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 […]
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The Zika outbreak in Kerala continues, with more cases reported in the state already embattled by COVID-19. The state detected cases of Zika last week, putting it on alert. As of yesterday, the total case count is nineteen. The state health minister Veena George announced the establishment of testing facilities at the medical colleges in
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A study of Karnataka households suggests India’s true number of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic may be markedly higher than the official tally. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, collected data from a representative sample of households spanning twenty districts of the southern state, SciDev reports. The research indicated that
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Dr V. Shanta, a renowned oncologist and chairperson of the Chennai-based Adyar Cancer Institute, has passed away at the age of 93. The Hindu reported that Shanta was admitted to hospital following complaints of chest pains. “Sources at the Cancer Institute said she had a complex block that could not be rectified,” the report said.
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The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to affect India, as cases in the country rise. At the time of writing, there are forty active cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India. The other three cases are of individuals who have since recovered. All three were students who had returned to India from the Chinese city
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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
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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
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Research published at the end of last year spotlighted the leading cause of premature mortality among young men in India: road traffic accidents. In 2017, 2.2 lakh Indians lost their lives due to injuries sustained on the country’s roads. Males accounted for the overwhelming majority of such fatalities, with 77 percent of road traffic accident
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At the national level, medical device safety is a significant issue. Tami Nadu is no exception. “A medical ventilator can be life-saving when a person can’t breathe properly or when they can’t breathe on their own at all,” Healthline reports. Yet in Tamil Nadu’s hospitals, a shocking number of the devices may not be fit
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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
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