Jaipur in Medical News

Ashley Judd to Visit Jaipur for HIV Cause

Jaipur: Hollywood actress Ashley Judd will be here on a three-day visit to see an NGO's activities in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and maternal and child health.// The star of such thrillers as "Kiss the Girls", "Double Jeopardy" and "High Crimes" will be visiting the Rajasthan capital as...

Victims of Landmine Blasts Walks with the Help of Jaipur Foot

More than 20 crippled Lebanese, victims of land mine blasts in that country, are able to walk now, thanks to the prosthetic Jaipur Foot developed by a non-governmental organisation here.// A two-member team from the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) conducted a preliminary camp ...

Fortis Plans Multi-speciality Hospital in Jaipur

Fortis Healthcare plans to set up a super speciality hospital in Jaipur as part of its initiative to expand its operations in Rajasthan . "We have shown our intent in setting up a Medi city in Jaipur to the state government. We want over 25 acres of land for the project that will have a medi...

Animals too Affected from Heat Wake in Jaipur

As Rajasthan reels under intense heat wave, animals too are affected by scorching temperatures . Dogs in Jaipur have been suffering heat strokes with as many as 50 canines being treated at veterinary hospitals everyday. Veterinarians say such extreme heat is not favourable for pets, ...

Stem Cell Research Lab Coming Up in Jaipur

The Sawai Man Singh (SMS) medical college here will set up a stem cell research laboratory by April to undertake research in biotechnology, genetics// and stem cells. The laboratory, to be part of an advance research laboratory to come up in the state government-run institute, has been taken ...

Huge Ayurveda Library Coming Up in Jaipur

An ayurveda library with a collection of nearly 50,000 books, including old and rare manuscripts on the ancient Indian art of healing, is coming up here. // To be built at the National Ayurveda Institute at a cost of over Rs.20 million, it will be one of the biggest ayurveda libraries in India. ...

An Exclusive Store for Diabetes Care Opened in Jaipur

A unique one-stop store for diabetes care, that includes products like insulin, sugar-free food and healthcare books, was opened here Tuesday. // The store called 'D' Lounge has been set up by Way-to-Health, a company involved in the distribution of healthcare products. "'D' Lounge offer...

Flower Therapy New Fad In Jaipur

For the beauty conscious in Jaipur, flower therapy is becoming the most sought-after treatment for skin ailments. Helping people enhance their beauty are parlours// and clinics that are offering these therapies. Be it acne problems or under eye dark circles, flower therapy seems to be the perfect ...

Chikungunya Outbreak Feared in Jaipur

After viral fever, malaria and dengue, a more lethal mosquito-caused illness is causing panic in the city.// As per official reports, no case of chikungunya has been traced in the city but four patients with its symptoms are being treated. Their samples have been sent to a laboratory. "...

India's Breast Cancer Drug Market Will Almost Double by 2012

...row rapidly during this period. The report also finds that Indian physicians in the six surveyed regions (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, jaipur and Lucknow) are encouraged by the success of targeted therapies in other major markets and have started to increasingly incorporate targeted therapie...

Is it pancreatitis in acute abdominal pain in acute viral hepatitis?

...stroenterology addresses the above issue. The research team led by Dr. Pankaj Jain and Dr. Sandeep Nijhawan from Sawai Man Singh College and Hospital, jaipur worked on patients with acute viral hepatitis who had severe acute abdominal pain for more than three years. The large sample size allowed them to obt...

National Geographic Channel, Ashley Judd and YouthAIDS Host World Premiere Screening of 'India's Hidden Plague'

...reasingly at risk for infection. On this collaborative tour, the team visited brothels and slums in Mumbai to truck stops in jaipur to the affluent communities of Delhi. National Geographic Channel will host the world premiere screening of the film that ...

Portal vein thrombosis is common in extraportal vein obstruction

...ology and clinical outcome of portal vein thrombosis. The research team led by Dr. Pankaj Jain and Dr. Sandeep Nijhawan from Sawai Man Singh Hospital, jaipur worked on patients with portal vein thrombosis for two years. The researchers had observed that patients with portal vein thrombosis in the two groups...

Scorching Heat in Rajasthan Has Pushed the Sale of Beer to a Record High

...arest beer bar or liquor outlet to quench their thirst with a chilled glass of beer . This is evident from the taverns in star-rated hotels in jaipur which are packed with guzzlers. Over ninety percent of the bar occupants prefer beer with a mere ten percent opting for hard liquor. Customers...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...ride and achievement. For example the white revolution, the green revolution and rocket technology is a matter of pride for the Indian scientists. The jaipur foot and Aravind eye care system are a few limited examples in the health sector. 9. Doctors are at crossroads the ethics are on slippery s...

North India Reels Under Heat Wave

...ain in sight till early next week," the official told IANS. While Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh recorded 45 degrees Celsius, Lucknow was 44 degrees. jaipur saw the mercury cross 43 degrees while Hissar in Haryana recorded a maximum of 45 degrees. Jammu recorded a whopping 44 degrees Celsius, forci...

Jaipur Foot All Set to Launch Its Centre in Columbia

... NGO. M.K. Mathur of BMVSS told IANS: "The jaipur Foot centre in Colombia is slated to start in Augu...ee-fourths of the artificial foot would be made in jaipur and the rest in Colombia. The entire production wo...ift to Colombia after a few months. It was jaipur resident Ram Charan Sharma, who hails from a famil...

