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@abhilashtvpm how did u make it appear . i did it as instructed by robin A P yesterday but today also the same problem persists. can you tell me the entire procedure

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Originally Posted by Xeno Axe

Read this thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

Also, you can test it here:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=23004&page=40

Thanks bro, tried successfully and posted one in transport thread

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360 deg View of SUT Royal Hospital,Thiruvananthapuram

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By sabu-mampallil-kottayam @Panoramio

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mobile Sugar Testing and Review Clinic (STAR) rolled out by the HLL Lifecare Ltd in the capital city last May is proving to be a big hit, with more than 5,000 people having already availed of its services.

HLL Lifecare had launched STAR as part of a nation-wide programme to create awareness about diabetes.

The programme was an instant hit since its inception in May. The clinic on wheels circuits the city checking glucose levels and raising awareness about diabetes. “Daily, we get around 60-70 people in the city. The rush is almost unmanageable at times,” says Sheeja A, a lab technician associated with the project.

The mobile clinic will be parked at main city centres, including Statue, East Fort and Palayam. Majority of the people who come to the mobile clinic are above 30. The attitude of the society towards diabetes is changing fast, with people realising the gravity of the disease. Most of the people who throng the clinic are aware that they are diabetic.

Rajesh Divakaran, head of the Corporate Communication Department, HLL Lifecare, said that the mobile diabetic clinic is one of many projects of HLL Lifecare. In the second phase of the programme, HLL has plans to launch a nation-wide awareness programme which will be announced soon. Apart from STAR on wheels in the city, HLL has already launched STAR-Boat in Kuttanad.

B Sreekumar, a resident of Kowdiar, was all praise for the clinic. ‘’I don’t get time to go to a hospital for the tests.” And saying that, he climbed on to his bike in haste, without glancing at the result. ‘’That is a routine sight. They are tensed to look at the results,” Sheeja said.

Raji B, the other lab technician at the clinic, is entrusted with the job of instructing the patients about their diet and the need to exercise. ‘ ‘Include exercise in your daily schedule,” Raji advised a youth of about 26 who turned out to be a diabetic.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor MP, who visited the various departments of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) here on Wednesday, said that he would take necessary steps to raise the stature of RCC into a National Cancer Institute (NCI).

He said that he would present a proposal to this effect before the Union Health Minister in New Delhi soon.
Tharoor said that he was impressed by the quality of care, cleanliness and infrastructure at the institution.
He was speaking at a function organised by the Division of Palliative Medicine, where he distributed certificates to the candidates who were successful in the examination for the ‘Certificate in essentials of palliative care’, a distance learning programme conducted by the Palliative Medicine Department.
Tharoor, stressing on the need not only to add years to life but also ‘life to years’, said that relieving pain restores dignity of the human being.
He said that he was particularly impressed by the uniqueness of RCC in manufacturing oral morphine to be given free to patients in severe pain.
Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern Hospice Movement, also found a mention in Tharoor’s speech. Quoting her, he said:
“The way people die lives in the minds of those who live on,” and therefore it is important to have good home care services so that patients can die in dignity, where they belong. Quality of life and quality of death are equally important, he added.
Lauding the NGOs’ ‘Care Plus’, which takes care to the doorstep of the patient and ‘Ashraya’, that works among the RCC patients, especially children, Tharoor said
he was impressed by the weekly ‘Tele-clinic for Palliative Care’ connecting the RCC at Thiruvananthapuram and a rural hospice at Adimali.
RCC Director Dr Paul Sebastian and additional professor and head of Palliative Medicine Dr Cherian Koshy also spoke at the function.

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A healthcare charity scheme announced by an Indian expatriate to carry out 100 free cardiac surgeries in the South Indian state of Kerala, will cover the surgery costs of 25 heart patients from the Gulf region.

In fond memory of his daughter’s untimely death Merlyn, Dubai-based business man and philanthropist K Jalaludheen- under the banner of Merlyn Foundation- will bear the entire expenses of performing the cardiac surgeries on the patients who are unable to afford cost of the procedures.

The initiative titled Hrudaya Spandanam- Heart Beat- will select the patients with curable cardiac diseases in a transparent way based purely on their age, gravity of the disease and socio-economic profile, said K Jalaludheen, chairman of the Merlyn Foundation.

“A screening committee, headed by Kims chief cardiologist Padmashree Dr G Vijayaraghavan, has been set up to choose the deserving patients from the below-the-poverty-line strata in Kerala, and expatriate patients by evaluating their struggling financial background and social situations,” he added.

“All the surgeries will be carried out at Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (Kims), a major tertiary care hospital promoted by non-resident Indians in Trivandrum. The selected patients will also be provided with pre and post operative care, rehabilitation and medication for free-of-cost,” elaborated Jalaludheen, who is also a director of the multi-specialty hospital.

