Chennai has the highest number of childhood cancer incidence in Tamilnadu and also in south of India. Across India, the city ranks second, only next to New Delhi.
Author: Bhavani Prabhakar
With India being home to 12-18 million blind population, Dr Agarwal’s Healthcare Limited (DAHCL) is set to increase the number of its hospitals in the country.
For the residents of Bharath Nagar in Adambakkam, their fight for stormwater drains (SWDs) can be traced back to as early as 2013. The continuous follow-up with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has finally led to the construction of drains now.
For the neighbourhood, this New Year began with the shocker of a chain being snatched in broad daylight despite CCTVs being installed in a majority of houses. While it is not even a month since it happened, the residents witnessed another case and there are a couple of such incidents happening sporadically in the area.
Since time immemorial, our parents ask us to have meals on time. No matter how old you are, they keep reiterating it time and again, even if you yourself are a parent. However, if you are enslaved to your work or immersed with the emotional soap operas, you sure are to skip or even forget to eat.
Tamilnadu’s capital city, Chennai, is known for having government hospitals with state-of-the-art instruments to cater to the medical needs of the public at large. However, regular blood donors in the city raise concerns of not having enough apheresis machines to store platelets.
“I began studying Tamizh last year on my fiancé’s request. He is from Tamilnadu and encouraged me to study so that I’ll be able to manage when we shift there after a few years,” says Samantha.
“The hands were procured from a brain dead person last year and was transplanted to the in-patient, Narayanaswamy. Both the donor and recipient underwent tendon, nerve and artery dissection following which the hand was fixed. He was put on immunotherapy and physiotherapy and occupational therapy was done.Â’
a study carried out by Chennai-based Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation and Support Programme (TNUSSP) in Periyanaickenpalayam and Narasimhanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore revealed that Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and prevalence of taboos to be noteworthy challenges and were found to be insufficiently acknowledged.