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« Previous EntriesQuintiles & Apollo To Setup Clinical Trial Unit
Saturday, January 31st, 2009US-based Quintiles Transnational Corporation, a pharmaceutical services provider, has entered into a partnership with Apollo Hospitals group to open a Phase I clinical trial unit in Hyderabad. The unit will allow customers additional options to complete integrated Phase I programmes across multiple geographies at this stage in medical research.
‘Hyderabad Economic City’ On Anvil
Monday, September 22nd, 2008An integrated financial hub and a health care city - Hyderabad Economic City - planned with an investment of Rs. 20,000 crore, would be coming up in twin cities, a release said. An MoU to this effect was signed between Government of Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC), in the […]
Land Alloted At Gachibowli For Medical Institutions
Friday, September 12th, 2008With the proposed 200-acre health city ‘Elixir’ at Ameenpur landing in legal wrangles, the state government has proposed another health city at Gachibowli. It has allotted seven acres land for medical institutions.
Health Facts: Goji Berries - The ‘Miracle’ Berries
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Goji berries are a recent hot commodity in the increasingly trendy high-end health food industry. Goji berries have been used in Tibetan and Chinese Medicine for centuries. People in the US and Europe are just now realizing what those in Asia have known and benefited from for many, many centuries.
Also many in traditional medicine […]
Health Facts: Health Benefits Of Awesome Avocado
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008There used to be a misconception that Avocado is bad for us because they’re high in fat. In fact, avocados are loaded with a variety of antioxidants, including familiar disease-fighting compounds such as lutein, beta-carotene, and vitamin E. Avocados help the body absorb phytochemicals from other foods. The fat in these avocados, mostly the monounsaturated […]
Mega Health Project To Come Up At Hyderabad Soon
Friday, May 16th, 2008From getting chilled in a spa to receiving super-speciality treatment under one roof might become a reality in the near future with a mega health project proposed on the city outskirts.
Yashoda Commissions 1st RapidArc for Cancer
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Yashoda group of Hospitals announced the commissioning of Asia’s first RapidArc-radiation technology unit at new Yashoda Cancer Hospital at Somajiguda, Hyderabad shortly. Arc is the latest technology in radiation therapy treatment that is going to be introduced at Yashoda Hospital simultaneously along with leading cities world over. After its R&D in the US and abroad, […]
MedPlus Launches Integrated Health Centres in India
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008MedPlus Health Services Private Limited, India’s fastest growing chain of full-service pharmacies, recently launched integrated health centres in India. These centres are the first of its kind, as they combine a family clinic, diagnostic lab and pharmacy all under one roof, based on a unique operating model. The company will, in the initial phase of […]
Stem cells research centre for Hyderabad
Thursday, February 7th, 2008A Rs 150-crore Stem Cells Research and Therapy Centre will come up in Hyderabad, to harness the big potential offered by stem cells in finding cures to major diseases.
The Vice-President, Mr Mohammed Hamid Ansari, would lay the foundation for the proposed facilities that are to come up on a 5-acre land on the outskirts of […]
Global Hospitals Enters Into A Joint-Venture With Future Group
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Kishore Biyani’s Future Group will shortly enter into a JV with Hyderabad-based Global Hospitals to set up a chain of clinics across the country.
Fraud Uncovered In India Health Projects
Sunday, January 20th, 2008The World Bank said on Friday it had uncovered “serious incidents” of fraud and corruption in a review of five health projects in India and Bank President Robert Zoellick pledged he and the government would get to the bottom of it.
NIMS trauma centre ready for takeoff
Thursday, January 10th, 2008The proposed trauma centre and speciality hospital at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Science (NIMS), hit by hurdles right from day one, is finally ready to take off. Tenders to implement this project, which can catapult NIMS to the big league on a par with All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), have been finalised.
Machines to sweep City’s main roads
Thursday, January 10th, 2008The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) will induct four modern street-sweeping machines in the city on Wednesday.
Municipal sweepers, who have been sweeping the roads on the main roads in the night, will stop cleaning the mains road. They would be asked to sweep the interior lanes and bylanes where the sweeping machines cannot enter.
