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Five kidneys after third kidney transplant

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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Electropathy criticised by the Madras High Court

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

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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Dry eye disease boon in Chennai

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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Road accident deaths: Who leads the nation?

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 …

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Quackery: An epidemic in India?

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 …

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Start-ups get a shoutout from Modi

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 …

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Water supply crisis hits Chennai’s hospitals

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, …

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Water crisis: Day Zero arrives in Chennai

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 …

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