Umesh Isalkar| TNN | Apr 14, 2018, 21:03 IST  PUNE: Sancheti Group has announced creative art therapy awards to identify and honour therapeutic use of arts in patient care. “The use of dance, drama, art and music as a medium to heal is as old as our scriptures, yet has very little value today. This prompted us to launch our dance theory programme andContinue reading

TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2018, 23:40 IST Pune: The Indian Army’s Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) has started providing bionic limbs to soldiers who have lost their legs in the line of duty. The new limb offers better stability and mobility to soldiers. “We have given these limbs to two soldiers last month which has garnered positiveContinue reading

TNN | Updated: Apr 14, 2018, 00:37 IST  Pune: The Sancheti Healthcare Academy (SHA) would reward dance/movement therapists on April 29 in an effort to recognize their contribution to the wellness of people. Manisha Sanghavi, executive director of the Sancheti Group, initiated the creative art therapy awards to honour practitioners of therapeutic use of arts. Sanghavi said,Continue reading

Updated: Apr 11, 2018, 00:15 IST Pune: Experts at the Symbiosis International University (SIU) recently conducted training sessions to upgrade the skills sets of women health workers called Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) . The session aimed at enabling these women to identify various diseases in the villages they work. SIU held the training andContinue reading

Updated: Apr 09, 2018 22:38 IST The Pune railway administration inaugurated an emergency medical booth at the Pune railway station on Sunday, that will be operational 24×7. Senior divisional commercial manager Krishnath Patil said, “This emergency medical booth is being established for convenience of passengers. Doctors would be present at this emergency medical booth toContinue reading

Published: April 9, 2018 5:31:46 am On the occasion of National Motherhood Day, an awareness and outreach programme, titled ‘Sunepan se kilkariyon ki ore’, was organised by the Assisted Reproductive Technology Centre of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Command Hospital, Southern Command. Held at Dhanwantri Auditorium, the event was attended by about 700 people.Continue reading

Published: April 9, 2018 5:11:11 am “Man has unnecessarily interfered with the nature for his greed. This has changed the climate and affected public health…,” said N J Pawar, former vice-chancellor of Shivaji University in Kolhapur. He was delivering the inaugural address on ‘Impact of Climate Change on Public Health’ and establishment of Centre forContinue reading