Trivandrum | Health Care - Hospitals/Medical Tourism/Medical Research

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BCG’s homoeo ARTH in Trivandrum soon

BCG Health Care will set up its professionally managed homoeopathic polyclinio ARTH (Advanced Research and Treatments in Homoeopathy) in Thiruvananthapuram within 15 days.

BCG Health Care, which has forayed into Ayurveda treatment too, will also be setting up an ayurveda facility centre here. BCG’s Veda Vaidyasala will focus on Ftasayana, Vajeekarana, Salya and Psychiatric treatment in Ayurveda.

BCG chief executive officer Rekha C Babu told mediapersons here that as part of its Ftasayana treatment, a Kayakalpa treatment centre, the first of its kind in India which uses Scmaiatha for Rasayana treatment, has started operations in Kochi under Veda Vaidyasala. BCG will open Ayurveda hospitals with 25-30 bed facilities in Kochi and Thiruvanathapuram. The hospital at Kochi will start its operations from the first week of September.

OP-IP facilities for Rasayana, Vajeekarana, Salya and Psychiatric treatment will be offered here. Kayakalpa Kuti centre, started at Palarivattom, Kochi, will treat only one patient at a time. Veda Vaidyasala plans to conduct extensive research in Kayakalpa treatment. Veda Vaidyasala has also started cultivation of Njavara nellu, a magnificent medicine in Ayurveda, at Palakkad. The company will also venture into farming of medicinal plants in future. BCG also plans to open an Ayurveda College in North Kerala, which will be functional in a year’s time.

The new olinios of ARTH will be located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Shoranur, Palakkad and Thrissur. With the new additions, the total number of olinios will be 13. ARTH would increase the number of its clinics to 45 within a year. Rekha said that ARTH offers exclusive speciality treatment in cancer, thyroid, paediatrics, gynaecology, behaviour disorders and stress. Stress-related disorders are on the increase and counselling is needed for treatment of any disease, she said.

Reports state that homoeopathic treatment in the country records a 30-per cent growth every year. A turnover of ` 4,600 crore is expected from homoeopathy this year. Kerala may contribute ` 800 crore to this. ARTH expects to bag 10 per cent of the market share. ARTH also expects 30-per cent growth and market share at par with the overall growth rate in the country.

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Four private hospitals offer discounts for the elderly

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A group of private hospitals, in a move to ensure better care for senior citizens, have decided to offer them discount in the treatment expenses. As per the talks the managements of four leading private hospitals had with the Senior Citizens Friends Welfare Association, it has been decided to offer 10-15% cut in treatment cost for the senior citizens of the state.

Kerala Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) in Anayara, Sree Uthradom Tirunal hospital in Pattom, Cosmopolitan Hospital in Pottakuzhi and SK Hospital in Pangode are the four hospitals which have signed an agreement with the association. "This will be a big solace for the senior citizens, especially for those who are finding it hard to meet the expenses. The agreement is that the senior citizens coming with the identity card of the association will be given the discount," said state secretary of the association Amaravila Ramakrishnan Nair.

The association is now engaged in talks with the private hospital managements in Ernakulam and Kozhikode also. "We had one round of talk with the hospitals there. The initial responses are positive and we hope that we can sign an agreement with them soon," said senior vice president of the association R Rajan.

Apart from this the association also held talks with some self-financing medical college managements to implement the system there too.

The association has also submitted a memorandum to the state government seeking special geriatric wards in all government hospitals in the state. "We have demanded wards for the senior citizens in those hospitals where there is an inpatient facility. At present the government has committed to set up geriatric wards in all taluk hospitals, which is not sufficient," said the association leaders.

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Global Ayurveda Village: Over 20 firms evince interest in preparing project report



As many as 23 reputed companies from the country have expressed interest in preparing the detailed project report for establishing a ‘Global ayurveda village’, planned by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), in Thiruvananthapuram.

The State Government has allotted Rs 5 crore for the initial works. The village is expected to be located near the Ponmudi area.

G Muraleedharan, special officer of the project, KINFRA, said that the first phase of the project is expected to commence within a year. The Rs 200-crore project in three phases will be completed in four years.

