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Bhubaneswar:
Boomtown for Healthcare
Industrial and infrastructural development has boosted the
healthcare market in Bhubaneswar, attracting corporates to
set up base in the temple city. Rita Dutta checks out
the exciting developments
Cancer
Conqueror
International Oncology Services Pvt Ltd, started by three
NRI promoters, is slated for a mega expansion with eight new
centres coming up by 2012, says Sonal Shukla
Wockhardt
Puts Surat on the World Map of Cardiac Surgery
The surgery involved aneurysm of aorta mitral fibrous zone
with aortic valve replacement and with coronary bypass grafting
surgery
H&W
Food Market to Reach Rs 55,000 Cr by 2015
H&W beverages likely to grow at 22 per cent to reach Rs
17,350 crore by 2015
ABMH
Plans Strengthening of Facilities
It is building a separate comprehensive wing for oncology
Vision
CRC Breakthrough Technology Controls Myopia in Children
The technology has been licensed to Carl Zeiss Vision
Kohinoor
Hospital Uses a New Technique to Conduct Endoscopic Spine
Surgery
With this technique, adequate nerve root decompression with
preservation of spinal stability is achieved
Apollo
Hospitals Launches Its 50th Hospital at Secunderabad
The hospital offers specialty care in over 30 medical and
surgical disciplines
Global
Blood Disorders Market to Reach $50.8 billion by 2016
The market will witness a series of patent expiries between
2009 and 2016
Breach
Candy Installs Innovative CARESTREAM DRX 1 System
It’s the world's first wireless DR detector
Liver
Transplant Surgery for Massive Metastatic Liver Disease
Metastatic liver cancer is a cancer that is found in the liver
but which originated elsewhere in the body
Brain
Pacemakers Available for Dystonia
'Activa Therapy System' induces deep brain stimulations to
arrest certain brain signals that trigger involuntary muscle
movements
Evolve
Medspa Opens A New Centre in Mumbai
This year, the group plans to open six more centres in Mumbai
Piramal
Healthcare to Acquire Anaesthetic Products Business
Expands its anaesthetic portfolio to include injectibles
Centre
of Excellence for Prevention and Control of Cardio-Metabolic
Diseases Launched
This centre will provide population-based applied research
and training to combat cardio-metabolic diseases
Manipal
Hospital Introduces Single Incision Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
It's first hospital in South India to perform this procedure
ConferenceWatch
'Hysterectomy
Should be the Last Resort'
It is possible to carry out a minimally invasive surgery,
which is associated with less pain, quicker recovery and treatment
of the problem without removing the uterus
'Medical
Record Must Remain Legible'
It covered topics highlighting the challenges, elucidations
and policies surfacing within the healthcare sector related
to medical records and health information management
Inverness
Medical India Becomes Alere
Inverness Medical India is taking on a new name. As of 5th
April 2010, the company will become Alere Medical Pvt Ltd
Lilly
Launches Latest Insulin Delivery Device
Eli Lilly and company (Lilly) announced the launch of its
latest insulin delivery device, Humalog KwikPen, a pre-filled
pen that contains Humalog (Insulin Lispro, rDNA origin) brand
of insulins
Exclusive
Out Patient Block at Appasamy Hospitals Inaugurated
Appasamy Hospitals, which runs a 75-bed hospital in Chennai,
recently started a separate OPD block in the same city
Apollo
Starts a Cancer Hospital in Kolkata
Apollo Gleneagles Hospital at EM Bypass in Kolkata has recently
inaugurated Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital in the same
premises
Metropolis
Health Campaign for Cab Drivers
Leading diagnostic chain Metropolis Health Services India
Pvt Ltd has rolled out a month-long health campaign for taxi
drivers at its centre in Gamdevi, Mumbai in order to promote
occupational safety and heighten their awareness of the importance
of physical well-being
Moolchand
Receives IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2009
Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi has recently received the IMC
Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 2009 for 'outstanding
achievements' in the healthcare category
Frontier
Lifeline Performs Two Heart Transplants in One Day
Chennai's Frontier Lifeline Hospital (FLH) has conducted India's
successful dual heart transplants which were conducted simultaneously
on the same night
Leadership
Development Initiative at Cipla Centre
With an aim to enhance and groom the Cipla team with the qualities
of leadership and organisational development, Dr Fraser Black,
Medical Director, Victoria Hospice Canada and the Associate
Director of PAX (Palliative Access Programme) of the International
Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR) visited
Cipla Palliative Care Centre on 2nd and 3rd April 2010 as
a part of the International Palliative Care Leadership Development
Initiative (LDI) Programme
Sankara
Eye Hospital Signs MoU with Bangalore Diabetes Hospital
Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangaluru, announced that it has signed
a MoU with Bangalore Diabetes Hospital to provide subsidised
and comprehensive eye care services to needy patients across
Karnataka
Indraprastha
Apollo Hospitals introduced Endosonology facility
The facility of Endosonology which is believed to be a major
advancement in diagnosing and treating gastro-intestinal and
pancreatic-biliary diseases, has been introduced in Indraprastha
Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Narayana
Hrudayalaya to Build a Health City in Cayman Island
Narayana Hrudayalaya has signed an agreement with the Government
of Cayman Island to build a Health City at Grand Cayman, the
capital of Cayman Island
Max
Healthcare Launches Dyna CT Cath Lab
Max Healthcare announced the launch of Dyna CT Cath Lab at
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Patparganj
XII
National Seminar on Hospital/ Healthcare Management &
Medico legal Systems
The XIIth National Seminar on Hospital / Health Care Management
& Medico legal systems will be held on 7th & 8th May
2010 at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune
Apollo
Hospitals Performs 50 Liver Transplants-Highest in Chennai
In less than two years since inception, the team at the Apollo
Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation completed 50
liver transplantations, marking a noteworthy first-of-its-kind
milestone in the city of Chennai
AIMS
Performs ERT on a 20-day Old
Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) was performed successfully
on a 20-day-old-baby suffering from Pompe disease at AIMS,
Kochi
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