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Year 2006

 
Cold waves can make you sick
Navbharat Times 30thDecember, 2006
 
The Doctor Is In
Indian Express 30thDecember, 2006

I eat at least four to five chapattis (oiled) but no dal or sabzi for both lunch and dinner. Also I eat "khari" (a bakery product) without dipping it in tea or milk. more... 

 
Driving future global growth
India Inc 30thDecember, 2006

I Thanks to the burgeoning pressure on generics in the global drug market, players in the domain are always on their toes. more... 

 
Escorts net dips
New Delhi (UNI) 30thDecember, 2006

NEW DELHI (UNI): Escorts posted a net profit of Rs. 30.7 crore for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2006, as against Rs. 165.30 crore for the . more... 

 

Ranbaxy in tieup with Dutch firm

New Delhi (UNI) 30thDecember, 2006

NEW DELHI (UNI): Ranbaxy Promoter Group and Netherlands-based insurance and pension company Aegon on Thursday signed agreement to jointly . more... 

 
Tide TURNS
Business Standard 30thDecember, 2006

This last financial year will be remembered as one in which the Indian pharma industry emerged as a global force to reckon. more... 

 
 
Hospitals go in for overseas accreditations
Hindu Business Line 25thDecember, 2006

"Good quality is good business," says Mr. Daljit Singh, CEO of Fortis Healthcare Ltd, whose institution along with most of the country's leading hospitals. more... 

 
Discussion on dialysis held
Times of Chandigarh 22ndDecember, 2006

Mohali: Over 75 patients attended the interactive session conducted by 'Sahaayak', a dialysis support group that comprises. more... 

 
Dialysis support group holds meting of patients, doctors
HT LIVE Correspondent
S.A.S. Nagar
22ndDecember, 2006

FORTIS HOSPITAL today conducted its quarterly meeting of "Sahaayak", a dialysis support group that comprises past and present dialysis patients. more... 

 
Healthcare's New Leaders
  18thDecember, 2006

The fates of Shivinder Mohan Singh, Analjit Singh and Habil Khorakiwala are somewhat intertwined. Their families made most of their fortunes. more... 

 
Healing the heart through the wrist
The Tribune 13thDecember, 2006

Sq. Ldr. Sukhbir Singh (name changed), who had already undergone stenting to diagonal artery, continued to experience chest discomfort. more... 

 
Fortis Healthcare launches 'Golden Age' Programme
Rashtriya Sahara 6thDecember, 2006
 
Making it Easy For the Aged to Prevent illness
Dainik Jagran 6thDecember, 2006
 
Facts on Advanced Healthcare Treament in NOIDA by
Dr. Vaishno

Punjab Kesari

6thDecember, 2006
 

Ignorance is the reason for the spread of AIDS

Chandigarh Kesri 2ndDecember, 2006
 

Fortis Hospital works to spread awareness

Chandigarh Newsline 1stDecember, 2006

IN a bid to spread awareness against AIDS on World AIDS Day today, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, today installed a condom vending machine in its In Patient Department (IPD) washroom. more... 

 

Hospital advisory on eve of AIDS Day

Chandigarh Tribune 30thNovember, 2006

With tattoos and body-piercing becoming a popular trend, especially among the youth these days, Fortis Hospital issued more... 

 

A Journey Through Medical Tourism

abc7.com 28thNovember, 2006

Credit cards are easy to come by and used for almost everything, even using them to pay for doctor visits and buying medication. more... 

 

64 Slice CT Scan Boon For Heart Patients

Punjab Kesri (Chandigarh) 20thNovember, 2006
 

Medical experts seek 3-digit emergency care help line number

H Business Line 20thNovember, 2006

Medical experts have urged the Government to allot a common three-digit help line number for emergency care. It is believed that about 140. more... 

 

Emergency medicine

The Hindu 18thNovember, 2006

Over 300 specialists from across the world are participating in the three-day-International Emergency Medicine and Disaster Preparedness. more... 

