Author Archives: Kumar Jeetendra

National Nutrition Week 2020: 6 Superfoods for women

: 04-Sep-2020   |   :Soumita Biswas, Chief Nutritionist, Aster RV Hospital

At different stages of a woman’s life, optimal nutrition and proper diet are the cornerstones of good health. Starting from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, a woman has unique nutritional needs, including needing more of certain vitamins and minerals during different parts of her life cycle. Many women tend to neglect their dietary needs because […]

Kauvery Group of Hospitals Launches Its First Hospital in Bengaluru

: 04-Sep-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

04th Sept 2020, Bengaluru: Kauvery Group of Hospitals South India’s emerging healthcare service provider is happy to announce the soft launch of its first hospital in Bengaluru. The group has acquired a 100% stake in Ramakrishna Smart Hospital, Electronic City, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The Memorandum of The agreement signed on the 24th August 2020, allows the […]

Chennai specialists perform Asia’s first-realized lung tranplant on COVID-19 patient

: 29-Aug-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

Physicians of a private hospital in Chennai successfully carried out a lung transplant on an COVID-19 patient. The 48-year-old individual from Delhi seriously damaged lungs because of COVID-19-related fibrosis. The hospital maintained that this was Asia’s first known lung transplant on an COVID-19 positive patient. He was proven to be optimistic on June 8 and […]

Dengue in times of corona – A double whammy!

: 28-Aug-2020   |   :Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy, Sr. Consultant - Critical Care & Anaesthesiology, Aster CMI Hospital

With the monsoon season setting in the threat of viral, bacterial and vector-borne infections are high. A Lancet report published recently states that dengue and Covid-19 are difficult to distinguish because of their “shared clinical and laboratory features”. Many hospitals have recently encountered a handful of curious cases where Covid-19 patients have walked in with […]

Aster RV Hospital launches free Mobile Medical Services in Karnataka

: 25-Aug-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

Bangalore, 25 August 2020: In collaboration with Ashok Leyland and Trinity Care Foundation, Aster Volunteers Ashok Leyland Mobile Medical Services was launched by Aster RV Hospital today. Under this initiative, two mobile medical clinics are being introduced that will aim to provide quality healthcare services to people in need and those living in remote areas […]

A brainstoriming live session on Specimen Collection and Antigen versus Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2

: 24-Aug-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

Microbioz India, India’s leading publication of Bio-Pharma, Laboratory and healthcare(Microbioz India, Microbioz Health) announced a webinar session on Specimen Collection and Antigen versus Antibody Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Agenda: Antibody tests check your blood by looking for antibodies, which may tell you if you had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. Antibodies are proteins that […]

Aerogen – bringing a lower risk of transmission of patient generated infectious aerosol for healthcare professionals in acute care settings compared to traditional nebulisers

: 03-Aug-2020   |   :Aerogen

India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases1. The technique of nebulisation is commonly utilised in the treatment of such diseases including asthma, cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)2. Recent improvements in nebuliser technologies have led to the development of vibrating mesh nebulisers (VMNs) that produce […]

Child with rare liver tumor receives new lease of life with live liver transplant during the COVID lockdown

: 21-Jul-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

Bangalore, 21 July 2020: In a life-saving surgery, 6-year-old Sarvesh, a child from RR Nagar received a live liver transplant from his mother recently. He was suffering from a very rare kind of tumour called hepatoblastoma, which had grown to a large size and had almost occupied his liver. Hepatoblastoma are rare malignant tumours which […]

SilverPro – Self Sanitizing Face Masks

: 18-Jun-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

The continuous rise in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has made certain that we’re going to be following safety guidelines for quite long. Facemasks are no longer limited to the one-dimensional protective purpose but have become a must-have lifestyle staple. Following their core mission – ‘Every citizen has the right to breathe […]

Philips ships out first ‘Make in India’ Affiniti Ultrasound series for the domestic market from Pune, India

: 15-Jun-2020   |   :Kumar Jeetendra

New Delhi, India – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the shipment of its first ‘Make in India’ Affiniti Ultrasound machine from its Healthcare Innovation Center (HIC) in Pune. A premium-quality ultrasound system, Affiniti series is India’s most esteemed series from Philips Ultrasound with over 1700 installations […]