“Ayurveda will be branded with the support of the government to attract people from all over the world. It is estimated that 200 acres of land is needed for the project, which will meet all the international standards”, he said.

A wellness centre specialising in diabetes will be established along with an immunity centre and proctology clinic. A tie-up will be made with all the agriculture universities and other related organisations in the country for sharing the most modern techniques for medicinal plant cultivation.

Around 100 acres of land will be utilised for the cultivation of plants having medicinal value. Land very near the Western Ghats, which will be most suitable for the medicinal plants, will be selected.

“Tele-medicine and tele-health care will be promoted to serve people from anywhere in the world. Video conferencing will help the doctors examine the patients and support them for the treatment,’’ Muraleedharan said.

As this project is on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, the investors will be given the opportunity for promoting health tourism. Environment-friendly huts and cottages will be constructed to attract more tourists to this village, which will have specific standards to meet the demands of international tourists.

As of now, there is no coordination between Ayurveda colleges and universities to share the scientific developments in this sector. As part of documenting the innovations in Ayurveda sector, a software is being developed and the documents from all the colleges and universities will be incorporated in the website.

All supporting departments for the treatment will also come up at the village. This village will be a one-stop destination for all the available Ayurveda treatments in the country using all the modern scientific developments.

A full-fledged educational and training institution will be set up offering basic to research-level activities. This educational centre will be able to meet the growing demand of qualified Ayurvedic professionals.

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Global Ayurveda Village: Over 20 firms evince interest in preparing project report



As many as 23 reputed companies from the country have expressed interest in preparing the detailed project report for establishing a ‘Global ayurveda village’, planned by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), in Thiruvananthapuram.

The State Government has allotted Rs 5 crore for the initial works. The village is expected to be located near the Ponmudi area.



G Muraleedharan, special officer of the project, KINFRA, said that the first phase of the project is expected to commence within a year. The Rs 200-crore project in three phases will be completed in four years.

“Ayurveda will be branded with the support of the government to attract people from all over the world. It is estimated that 200 acres of land is needed for the project, which will meet all the international standards”, he said.

A wellness centre specialising in diabetes will be established along with an immunity centre and proctology clinic. A tie-up will be made with all the agriculture universities and other related organisations in the country for sharing the most modern techniques for medicinal plant cultivation.

Around 100 acres of land will be utilised for the cultivation of plants having medicinal value. Land very near the Western Ghats, which will be most suitable for the medicinal plants, will be selected.

“Tele-medicine and tele-health care will be promoted to serve people from anywhere in the world. Video conferencing will help the doctors examine the patients and support them for the treatment,’’ Muraleedharan said.

As this project is on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis, the investors will be given the opportunity for promoting health tourism. Environment-friendly huts and cottages will be constructed to attract more tourists to this village, which will have specific standards to meet the demands of international tourists.

As of now, there is no coordination between Ayurveda colleges and universities to share the scientific developments in this sector. As part of documenting the innovations in Ayurveda sector, a software is being developed and the documents from all the colleges and universities will be incorporated in the website.

All supporting departments for the treatment will also come up at the village. This village will be a one-stop destination for all the available Ayurveda treatments in the country using all the modern scientific developments.

A full-fledged educational and training institution will be set up offering basic to research-level activities. This educational centre will be able to meet the growing demand of qualified Ayurvedic professionals.

Good News!!!. I wonder whether it is the same as the Ayurveda Excellence Center proposed by Sam Pitroda.
If different there will be some overlap in functions I suppose.

Cheers!!!

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A host of facilities for SAT hospital


Fertility centre opened; better cardio, neuro treatment for children

The government will strengthen the infrastructure of SAT and Medical College hospitals, which are premier public-sector tertiary care institutions, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar has said.

The government intended to make MCH a referral tertiary care hospital in the true sense, by strengthening facilities in taluk hospitals and thus reducing the number of patients at the MCH. He added he would soon convene a meeting of all doctors and stakeholders to discuss how the functioning of MCH could be made more efficient.

He was inaugurating the new fertility centre and a host of sophisticated and specialised paediatric treatment facilities at the SAT hospital on Thursday. The fertility centre, the first in the public sector in the State, is equipped to offer ART-aided sophisticated fertility treatments such as IVF.

