Chennai GHs await prescription
Patients and their relatives treat state-run hospitals like parks and guesthouses, lament government doctors, defending their filthy wards and garbage-strewn campuses.
Even as the four major govern
Brain de-wired to cure epilepsy
Little Maitreyo’s parents were at their wit’s end, they were too scared to let their son out of their sight, even to send him to school.
Five year old Maitreyo Dutta suffered unpredictable and viole
Infectious diseases experts to meet
A panel of international experts in infectious diseases has arrived in the city to put their heads together with doctors here and devise a strategy to fight anti-microbial resistance through suitable
37 kids critical, 2 more die at Tirupati hospital
A three-member team of paediatric experts from the Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad rushed to Tirupati and examined the condition of over 100 infants at the SVRR Government Children’s Hospital here, on
Tumour removal surgeries save 2
City doctors have removed rare tumours from patients in risky surgeries, again establishing the high standards of medical science here.
Surgeons at a teaching hospital in the city have used sophisti
Angioplasties save 5,000 patients
With Kerala seeing an increase in the number of cathlab facilities and with more trained interventional cardiologists, immediate angioplasties are currently saving the lives of 5,000 heart attack vict
Swathi Krishna returns to life
With the return to life of 17-year-old Swathi Krishna, currently convalescing after a liver transplant at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), a new hope has dawned on patients who go for
Swathi recovers after surgery
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here, has said that the condition of Swathi Krishna, the 16-year old girl who had undergone a liver transplant surgery following organ failure, was improving.
Medical board nod for Swathi’s surgery
With rare speed, the government on Friday untied the red tapes paving the way for the liver transplant of young Swathi Krishna, who is battling for life for the last couple of days.
A medical board m
Rotarians boost cancer facility
The General Hospital, which is basking in a new image with a slew of renovation projects, is set to become a relief point for cancer patients, as a project is in the pipeline to give the cancer care s