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| Market |
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Dialysis
At Your Doorstep
Mobile dialysis unit serves the dialysis needs
of patients at their doorstep. Is it practical
enough to survive? Sonal Shukla tries to find
the answers.
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| Rendezvous |
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The
Alchemist
The Founder of GNRC Dr NC Borah has faced extreme
financial adversities in his life. But the man
of steel did not deviate from achieving his dream
of setting up a dedicated neurological centre
in India. Rita Dutta profiles the visionary.
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| In News |
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New
Insurance Offers Unlimited Access To Healthcare
Facilities
India's
First Early Dengue Detection Kit Launched
Rare
Heart Procedure Conducted On One-day-old at Manipal
Hospital
Hinduja
Hospital Pioneers Osmotic Tissue Expander
DCA
Unveils Expansion Plans
FOGSI
& ISRO Launches Satellite School
India's
First Stem Cell Transplant Centre To Be Operational
By Year End
'Serving
Patients Unpalatable Food Will Not Help Them Recover
Early'
Siemens
Partners With Jupiter Hospital To Set Up Asia's
First Multi-modality Training Center
Seegene
Introduces New Dengue Virus Molecular Diagnostics
PD
Hinduja Hospital Installs LightSpeed VCT
India
Micronutrient National Investment Plan Launched
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'It
Was My Dream To Conduct Liver Transplant For The
Last 16 Years'
A month after it obtained permission from the
State Appropriate Authority to conduct transplant,
Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai conducted the group's
first ever liver transplant surgery, recently.
The transplant was adult to adult living donor
liver transplant (LDLT) on 53-year-old patient.
The patient's son has donated part of his liver
for the transplant. The 18-hour-long surgery was
conducted by Dr S K Mathur, consultant surgeon
for surgical gastroenterology and liver transplantation.
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| Analysis |
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International
Trade In Healthcare Services
The rise in cross-border trade in health and the
phenomenon of looking Eastwards was predicted
by experts way back in the year 1997, says Dr
Shyama S Nagarajan.
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| Technology |
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'Left
Main Angioplasty Eliminates The Need For Immediate
Bypass Surgery'
Dr Marc Silvestri, Interventional Cardiologist
at the Rambot Hospital, Aix en Provence, France,
was recently in India at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital
and Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, to perform various
interventions, including left main angioplasties.
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| Accreditation |
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Dynamics
Of Accreditation Of Private Hospitals
In developing countries like India, where health
services are delivered mainly through private
health providers, regulation is an essential instrument
of Government policy, says Dr Varsha Zende.
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| Conference Watch |
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Clairvoyance
2006 To Kick Off In December
Events
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| Diagnostic |
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The
Gold Test For TB
The Quantiferon TB Gold test is primarily intended
to detect latent infection with Mtb, and not for
diagnosis and management of active tuberculosis,
says Dr Avinash Phadke.
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