CHENNAI PRESS NEWS

Madurai, December 24 2020: Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre - Madurai becomes the first hospital in South Tamil Nadu to perform angioplasty heart surgery assisted by a mechanical heart pump called Impella which takes over the heart’s function during the procedure.  (L to R) Dr. N. Ganesan, Sr. Consultant- Interventional Cardiology,Meenakshi Misson Hospital and Research Center, Madurai, Patient Yesodha (77)& Dr R. Sivakumar, Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology, Meenakshi Misson Hospital and Research Center, Madurai Known as Protected Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Protected PCI), the procedure was performed on December 18 th on a 77-year-old lady by a team headed by Dr R. Sivakumar, Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology, Meenakshi Misson Hospital and Research Center, Madurai. The patient is fully recovered and is fit to resume her normal life. Impella was removed after the surgery. Both the insertion and removal of the heart pump, the small...

WABAG to increase use of Technology & AI for water treatment Chennai, 24 Dec. 2020: VA TECH WABAG LIMITED (‘WABAG’), a leading Pure Play Water Technology Indian Multinational, with business spread across varied geographies, today shared their focus on pioneering and providing sustainable technology led innovations that are helping in treating and extending the life span of usage of the most important resource “Water”. Rajiv Mittal, MD &CEO, VA Tech WABAG  Post COVID, water has become an extreme focus area not only in India but across the world. The heightened sense of hygiene due to the pandemic has resulted in an increase in water consumption in a first. Water joined gold, oil and other commodities traded on Wall Street, highlighting the fact that the life-sustaining natural resource may become more scarce acrossof the world. The focus on water crisis and conservation and the Governments spending through various schemes and policies to meet the ever growing dem...