Pharma City on course?
Monday, December 31st, 2007Normally a project of this magnitude would have invited resistance from several quarters but surprisingly, the plan for the Pharma City project launched in 2004 has gone down well with opposition parties except for a murmur of protest over the blanket environmental clearance.
Suven Gets 1st US Product Patent
Sunday, December 30th, 2007SUVEN Life Sciences on Thursday announced that it has received its first US product patent for compounds it is developing to treat disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), sending its shares up nearly 20% on the BSE.
HCU Plans MD Courses In 2 Years; Plans To Construct A Hospital In Campus
Monday, December 24th, 2007Medical students will soon be able to pursue a post-graduate programme in the University of Hyderabad.
The university plans to start an MD programme for medical students as part of the proposal under the XI five-year plan. These courses will be offered after two years.
Road safety clubs on highways mooted
Thursday, December 13th, 2007The State government will shortly start road safety clubs along highways in a bid to prevent road accidents and rush help to accident victims.
RIMS in Srikakulam also
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy will lay the foundation stone for the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in the government hospital premises here on January 4.
‘Clean and green’ buses to hit roads
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
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Eco-friendly: A green bus which was introduced on an experimental basis on the Dilsukhnagar -Sanathnagar route.
A majority of the city buses would go literally green shortly with low pollution emission levels.
Court ‘no’ to work on Health City
Monday, December 10th, 2007Justice N.V.Ramana of the A.P. High Court on Monday directed the authorities to take steps to ensure that no constructions take place in the area alienated in favour of Health City, Vishakhapatnam.
Apollo Health City eyes more foreign patients
Friday, December 7th, 2007Apollo Health City, the first health city in Asia launched by the Apollo Hospitals Group in Hyderabad, expects the inflow of foreign patients into its campus to double by the end of this financial year, as against the expected annual growth of 20 per cent nationally, according to its chief executive officer Hari Prasad.
PE player Sequoia invests Rs 100cr in GVK Bio
Monday, November 26th, 2007Global private equity player Sequoia Capital has invested Rs 100 crore in Hyderabad-based contract research organisation GVK Biosciences.
Manipal Health to invest Rs 200cr in Andhra
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Bangalore-based Manipal Health Systems, is planning to invest about Rs 200 crore in Andhra Pradesh over the next two years to expand its healthcare network.
Cancer institute in expansion mode
Sunday, November 18th, 2007The Indo-American Cancer Institute & Research Centre (IACIR) in Hyderabad is expanding facilities and strengthening treatment expertise for different cancers.
Schools To Health-Screen Children
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Photo Courtesy: Deccan
“Children are the responsibility of not only the parents but also the states. So many kids in India suffer from basic ailments. If a proper checkup is done at school level, we can nip the problem in the bud.” says RAMESH CHANDRA, the Director of Health, A.P.
IT corridor floats on sewage
Saturday, November 17th, 2007The IT corridor of Greater Hyderabad Hitec city — Gachibowli, Madhapur and other parts of Serilingampally municipality — lacks a sewerage system. In fact, around 60 per cent of the new growth area in the city does not have a sewerage system and 40 per cent of the existing sewerage system in the city was […]
Tenders for 5 junk stations not yet issued
Friday, November 16th, 2007Almost a year has passed since the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) proposed to construct five garbage transfer stations in surrounding municipalities, but the Rs 10-crore project is yet to take off.
E-waste poses challenge to city
Thursday, November 15th, 2007As a city grows, its problems too see a parallel growth. Hyderabad which is growing at a furious pace is now grappling with a new problem—e-waste.
Manipal Heart Institute launched in Vijayawada
Thursday, November 15th, 2007The Manipal Heart Institute (MHI), a wing of the Manipal Hospitals, was launched simultaneously at Bangalore, Mangalore, Vijayawada, Manipal and Selam by Manipal Health Systems managing director and chief executive officer R. Basil on Wednesday.
Cloud of dust, not wintry mist, envelops city
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Though winter has set in over the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) a couple of days early, it was a cloud of dust, not the wintry mist, that covered the skyline of twin cities on day of Deepavali.
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