Online help for Mumbai’s (India) heart patients
The Asian Heart Institute (AHI) of Mumbai has launched its telemedicine facility for heart patients of the city.
Hospital news
Tanzania keen on tie-ups with Bangalore hospitals for telemedicine
Tanzania is planning to tie up with two Bangalore based hospitals to provide telemedicine service in Tanzania.
New Delhi’s First Full-fledged Nursing college
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Anbumani Ramadoss recently inaugurated New Delhi’s first ever college of nursing at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC). Affiliated to Delhi University, the college is recognised by the Indian Nursing college.
Country to have first mobile mammography unit soon
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, will connect the hospital’s cancer specialists to patients in rural areas, by providing the country its first mobile mammography service (to be launched soon) in a bid to provide medical aid to breast cancer patients in far-flung rural areas.
Fortis ventures into South India
The Fortis group recently announced their decision to buy 48% stake in Chennai-based Malar Hospital for around Rs 42 crore. This move will mark the group’s first entry in South India
UMC adds 3 hospitals to provide telemedicine services
University Medical Center has added three more hospitals to its telemedicine/teletrauma program. Now a total of five rural hospitals are getting high-tech assistance in their emergency rooms.
Nurses go wireless in Essen
Soon the nursing service at Essen University Hospital will become wireless as part of its ambitious wireless health IT project.
Wockhardt opens doors of its new super speciality facility in Rajkot
Hon’ble Chief Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the N M Virani Wockhardt Hospital, Rajkot – the latest addition to the Wockhardt Hospitals group.
Space Hospitals rolls out V-SAT ambulance fleet for rural health service
Chennai-based Space Telemedicine Hospitals Ltd announced is rolling out a fleet of ambulances fitted with V-SAT and videoconferencing facilities to help rural poor in Andhra Pradesh to access expert diagnosis and treatment.
Apollo Health City launched in Hyderabad
Apollo Hospitals Group have recently launched the ‘Apollo Health City’ in Hyderabad – a first of its kind in the Asian region.
Fortis HealthWorld forays into rural India
Fortis HealthWorld – the one stop healthcare retail chain initiated its plans to reach rural India by signing their first health store in Mandi Ahmedgarh.
TeleDiagnosys set to open more Teleradiology reporting centres
TeleDiagnosys Services Pvt Ltd, a premier provider of Teleradiology reporting services to hospitals and radiology groups in US and several other countries announced recently that their company will be opening 2 state-of-the-art Teleradiology reporting centers, one each in Pune and Mumbai.
SGRH launches telemedicine centres in Haryana and Rajasthan
Sri Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) of New Delhi, India has launched its telemedicine centres in Haryana and Rajasthan.
