MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE

Australian health minister visits India to address healthcare worker shortage in Western Australia

The mission of the visit is to showcase Western Australia as an attractive destination for health workers and students to live, work, and study. During her time in India, Minister Sanderson held important meetings with Tamil Nadu's Minister for Health and Family Welfare, M Subramanian, as well as the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department IAS Gagandeep Singh Bedi.

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Healing across centuries: Women doctors of Madras

If you look at the medical history of Madras, you can see many qualified women doctors from Britain, America and Australia that had come to the city to assist in women's healthcare
Madurai : State to file SLP before SC on allotting MBBS seat to blind boy

The state government has informed the Madurai bench of the Madras high court that it would be filing a special leave petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court in a contempt plea which sought action against the officials for not allotting a MBBS seat to a visually impaired boy.
Chennai: MMC develops two potential anti-tuberculosis drugs, awaits patent

In 2015, an estimated 28 lakh cases occurred and 4.8 lakh people died due to TB.
Chennai: No research, no promotion, govt tells its doctors

The director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe said resumes of about 30 doctors out of 300 were withheld for promotion after the directorate found that they have not published adequate papers that help them qualify.
Chennai: Egmore govt hospital to lose its heritage building

The 175-year-old government maternity hospital in Egmore may soon lose a heritage structure on its campus.
Govt hosp uses hand sanitizers developed by pharmacy college

Chennai: Contrary to the usual style, several bottles of hand sanitizers were made available at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Friday. Doctors, nurses, staff, patients and their bystanders were encouraged to use the locally made alcohol based instant hand sanitizers to disinfect their hands.
Chennai : Transfusion of HIV blood: Panel seeks time till Jan 9 to give report

After two lab technicians failed to turn up before the committee appointed by the health department to probe the case of pregnant women given HIV-infected blood, the panel has sought for an extension till January 9 to submit to its report.
Nearly 69% of corporation sweepers suffer from multiple health problems

A study by Madras Medical College (MMC) found that nearly 69% of the city sweepers suffer from multiple health problems.
Chennai : GHs to offer 24-hour cath care for patients

Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation, which has been setting up these high-end labs in medical colleges is providing loans to ensure the lab remains open round-the-clock, with adequate staff.
India's elderly population will cross 340 million by 2050

Patel said the National Programme for Healthcare of Elderly was launched by the government with an aim of providing dedicated care services to an ageing population.
HC asks TN govt to consider plea for raising retirement age of doctors

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to consider a plea for increasing the retirement age of government doctors from 58 years to 65 years.