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Madras Medical College

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Type: Organization

Name: Madras Medical College

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

An oxygen chamber that mends wounds

India May 25(IM):Open wounds and sores are often a diabetic's Achilles' heel as they take a long time to heal and often lead to complications. A city hospital seems to have found a way to circumvent this by placing patients in a specialised chamber that ... [Published Indian Mirror - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Oxygen, Patient, Madras Medical College, Diabetes

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Catching the early signs of hypertension

Health Minister K C Veeramani getting his hypertension checked with the SPHYGMOCORE machine on Friday. Mayor Sadai Duraisamy is also seen | P JawaharHealth Minister K C Veeramani inaugurated the SPHYGMOCORE machine for the early detection of hypertension ... [Published New Indian Express - May 18 2013]

Entities: Hypertension, Madras Medical College, Aorta, Diet

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Man with aneurysm rupture saved

Mani with Dr Nagaraj and dean Kangasabai at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, in the city on Wednesday | R Satish BabuWhen Mani (55), a farmer from a village near Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur district, came to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General ... [Published New Indian Express - May 16 2013]

Entities: Rajiv Gandhi, esophagus, Madras Medical College, Satish Babu, Surgeon

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

GH streamlines parking of vehicles

Haphazard parking of vehicles no longer plagues the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (GH).The hospital has streamlined parking on its premises by earmarking dedicated spaces for two-wheelers and four-wheelers and issuing vehicle passes for staff ... [Published The Hindu - May 12 2013]

Entities: Madras Medical College, Mass Casualty, Rajiv Gandhi, emergency, Patient

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Madras Medical College

Health Minister lauds nurses’ selfless service

World Nurses Day on Friday. | P RavikumarState Health Minister K C Veeramani lauded the nursing community for their service to society. The Minister was speaking on the occasion of the World Nurses Day celebrations organised at the Rajiv Gandhi Government ... [Published New Indian Express - May 11 2013]

Entities: Madras Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi, Morbidity

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Union Bank

Two from Chennai crack UPSC code, make it to top 25

CHENNAI: Close to 100 candidates from Tamil Nadu, including two in the top 25 from Chennai, have made it to the civil services this year, the UPSC final results, released on Friday, have showed. The figure was around 150 in the last couple of years.More ... [Published India Everyday - May 04 2013]

Entities: Chennai, Madras Medical College, Union Bank, Hyderabad, Malnutrition

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

College of Engineering, Guindy

City makes a mark in civil services exam

A pursuit of "something new" and the desire to "bring about change for the better" shaped Chennai resident A. Arun Thamburaj into an IAS officer."I am trying to evolve as something new," said the doctor-turned-IPS officer who emerged as topper among candidates ... [Published The Hindu - May 03 2013]

Entities: Chennai, Coaching, College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras Medical College

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

LMH hires four doctors, nurse

_ NEWARK ? Licking Memorial Hospital announced the addition of four doctors and a nurse practitioner.Dr. John R. Simmons, radiation oncologist, has joined the active medical staff. He earned his doctorate in osteopathy at West Virginia School of Osteopathic ... [Published Newark Advocate - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Appointment, Internal Medicine, Patient, Madras Medical College, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Man found disoriented near hospital

An elderly man was found lying naked by the compound wall of the Government Royapettah Hospital on Friday.A passerby said the man was disoriented and did not know where he was.The police in the hospital outpost identified him as Hanumantha Rao, a resident ... [Published The Hindu - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Lakshmi Nagar, Madras Medical College, Geriatrics

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Smile! It’s all in your DNA

It’s been 60 years since Watson and Crick ran out of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge and boasted at the pub nearby that they had ‘unlocked the secret to life’, and to be honest, medical and legal professionals are just as thankful for their discovery ... [Published New Indian Express - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: DNA, DNA Testing, Mutation, Madras Medical College, Cavendish Laboratory

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

TN loses 400 MBBS seats, 100 more yet to be cleared

Admission to medical colleges in the state is likely to get tougher this year. The Medical Council of India (MCI) is yet to grant permission to the new government medical college in Tiruvanammalai, putting 100 additional MBBS seats in doubt.The state ... [Published Asian Lite - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: MCI, Madras Medical College, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Admission

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

Charlotte doctor settles Medicare fraud case, will pay back more than $2 million

Dr. Hemanth Rao, a Charlotte neurologist, has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the federal government to settle civil fraud allegations in connection with administration of intravenous therapy.Rao is owner of the Neurological Institute in Charlotte, ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Fraud, Intravenous Immunoglobulin, Witchcraft

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...Patients will require a one-hour session for 14 days. "We have a controlled mechanism which regulates the oxygen supplied according to medical protocol" . Patients will experience a feeling akin to what one feels when a flight takes off

An oxygen chamber that mends wounds [Published Indian Mirror - 11 hours ago]

"We have been asking people to add millets to their diet. Various millet-based products are available in the market today. Whole wheat ground with millets such as ragi, 'cumbu' and 'cholam' can be used to make chapathis" said A Chitra, an assistant professor at the Institute

City experts work to make millets ‘tastier’ [Published The Hindu - May 24 2013]

...The hospital has also initiated the process of issuing vehicle passes to its staff. "So far, we have issued 800 passes $ for two-wheelers and cars $ to professors, assistant professors, postgraduates and staff" Dr. Kanagasabai said

GH streamlines parking of vehicles [Published The Hindu - May 12 2013]

Echoing the opinion of other doctors selected for the service, Dr Prabhushankar said, "I found I really couldn't do much about people's sufferings as a doctor. We can heal their diseases, but we can't change the reasons they get it, like malnutrition or poverty. For me it was embarrassing to know that."

Two from Chennai crack UPSC code, make it to top 25 [Published India Everyday - May 04 2013]