Kalam in Medical News

Disabled Girl Urges Kalam to Intervene Against the Denial of Admission

The girl from Orissa, who was denied admission to a medical college here because she was stricken with polio and certified with 87 percent disability, has urged President// A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to intervene. Susmita Haro, a topper in the Scheduled Tribe category of the state joint entrance exam...

Abdul Kalam Moved by Orissa Topper’s Eye Disorde

President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, who is on a three-day visit to Orissa, was moved by a boy who secured the 10th rank in the state board examination despite suffering// from an eye disorder and urged doctors to help him out. While inaugurating the Bhubaneswar Eye Institute (BEI) located on the outs...

President Kalam Meets Striking Medicos However Stir to Continue

President A P J Abdul Kalam today met representatives of the striking medicos but the meeting could not break the impasse with the students and doctors deciding// to continue with their agitation. A 12-member delegation of agitating medicos, which also included members of AIIMS Faculty Associa...

President Kalam Meets Striking Medicos However Stir to Continue

New Delhi, May 25: President A P J Abdul Kalam today met representatives of the striking medicos but the meeting //could not break the impasse with the students and doctors deciding to continue with their agitation. A 12-member delegation of agitating medicos, which also included members of AI...

Abdul Kalam Confident of AIDS vaccine on Indian market soon

It is estimated that India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV-infected people, next only to South Africa. President A.P.J Abdul Kalam on Friday in Shillong (capital of the northeastern state of Meghalaya.) said that the vaccines // against AIDS developed would be available in India in three to four y...

HIV Drugs Unaffordable for Common Man: Kalam

Urging the medical community to develop 'much cheaper' drugs to combat HIV/AIDS, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said the available first and second line treatment of the deadly disease is still out of reach of the common man in the country. Stating that the Indian companies have done for...

Nearly 2,500 Mentally Ill Women in Delhi are Destitute: Abdul Kalam

Highlighting a problem that has been long overlooked, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday said that the national capital is home to 2,500 mentally ill women// who have no home. "While mental illness for women itself is severe enough not only for themselves but also for their families, it be...

Make Healthcare Accessible, Affordable, Urges Kalam

President Kalam Thursday called upon doctors to serve in rural areas for at least three to four years and underlined the need to make quality healthcare services// accessible and affordable to the poor. He was speaking after commissioning India's first tele-radiology network at the Kakarla Su...

Autistic Children Need Sense of Equality: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

New Delhi: Noting that "any disorder in human faculties" increases dependence on others and reduces the individual's self esteem, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wednesday urged researchers to "direct their efforts in bringing about a sense of equality among children affected by autism".// Equal...

Teachers are Creators of Enlightened Citizens in the Country- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India greeted the teachers by saying that we have to remember Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’s words that ‘teachers should be the best minds in the country’.// He emphasized that teachers are builders of our society and creators of enlightened citizens in the country. Dr....

Eye Hospital Founder a Beacon Light for Ophthalmologists: Kalam

The late G Venkataswamy, founder of Madurai-based Aravind Eye hospital, was a 'beacon light' for ophthalmologists and eye care centres across India, President A P J Abdul Kalam said. // The 'new concept' formulated by Venkataswamy in his hospital - curing 30 well off patients and using that m...

ORBIS International Announces the Death of the Honorable Oliver Foot, President and Board Member

...ent George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, Emperor Akio Hito of Japan, President Fidel Castro of Cuba, King Fahad of Saudi Arabia, President Abdul kalam of India, and President Jiang Zemin of China. Oliver is survived by his wife, Gail; his two children, Mary-Rachel and Jesse; and three grandchildr...

Mukherjee Inaugurates Tele-education and Tele-medicine Centres in Addis Ababa

...ated a tele-education centre at the Addis Ababa University here. The project is the direct outcome of an offer made by President A.P.J. Abdul kalam in 2004 during the inaugural session of the Pan-African Parliament at Johannesburg. During the inauguration, Mukherjee said: "We have a long t...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

... Hyderabad, President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Friday called for taking advantage of the benefits of digital imaging as a diagnostic tool and of tele-radiology to help the needy in rural areas in ...

Florence Nightingale Nursing Award For Maj Gen Shashi Bala

... Bala of Armys Nursing Services is to be felicitated by the prestigious Florence Nightingale award for nursing services by the President, Dr APJ Abdul kalam on Saturday. Maj Gen (Mrs) Shahi Bala is presently the Additional Director General of Military Nursing Services (MNS) at the Army HQ. ...

National Rural Health Mission Project Requires 200,000 Nurses

...ion was held. He felt proud in announcing that His Excellency Dr. APJ Abdul kalam had conferred to revive the achievement awards once again. He further said:... as "Florence Nightingale Award". His Excellency Dr. A P J Abdul kalam the President of India, presented the awards to seventeen nursing personnel...

Kalam Stressed the Need for Stem Cell Research to Cure Neuro Disorder

... President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Thursday stressed on the necessity of extensive stem cell research to find ...endra, a premier rehabilitation and research institute for the handicapped, kalam said stem cell research is going on worldwide and it will take five to 10 y...

Denial of Treatment for HIV Infected Child Sparks Outrage

...ld HIV infected boy was allegedly denied treatment in Kolkata's state-run hospitals, triggering angry reactions and an appeal to President A.P.J Abdul kalam for help. Sonu Laskar needed immediate surgery for an enlarged spleen but was allegedly turned away from various state-run hospitals because ...

Indian President Urges Doctors to Help Rural Patients

... President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Friday urge the nation's doctors to work for rural patients. Addre...a convocation at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, kalam called upon doctors to make medical facilities available for village India....

