Doctor Gradlin Roy, a cardiac surgeon, died during rounds at Saveetha Medical College in Chennai. His death highlights the risks faced by y...

An Indian surgeon and Australian professor founded Cardiobionic to create affordable heart pumps. Patented prototypes, including a bi-ventr...

Medical tourism refers to the practice of traveling to another country for medical treatment, often due to lower costs, better quality care...

The panel's report, that was tabled by the state government in the Assembly on Tuesday also indicted former Health Minister C Vijayabaskar,...

The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry examined Dr L F Sridhar,a cardio thoracic surgeon and was among doctors who attended to J...

A Frontier Lifeline team has sought the state transplant authority’s permission to retrieve ‘misfit’ hearts from donors for ‘piggyback tran...

Shakila was taken to a neurospecialist at Apollo Hospital who went through the medical record and opined that there was negligence in perfo...

What came to Srinath's rescue was ECMO, the same procedure used by doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, to treat late Tamil Nadu chief min...

Apollo Hospitals panned reports of Jayalalithaa's death, saying the Tamil Nadu CM was on life support and was being attended to by a team o...

"The AIIMS team... they have come and are treating (Jayalalithaa). She is responding to it," a spokesperson from the ruling party said toni...

Jayalalithaa has been critical after she suffered a cardiac arrest in Apollo Hospital yesterday where she was admitted over two months ago.

The 'Made in India' device will be available at one-third the cost of existing devices - 30 lakh as against 90 lakh said cardiac surgeon Dr...

Wide-ranging interviews with surgeons who testified before an NGO on corrupt practices in hospitals told TOI that often patients are forced...

Insurers are seeing more value of providing coverage for second opinion service as part of their health insurance offering.

India will remain on top in medical tourism for at least a decade despite attempts from countries like China and Japan to tap into the busi...

The day may not be too far when India may become a global hub for cure to deadly diseases such as cancer, neurology and cardiac problems. B...

Iconic eye-care hospital Sankara Nethralaya is finalising plans to develop Asia’s largest integrated eye-care facility in Kolkata.