New generator
Mr. Sivakumar said that the government would sanction Rs.48 lakh for a new generator for SAT, as maintaining uninterrupted power supply was important for the efficient functioning of the new treatment facilities. A 10-bed paediatric intensive care unit, 10-bed high dependency unit and a Level III 20-bed neonatal ICU, all of which provide specialised care for infants in a critical state of health were also opened here. Well-equipped paediatric neurology and paediatric cardiology centres and a central oxygen plant are the other additions in the new golden jubilee block.

Play zone too
A play zone for children, something which had been sorely lacking in SAT hospital, which has over 300 child inpatients at any time of the year, also became a reality on Thursday.

The play area for children was set up with the funds provided by the Medical College Alumni Association and AKMG, the association of MCH doctors abroad.

The government, in consultation with the NRHM, would also make CT scan facility available for SAT hospital immediately, he added. The re-location of the casualty wings in both SAT hospital and MCH would be completed before December this year.

Principal of Medical College Ramdas Pisharody presided over the function

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Parassala hospital to be upgraded

The government hospital at Parassala will be upgraded as a taluk headquarters hospital and will have more resources and staff to provide better patient care services, Health Minister V. S. Sivakumar has said.

Mr. Sivakumar said that projects totalling Rs.5 crore would be implemented at the hospital, with contributions from the government and the local area development funds of MLA A.T. George.

The Minister, who was at the hospital to lay the foundation stone of a new patients’ waiting area, held detailed discussions with the hospital administrators, Mr. George, and other representatives of the local bodies regarding the hospital’s requirements.

Surgical block

The projects for the hospital include construction of a surgical block and an OP block.

It has also been decided to appoint two more doctors at the hospital so that the casualty wing can be run efficiently round the clock. At present, there are only two doctors in the casualty wing. Mr. Sivakumar said that two more gynaecologists would be appointed in the hospital.

2,000 patients a day

Over 2,000 patients visit the hospital daily in the OP and casualty wing.

At present, the hospital has specialty OPs in general medicine, surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics, dentistry, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology. There is a demand to add two more specialty clinics in dermatology and psychiatry.

The hospital has a sanctioned bed strength of 119, while it actually provides 219 beds in in-patient wards.

More nurses

However, as in the case of most government hospitals, the Parassala hospital too does not have proportionate nursing staff strength to provide better patient care.

The Minister said he would look into the shortage of nursing staff and would provide additional hands through the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

District Medical Officer T. Peethambaran and NRHM District Programme Manager B. Unnikrishnan were present at the meeting.

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NABH accreditation for women & children hospital

The Women and Children Hospital at Thycaud, the Grandma among the government hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, has received the accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH). This is the first women and children hospital in India to get the accreditation.

During Travancore monarchy, the hospital had started as a dispensary. In 1914, it was transformed into a fully-equipped hospital, which also was the venue for the first caesarean section in Kerala.

As of now, there are 138 hospitals that have got the NABH accreditation in the country, a majority of which are in the private sector. Of the eight accredited hospitals in the state, this is the second hospital in the public sector to get accreditation.

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Source: Kaumudi

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Regional Institute to sport new look

The Regional Institute of Ophthalmology here will soon sport a new look. The opening of the new Casualty Block, the inauguration of the construction of the Speciality block and the functional inauguration of surgical equipment will be held on September 19.

The function to be presided over by K Muraleedharan MLA, will be attended by Health Minister V S Sivakumar, Works Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju, Mayor K Chandrika and Shashi Tharoor MP.

Along with the inauguration of the new hospital blocks, a new medical-cum-optical shop to be run by the HLL Life Care will be inaugurated by Shashi Tharoor. The shop will sell spectacles and intra-occular lenses in addition to medicines at reasonable cost.

While the biomedical waste of the hospital is managed by IMAGE, the bio-waste will now be managed by a new biogas plant that has been set up on the hospital premises. The inauguration of this plant will be done by the Mayor.

The new casualty block built at a cost of Rs 50 lakh will have examination rooms, emergency theatre and duty rooms. The classrooms and lab for the new BSc optometry courses have also been set up in the new building.

