Indian hospital group to train doctors in Ghana
September 17th, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Sep 16 (IANS) India's Apollo Hospital Group will conduct a medical camp in Ghana to provide affordable treatment to people suffering from liver and heart diseases as part of ... Read more...
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Pakistani girl to get cochlear implant via Indian NGO
August 14th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 14 (IANS) A 20-month-old girl from Pakistan is set to undergo a cochlear implant Friday at Apollo Hospital here, thanks to an Indian NGO.The implant will enable Khadija ... Read more...
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‘Fasting detoxifies the body, but don’t overdo’
August 7th, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Fasting for religious purposes is common in India. The month of Shravan has just concluded and the month of Ramzan is on - in both ... Read more...
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Panel to examine chances of separating conjoined twins
July 20th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The union government Friday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a panel of three doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating the ... Read more...
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Hope for conjoined Patna twins after apex court ruling
July 19th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) The parents of 16-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah are eagerly awaiting government help to surgically separate them.This follows a Supreme Court directive to the central ... Read more...
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Maoists attack policemen, blow rail tracks in Jharkhand (Lead)
June 27th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 27 (IANS) Launching multiple attacks Tuesday night and early Wednesday, Maoists ambushed a police bus, blew up railway properties and a bridge at three different places in Jharkhand, ... Read more...
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Veteran director K.S.R. Doss dead
June 9th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Well-known south Indian filmmaker-editor K.S.R. Doss, credited with successful movies in all southern languages, died in Chennai Friday evening. He was 75.He died at the ... Read more...
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Munda, wife discharged from hospital
May 17th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 17 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and his wife Meera Munda, who were injured when their helicopter crash-landed here May 9, were Thursday discharged from a city ... Read more...
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Gadkari meets Munda in hospital
May 13th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) BJP President Nitin Gadkari Sunday met Jharkhand Chief Minister and party leader Arjun Munda who is recovering after being injured in a chopper accident here.Jharkhand Deputy ... Read more...
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Munda works from ICU, legislator discharged
May 11th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) A day after he suffered multiple injuries in a chopper crash, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday resumed official work from his hospital bed, officials ... Read more...
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Munda recovering in hospital after chopper crash (Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who survived a chopper crash landing with multiple injuries Wednesday, is recovering, said the Apollo Hospital here Thursday, adding that ... Read more...
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Munda recovering in hospital after chopper crash
May 10th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda was recovering well but continued to be in hospital, his aides said Thursday, a day after he survived a helicopter ... Read more...
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Munda, wife escape as chopper crash lands (Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and his wife had a narrow escape Wednesday when their chopper turned turtle and landed on its side at the airport ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh IPS officer dies of cardiac arrest (Lead)
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Apr 3 (IANS) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer B.S. Maravi died of cardiac arrest in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, an official said.Maravi, 57, known as a dynamic police officer, was ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh IPS officer dies of cardiac arrest
April 3rd, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) A senior IPS officer, B.S. Maravi, died of cardiac arrest in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, an official said.Maravi, 57, known as a dynamic police officer, was posted as ... Read more...
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NGO to provide free insulin to poor diabetics
March 30th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A medical technology firm in collaboration with a voluntary organisation Friday committed to provide free insulin to diabetic children from economically weaker sections and organising ... Read more...
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Bangaloreans run for healthy heart on Valentine’s Day
February 15th, 2012 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 14 (IANS) While Cupid-struck lovers were busy exchanging roses, gifts and greeting each other to celebrate Valentine's Day, about 1,000 denizens of this tech hub ran a marathon ... Read more...
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Indian doctors return from Pakistan with ‘lots of love’
February 14th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A group of doctors has returned to India after two successful liver transplants in Lahore, with "lots of love and lots of goodwill" from Pakistan.A ... Read more...
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Exam time: Dial a helpline to overcome stress
February 6th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) It's that time of the year when tension runs high, anxiety grips the minds of parents and students who are concerned about just one thing ... Read more...
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Farook remembered as leader who groomed others
January 27th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook maintained cordial relations with his opponents and groomed many political leaders, Congress leaders in his home state of Puducherry said Friday, a ... Read more...
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Kerala governor Farook dies in Chennai hospital (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 26 (IANS) Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook Thursday died in a private hospital in Chennai due to multiple myeloma - a cancer of plasma cells - at the age ... Read more...
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My vehicle was hit to kill me: Jharkhand minister
December 28th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 28 (IANS) Jharkhand Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Baijunath Ram Wednesday said there was conspiracy to kill him as his official vehicle was hit by a bus near ... Read more...
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Surgery in India helps Iraqi woman walk
December 8th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) For 32-year-old Iraqi woman Amira Hussain, life was restricted to the bed with most of her joints degenerated due to an acute form of arthritis. ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi in hospital for check-up
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 21 (IANS) DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi was Monday taken to the Apollo Hospital here for a check-up and observation, party and hospital sources ... Read more...
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Surgeons conduct north India’s first cartilage transplant
November 13th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Vineet Tomar, a 21-year-old engineer from the capital, would now be able to walk again after doctors at a hospital here Sunday performed a cartilage ... Read more...
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Are you ready for your date with 11.11.11?
November 10th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Thousands of weddings, hospital rooms fully booked for deliveries and many lining up to start a new venture - a lot more is waiting to ... Read more...
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Pakistani kid gets liver transplant in India
November 4th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Karachi resident Shehary Ali Sayyed had just sat down to study Sep 26 when he collapsed and was admitted to a local hospital in a ... Read more...
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Apollo Hospitals launch robot for stroke treatment
October 29th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Apollo Hospitals, India's biggest corporate hospital chain, Saturday launched "stroke Robot" which enables real-time quality care to stroke patients in areas far away from major cities.The ... Read more...
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CBI raids Marans, DMK silent
October 10th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi/Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The CBI Monday raided the residences and offices of DMK leader and former union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran in connection ... Read more...
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2G case: CBI begins searches in Hyderabad
October 10th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday began searching the offices of Sun Network, owned by the family of former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, and the ... Read more...
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Sania undergoes left knee surgery
October 8th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) India's top women tennis player Sania Mirza Saturday underwent a "successful" surgery on her left knee, which she injured during the last month's US Open.Her father, ... Read more...
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India faces huge donor crunch in liver transplants: Experts
October 7th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India is facing a huge donor crunch in liver transplants -- of the nearly 20,000 needy patients, only 500 are able to get them, according ... Read more...
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Cell therapy for athletic injuries
October 5th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Sportspersons who were earlier dependent on knee-replacement therapy for athletic injuries now have a new ray of hope in the form of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation ... Read more...
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Azharuddin’s son passes away, laid to rest
September 16th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 16 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain and Lok Sabha member Mohammed Azharuddin's son, Mohammed Ayazuddin, who was critically injured in a motorbike accident five days ago, passed ... Read more...
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Azharuddin’s son remains critical
September 13th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin's son Mohammed Ayazuddin's condition remains critical, doctors said Tuesday. The 19-year-old met with an accident two days ago while riding ... Read more...
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