Month: August 2018
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Kerala Floods: Amrita rescue and relief work
From late July – August 2018, Kerala was hit by devastating floods and landslides, caused by unusually high levels of rainfall. The worst flooding in Kerala in nearly a hundred years, more than 400 people lost their lives and more than a million were displaced. Amma and her children were quick to respond. “Each day…
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Onam: a beautiful memory of the past and a bright hope for the future
25 September 2018, Amritapuri Ashram (excerpt from Amma’s Onam Message) Onam is usually a time of celebration. However, this Onam, our minds are weighed down with grief. Many people lost their lives in the recent floods and landslides here in Kerala. Many people lost their homes and everything they had. It is heart-breaking that such…
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Amma hoisted National flag
15 Aug 2018, Amritapuri Amma hoisted the National flag, celebrating India’s 72nd Independence day at Amritapuri. As Amma unfurled the tricolour flag, the military force did a ceremonial salute. Amma stood in the rain while saluting the flag, praying during the National Anthem. Many people and children could be seen standing with tri-colour flags and…
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Amrita Hospital does laser surgery to unborn baby to save kidneys
27 July 2018, Kochi The doctors at Amrita hospital have inserted a laser fibre into a 22-week-old foetus that had an obstruction in its urine flow due to which its kidneys were getting damaged. The laser fibre was inserted through the mother’s abdomen into the urine bladder of the foetus and the obstruction was removed.…
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Flood relief activities in Kerala
MAM volunteers have been active in numerous relief activities related to the recent floods in Kerala caused by continuous heavy rains. The landslide and rains have hit about half the state, with more than 60,000 people rendered homeless. In the past week, a medical team from Amrita Hospital has visited 13 Panchayats in Alappuzha district,…
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Youth exploring the Science of Happiness – AYUDH Summit
21 July 2018, M.A. Center Germany Concluding event of AYUDH’s 14th European Youth Summit Regardless of who we are, what we do and where we come from, there is one thing that we all have in common: The desire to be happy. Yet in our everyday lives, there is considerably little talk about what real…
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A new generation of peace – AYUDH’s 14th European Youth Summit
14 – 22 July 2018, M.A. Center Germany 250 youth from 23 nationalities gathered to participate in the 14th European Youth Summit Generation of Peace. The different elements of the summit – talks, interactive panel discussions, youth-driven working groups, creative workshops and sharing groups – all aimed to explore the theme subdivided into three categories:…
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Vavubali – paying homage to ancestors
11 Aug 2018, Amritapuri Many people performed VavuBali -oblations to the ancestors – at Amritapuri Ashram today. Hundreds of people including many westerners participated in the one-hour long ceremony. Remembering their forefathers each one paid their tributes, followed a ritual which was well instructed by the brahmacharis. Pitru Yagna is a part of the Pancha…
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Amrita is setting up a homograft bank
2 Aug 2018, Kochi Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences is in the process of setting up a homograft bank that will be second such bank to preserve aorta and pulmonary artery from the deceased donors in the state. This will benefit children, who have an infection of the valves. In absence of aorta and pulmonary…
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Real-time landslide warning system by Amrita installed in Sikkim
1 Aug 2018, Sikkim Internet of Things (IoT) based real-time landslide warning system has been installed in Sikkim, the first of its kind in the Himalayan region by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Director of the Centre of Wireless Networks and Application of the institute, Maneesha Sudheer explained “It will monitor a densely populated area spanning 150…