Some of the new equipment that have been purchased include the Vitrectomy machine, sophisticated operating microscope, phaco machine and air conditioners.

All these facilities are expected to improve the care given to patients, the number of which has risen from 10,000 in 1999 to over 2 lakh in 2011 in the outpatient section and from 7,000 to over 9,000 in the case of in-patients.

While the number of major surgeries conducted in the hospital was 4,500 in 1999, it was over 7,655 in 2011.

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New emergency ward for eye hospital

The new emergency ward at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology here and various development activities at the hospital will be inaugurated on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Minister for Public Works V.K. Ebrahim Kunju will inaugurate the new ward constructed at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh. The ward will accommodate examination rooms, an emergency theatre, duty rooms, a laboratory and classrooms for the B.Sc. Optometry course.

Specialty block

Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar will inaugurate the second stage of construction of a specialty block and installation of modern surgical equipment. The estimate for the development of this block is Rs.18 crore, according to a press release issued here.

The first stage of construction was completed with Rs.2.5 crore. Four floors will be built at an estimated cost of Rs.7 crore in the second phase.

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Art tranquils their minds



The minds that tide through the crests and troughs of illusion, on reaching the lanes of art, turn tranquil in the journey forward. Forgetting the hard-hitting undercurrents of the heart, their thoughts melt in the depths of colours.

Sans imaginative grandiose, the paintings by the patients of Government Mental Health Centre, Peroorkada, are subtle in their own way. For the first time in the city, these works of art are being unveiled to the public for four days beginning Thursday at the painting exhibition ‘Varnavismayam’ at Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan.

Ranjith Ramachandran, who is coordinating the exhibition, says, “I realised their talent on meeting them in March this year. I gave them enough materials to draw and paint, to make them ready for an exhibition. Every month, I bring the materials for them to draw.” Seventy paintings are getting ready for the exhibition.

The women inmates at the rehabilitation centre are trained on all days from 10.30 am to 1 pm to draw. “Some would have a talent to draw, whereas others need to be trained. Before initiating them into the work, we engage in a conversation with them to identify their nature and give them designs to do. Only after doing some trial works would they start making the original works,” says craft instructor Ammini R.

A majority are glass paintings, whereas works on canvas and embroidery too are visible. ‘’Works of people suffering from varied kind of illnesses will be displayed at the exhibition. Of these, there are patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mood disorder etc. On the last day of the exhibition, those interested could buy the paintings. We consider this a good start, as in future, we would definitely consider making it grand,” says G Sunil Kumar, Superintendent of the Centre.

The exhibition would be inaugurated by K Muraleedharan MLA at Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan at 10 am on Thursday.

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The good doctor is active even in retirement



Dr G Velayudhan is most known for being the first male doctor in the state to specialise in gynaecology. Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the GG Hospital at Murinjapalam, he earned his fame as an expert in dealing with complicated pregnancies, unexplained foetal loss and premature deliveries.

He was also one of the first doctors to administer heparin during pregnancy to prevent clotting of blood in blood vessels. But what was kept under wraps about this highly successful gynaecologist, was the fact that he is the man behind the daily breakfast scheme for children in as many as 70 schools in the district.

The GG Charitable Trust, (to which Dr Velayudhan has given his earnings), with support from public, runs the breakfast scheme, the beneficiaries of which cross the five-figure mark.

Folded banana leaves in the shirt pockets of school students was what caught Dr Velayudhan’s attention. Coming from economically weak families, all the food that these students had was the rice gruel provided on these leaves at school for lunch. ‘’It was Rajendran Pillai, the then headmaster of Kumarapuram UP School, who first told me that almost 65 out of the 300 students there came to school without breakfast. We decided to give them ‘idli’ and ‘sambar’ prepared in the hospital canteen,’’ recalls Dr Velayudhan.

And some ‘idlis’ they were. ‘’King-sized’’, recalls Rajendran Pillai, who then took the initiative to expand the programme to other schools in the city. ‘’The results were remarkable. The drop out rate declined, the children were happy and we could even notice a behavioural change in them,’’ recalls Rajendran Pillai, now retired from service, but still a member of the GG Trust.

