Eyeing Opportunities beyond Metros… : Dr. Pradeep Bhardwaj, Ojjus Medicare Group
Eyeing Opportunities beyond Metros… : Dr. Pradeep Bhardwaj, Ojjus Medicare Group

Ojjus Medicare Group has recently unveiled plans to open five hospitals and two medical colleges across non-metros cities like Noida, Faridabad, Jaipur, Bhopal and Ranchi. The group presently has the 220-bed multi super-speciality hospital in Noida, and an upcoming 300-bed oncology and 200-bed rehabilitation centre in Faridabad with post treatment co-ordination and follow-up centres across the country.

Aravind Eye receives 2008 Gates award for global health
Aravind Eye receives 2008 Gates award for global health

In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won the 2008 Gates Award for Global Health. The US$ 1 million Gates Award – the world’s largest prize for international health – honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.

N. M. VIRANI WOCKHARDT HOSPITAL , Rajkot
N. M. VIRANI WOCKHARDT HOSPITAL , Rajkot

[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

As part of its foray into Saurashtra, Wockhardt took over the N.M. Virani charitable hospital situated in Rajkot in 2006, converting it into a super-speciality facility.

Cataracts causes blindness in rural China
Cataracts causes blindness in rural China

There exists a non-profit charity called “Project Vision”, working in China, which aims to treat cataract sufferers in rural China. “Project Vision” aims to establish 100 “eye centers” over the next few years, staffed by qualified Chinese eye doctors who would be trained to perform cataract surgeries.

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