St. Jude to provide latest medical technologies to India
April 19th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) US-based global medical device company St. Jude Medical Inc. will make its latest technologies available to patients in India, a top company official said here."We will ... Read more...
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Man pierced by iron rods, saved by doctors
March 12th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) A youth, pierced through the body by two iron rods, got a a new lease of life as doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Six months after double bypass, Gogoi ‘hale and hearty’ (With Image)
February 4th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Six months after his cardiac surgery, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi underwent a medical check-up here Saturday and was pronounced "fit and fine" by his ... Read more...
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Garlic oil component protects heart
November 17th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) A garlic oil component may help protect the heart after it suffers an attack, during cardiac surgery or as a treatment for heart failure.
At low ... Read more...
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Probe in shop selling used surgical equipment
April 26th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 26 (IANS) Authorities at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) have initiated a probe into the incident of a leading chemist shop, situated inside its ... Read more...
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Shop inside medical institute sells used surgical equipment
April 24th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) A leading chemist shop, situated in the premises of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here, has come under scanner for selling used ... Read more...
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Obese patients at higher risk from major complications after surgery
April 19th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): A study has contradicted the notion that a high body mass index (BMI) confers a protective effect, by saying that obese patients are at a higher risk from ... Read more...
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Gilani to visit London for son’s surgery
April 3rd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 3(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will begin a four-day private trip to London on Wednesday to be present during his son's liver surgery in a hospital ... Read more...
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Retirement age of faculty doctors to be raised: Azad
November 24th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Nov 24 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Gulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday announced that the Central Government is considering the possibility of raising the retirement age of faculty doctors ... Read more...
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Gogoi to be fit to travel in two weeks
September 18th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 18 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will be fit to travel and free from all medication in nearly two weeks, eminent cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda who performed triple ... Read more...
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Man with 43 stents in body recovering: AIIMS doctor
June 18th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Conrad, a US resident who has 43 stents in his body and is recovering well at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), could have lost ... Read more...
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Star Jones well on the road to recovery
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Star Jones, lawyer and co-host of ABC weekdays morning talk show, The View, is recovering after she underwent a cardiac surgery last week. This ... Read more...
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Star Jones recovering from heart surgery
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Presenter Star Jones is recuperating from heart surgery that she underwent last week. The former ‘The View’ host got herself admitted to the hospital for ... Read more...
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Star Jones Recovering From Cardiac Surgery
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Star Jones is said to be recovering from cardiac surgery which she underwent on Wednesday. The surgery was related to a rarely-performed operation she had 30 years ... Read more...
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Star Jones On Her Way To Speedy Recovery
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
New York, Mar 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American TV personality Star Jones underwent a rare kind of cardiac surgery. The good news is that she is now on her way to ... Read more...
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Star Jones Recovering From Surgery
March 22nd, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Los Angeles, March 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The famous television star, Star Jones had reportedly undergone a cardiac surgery and is now recuperating from the operation. According to the representative of ... Read more...
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Star Jones recovering after cardiac surgery
March 22nd, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to People.com the former co-host of ‘The View’ - Star Jones underwent cardiac surgery last week, and she is now recovering after the surgery. A ... Read more...
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Star Jones recovering after surgery
March 22nd, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Star Jones American lawyer and TV personality underwent cardiac surgery on Wednesday related to rarely-performed surgery she had three decades ago after developing a thoracic ... Read more...
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Heart disease cost India 9.2 mn productive years: PM
February 27th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Terming heart disease a major challenge for a developing nation like India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the country had lost 9.2 million potentially productive ... Read more...
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Doctors may operate on infant with protruding heart Thursday
September 1st, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Tuesday said that the condition of the six-day-old baby with a protruding heart is "stable" and that ... Read more...
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PM’s cardiac surgeon gets lifetime achievement award
July 20th, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Ramakanth Panda, the Mumbai-based cardiac surgeon who conducted the bypass surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier this year, was given the Bank of Baroda Lifetime Achievement ... Read more...
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Sena chief Bal Thackeray discharged after cardiac surgery
July 12th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who underwent an emergency angioplasty on Tuesday, was discharged from the Lilavati Hospital here Sunday morning, an official said.
"His condition is fine ... Read more...
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Chennai hospital relents, 10 Guyanese children can go home (Lead)
June 27th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) After high drama that lasted 24 hours, 10 Guyanese children, who underwent cardiac surgery at a private hospital here and were detained for non-payment of bills, were Saturday ... Read more...
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Chennai hospital allows Guyanese children to return home
June 27th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 27 (IANS) Ten Guyanese children, who underwent cardiac surgery at a private hospital here and were detained for non-payment of bills, were Saturday allowed to return home after the NGO ... Read more...
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Ex-Guyana First Lady detained by Chennai hospital for non-payment of dues
June 27th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, June 27 (ANI): At least 13 heart patients, including Guyana's former First Lady, Mrs. Kieran Singh and ten children have been detained by the Frontier Lifeline Hospital here for alleged non-payment ... Read more...
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Panda justifies conducting bypass surgery on PM
May 28th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Ramakant Panda, the private doctor who conducted a cardiac operation on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in January, said Thursday the second bypass surgery "on beating heart ... Read more...
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Tell how private doc was brought for PM’s surgery, CIC to AIIMS
May 26th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to reveal how the decision to bring a private doctor, Ramakant ... Read more...
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Genetic test may help determine heart surgery complication risk
May 1st, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1 (ANI): A new study has revealed that a simple genetic test can help determine a patient's risk of developing complications following cardiac surgery.While cardiac surgery puts an individual at ... Read more...
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Afro-American kids who undergo cardiac surgery likely to have low quality of life
March 30th, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Scientists have found that several categories of patients with heart disease, including African-Americans and lower-income families, have a lower quality of life.Although paediatric surgeons can effectively repair complex ... Read more...
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PM will campaign, says Varun Gandhi’s remarks ‘unfortunate’ (Lead)
March 19th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In his first public comments after he underwent a coronary bypass surgery nearly two months ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said he would be campaigning ... Read more...
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PM calls Varun Gandhi’s remarks ‘unfortunate’
March 19th, 2009 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said it was"unfortunate" if Varun Gandhi made hate speeches that have drawn strong reactions across the nation.
Talking to reporters at the ... Read more...
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Meet the 14-yr-old girl who lived without a heart for 4 months
November 20th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 20 (ANI): The heart is an organ one cannot do without, but a 14-year-old girl has proved otherwise by surviving for four months without one.
D''Zhana Simmons, 14, from ... Read more...
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Gender matching in heart transplantation leads to long-term survival
November 13th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): A new study has revealed that gender matching between donors and recipients is important to short- and long-term survival in heart transplantation,In clinical transplantation, we generally ... Read more...
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Dr.Naresh Kumar Trehan, the heartbeat of India
September 12th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibha Dham
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): Dr. Naresh Kumar Trehan, the renowned personality in the medical world, is today viewed as a pioneer in the field of cardiology in India. He ... Read more...
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I-Day gift: Indian docs save life of Pakistani student
August 15th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) At a time when tensions have flared up again between India and Pakistan, doctors in Delhi have saved the life of a young Pakistani ... Read more...
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