While Rajendran Pillai and Dr Velayudhan were expanding the initiative, the City Corporation took over the scheme. This gave the duo a chance to take their activities to the rural sector, both in the coastal villages as well as schools in remote hilly areas. Needless to say, it was a blessing to students from these areas, whose parents had to leave home early for a livelihood.

‘’We provide only a fraction of the school’s needs as we believe the breakfast scheme has to be run with public support. Public support ensures public monitoring, which is essential for any such programme,’’ says Rajendran.

Now an octogenarian and confined to a wheel chair, Dr Velayudhan says he could never walk past anyone who was hungry, even in his student days. ‘’I used to have a classmate at medical college who used to faint quite frequently. Probing a little, I found that he slept on shop verandas and had little or no food. I persuaded our mess secretary to take him as a free boarder or at least give him food. It was tough, but finally he was taken in,’’ says Dr Velayudhan, his eyes smiling through the gold-rimmed glasses.

He lent his hand to many throughout his student and professional life and continues to do so even in his retired life. Apart from the breakfast scheme in schools, he has adopted an island village Panathura, has built houses for the homeless in Kadakampally, has been financing the studies of many students at various schools and funding various welfare programmes for over 300 urban BPL families. He also used to run free clinics at both Attingal, his hometown, as well as Varkala, and is continuing with his charity work even though his movement is restricted.

Before signing off, we ask Dr Velayudhan why he chose gynaecology as a subject of specialisation. ‘’After me, my mom had a forceps delivery and the baby died. The next time she delivered, the baby had a genetic problem. Probably this was one reason,’’ he says with a faraway look in his eyes.

‘’But the first cry of a baby always excited me. The wonder of it all never stopped to amaze me,’’ he says. And the perennial smile was back on his face.

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Source: Metro Manorama

HLL Lifecare sets up fair price outlet at Government Eye Hospital

HLL Lifecare, in collaboration with the Kerala Government, has set up a fair price outlet for ophthalmic products, including spectacles, lenses and frames at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology.

Health Minister V S Sivakumar in his address said that the fair price outlet would be a blessing to the poor patients. ‘’At present, there is no price regulatory mechanism on the sale of ophthalmic products in the private sector; the prices are fixed by the sellers,’’ the Minister pointed out. K Muraleedharan MLA inaugurated the Lifecare Centre. Works Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju, Mayor K Chandrika, Trida chairman P K Venugopal, councillor Kumari Padmanabhan and HLL Lifecare director K K Suresh Kumar were present on the occasion. The Lifecare Centre, set up at the Government Eye Hospital here, will sell the ophthalmic products at affordable prices, with a rebate between 20 and 60 per cent compared to the open-market rates. HLL, founded in 1966, opened the centre as per the request of the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology. In October 2011, HLL Lifecare, the mini ratna public sector undertaking, had made a bold market intervention to open the first such fair price outlet - Lifecare Centre - at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College to sell surgical implants and consumables at a rebate of 40 per cent to 60 per cent. The centre, aimed at ensuring quality and affordability, has been working round-the-clock.

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108 ‘delivers’ unique record



‘108’ ambulance service has created history of sorts by marking 50 successful deliveries inside the ambulances run by it in the state. The record was set while Viji, 30, residing at Chempakamangalam, delivered a baby around midnight on Wednesday while being rushed to the hospital in the ambulance.

Viji had developed labour pain around midnight and called 108 ambulance for help. En route to the Medical College Hospital, the mother went into labour and the Emergency Management Team (EMT) of the 108 ambulance helped her deliver the baby. Around 1.15 am, a baby boy was born just as the ambulance was parking itself on the roadside. There were no complications.

After the baby boy was born, the pilot of the ambulance rushed the ambulance to the nearest CSI Mission Hospital, Kazhakkoottam. EMTs ran into the emergency room to alert doctors and nurses of the birth so that they could take over the care of the mother and child.

Although Viji said she was in severe pain during labour, she and the baby were doing well, said Nabeel A, Emergency Medical Technician.

