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Bridging
the Chasm
The $250 million geriatric services market in India is slated
to become $1 billion by 2012. However, only a few healthcare
providers have tapped this market in a big way, finds out
Sonal VIj
Destination
India
The latest entrant in India’s healthcare firmament is
Singapore-based Kinder Clinic PTE Limited that is coming up
with hospitals in Kochi and Bhopal through the JV route, says
Rita Dutta
'I
Look Back with Joy, Pride & Satisfaction'
After the landmark over Rs-900-crore acquisition of 10 Wockhardt
hospitals by Fortis Healthcare Limited (FHL), there have been
many speculations about the 'seamless integration' which is
slated to be completed by December, 2009. Curiosity is at
its highest about the new role that Vishal Bali, CEO, Wockhardt
Hospitals Group, would play in FHL. Bali, who has spent almost
two decades with Wockhardt and has been the face of Wockhadt
Hospitals, spoke to Rita Dutta about his days in Wockhardt
and some aspects of the new integration. Excerpts:
HealthcareWorld:
The Melting Pot
HealthcareWorld 2010, a medical exhibition organised by Express
Healthcare, would also provide a green zone, seminar and an
award show
Fortis
Healthcare Receives SEBI Approval for Rights Issue
The proceeds of the rights issue would be used primarily for
funding greenfield projects
Cochlear
Limited Launches Next-generation Implantable Hearing Solutions
Cochlear Hybrid, Cochlear Nucleus 5 and Cochlear Baha BP100
have been designed for the unique needs of people with various
degrees of deafness
Artemis
Ties Up with based Memorial Sloan-Kettering
This partnership will bring into India the latest in cancer
research and treatment
MIMS,
Kottakkal to be Inaugurated by Dr Kalam
The hospital would focus on MIS, high-end trauma and high-risk
obstetrics
SRL
Gets Government Approval for Conducting Swine Flu Test in
Maharashtra
The Delhi lab has already received the said approval
Sneha
Diagnostics Opens A New Centre in Nellore
The lab offers more than 1,500 tests in bio-chemistry, hematology,
serology, pathology, micro-biology and 100 tests in radiology
Metropolis
Health Services on an Expansion Spree
The company is looking at establishing labs in Lucknow, Jaipur
& Ludhiana
Parvathy
Hospital Introduces Intelligent Operating Room
Installs an intelligent operating theatre with an integrated
operating CT scanner
Medical
Check-up Facility for Gulf Residents Launched
The unique healthcare services arrange facilities for medical
check-up when they come on leave from the Gulf
Rare
Spinal Cord Tumor Removed from a 21-Year-Old-Girl
The patient was bedridden for almost a year
International
Oncology Sets Its 2nd Cancer Centre
The company plans to set up a comprehensive state-of- the-
art research center in Jaipur
Abbott
Nutrition offers Recommendations to Manage 'Picky Eaters'
Experts attribute the condition to a wide range of causes,
including physiological factors such as appetite, genetics
and growth
Growth
in Personalised Medicine to Drive Alliances Between Diagnostic
& Pharmaceutical Industries
Alliances with the pharmaceutical industry to increase in
the next two to five years
Wockhardt
Hospitals Unveils Programme for Mumbai Policemen
Launches first aid box and a guide to first aid
ORBIS
International Arrives in Rajasthan
A total of 13 international volunteer faculties from some
of the leading eye hospitals in the UK, the US and Hong Kong
will be providing training
Meditec
Clinika 2010 in Chennai
It is the ideal platform showcasing the emergence of medical
equipment and technology
Building
Capacities in Healthcare
Clairvoyance 2009 is an exploration of innovative ways to
build capacities at various levels of healthcare
Sahara
Hospital Starts 'Sunset Clinics'
Offers evening OPD supported by round the clock 24x7 diagnostics
services
'Covidien
Can Take a Commanding Leadership as a Global Provider of Vascular
Therapies'
Covidien, a leading global manufacturer of medical devices
and supplies, diagnostic imaging agents and pharmaceuticals,
with 2008 revenue of nearly $10 billion and industry-leading
profit margins has more than 41,000 employees worldwide in
59 countries, with products sold in over 140 countries. Express
Healthcare gets in conversation with Arjun Sarker, MD-Indian
Sub-continent, Covidien, about the road ahead. Excerpts:
Ruby
Hall Clinic Starts Construction of Another Hospital
Pune's Ruby Hall Clinic (RHC), the 550-bed charitable trust
hospital near Pune station, has chalked out plans to start
four new multi-specialty hospitals in and around Pune
KG
Hospital Promises to Perform 1,000 Free Cardiac Surgeries
Coimbatore-based KG Hospital recently declared that it has
contributed its mite to the society by performing 450 free
heart surgeries under the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's free
heart surgery scheme for poor children
Hinduja
Performs Single Incision Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
Till now, patients with gallbladder stones had two surgical
options—conventional open surgery through a large incision
or laparoscopic operation with multiple small incisions
HLL
Lifecare Ventures into Herbal Healthcare
HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) has tied up with Ayurvedic firm
Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS) to foray into herbal healthcare
products
New
Hip Replacement Implant Introduced in India
Marking a new beginning for hip replacement patients in India,
a new class of prosthesis which anchors the stem used in hip
replacement was introduced at an orthopaedic workshop, held
recently at Escorts Hospital
Website
On Health & Nutrition 'mynutrition.in' Goes Live
A website on health and nutrition 'mynutrition.in' was recently
launched with the aim to help Indians' achieve their health
and fitness goals through accurate knowledge, holistic nutrition
and personalised services
Navigation
Brings Cutting Edge Imaging Solutions to India
Medtronic Navigation, a division of the global medical technology
leader— Medtronic, launched several cutting edge technology
products
MIOT
Hospital Gets into Organ Donation MODE
Launched to mark its 10th anniversary, Chennai-based MIOT
Hospital's organ donation drive called as MODE has been established,
which aims to motivate people to donate organs
Max
Healthcare Selects Perot Systems for Rs 90 Crore
Max Healthcare (MHC) and Perot Systems Corporation recently
announced a 10-year agreement in which Perot Systems will
provide IT Outsourcing (ITO) and electronic health records
(EHR) implementation for MHC
Lister
Metropolis Gets Approval for H1N1 Testing
Chennai-based Lister Metropolis, a part of Metropolis Health
Services (MHS), has received authorisation from Tamil Nadu
Government to initiate H1N1 testing for swine flu
IMTA
to Support IMTD 2009
A series of workshops would held, where a number of pioneers
and leaders from the Indian healthcare sector would participate
Conference
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