Health

Vattikuti Foundation announces Brady-Vattikuti Robotic Academy hands-on masterclass in Urology

Michigan: The Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore has announced its first Brady-Vattikuti Robotic Academy masterclass in Urology under guidance of the accomplished robotic surgeons.

by TRANS WORLD FEATURES April 20, 2024

Climate change compounds maternal health crisis in flood-prone areas of India and Pakistan

Community health workers working on maternal health of women in India and Pakistan face increased obstacles due to changing rainfall patterns, migration, and social taboos. Meenakshi J from India and Tahira Khan from Pakistan report 

by TRANS WORLD FEATURES March 13, 2024

Embracing Robotic Surgery key to improving women"s disease treatments: Gynaecologists

Robotic surgery with its advantage of minimal invasion of the body, less blood loss translates to quicker patient recovery and better cosmesis has significant relevance to women in general and Indian women in particular.

by India Blooms News Service March 09, 2024

KGMU exemplifies Uttar Pradesh's Rich 'Ganga-Jamuni' Heritage: Dr Mahendra Bhandari

New Delhi: Dr Mahendra Bhandari, CEO of Robotic Surgery Champion Vattikuti Foundation has said that King George’s Medical University (KGMU) exemplifies Uttar Pradesh's Rich 'Ganga-Jamuni' Heritage.

by Trans World Features January 06, 2024

Vattikuti Foundation honours Dr Adeel Khan for pioneering liver transplant from deceased donor using surgical robot

Eminent robotic surgeon Dr Adeel Khan of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis received first place in the Vattikuti Foundation KS International Innovation Awards 2023 for the submission of a robot-assisted liver transplant on a 68-year-old male with hepatitis C related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma from a deceased donor.

by Trans World Features December 01, 2023

India monitoring China's respiratory illness outbreak

India is closely monitoring the outbreak in China which has resulted in respiratory illness among children.

by Trans World Features November 24, 2023

Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman named Nobel Prize winners in medicine for their work in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman got the Nobel Prize for Medicine for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020.

by Trans World Features October 02, 2023

Vattikuti Foundation led symposium in Belgium to attract over 100 robotic surgeons from 14 countries

Bengaluru: Europe’s historic city of Ghent, Belgium will host the Vattikuti Foundation’s Annual Robotic Surgery Symposium, Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery between October 6-8.

by Trans World Features September 30, 2023

Robotic Surgery in India is growing and increasing the application footprint: Vattikuti Foundation CEO Mahendra Bhandari

Nearly 20 years after Escorts Heart Institute, a Delhi-based hospital, ushered in a pathbreaking procedure that employed robotic assistance for complex heart surgery, Robotic Surgery has not only increased its footprint manifold today but promises to grow at a rapid pace.

by Trans World Features September 06, 2023

Vattikuti Foundation Robotic Surgery Fellowships to grow pool of accomplished surgeons

New Delhi: The Robotic Surgery evangelist Vattikuti Foundation (VF) has announced its 2023 Fellowship program for surgeons with super specialist qualifications.

by Trans World Features August 01, 2023

42 young Robotic Surgeons to share path breaking procedures

Bengaluru: At the June 11 alumni meet of Vattikuti Foundation 42 fellows from 18 locations across India will share their experiences of conducting path breaking robotic procedures at Mumbai from Head & Neck, Gastro-enterology, General Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Colorectal soft tissue surgeries as well as joint replacement surgeries.

by Trans World Features May 29, 2023

Amid quality concerns, Centre plans to test drugs in govt labs before exporting

New Delhi: The government is actively reviewing a plan to conduct drug testing at government laboratories prior to their shipment to other countries after global concerns about the quality of cough syrups exported by Indian companies, media reports said.

by Trans World Features May 22, 2023

Tele-Mental Health: Doors for an unquiet mind

The concept of telemedicine is not new. But a raging Covid-19 pandemic is a game changer. Technology is boosting mental health care in the US and India as practitioners move their services online while India's finance minister in her budget speech announced that its national telemental health program is on the anvil. Maya Morris, Alexis Simmerman, Whitney Hon, Hannah Owens from the US and Roshni Veronika Mallick from India report

by Trans World Features May 21, 2023

Robotic Healing: Robot-Assisted Surgery Rising in the U.S. and India

Across the world from the United States to India, medical experts say robotic surgery is surging because of the many benefits it offers, ranging from reduced recovery time to less blood loss. Adrian Maddox, Molly Rhodes, Ryan Barich, Anna Leggat, and Ryan Williams from the US and Ayush Gupta from India report on the growing trend

by Trans World Features May 11, 2023

Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia

When a vaccination team came to her home in Pakistan’s central Karachi district, Noor Jehan gently told the health workers she wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wasn’t allowing her children to get their first doses of vaccine either.

by B. Vijay Murty January 19, 2023

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.

