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

Updated: Feb 24, 2018, 02.30 AM IST The National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN) has decided to set up medical units in specialised city hospitals to promote the system of naturopathic medicine. NIN has already set up a first-of-its-kind unit for renal disease in the Kothrud-based Ace Hospital. After getting tremendous response from patients, the instituteContinue reading