Health
India’s First Right Shoulder-Artery Heart Valve Replacement Performed at SRM Prime Hospital
Chennai, April 2026: In a first in India, SRM Prime Hospital performed an Alternate Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/Implantation (TAVR/TAVI), a minimally invasive heart valve replacement procedure, through the artery under the right shoulder (right axillary artery), instead of the standard leg artery route, to save a 73-year-old patient with calcific severe aortic stenosis, a condition in…
InterGlobe’s International Hospitality Brand Miiro Opens Second Property in Vienna: Miiro Spittelberg
National, April 2026: Miiro, the lifestyle hotel brand from InterGlobe Enterprises, has announced the opening of Miiro Spittelberg in Vienna, a vibrant new addition to its growing European portfolio. This opening marks Miiro’s second hotel in Vienna and its sixth launch since the brand’s debut in 2024. The hotel promises a vibrant escape in one of the city’s…
VS Hospitals Performs Fertility-Sparing Surgery to Remove 20-cm Ovarian Cyst in Young IT Professional
VS Hospitals successfully performed a complex fertility-sparing surgery on a 21-year-old IT professional to remove a massive 20-cm ovarian cyst that had caused severe abdominal pain due to torsion, a condition in which the ovary twists and compromises its blood supply. The surgical team performed an emergency staging laparotomy, an open abdominal procedure undertaken to…
Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani Performs High-Risk Aortic Root Surgery
Chennai, February 2026: Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, successfully treated a 31-year-old woman with severe heart failure through aortic root surgery, a rare and complex cardiac procedure, ensuring long-term heart function while preserving her ability to safely plan future pregnancies. The patient was admitted with severe breathlessness and symptoms of advanced heart failure. On detailed evaluation, doctors found…
Widespread Steroid Use Emerging as a Key Trigger for Secondary Glaucoma, Say Doctors
Chennai | 27 January 2026: Doctors across India are raising concern over the widespread and often unsupervised use of steroids, warning that it is emerging as a major trigger for secondary glaucoma, a sight-threatening condition that can lead to irreversible blindness. Steroids commonly used for allergies, skin conditions, respiratory illnesses, and even as over-the-counter eye…
Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru, Performs Rare Life-Saving Surgery on 1-Month-Old Baby with Double Aortic Arch
Bengaluru, January 2025. Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru, has successfully treated a 1-month-6-day-old baby boy suffering from severe breathing distress, feeding difficulty, and repeated cardiac arrests—symptoms caused by a congenital heart defect known as Double Aortic Arch. Occurring in only about 1 in 10,000 infants, the anomaly forms a vascular ring that tightly compresses both the trachea and esophagus, making early diagnosis and…
SRM Global Hospitals Performs Tamil Nadu’s First TactiFlex Ablation to Treat Irregular Heart Rhythm in an 80-Year-Old Patient
Chennai, December 2025: SRM Global Hospitals saved the life of an 80-year-old patient from Chengalpattu who suffered from atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm) by performing Tamil Nadu’s first radiofrequency ablation using TactiFlex, an advanced catheter. Radiofrequency ablation is a procedure that destroys tiny areas of heart (and pulmonary) tissues responsible for abnormal electrical signals. TactiFlex, the…
Rela Hospital saves life after heart stops by treating lung blood Clots
Chennai, December 2025: Rela Hospital successfully saved the life of a critically ill patient who suffered a massive pulmonary embolism, a dangerous blood clot that had travelled from the leg to the lungs, by performing a mechanical thrombectomy, a catheter-based procedure used to physically extract the clot from the blocked lung artery. The intervention was extremely…
VS Hospitals Unveils Cutting-Edge Robotic-Assisted Solution for Knee Replacement
Chennai, November 2025: VS Hospitals, a trusted multispeciality healthcare centre, has launched the VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution at its Kilpauk facility. The VELYS system is an innovative, next-generation technology designed to assist surgeons in performing highly precise and personalised knee replacement surgeries. As part of the launch, the hospital is offering free orthopaedic consultations until the…
Rela Hospital Marks World Prematurity Day, Bringing Together Over 50 Preterm Babies and Families
Chennai, November 19, 2025: Rela Hospital marked World Prematurity Day 2025 by organising a special gathering of more than 50 preterm babies and their families, who have undergone treatment and have caught up to their peers developmentally, including children who were born as early as 25 weeks and weighed as little as 600 grams at…