Health

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Chennai, 18 November 2025: SIMS Hospital successfully treated a recurrent stroke in a 29-year-old man caused by a blood clot in his brain, and also saved his heart and leg by promptly treating additional clots in these two organs, an extremely rare medical presentation. The likelihood of a young adult developing simultaneous multi-organ clots along…

Chennai, November 12, 2025: Ushering in a new era of precision oncology, VS Hospitals, a leading cancer care centre in Chennai, is launching HOPE, Holistic Oncology Program for Excellence, a first-of-its-kind framework that combines targeted treatment strategies with AI-powered nutrition support. In addition, the hospital is introducing a dedicated Department of Precision Oncology. Together, these…

Chennai, November 2, 2025: MGM Cancer Institute hosted “Walk in Pink”, a walkathon to raise breast cancer awareness, attracting over a thousand participants, including hospital staff, healthcare professionals, and students from across the city. The walkathon began at MGM Cancer Institute on Nelson Manickam Road and concluded at Tower Park, Anna Nagar. Surgeon Commander Mohan…

Chennai, October 2025: MGM Healthcare’s Varam Women’s Superspeciality Centre launched the Menopause Evening Clinic on the occasion of its fifth anniversary and World Menopause Day, to provide holistic support, specialised gynaecology services, and personalised care for women navigating menopause. As part of the launch, the new clinic will offer its essential menopause healthcare services as…