US hospital unveils plans for US$130m cancer facility
The John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, US, has unveiled a US$130m cancer facility.
Hospital news
Siemens installs Rajasthan
The Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot, has inaugurated the Biograph 16 PET.CT scanner by Siemens at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, Jaipur. It is the first PET.CT scanner in the state of Rajasthan, which helps in identifying cancer lesions at a very early stage. It also comes with HD.PET technology, which provides the best image resolution in the industry and an X-ray reduction feature, which reduces the radiation dose to the patient up to 68%.
Fortis to buy Hong Kong’s quality healthcare businesses
Fortis Global Healthcare Holdings, prooted by Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh is all set to buy units of Hong Kong-based Quality HealthCare Asia Ltd for HK$1.5 billion (US$193 million).
Teen gets world’s first permanent artificial heart transplant
He is a 15 years old boy and has become the world’s first child to live with an artificial but permanent heart. The Italian boy, suffering from muscle-wasting illness Duchenne’s syndrome, had the 10-hour operation last week to implant the heart and was said to be well in responsive to the medication, reports news agancies.
Barco installs largest number of color displays for PACS in Brescia Hospital
Medical imaging specialist Barco has announced that Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia, in Northern Italy, has acquired over 80 Barco medical display systems as part of a regional PACS program. To date, this is the largest installation of color displays and Coronis Fusion 6MP DL for Barco in Italy.
Villages in Orissa see a fast spread of Cholera
Cholera and other water borne diseases, which have claimed 39 lives since August, have started infected more people in Orissa’s Rayagada district in the last few days, and triggered panic among the residents, media reports.
Indian hospitals won Asian Hospital Management Awards 2010
Nine winners and 19 runners up won the coveted Asian Hospital Management Awards (AHMA) 2010 held in August, 2010 at the Grand Hilton Seoul, Korea. Of these, two hospitals from India won the awards.
Apollo Hospitals launches first standalone Dialysis Centre in association with CGHS
The Apollo Hospitals Group launched the first standalone dialysis centre in Public Private Partnership with Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
Shailesh Niyogi appointed as the Director – Lokmanya Group of Hospitals
Shailesh Niyogi appointed as the Director – Lokmanya Group of Hospitals. Known as the transformation and Growth Guru in the field of small to medium scale corporate companies, Niyogi will be overseeing the overall development of Lokmanya Hospital. He will be spear heading the brand building and expansion exercise for Lokmanya Group of Hospitals, Pune in other cities in India.
Wockhardt Foundation joins hand with BMC for anti Malaria drive
To counter the increasing cases of malaria in the city, Wockhardt Foundation along with BMC is carrying out the anti malaria drive across slums of Mumbai, for the months of August and September 2010.
Stanford switches med students to iPads
Medicine students starting at Stanford University School of Medicine will this year be given an iPad as part of a trial programme in integrate the mobile device into medical education.
Union Cabinet Clears Societies to Run Six AIIMS-like Institutions
The proposal to form societies for each of the six AIIMS like institutions which are being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) has been approved by the Union Cabinet. These societies will be functional till the AIIMS-like institutions are brought under an Act of Parliament.