No Respite for Rajasthan from Heat Wave

...ng at 44.6 degrees while Jodhpur was 43 degrees Celsius. Ajmer was 42 degrees and Dabok was a scorching 42.6 degrees Celsius. "The main roads in jaipur have hardly any traffic, especially in the afternoons, resembling a curfew-like situation," a traffic policeman said. Most people have changed t...

Computerized Attendance to Check Late Coming Teachers

...d to all schools in the state. It would first be installed in 15 schools of jaipur and five schools of Dausa. 'Some of the machines have already reached... training programme on operating the machines was organised recently in the jaipur office of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The biometric system ensures electro...

Jaipur Foot Takes Off for Lebanon

... The jaipur Foot - artificial legs made in Rajasthan - is all ...ta in February that saw 350 people fitted with the jaipur Foot. "These were people who had lost their ..., Afghanistan and parts of Latin America." A jaipur resident, Ram Charan Sharma, who hailed from a fam...

Malaysia Seeks Help to Set Up Ayurvedic Hospital

...ayurveda in their country//. A high-level delegation headed by the Malaysian health minister visited the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) in jaipur to check out the academic, research and patient care functions there, NIA officials told IANS here Friday. The Malaysian team showed interest in...

Apollo Tyres All Set to Enter the Healthcare Sector

... requisite land in metropolitan areas. "So far, we have decided on four cities - Baroda in Gujarat, Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Kochi in Kerala and jaipur in Rajasthan. In all these cities, at least 200-bed tertiary hospitals will come up under the AHS banner." Besides hospitals, AHS is also planni...

Indonesians to Be Fitted Jaipur-made Artificial Limbs

...riday, in which 350 people will be fitted with the jaipur Foot," D.R. Mehta, the founder of the Bhagwan Maha... there. The 'Jaipur Foot' was conceived by a jaipur resident, Ram Charan Sharma, in 1968. Sharma, who ...ief patron of this group. The beauty of the jaipur foot is its lightness and mobility - those who wea...

Agra Surgeon Conducts Fifty Operations at One Go

....J. Abdul Kalam invited him for a chat. Later he got invitations from other parts of the country. The doctor has performed similar surgeries in jaipur and Delhi. He uses equipment that does not cost more than Rs.10,000 as against expensive instruments used in laparoscopic surgery. Source-IANS...

Jaipur Nurses Five Hospital Plans

...The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, the Bombay Hospital and three other firms are planning to set up hospitals in Rajasthan, officials said. // The jaipur Development Authority would allot land for the five proposals, the officials added. The Ambani group, which has proposed a Rs.2 billion Medi-City to b...

Now Facial Treatment With Cashew And Almonds

...lated problems, dry fruit facial is proving to be a sought after solution for skin aliments. "This is a new technique and more and more people in jaipur are now using it. Dry fruit facial has benefited several of my clients. It nourishes the skin and makes it glow. The facial treatment is popular among...

Obesity in Delhi school children on the rise

... Diabetes Foundation based in Denmark is supporting the Diabetes Foundation of India to carry out further study in the three cities of Delhi, Agra and jaipur due to rise in health risk caused by obesity. 'Under this programme over 50,000 schoolchildren will be educated on good nutrition and balanced di...

Family Approaches President for Mercy Killing

...resident's permission for mercy killing//. Six members of the family, including two women, are on an indefinite hunger strike in Sheopur area of jaipur district to highlight their plight. The family is reportedly suffering from an undiagnosed disease that has disabled them. Vaishani Devi, 65, ha...

Government Warned Against Dilution of Medical Standards

...our of it. On conducting counselling through the process of video-conferencing, the government submitted that this was experimented last year in jaipur and Delhi and was not successful. The bench directed the government to experiment it again next year in a far off place in south India. The benc...

Amity Institutions To Launch Short-term Professional Courses In Oman

...al and training institutions. Currently the group has around 62 educational institutions in India including schools in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Manesar, jaipur and Lucknow and they offer a further 130 higher educational programmes to over 35,000 students across the country. ...

Striking Students Asked to Vacate Hostels

...t. "Some of the faculty members have approached us for implementing the proposed OBC quota as soon as possible," they said. Meanwhile in jaipur the resident doctors, agitating against the Centre's reservation proposal, today held an outdoor OPD for ailing patients near the Sawai Man Singh hops...

Boy Infected with AIDS at AIIMS

...-year-old boy was on drugs," the judge said. The boy's advocate, Anand Grover, mentioned that the boy had been admitted to a private hospital in jaipur before going to AIIMS and while the private hospital produced relevant papers related to the boy's treatment, AIIMS did not. Grover stressed th...

Beauty parlours Cause for Concern

... Municipal authorities in jaipur will check the mushrooming growth of beauty clinics in the city following//...Bharti Lal Sharma, chairperson of the rules and regulation committee of the jaipur Municipal Corporation, told IANS. According to him, the decision to en...

Hospital To The Rescue Of Disabled Children

...uires more publicity to benefit more people, through providing mobility to disabled children. The limbs manufactured here are different from the jaipur Foot, Joshi added, referring to the highly successful artificial limb project launched in Rajasthan in 1968. The limbs provided by the hospital are mu...