Hospital Updates

Aster announces 1000 discounted surgeries in 7 countries as a part of Aster Volunteers’ ‘Kindness is a Habit’ campaign

On occasion of its 36th Foundation Day, Aster DM Healthcare has unveiled its year-long ‘Kindness is a Habit’ campaign under its CSR arm – Aster Volunteers. Under this campaign, the group will encourage people across the world to adopt kindness and compassion as an everyday habit and encourage their friends, families and society to do […]

Digital Health News

Pristyn Care doubles its surgical centres and crosses 1Mn patient interactions. Becomes the leader in Secondary-care surgeries

Pristyn Care, a health technology start-up specialising in secondary-care surgeries, has doubled its surgical centres to 800 in 2021. Pristyn Care surgical centres are now functional across the 7 metro cities – Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata – and  35 tier 2 & 3 cities across the country. Operating in over 12 […]

Drug Updates

Russia`s Health Ministry recommends RA drug olokizumab for patients with COVID-19 of any severity

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has issued the 12th version of the Temporary guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. The new document includes, inter alia, a revision of the “Pathogenetic treatment” section, where it clarifies the criteria and terms of prescribing genetically engineered biological drugs and elaborates on the […]

Digital Health News

SaiShree Hospital leverages technology to redefine the boundaries of healthcare; performs 100 successful robotic knee surgeries with western India’s ONLY fully automatic Robotic System

SaiShree Hospital, Aundh has raised the bar for technology in healthcare by successfully completing 100 robotic knee surgeries with western India’s ONLY fully automatic Robotic System. The hospital is well equipped with latest technology and best experts to take care of patient’s orthopaedic healthcare needs. These surgeries were conducted by Maharashtra’s only fully automatic active robotic […]

Hospital Updates

Saveetha Dental College and Hospital becomes the First Hospital in the Country to have completed 10000 Implant Surgeries

Saveetha Dental College and Hospital announced the successful completion of 10000 teeth implant surgeries with an average success rate of 99.6% which is highest in the country; A milestone in the history of Implantology department in the country. The hospital also announced that the team had performed 10000th surgery on 7th September 2021 morning. On celebrating this landmark […]

Hospital Updates

Cosmetic Surgeries increased in pandemic

The author of this article is Dr Shraddha Despande, Plastic Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central Cosmetic Surgery is a relatively newer field in India. It evolved in the 1990s, but in the last decade the incidence of cosmetic surgery has been growing exponentially in India. Amongst the cases performed in India, before the pandemic started, […]