Updated: Apr 7, 2018, 12.00 AM IST Facility expected to take pressure off Sassoon. In a piece of unexpected good news for thousands of people suffering from blood disorders the state health department will start a free day-care centre at the Aundh district hospital for patients suffering from diseases like haemophilia, sickle cell anaemia andContinue reading

Updated: Apr 7, 2018, 12.00 AM IST 65 medical establishments run by the civic body will be sending samples to these laboratories. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched firstof-its-kind programme by forming an alliance with Krsnaa Diagnostic Private Limited. Soon, high-end laboratories will be opened at two hospitals in the city that will coordinateContinue reading

Updated: Apr 05, 2018 17:03 IST A 63-year-old farmer from Beed district gave a new lease of life to his 35-year-old son who needed a kidney transplant. The father donated his kidney to his ailing son, who underwent a kidney transplant surgery at the Sassoon General Hospital on Wednesday. This surgery was the first transplantContinue reading

Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 00:04 IST Pune: Doctors at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital successfully performed a living donor kidney transplant on Wednesday where a 63-year-old man donated the organ to his 35-year-old son. This is claimed to be the first living donor kidney transplant successfully carried out at a government medical college attached hospitalContinue reading

Updated: Mar 31, 2018, 02.30 AM IST The state public health department will start pre-cancer detection centres in all districts across the state. The centres will come up in every government hospital in a phased manner in which chemotherapy will also be provided. The public health department will team up with the Cancer Warrior GroupContinue reading