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Five kidneys after third kidney transplant

August 12, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Image credit: Aleksandra Kuznecova / 123rf kidney transplant concept. transplant waiting list concept.

The Madras Medical Mission College in the Tamil Nadu state capital Chennai performed a kidney transplant for a 41-year-old man – the third time he has undergone such a procedure. Reports indicate that the man, who is said by surgeons to be recovering well, experienced kidney failure aged twelve and subsequently underwent his first kidney […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: Chennai, kidney, kidney disease, kidney donation, organ donation, organ donors, Tamil Nadu

Electropathy criticised by the Madras High Court

March 3, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

123rf. Caption: The Madras High Court, who have taken aim at purveyors of electropathy courses. Image credit: Dharshani Gk-arts / 123rf

The Madras High Court has harshly criticised practitioners of electropathy as ‘quacks’ and asserted that they represent a violation of the right to health conferred upon all Indians.  A petition was filed by a number of electropathy practitioners over purported interference in their practices by the authorities. As such, the petitioners sought a forbearance against […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Chennai, electropathy, law, Madras High Court, quack doctor, quacks, Tamil Nadu

Digital health tie-up between AIIMS Mangalagiri and IIT-Madras

February 19, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

In the pursuit of affordable digital health-based solutions to problems facing Indian healthcare, the All India Institute of Sciences (AIIMS) in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh and the India Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu have announced in recent weeks a collaboration.  “The strengths that IIT-Madras brings with depth in many technological fields such […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News, Science and Technology Tagged With: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, digital health, Indian Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, Technology

Road accident deaths: Who leads the nation?

November 5, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

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Delhi is still leading Indian cities in the number of road accident deaths, recording 106 more such fatalities in 2018 compared to 2017. Uttar Pradesh, meanwhile, leads the states. Fortunately, the same was not true of some other populous cities. Chennai, Kolkata, and Maharashtra all witnessed declines in their road accident deaths in 2018 compared […]

Filed Under: Featured, National, News Tagged With: Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Delhi, emergency care, Haryana, Kolkata, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, urban, Uttar Pradesh

Dry eye disease boon in Chennai

November 5, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital in Chennai has become home to a facility for the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease, a condition on the rise in India. Thiru D. Jayakumar, Minister for Fisheries and Personnel and Administrative Reforms in the Tamil Nadu state government, inaugurated the facility.  By 2030, 275 million Indians could be […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Chennai, dry eye disease, eye health, Tamil Nadu, urban

Quackery: An epidemic in India?

October 4, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

5645198 - doctor with surgical mask and syringe. Image credit: Patricia / 123rf

Chennai is on alert against quack doctors, whom officials say vex the city every year during its fever season. The news comes as a reminder of the epidemic of quackery in India: unqualified, unlicensed practitioners account for a staggering proportion of the country’s healthcare workforce.  In the past decade, an estimated 1,500 quack doctors have […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: Chennai, doctors, quack doctor, rural healthcare, shortage of doctors, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Start-ups get a shoutout from Modi

October 3, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touted the role of start-ups in India’s economy – and highlighted their value as a tool for improving public health.  “Today, India is aspiring to become a $5 trillion economy,” the Prime Minister said whilst speaking at the 56th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) in Chennai. “Your […]

Filed Under: National, News, Science and Technology Tagged With: Chennai, digital health, Narendra Modi, start-ups, Tamil Nadu, Technology

Is Day Zero coming to Hyderabad?

July 16, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

Day Zero – the point when the wells run dry and a city runs out of water – is looming over Hyderabad. In fact, it may be only 48 days away.  The Telangana state capital is set to be hard hit by a monsoon season which was both delayed and deficient. The Indian Meteorological Department […]

Filed Under: Environmental health, Social issues Tagged With: Chennai, environment, environmental health, groundwater, Hyderabad, Telangana, water

Water supply crisis hits Chennai’s hospitals

June 22, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Chennai’s crippled water supply is affecting everyday life in a multitude of ways. Hospitals are no exception to the scourge. The depletion of groundwater and borewell reserves have forced hospitals in the city to foot ever-bigger bills to avail water. To cope, some hospitals have even increased the prices of operations. “A few days ago, […]

Filed Under: Featured, National, News, Sanitation, Social issues Tagged With: Chennai, groundwater, hospitals, sanitation, Tamil Nadu, water

Water crisis: Day Zero arrives in Chennai

June 19, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

India has been staring down the barrel of a water crisis for some time now. In Chennai, it has materialised. All four major reservoirs of the Tamil Nadu state capital have effectively run dry, their reserves dropping to a seventy-year low. This is severely affecting the capacity of the Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage […]

Filed Under: Environmental health, Featured Story, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: Chennai, drought, environmental health, groundwater, heatwave, Tamil Nadu, water

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