He established the Foundation in 2002 in the affectionate remembrance of his beloved daughter Merlyn, who was killed at the age of 14 years in a tragic motor accident, which happened in Dubai on Nov.26, 1996.

“Merlyn was an eighth grade student at Indian School, when the tragedy struck.

She died after battling for life for 56 days at Rashid Hospital. That moment changed my entire life, as I realised that money becomes worthless when we are thrown out to some moments designed by the destiny,” he remarked.

Speaking at a press conference in Dubai, Kims Chairman and Managing Director Dr MI Sahadulla said, “Our chief cardiac surgeon Dr Madhav Naik and his expert team will lead the surgeries, which usually costs over 100,000 Indian rupees.”

According to him, the state has the highest number of heart patients in India. Thousands of people succumb to cardiac disorders every year in Kerala.

“About 60 per cent of them are below poverty line, so non-affordable of the generally expensive cardiac surgeries. Thousands of patients die without being able to afford the expensive treatment. With this initiative, Merlyn Foundation and Kims will together bring 100 and even more needy patients back to their normal life,” he indicated.

“The global standard facilities and expertise at Kims will ensure above 90 per cent success rate of the surgeries that we keep doing in about 30 to 35 cases we perform every month.”

“We select the patients assessing their safety, chances of survival, seriousness of the disease and other risk factors. So, once they undergo the surgery, and recover from the post operation ordeal, they can live longer as other healthy people do,” he concluded.

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Erudite conclave, a national level medical fest by the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, is going to be held on November 8th and 9th. Organised as part of the diamond jubilee celebrations, the two-day fest will see big names from different walks of life attending. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, the Nobel Prize winner in medicine would be one of the chief speakers.

“It is going to be a massive fest with over thousand medicos participating. We have tried our best to include eminent people and are striving to make the fest memorable,” says Sabin Sathya, a medico and joint convener of the fest.

Professor Anil Gupta, Sanduk Ruit, Devi Prasad Shetty and violinist Balabhaskar also would be part of the event. A national erudite consortium would be conducted in association with the fest with teams coming from IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad and National Defence Academy among others. The topic for discussion would be the common problems affecting the youth such as corruption and brain drain. Only selected delegates can participate, for which the registration will end on October 25.

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cardiac surgery is set to become cheap when the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), after three years of research, starts production of cardiac patches using de-cellularised animal tissue which is the first of its kind in the country.


The research was a joint venture of Kerala Livestock Development Board and SCTIMST, in which the former provided animal tissue sourced from a low risk herd or well-monitored herd. The success of the research helps in producing de-cellularised animal tissue such as bovine pericardium and bovine jugular vein for paediatric cardiac surgery.

SCTIMST Biomedical Technology Wing head Dr G S Bhuvaneshwar said that animal trials have been started and the clinical trials are expected to start early next year.

“We are in touch with industries for the production for bovine pericardium and this will be finalised when the clinical trial starts. The success of the research will help reduce the cost of cardiac surgery,’’ he said.

Animal Husbandry Minister K P Mohanan said the research was a success and the commercial production would start soon.

The cost of cardiac surgery will come down considerably as the cardiac patches are now being imported, he said.

The department is also planning to involve more farmers in the project so that more animal tissue could be sourced and it will be an additional income to them. There are also plans for a tie-up with Meat Products of India.

KLDB Managing Director Ani S Das said that the quality animal tissue was sourced from male animals reared at the KLDB farm in Kulathupupuzha, Kollam district, and slaughtered for meat purpose. At present, animal tissue of biomedical quality is not produced anywhere in India except at KLDB farm.

The board is maintaining modern dairy farms complying with the quality requirements and has the unique distinction of having a ‘low risk herd’. The tissue is taken from the herd which is monitored for the last six years.

The proposal for high-tech farms at Mattupetti, Dhoni and Kolahalamedu when implemented will meet the demand for animal tissue.

Heart valves made using the pig’s valves or heart valves fabricated from bovine pericardium are being used widely in cardiac surgery. However, these tissues cannot be used in young patients, as they severely calcify within three to five years of implantation.

De-cellularised animal tissue will be more durable as it will allow growth of tissue into it when implanted in patients. Moreover, due to the absence of cells, the tissue will not induce any immune rejection problems.

In India, approximately 10 per cent of infant mortality is contributed by congenital heart disease alone.

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KERF ENT Speciality Center inauguration today.

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Silver Jubilee celebrations of PRS Hospital, Trivandrum

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St. John's Malankara Medical Village inauguration today



Courtesy: Kerala Kaumudi

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