“This is a proud moment for us at 108 to have achieved half a century in successful deliveries in Kerala. All our EMTs are specially trained in emergency child delivery. It also brings in a great sense of satisfaction for our entire team to be able to help people when they need maximum support,” Radheesh V, Project Head, 108 Ambulance, said.

The call centre at Technopark here, which operates on a 24-hour basis, immediately activates the nearest ambulance that could be located. The medical technicians then provide the patients with appropriate first aid and subsequently the patients are transferred to the nearest hospital for further treatment. Incidentally, the 108 ambulance doesn’t carry corpses and cases which don’t need emergency requirements or assistance.

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‘Advances-2012’ Begins Today

‘Advances-2012’, the thirteenth annual congress organised by the Trivandrum OBGYN Club, will be held in the city on September 21, 22 and 23.

The congress, for updating the gynaecological community about the recent developments in the field of obstetrics and reproductive medicine, will be inaugurated by former additional chief secretary D Babu Paul at 7 pm on Friday. This year, the focus will be especially on anovulatory infertility, which is a major contributor of infertility.

As many as 350 delegates and 35 national and international speakers are expected to attend the event. Eminent oncologist Dr V P Gangadharan will speak on the topic ‘Women and cancer.’ As preservation of fertility in cancer patients is an issue gaining importance worldwide, Dr Alpa Nick from MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, will share her views on the topic.

Childbirth, problems during labour, gynaecologic malignancies, urological problems and newer therapies for the foetus inside the uterus will be some of the topics that will be discussed.

Renowned gynaecologist Dr Roy Homburg from Israel, Dr Evita Fernandez from Hyderabad, Dr Ashok Khurana from Delhi, Dr Lekshmi Seshadri from Vellore, Dr Srinivas Radesh from Bangalore and other eminent national faculty such as Dr Madhuri Patil, Dr Pratap Kumar, Dr Nalini Mahajan and Dr Mridhubhashini will participate in the meet.

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Get pills at home for Rs 5,000

Under a new scheme, people on regular medication will have medicines dropped at their doorsteps at reduced rates. To start with, the scheme will be implemented in Thiruvananthapuram district, and it will spread to other districts in due course.

Kerala Medical Services Corporation (KMSCL) on Friday launched the family medicine card under Karunya Community Pharmacy scheme. People can register under the scheme by providing the doctor’s prescription along with an advance payment of Rs.5,000.

KMSCL will provide the required quantity of medicines to such persons whenever required or once every month at their doorsteps. The medicines will be provided at a discount ranging from 20 to 90 per cent. The registration has begun and the patients will be able to avail the facility from November.

Health minister VS Sivakumar released the family medicine card and the Loyalty bonus card at a function here on Friday. Under the Loyalty Bonus card scheme, those buying medicines directly from the outlets can get an additional benefit of one percent discount and bonus points.

One can get the card free of cost on a one-time purchase of medicines worth Rs.5,000.Otherwise, the card would be available at Rs.50. As many as 35 new Karunya community Pharmacy outlets would be started in this year in the government medical colleges, district hospitals and general hospitals, the minister said.

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Now, palliative care at your doorstep

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bed-ridden patients, who require medical care, can now avail it right at their homes. The city corporation on Monday launched its palliative care units in the capital as part of the World Elders' Day observance. The project, titled 'Santhwanam', envisages cost-free, high-quality treatment for economically backward people suffering from severe ailments.

On the first day, the unit comprising a corporation nurse, a National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) nurse, two volunteers and two health inspectors visited the Thampanoor, Vazhuthacaud and Palayam wards. The service is being offered in 22 wards under the Fort zone in the first phase.

Palliative care OP facilities will be made available at the Fort hospital on the first and third Saturdays of every month as part of the initiative. "Everything, including the check-up, care and medicines, will be given free of cost. The project is being implemented at a cost of Rs 20 lakh," said health standing committee chairperson S Pushpalatha.

The team will visit Chalai, Manacaud, Kuriathy, Attukal and Kalippankulam wards on Tuesday.

Those who wish to avail this service need to file an application at the corporation office with details regarding their name, age, address and type of ailment.

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Cross Posting from Projects Thread

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KIMS Hospital:

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KIMS Hospital New SkyBridge:

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