly increases the …

Chennai 08th July 2026: Gleneagles Hospital Chennai, a part of Fortis Healthcare, has successfully treated a 49-year-old patient from Andhra Pradesh diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of CNS(brain) lymphoma using advanced CAR-T cell therapy. Despite developing multiple serious treatment-related complications, the patient achieved complete remission and is doing …