by Rabia Umaima Ahmed in Pakistan and Devina Buckshee in India January 14, 2023

Maternal Mortality: Ticking up in Pakistan while India stems rise

Despite gains, maternal deaths haunt South Asia. While the figure ticks up in Pakistan, in India the rise has been stemmed amid challenges, report Amer Malik and Abantika Ghosh from across the border

by Trans World Features December 31, 2022

Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery global meet picks 15 surgeons from India

Bengaluru: Fifteen eminent Robotic Surgeons from the Indian healthcare system have been invited to a global symposium in Miami with the theme ‘Humans at the Cutting Edge of Robotic Surgery’.

by Trans World Features November 07, 2022

Suicides in India: A Silent Killer

In 2003, 10th September was chosen to be celebrated as World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD). In collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) uses this day to create awareness that suicide leading to premature deaths can be prevented. This article aims to present the overall picture relating to suicides happening in India.

by Md Quaisar Ali September 05, 2022

Actress Sayani Gupta partners with feminine wellness brand Azah to distribute sanitary pads

New Delhi: Film actress Sayani Gupta commemorated her birthday recently by partnering with Azah - a feminine wellness brand for women- to kick off a Sanitary Pad distribution drive in rural Haryana.

by Trans World Features October 19, 2021

Heart should be checked within a few months of Covid-19 recovery: Dr. Samin Sharma

Dr. Samin K Sharma, renowned interventional cardiologist and Senior Vice-President, Operations & Quality at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Vishesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement earlier in July. In the course of his interaction with Ehsaas Woman of Mumbai Karishma Mehta, a lawyer and a banker by profession, Dr. Sharma spoke about the effects of COVID-19 on hearts and how one can take precaution or recover from it. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings the highlights

by Trans World Features July 17, 2021

Faster we vaccinate, the better: Dr. Ambrish Mithal on COVID-19 situation

Dr Ambrish Mithal, a Padma Bhushan and B C Roy awardee, is the chairman and head of endocrinology and diabetes department at Max Healthcare, a group of 16 hospitals. In an exclusive chat with Ina Puri at Ek Mulakat Vishesh, organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, Dr. Mithal spoke about COVID-19 situation, the need to vaccinate and the struggle his fraternity had to go through over the last few weeks. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh tracks

by Trans World Features July 02, 2021

Pandemic highlights promise and pitfalls of online doctor visits

Telehealthor telemedicine is not a very new concept, but the pandemic forced the doctors and patients in the United States, India and around the world to adopt it often as the only option. But it is not without its share of challenges. Julia Garlich, Kayley Allen from USA and Bala Singh and Pratibha Singh from India report

by Trans World Features June 06, 2021

Shree Cement revs up oxygen supply for Covid hospitals in India

Kolkata/Jaipur (India): Shree Cement, one of Indias top cement manufacturers, is running its oxygen plants at 100 percent capacity to cater to the shortage of oxygen in the country.

by Trans World Features April 24, 2021

'The only solution to Covid-19 is herd immunity': Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji

Kolkata/TWF: Most states in India have seen a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in the post-festival period.

by Arunadhti Gupta December 22, 2020

Valliappa Foundation launches Anadhanam platform to address global hunger

Bengaluru: There are 795 million people hungry in the world today. India accounts for the largest share, with 200 million people hungry. On the World Hunger Index, India ranks 102 among 117 countries. Even our neighbours rank ahead of us viz. Sri Lanka at 66 and Bangladesh at 88.

by Trans World Features September 29, 2020

Tuberculosis: A coil-shaped cure

by Trans World Features July 14, 2020

What are the advantages of Homeopathy in developing immunity to combat COVID-19? Dr. P Banerji writes

World Health Organization (WHO)'s May 14 statement about COVID-19 that the pandemic virus may never go away makes the need to boost immunity against the virus more important than ever before. In this context, eminent Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji has written about The advantages of homeopathy in developing immunity in combating COVID 19, from the perspective of being a fourth-generation homeopath with over 30 years of experience as a practitioner and a researcher, belonging to a family of homeopaths who have treated patients for over 150 years.

by Trans World Features June 02, 2020

In homeopathy we recommend Thuja 30 as prevention of Corona: Dr. Pratip Banerji

As the world bleeds under the surge of deadly Covid-19, medical experts are suggesting ways to fight the invisible enemy till a vaccine arrives. IBNS spoke to eminent Kolkata-based homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji, known for their famous Banerji Protocols, to learn about remedies available in homeopathy

by Trans World Features April 24, 2020

VeeTrace App to help trace, track and protect citizens from Covid-19

Salem: Salem Corporations Health department has launched VeeTrace App to help trace and protect nearly 35 lakh citizens of Salem district from the deadly Covid-19 infection.

by Trans World Features April 16, 2020