Kolkata's Birla Hospital to Foray into Bangladesh

...uality and safety certificate given by the Quality Council of India under the Ministry of Commerce. The certificate was given by President A.P.J Abdul kalam on February 9. Source-IANS...

Agra Surgeon Conducts Fifty Operations at One Go

...doctors. "It's a divine blessing to me from god," he claims. When Prakash performed more than 60 operations Feb 14, 2005, President A.P.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 Delh...

President’s Address on the ‘Tele-Radiology’ Set Up of Krst

... Dr. AP.J. Abdul kalam Inaugurating the Tele-Radiology set up at Kakarla Subba Rao Radiological and Imaging Educational Sciences Trust (krest),// Hyderabad, on Thursday said...

Kalam to Commission India's First Tele-Radiology Network

... Hyderabad: President A.P.J. Abdul kalam will Thursday commission India's first tele-radiology network aimed at providing radiology services in rural areas at minimum// cost. Under the...

Majority of Padma Awards Go to Doctors from Delhi

... President of India - Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul kalam released Padma awards - Padma Vibhushan,// Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri - on the eve of the Republic Day. According to the procedure, an ‘Award...

Poor Sanitation Causes 3.1 Million Child Deaths In Asia

...conference on women and child development with ministers from Asia Pacific region concluded here Saturday, and was addressed by President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Friday. Pathak said it was an irony that women who carry water for long distances, and often more than they should, do not have access to it when...

The President Gives Away National Disability Awards

... The President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul kalam gave away National Disability Awards to the persons who have excelled in va...ple are our asset because they radiate confidence’, the President said. Dr. kalam expressed the hope that the reservation for employment of mentally challeng...

President Urges to Avoid Discrimination Against AIDS Patients

... The President, Shri A.P.J.Abdul kalam has urged Parliamentarians to see that a robust and effective legislation which would prevent discrimination against AIDS// patients in their day-to-d...

Indian President Urges Cardiologists to Focus on Preventive Care

... President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Tuesday urged medical practitioners, particularly ...ing reliability in medical devices and treatment," kalam told the second Asian Interventional Cardiovascula...festyles that make people prone to heart ailments, kalam said: "There is a need for conducting enhanced res...

Kalam's Intervention Brings Hope to Orissa Student

... now has hopes of pursuing his post-graduation after President A.P.J. Abdul kalam intervened //in his struggle to secure a study loan. Imran Alli, 23, ...esponse from any of the banks in Bhadrak. He then decided to write to kalam through the president's official website, requesting his intervention. ...

President Launches Madras University's 150th Year Celebrations

... President A.P.J. Abdul kalam Monday inaugurated the 150th anniversary celebrati...university is judged by the research it produces," kalam told students and academics here. He opened ...udents can get access to quality higher education, kalam said. He released 16 books on the university...

TB Patient Pleads President for Mercy Killing

... (TB) patient in Madhya Pradesh has requested Indian President A.P.J. Abdul kalam to allow him //to end his own life and that of his four minor children. ...d. His wife too had died of TB a few years ago. He has now written to kalam seeking permission to kill himself and his four sons, reports said. O...

Swaraj concerned over developments concerning AIIMS

...MS and the post should be occupied by the Prime Minister to avoid recurrence of such incidents," she said. Swaraj called on President A P J Abdul kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene and sort out the matter. She said six projects on the lines of AIIMS had been sanctioned by the Ce...

Kalam Dedicates New Cancer Drug Developed By Biocon

... President A P J Abdul kalam today dedicated to the nation India's first indigenously developed drug for treating head and neck cancer. // Kalam congratulated Biocon scient...

Mass Leave By Doctors Leaves Patients Helpless

... medical colleges in Delhi were planning to write to President A.P.J. Abdul kalam on the matter. The resident doctors, students and interns of five med...nment proposal. Last week, both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President kalam appealed to protestors all over the country to call off their strike, but t...

Man Appeals to President to Save His Ailing Son

... Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): A man here has made a plea to President A P J Abdul kalam to end the life of his 12-year-old son suffering from Aplastic Anemia whose medical expenses he cannot afford.// An employee with an automobile m...

More Than 200,000 Miners In Rajasthan Suffer From Silicosis

...nd those who contract silicosis receive compensation. Looking at the gravity of the situation, HEDCON has now appealed to President A.P.J. Abdul kalam to intervene in the matter. The NGO has urged the president to constitute an independent commission for the examination and identification of m...

Kalam To Lay Foundation Of Vellore Research Center

... President APJ Abdul kalam will lay the foundation stone on December 1 for the country's first stem cell translational research centre, being set up by the Christian Medical Col...

Kalam Appeals to Eradicate Hearing Disability

...und hearing disabilities and President A.P.J.Abdul kalam today made an appeal to country’s medical communit...umber of hearing disability cases. // President kalam was addressing the 3rd Cochlear Implant Group of I...afford to have this device and lead a normal life, kalam said. The President added: Hearing and speech a...

Ranbaxy opens Drug discovery centre in Gurgaon

...rmaceutical Company has opened up its third state of the art drug discovery research centre in Gurgaon which was inaugurated by President A.P.J. Abdul kalam on 16th August 2005. The new R&D centre will focus on new drug // discovery research and the development functions of medicinal chemistry, analytical ...

New Bioinformatics Centre to open in Andhra

... President A.P.J Abdul kalam will Friday inaugurate the world's first state-of-the-art centre of excellence// in medical bioinformatics here. Jointly established and managed b...