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Kovai Medical Center and Hospital launched Asia’s first innovative new Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) designed to bring time-critical stroke care to patients on the way to the hospital. This will be the world’s most comprehensive mobile stroke unit that is capable of conducting and producing advanced quality imaging for stroke diagnosis and non-invasive CT-angiography. Receiving […]

Ramaiah Memorial Hospital was recently awarded the prestigious ‘ Quality beyond accreditation’ Award at AHPI Global Conclave 2017 organized by Association of Health Care Providers of India(AHPI) at Chennai. Dr.Naresh Shetty, President of Ramaiah Memorial Hospital received the Award. The hospital has also been recognized for Nursing Excellence by NABH with a Certificate of Nursing […]

L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) inaugurated the Newborn Eye Health Alliance (NEHA)at their Bhubaneswar centre – the Shri Mithu Tulsi Chanrai campus.  Blindness and vision impairment in newborns and young children are on a rapid rise in India owing to improved newborn care and swift socio-economic development. Amongst the various eye disorders in neonates, […]

The Nurse Practitioner course to be started from 2017-18 academic year will make a paradigm shift in nursing care said Dr.Punitha Vijaya Ezhilarasu, Consultant, Indian Nursing Council while delivering Dr.S.Thanikachalam Endowment Oration at Sri Ramachandra University here today.  These postgraduates will serve in all types of critical care units in tertiary hospitals unlike the present […]

Royal Philips announced the India launch of Azurion, its next generation image-guided therapy platform (IGT). The platform is powered by ConnectOS, Philips’ newly developed operating system to optimize system integration which features an easy-to-use intuitive user interface combined with real-time information on multiple work spots within the interventional lab. The system is the result of […]

Scaling-up use of ‘double protection’ drug reduces chances of life-threatening birth outcomes A drug given to pregnant women in 35 countries worldwide to protect against malaria has been shown also to safeguard against the consequences of gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis, according to a new study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The World […]

The global wearable medical device market, in terms of value, is projected to reach 12.14 Billion by 2021 from USD 5.31 Billion in 2016, at a CAGR of 18.0% during the forecast period. According to the report  Wearable Medical Devices Market   by Markets and Markets; Asia is poised to be fastest-growing region in the […]

The first ever Indo – USA endeavor to create awareness for better Fragile X care in India by The Fragile X Society, India in association with UC DAVIS MIND Institute, USA ; organized together with NIMHANS Bangalore; Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore; and Centre for Human Genetics, Bangalore; held the second leg of […]

CitiusTech, a provider of healthcare technology services and solutions announced the opening of its new technology center in Rochester, MN – a city recognized for world-class healthcare. The new technology center follows closely on the heels of opening new centers in Mumbai, India and Dubai, UAE. “Considering the strategic importance of the US market, CitiusTech […]

Lenovo Health, North Carolina-based health IT company and Orbita, Boston-based connected home healthcare company joined together to launch a breakthrough virtual home care solution at HIMSS 2017  based on two recently unveiled products, Lenovo Smart Assistant™ and Orbita Voice™. Lenovo’s Smart Assistant is a voice-controlled speaker for the home that combines the power of the Amazon […]