Category: Health Care
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Home Minister flagged off Amrita Tele Medicine van to Jammu Kashmir
06 Oct 2014, New Delhi Victims of the recent Kashmir floods will receive state-of-the-art medical aid from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM), as two mobile units equipped with health and relief facilities were flagged off from the capital by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Hailing ‘Amma’ as humanitarian icon for her charity activities, the…
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Low-cost EEG system for epilepsy and brain-computer Interface
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham – Amma’s 61st Birthday Celebrations Amrita Centre for Nanosciences introduced Amrita Veechi, a low-cost wireless EEG system for detecting epilepsy and concussions. This device can be used via a brain-computer interface and will be very helpful in cognitive studies. PC George, Chief Whip, Kerala, unveiled Amrita Veechi during Amritavarsham 61,…
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Amrita Jeevanam, a low-cost medical device for rural villagers
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham – Amma’s 61st Birthday Celebrations Amrita Jeevanam is a low-cost medical device that combines a medical device, an interface device, and mobile device all configured with Amrita’s health-awareness and monitoring program. Villages in rural India often do not have easy access to timely healthcare, village patients will greatly benefit by…
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Amrita Hospital flags off medical relief to flood-hit in Jammu – Kashmir
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) is sending its disaster management and mobile Telemedicine unit to Jammu-Kashmir to provide medical care to people affected by the recent floods. Union Home Minister Rajnath Sing will flag off Amrita Hospital’s Telemedicine unit at 9am on this Sunday 5th Oct at India Gate, New Delhi. The mobile medical…
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Amrita Santhulam: low cost balance trainer for rehabilitating neuro patients
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham61, Amma’s birthday celebrations The Amrita Santhulam (Balance trainer), is a low cost rehabilitation system for the elderly patients suffering from stroke, Parkinson’s, peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, post ankle sprain and similar morbidities which cause impaired static and dynamic balance in the human body. This was launched on the occasion of Amma’s…
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Amrita Hospital receives the first British Medical Journal (BMJ) India Award
Amrita Institute for Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) has received the first British Medical Journal BMJ-India 2014 Award for pediatric heart program. The BMJ Awards, launched in 2009, considered as the “Oscar” in the medical field. BMJ, one of the world’s leading medical journals, had unveiled its maiden awards in India this year to recognize excellence…
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Free cataract surgeries in Kenya
Under the initiative of Embracing The World, one week of cataract surgery was held in Vihiga County, Kenya. The team attended total number of 200 cases. Most of them cataract surgeries, some capsulorexis, extrabismus, and one quist. Three ophthalmologists, two nurses, and an optometrist came from Spain to help the operation. All the patients operated…
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Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant done at Amrita Hospital, first in Kerala
The first Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney {SPK} transplantation in the state was done at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences on the 17th of August 2014. This is the 3rd such successful surgery in India. The recipient is a 31 year old Engineer hailing from Palakkad. He has had Type 1 Diabetes for the past 16 years…
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325 Liver Transplants in 10 Years at Amrita Hospital
July 29, 2014 A reunion of liver transplant recipients and their donors was held at the Amrita Hospital of Medical Sciences on the 10th anniversary of Amrita’s liver transplant unit. Transplantation is the only treatment available from patients suffering from acute or chronic liver failure. Nearly 90% of Amrita’s liver transplant patients survive the…
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Empowering Kenya
Br. Shubamrita Chaitanya visited Kenya from April 22nd to April 29th, 2014. During his stay, public talks were held at the Balaji temple auditorium and the Langham Court, during which he spoke on the topics ’Living Fearlessly’ and ’Living a Life of Purpose’. Both programmes attracted packed audiences, who thoroughly enjoyed the talk, devotional singing…