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Ex-Mumbai Mayor undergoes rare heart surgery

September 2, 2012
Dattaji Nalawade, the former mayor and legislative assembly speaker Dattaji Nalawade, who survived multiple cardiac arrests, underwent a valve replacement involving without undergoing an open heart surgery. Doctors performed the …

Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure: Doctor

August 14, 2012
Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure, said renowned doctor Mohammed Rela of Chennai's Global Health City Tuesday even as he drew attention to the urgent need for organ donations. In a statement, Rela, …

Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away

August 14, 2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union minister and former Maharastra chief minister passed away this afternoon. He was 67. The minister was battling liver cancer at a hospital in Chennai. Due to his critical condition he had been classified …

Organ donor dead, search for liver and kidney donor for Deshmukh continues

August 14, 2012
Doctors treating Vilasrao Deshmukh are again searching for a liver donor after the ‘brain dead’ man who was going to be operated upon died before docs could carry out a transplant on him.  Asked whether they were desperately …

Vilasrao Deshmukh set to undergo kidney and liver transplant, after being put on the ‘super ultra-emergency’ list

August 14, 2012
Vilasrao Deshmukh is going to get his liver and kidney transplant soon. A 31 year-old driver who was declared brain dead after being hit by an ambulance on Saturday near Kovalam was going to be the unwitting donor. On the same …

Vilasrao Deshmukh suffering from Hepatitis B, liver cancer

August 10, 2012
According to the doctors treating him, Vilasrao Deshmukh’s condition is improving but he’s still critical. Deshmukh was admitted to Global Hospitals with a condition that’s now been diagnosed as liver cancer. The docs said …

Vilasrao Deshmukh’s condition stable: Hospital official

August 9, 2012
According to a top hospital executive, Vilasrao Deshmukh’s condition is stable. “Yes, he is stable,” K Ravindranath, chairman and managing director of Global Hospitals, told reporters in a brief comment on the condition of …

Vilasrao Deshmukh on life-support, visited by Maha CM Chavan

August 8, 2012
Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh remains in critical condition, doctors said Wednesday. According to a hospital official, Deshmukh, 67, is on life-support system. "The doctors have decided to keep him under …

Vilasrao Deshmukh showing signs of improvement

August 8, 2012
On Tuesday evening, 24 hours after he was flown to Chennai, Vilasrao Deshmukh is showing signs of improvement.  “His condition is stable. But he will remain hospitalised for two more days,” said an official of Global Health …

Vilasrao Deshmukh’s condition criticial

August 8, 2012
Vilasrao Desmukh’s condition is critical and he is being closely monitored by doctors. The Union Science and Technology Minister is admitted to the Global Hospital in Chennai with a liver ailment, hospital sources said on …

Sister gives brother an irreplaceable Rakhi gift – one of her kidneys!

August 3, 2012
This Rakshabandhan Asha gave her brother a literally unique gift; one of her kidneys.  34 year old Asha donated one of her kidneys to her brother Sriniwas Thakur at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, on …

Delhi to get eight new hospitals including a super-speciality one for cancer patients

May 2, 2012
The Delhi government will construct eight new hospitals in various parts of the national capital including rural areas where people face difficulties in availing health facilities in government hospitals, said Health Minister …

Govt hospital performs its 1000th kidney transplant

March 21, 2012
The Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Tuesday performed the 1,000th renal transplant. This makes it the first government-run hospital in the country to achieve such a distinction, said Dean V. Kanakasabai. For hospital …