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Ruby Hall to set up India’s largest cord blood storage facility
Ruby Hall Medical Research Centre, a subsidiary of Pune-based Ruby Hall Clinic, and Denmark-based biotechnology company Mesibo are soon to form a 49:51 joint venture with an aim to establish India’s largest cord blood storage facility at Pune.

CME re-accreditation system to take off in Feb. ‘02
The much discussed and debated CME-based re-accreditation system for medical professionals being formulated by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is expected to be in force by February 2002.

DNA technique to detect congenital glaucoma developed
L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a private non-profit eye care centre, in collaboration with the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) an autonomous centre of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has developed for the first time in India a technique to detect congenital glaucoma through DNA analysis.

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NH-PRUCKA School of Electrophysiology opens
NH-PRUCKA School of Electrophysiology is now open for the students here at Narayana Hrudayalaya. The faculty of the School shall comprise of a high level advisory board to detail out a comprehensive course curriculum.

TNSACS offers personal accident insurance for blood donors
The TamilNadu State Aids Control society (TNSACS) is offering personal accident insurance from the National Insurance Company Ltd (a subsidiary of GIC) for all voluntary blood donors across the state.

KMCH introduces stereotactic neurosurgery
In a major move to provide the latest technology in the management of brain tumours, the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) of Coimbatore has launched Stereotactic Neurosurgery.

Dental institute to come up soon at AIIMS
A dental college would soon come up in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr C P Thakur has said.

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This Fortnight

Editor Speak
Desirable changes
The government’s keenness to transform the M C I code of ethics into a statute with addition of a few new clauses has no doubt been received with a lukewarm response from the medical profession.

Interview
 ‘Improving the quality of service is our strategy for profitability’
Dr Phani Dhar, with 37 odd years of experience in the medical world and who has adorned prestigious positions including director general, Health, Ministry of Railways has now taken charge at Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI) for liver, renal & digestive diseases set up in 1996.

 
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