Author: Bhavani Prabhakar

Following protests staged by the apex body of chemists and druggists all over the State 27 September, the Madras High Court today ordered a two-week interim stay on sale of medicines online.

While much has been talked about breast cancer awareness and women being apprehensive about going for screening, little do we discuss the technological advancements employed in diagnosis.

It is a common belief that consumption of oil can lead to weight-gain, cholesterol and other such conditions. However, doctors in the city state that oil, which contains fat, is required to dissolve Vitamin E that can prevent several diseases.

Currently, 936 vehicles and 41 first responder bikes are distributed across Tamilnadu. There are also 65 neonatal, 78 four-wheel-drive vehicles and 57 advanced life support ambulances.

With dengue and swine flu cases once again on the  rise in the State, 1.5-year-old Sivasri of Kamarajar Nagar, Choolaimedu, lost her life due to pneumonia.

As part of the MoU, we are setting up a permanent studio in the hospital just below the palliative care ward. We plan to organise creative art workshops for them on a regular basis. We will also have story-telling sessions, enacting plays and staging puppet theatre to entertain the children

Amid rising cases of dengue and swine flu in the State, 16-year-old Vijay of Ayyanchery, Urapakkam, lost his life owing to intense respiratory difficulty and fever.

“My day would start as early as 8 am. I have also worked through the night at times. Those were the days where transportation was not an easy job, we either had to walk or pedal miles to deliver. Even then, we had to distribute around 150 posts everyday,” he recalls.

Since a compound wall was built, during the cyclone the rainwater was stagnated and had become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.