Realty hot spot: A planned satellite town in KolkataThe area has good educational institutions, hospitals and employment hubs close by.
13 Jun, 2022, 06.30 AM IST
What is 'black fungus' that is hitting India's COVID-19 patients?The following lays out information about mucormycosis, opinions from health experts and the scientific evidence behind what could be drivin...
24 May, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
Labs that violate H1N1 norms may face actionSo far, 100 people have been hospitalised with H1N1 cases and two people have died in Bengaluru due to the virus attack which is also calle...
16 Oct, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
ChrysCapital in advanced talks to buy stake in Dr Agarwal's Health CareThe funds will be used to expand the eyecare chain run by publicly traded unit Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital Ltd into new geographies.
20 Aug, 2018, 08.34 AM IST
Forus Health's 3nethra Neo to screen prematurely born babies for a condition that affects eyesIn retinopathy of prematurity, abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina, or the layer in the eye that enables us to see, and this conditio...
25 Jul, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
How a Bengaluru lab is trying to fix the gene as therapy for hereditary health problemsAs Narayana Nethralaya is fronting it, the focus is on ocular (eye) diseases, though Ghosh’s own area of work is in muscular dystrophy.
23 Apr, 2016, 10.58 AM IST
How Dr Anand Vinekar’s innovation that prevents blindness in premature babies saved a new-born’s sightThe doctors at National Hospital told him while he was getting his child discharged, that he should get the child’s eyes and ears checked.
31 Jan, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Green corridor helps in saving five lives in BengaluruKiran Kumar, who was declared brain dead on after a joyride ended in a tragic accident, gave fresh life to 5 people when his parents agreed...
22 Dec, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
How a telemedicine innovation is preventing blindness in premature babiesA unique tele-imaging screening model that originated in Karnataka and has been taken to other states offers hope to premature babies at a ...
13 Dec, 2015, 02.43 PM IST
Firecrackers darken the festival of light for pedestrians, commutersIt was a particularly noiseless first day of Diwali due to the unceasing rainfall which prevented revellers from bursting crackers.
16 Nov, 2015, 12.05 PM IST
Massay M: Corporator who declined bike, asked for cycleMassay M died on April 15. He was 93. An independent corporator for three terms 1965, 1970 and 1990 - he never owned a vehicle.
27 Apr, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
1,000 KM cycle ride to spread awareness about eye cancer that affects kidsGandhi, who is Partner Business Evangelist at Microsoft, will cycle from Mumbai to Bengaluru in a span of ten days to raise awareness about...
14 Nov, 2014, 02.11 PM IST
ET Awards 2012: Devi Prasad Shetty is Entrepreneur of the YearAn uncommon dexterity with a surgeon’s scalpel combined with incisive grasp of business has helped catapult Devi Prasad Shetty into the ran...
19 Sep, 2012, 03.01 PM IST
- Key role of mobile phones in India health services: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Mobile phones have become a new tool in the hands of health workers in India to reach out to over 1.2 billion population through innovative...
03 Aug, 2012, 04.15 PM IST
- IT boosts operational efficiency among doctors
Dispensaries & clinics are latching onto home-grown software solutions for efficiency.
10 Mar, 2011, 03.12 AM IST
- Indian telemedicine moves on to version 2.0
Bangalore-based start-up builds the world’s first software application that streams live medical images onto mobile devices of specialists.
17 Dec, 2010, 01.30 AM IST
- No plans to set up fab unit: Barrett
While Intel will continue to focus on telemedicine, education and other efforts to bring computing and internet to people in the most remot...
04 Sep, 2007, 04.32 AM IST