Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Computer aided knee replacement(also known as computer assisted knee replacement surgery or computer aided knee arthroplasty) is attracting a large number of medical tourist to hospitals in India.
Apollo Hospitals Group has agreed to provide ground support and other assistance to 17 dispensaries set up in India’s rural areas by the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre (BMC) is one of the most technologically sophisticated hospitals in the world today.
Gujarat’s first spine centre was opened at the N M Virani-Wockhardt hospital.
On Saturday, for the first time ever, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed robotic thoracoscopic thymectomy on patients with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder.
A new surgical tower with a separate surgical speciality block will be one of the new additions to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) when it undergoes a revamp.
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.
Easy access to visa facilities permitted by India to overseas patients coupled with the best emerging medical infrastructure in large and tertiary towns will make the country earn to an extent of INR 8,000 crore in foreign exchange by 2012, a new study has said.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Apollo Hospitals Dhaka is a colossal 400,000 square feet structure on 4 acres of land. It houses a 450-bed super speciality facility delivering advanced tertiary care of international standards to the people of Bangladesh.
Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad recently invited Indian corporate healthcare giants to construct hospitals in rural areas, and offered them land to be provided free by the government. The CM vowed to strengthen peripheral health institutions of state and lessen the patient burden on tertiary hospitals in the city.
