Which corporate hospital in Hyderabad has the best Facebook Cover image? “Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead Most of you thought it is Apollo Health City's Facebook cover image but it's not. Surprised? Read on. Though Apollo Health City Facebook page has 65k followers, using a generic campaign creative on its cardiac treatment expertise looks vague. My feeling is that either a patient or a star heart transplant surgeon should have been at the heart of the cover image. In case of the latter, my bet is on Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, who could have been featured instead but the management may be wary of a doctor becoming bigger than the hospital. This creative goes well with the violet color of Care Hospitals but the designer should have run a spell-check on November! By the way, lung cancer being the most common cancer in Indian men could be factually incorrect. It s...
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NHRC notice to DCGI over unapproved antibiotics
Amazon.in Widgets The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that millions of unapproved antibiotics are being sold in India each year, posing a threat to the global fight against the spread of drug resistant microbes. The Commission has issued notices to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Drugs Controller General of India, for detailed reports in the matter within six weeks. The authorities are expected to submit their response within the stipulated time, along with all the documents, including guidelines and circulars etc. issued on the subject and their status of implementation. According to the media report, carried on the 6th February, 2018, a study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology reveals that multinational pharmaceutical companies continue to manufacture a large number of unapproved formulations, despite the global health crisis of rising antimicrobial r...
Retinoblastoma affects 2k Indians every year
Several cancers are treatable as well as preventable but lack of awareness make them problematic. One common example of such a cancer is Retinoblastoma. K nown to affect about 2,000 people in India every year, Retinoblastoma is the most common among the cancers of the eye in children under the age of five. About 92% of such children live in the developing nations but many children lose their eye sight or die from this cancer due to lack of awareness of the initial signs of presentation, poor access to proper treatment or lack of finances to finish the treatment. Wwhat happens in Retinoblastoma? Retinoblastoma is a cancer that starts in the retina, the very back part of the eye. It occurs when nerve cells in the retina develop genetic mutations. These mutations cause the cells to continue growing and multiply, leading to death of healthy cells. Dr K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) and Immediate Past National President Indian Medical A...
Yashoda Hospitals to host Cancer Awareness 5K run
Hyderabad: Yashoda Hospitals (Malakpet) and Yashoda Cancer Institute, Malakpet will be jointly organizing a Cancer Awareness 5K run on Sunday, February 4, 2018 with participation from several film personalities, IAS - IPS officers and prominent doctors from Hyderabad. The 5K Run to be inaugurated at Saroornagar stadium, near L.B.Nagar in the city. It will commence by 7.30 AM at Saroornagar stadium, proceed up to Kothapet and will be back to culminate at the stadium. Briefing about the programme Dr G.Vijay Kumar, Chief Operating Officer of Yashoda Hospital, Malakpet said, the initiative is a part of cancer community services started by ‘Fight On’, a cancer community support program-me started by Yashoda Group of Hospitals to help conquerors of cancer, beyond providing superior medical treatment. Cancer has caused more panic than all the diseases that have been tormenting the mankind. India has a high disease burden of cancer with 10 lakh people being diagnosed afresh wit...