Health
Kauvery Hospital Performs Tamil Nadu’s First Robotic Pancreatic Reconstruction Surgery in a Child
Chennai, May 20, 2026: Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, has successfully performed a highly complex robotic pancreatic reconstruction surgery on a 12-year-old girl suffering from recurrent chronic pancreatitis caused by a rare congenital pancreatic abnormality. The procedure marks the first robotic Frey’s procedure performed in a paediatric patient in Tamil Nadu and represents a significant advancement in…
Rela Hospital Performs Life-Saving Bone Marrow Transplant Using Stem Cells
Chennai, May 19, 2026: A 23-year-old woman from Chennai diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, an aggressive, high-risk blood cancer, has successfully undergone Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, a life-saving bone marrow transplant, at Rela Hospital using donor stem cells transported from Poland amid international air transport disruptions linked to the ongoing Iran conflict. Since a matching family…
Kauvery Heart Institute Introduces Specialised Cardiac Programmes Exclusively for High-Risk Interventions
Chennai, April , 2026: Positioning itself as a centre of excellence in advanced cardiac interventions, Kauvery Heart Institute at Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, has launched Complex High-Risk Indicated Procedures (CHIP), a set of specialised cardiac programmes aimed at managing some of the most complex and high-risk heart conditions. The initiative focuses on treating critically ill…
Complex Brain Surgery at Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani Helps Woman Bedridden for 7 Years Recover in 48 Hours
Chennai, April 10, 2026: Kauvery Hospital successfully performed a high-risk brain surgery on a 59-year-old woman, removing a massive frontal tumour that occupied nearly half the brain. The patient, who had undergone brain surgery following a haemorrhage seven years ago and had since been bedridden and dependent on tracheostomy support for breathing, showed signs of…
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…