Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday rejected criticism of the government's decision to shift the Delhi gangrape survivor to a hospital in Singapore saying that the decision was made after consultation with specialists, including Dr Naresh Trehan of Medanta - The Medicity. ...
12:29 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Gurgaon: The condition of Anna Hazare has improved considerably and the anti-corruption activist has been shifted out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital, doctors said on Tuesday. Undergoing treatment at the Medanta Medcity Hospital in Gurgaon since January 28 afternoon, 74-year-old Hazare is likely to be discharged in another two to three days. Hazare was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with complaints of breathlessness and high...
06:41 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Gurgaon: Anna Hazare, suffering from persistent cough and back pain, on Sunday underwent a check-up at a super-speciality hosptial in Gurgaon before he heads to Bangalore for naturopathy treatment in the next couple of days. Hazare flew down to Delhi from Pune at around 1:30 pm and straightaway left for Medanta Medicity headed by eminent cardiologist Naresh Trehan where he underwent a series of medical tests. The 74-year-old activist was...
05:51 PM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare was discharged from Medanta Medicity on Wednesday. Anna was discharged from the Gurgaon hospital where he was recuperating since he broke his 13-day fast against graft on Sunday. The Lokpal activist reached Pune on Wednesday night from where he will go to his hometown Ralegan Siddhi on Thursday, where a grand welcome awaits him. Anna spent four days in hospital and doctors had earlier...
07:52 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Hundreds of Anna Hazare supporters have stepped forward to pay the activist's hospital bill if the 74-year-old is charged. The help poured in a day after it was reported on Tuesday on the ambiguity over the veteran activist's medical bills for treatment at a Gurgaon-based hospital. The virtual world was abuzz with messages such as "I want to pay for Annaji" on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and...
04:43 PM, Aug 31, 2011
Gurgaon: Anna Hazare, who was admitted in a hospital in Gurgaon after he ended his 12-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, is stable and moving towards normalcy, doctors said on Monday. "Nobody knows when he will be discharged. His condition is stable. He has to be monitored. Usually, it takes 2-3 days. When his parameters are established and his body starts tolerating and digesting food, only then he can...
12:25 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Dr Naresh Trehan also said a detailed update on Anna Hazare's health would be given on Monday. He said Anna is very dehydrated. ...
02:27 PM, Aug 28, 2011
Dr Naresh Trehan also said a detailed update on Anna Hazare's health would be given on Monday. He said Anna is very dehydrated. ...
02:27 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New Delhi: On Day 12 of his fast on Saturday, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's health deteriorated as his blood pressure has gone low and he has lost more weight."Annaji's blood pressure is low and he has lost some weight," Dr Naresh Trehan said on Saturday. Dr Trehan said that Anna's samples have been taken for a blood test and the reports will come by Saturday afternoon. He said since blood...
09:28 AM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Amid mounting concern about Anna Hazare's health as his fast continued for the tenth day, doctors on Thursday night said the Gandhian's condition was "stable" but there is reason to worry. "Till now his condition is stable. But there is reason to worry as today is 10th day of his fast," Dr Naresh Trehan told reporters at the Ramlila Ground after examining 74-year-old Hazare. Trehan, who along with...
08:54 PM, Aug 25, 2011
New Delhi: Doctors on Thursday said they were concerned about the health of Anna Hazare as his fast entered the tenth day. "We have examined him this morning. There is stability in blood pressure and heart beat. He has taken rest. He had six litres of water and the ketone levels have come down," Dr Naresh Trehan told reporters in New Delhi. Trehan said it was a "matter of concern"...
10:49 AM, Aug 25, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare, whose fast entered the ninth day on Wednesday, refused to be put on a intravenous drip despite doctors advising him to do so once again on Wednesday morning, his close associate said. "Anna has refused to take the IV drip after doctors advised him to take it following a check up this morning," activist Manish Sisodia told reporters in New Delhi. He has lost another 200...
08:59 AM, Aug 24, 2011
New Delhi: The health of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare, who is fasting for the past nine days demanding a strong Lokpal is alright, one of his close aides said on Wednesday. "He is alright at present. He is taking rest. A team of doctors is continuously monitoring him," Manish Sisodia, a close associate of Hazare told reporters. Hazare has lost 5.6 kg since he began his fast on August 16...
07:24 AM, Aug 24, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Tuesday evening refused intravenous drip and hospitalisation as recommended by doctors after they checked his vital signs. Hazare has already lost more than 5 kg since August 16, the day he started the second leg of his protest against corruption from the capital and his health has deteriorated. Dr Naresh Trehan of Medanta Medicity, who is leading a team of doctors taking care of Hazare,...
08:42 PM, Aug 23, 2011
New Delhi: A team of 36 doctors, assisted by ace heart specialist Dr Naresh Trehan, would be monitoring the health of Anna Hazare round the clock during his hunger strike. A medical camp has been set up in the Ramlila Grounds, where the anti-corruption crusader is fasting demanding a strong Lokpal. Soon after Hazare addressed his supporters after reaching the grounds, doctors checked his basic health parameters including his blood...
05:17 PM, Aug 19, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare will undergo a medical test in Tihar Jail on Thursday morning before he sets out for Ramlila Maidan where he will launch his protest for a strong Lokpal. Jail sources said the 73-year-old anti-corruption crusader will be examined by doctors from the jail, doctors from a government hospital and those from Naresh Trehan's Vedanta Medicity. Hazare had refused to come out of jail after being released...
08:29 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare will leave the Tihar jail on Thusday afternoon and is likely to visit the Raj Ghat before starting his hunger strike for Jan Lokpal at the Ramlila Ground after 3 pm, his aide Kiran Bedi said on Wednesday night. Bedi said the government should get a fresh Lokpal Bill introduced in Parliament and have it passed "in accordance with aspirations of the people". Replying to a...
07:59 AM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: The 5 per cent service tax on healthcare - that the Government is likely to roll back on Tuesday - would have made the treatment extremely expensive. Ever since the Government announced a new service tax on healthcare services this union Budget, pressure has been growing to announce a roll back. Noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty launched a nation-wide appeal - calling this a misery tax. India...
07:41 AM, Mar 22, 2011
New Delhi: Ever since the govt announced a new service tax on healthcare services this union budget, pressure has been growing to announce a roll-back. Noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty launched a nation-wide appeal - calling this a misery tax. Dr Devi Shetty, Cardiologist and Chairman, Narayana Hrudaylaya said, "India spends less than 1 per cent of its GDP on health care. Less than 10 per cent of the...
08:41 PM, Mar 09, 2011
A multiple bypass surgery with an 3 inch incision was performed in the Capital. ...
11:47 AM, Feb 19, 2009
