Chennai, June 12, 2025: In a first for India, SIMS Hospital successfully performed a single-stage hybrid procedure combining an intraoperative transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) technique, a major open-heart surgery used to replace a damaged portion of the aorta with a specialised graft, on a 61-year-old patient from Mumbai…
Chennai, June 12th, 2025 – Kauvery Hospital’s 24×7 Diabetes Helpline (88802 88802) has completed an impressive milestone of 1500 days of uninterrupted service since its launch on April 21, 2021. As one of the forerunners in establishing a dedicated helpline for diabetes care in Chennai, this initiative has become a vital lifeline for patients across…
Chennai, 9 June 2025: Breathing new life into 44-year-old Ms. Kavitha, a mother of two daughters, Rela Hospital performed a high-risk double lung transplant and averted a heart transplant, which was becoming inevitable as her interstitial lung disease—a progressive condition that turns lungs fibrous, making them stiff and unable to support breathing—had begun to severely…
Chennai, 8th June 2025: The grand event was graced by Thiru. Ma. SUBRAMANIAN, B.A., LL.B, Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, who officially inaugurated the facility and commended the hospital’s mission to make world-class care both accessible and compassionate. A New Chapter in Care Begins Designed to deliver advanced medical treatment with a…
Chennai, 29th May 2025 – In a significant step towards advancing specialized cardiopulmonary care, Kauvery Hospital, Vadapalani, inaugurated its Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic. The clinic, operating under the Department of Cardiology, is a first-of-its-kind initiative offering comprehensive medical, interventional, and surgical evaluation management, and follow-up for patients across all age groups affected by pulmonary hypertension (PH)….
Chennai, 27th May,2025: Prashanth Hospitals, one of Chennai’s leading multi- speciality hospitals, responds to increasing stroke cases in the city by launching its inaugural awareness campaign on stroke titled, #StopTheBlock. With an aim to reach over 2 million Chennai citizens, this innovative campaign features a mobile unit with a life-size model brain coupled with engaging activities such…
● The patient, with a 30-year history of hypertension and coronary artery disease under medication, had undergone hernia surgery 40 years ago. ● Elderly patients can benefit from laparoscopy if peri-operative optimisation is done well to prevent complications and reduce surgery time. Chennai, May 27, 2025: SRM Global Hospitals successfully performed laparoscopic surgery to treat inguinal hernia in…
Global Milestone in the Field of Robotic Surgery • In a groundbreaking World’s first, Rela Hospital has successfully performed a Robotic Liver Transplant on the youngest recipient to date—a five-year-old child. This historic surgery marks a major milestone in the field of robotic and paediatric transplant surgery, combining cutting-edge technology with complex surgical expertise to…
● The Patient had a rare condition (Bilateral Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia) where compressed nerves in the throat due to elongated styloid processes on both sides of the neck impinging on the 9th Cranial Nerve causing severe pain not relieved by conservative management. ● The TORS procedure successfully spared the tonsils, surrounding nerves, and other vital structures in the throat,…
Chennai, 19th May 2025 – Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet, a leading multi-specialty healthcare provider in Tamil Nadu, successfully organized a Night Walk for Lupus Awareness at Elliot’s Beach Road, Besant Nagar, Chennai. The event, led by the Department of Rheumatology, aimed to raise awareness about lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects millions worldwide. The walk brought…