 

Perfect (re)Pair

Free Press Release.com 18thNovember, 2006

Medical tourism from UK to India is booming. Jacqueline and Patricia,sisters from UK flew thousands of miles to Mohali,an emerging hub of cosmetic. more... 

 

Partners in Pain and Gain

PRLOG - Online Press
Release Service
17thNovember, 2006

Medical Tourism is the latest trend in the business of Gobal healthcare outsourcing and India is already racing ahead.Jacqueline and Patricia,. more... 

 
Assuring the girl child a healthier tomorrow!

Ninety-three million women and girls are "missing" from the world population because of sex-selective abortion, female infanticide, malnutrition, abuse and neglect. more... 

 
Hundreds Run For Heart
 
Hundreds of enthusiasts including educationists, medicos, industrialists, men, women, and children of all age groups from to 70 participated. more... 
 

FHM heart specialist, Dr RK Jaswal, completes 1300  transradial procedures with 0% complication.

 
Dr. RK Jaswal, senior consultant in Cardiology at Fortis Hospital, Mohali, is now performing tranradial interventions (angiographies and angioplasties through the wrist). more... 
 

Carelessness about Diabetes can be dangerous

Amar Ujala 12thNovember, 2006
 

Hygiene must to avoid diabetic foot: Doctor

Express News Line 12thNovember, 2006

WHILE the diabetic foot disease is expected to increase by 20 per cent around the globe by 2020, in 80 per cent of the cases amputation can be prevented. more... 

 

Need to educate diabetics stressed

Chandigarh Tribune 12thNovember, 2006

There is an urgent need for diabetics to be educated on nerve damage, failing which diabetic foot disease will increase by 200 per cent by 2020. more... 

 

Neglect of Diabetes may be dangerous

Amar Ujala 12thNovember, 2006
 
Ignoring 'Diabetis Foot' can be a Serious Danger
Dainik Tribune 12thNovember, 2006
 

First Aid Training For Chandigarh Police

Chandigarh Bhaskar 9thNovember, 2006
 
Hospital programme rescues four-year-old girl from heart ailment
Chandigarh News Line 26thOctober, 2006

BHAVNA, now four year old, was detected with having a hole in the heart when she was just six months old. However, today after a successful heart surgery,. more... 

 
New lease of life for Gurdaspur girl
HT Chandigarh Live 26thOctober, 2006
FORTIS HOSPITAL here today successfully operated upon Bhavna, a four-year-old girl from Gurdaspur, for congenital heart disease. more... 
 
Hospital saves four - year - old
Times of Chandigarh 26thOctober, 2006
Daily wager Rakesh Kumar is delighted that his four-year-old daughter Bhavna has survived and can look forward to a healthy life. Suffering from congenital heart disease. more... 
 
Not Really a Pause
Today
Delhi
18thOctober, 2006

This perhaps is the most difficult stage in a woman's life. The transition from the 40s to 50s and the onset of menopause leaves most women. more... 

 
Beam of hope
Simplicity (Indian Express) 17thOctober, 2006

They have been able to reach where many treatments couldn't and what's more, as the treatment is by light rays, lasers act on the disease. more... 

 
A Summit is Organized for Breast Cancer
Dainik Tribune 15thOctober, 2006
 
Hormones can be used to treat secondary breast  cancer  
Chandigarh Tribune 15thOctober, 2006

Hormones, especially the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone, affect the growth of some breast cancer cells.more... 

 
Experts discuss anti-cancer strategies
HT Chandigarh Live
S.A.S Nagar
15thOctober, 2006

Hormones, especially the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone, affect the growth of some breast cancer cells more... 

 
Hospital launches drive to help girl child
Express News Service
Chandigarh
25thSeptember, 2006

IN an initiative to reach out to the under-privileged girl children, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, today celebrated International Girl Child Day with the launch. more...