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Chandigarh: 92.7 Big FM, the popular FM Radio channel has awarded “Chandigarh Pride Award” to Chaitanya Hospital, Chandigarh for being voted the ‘Best Maternity Hospital’ of tricity. It was a unique initiative organized by Big FM where they requested their listeners to cast votes through whatsapp. R.J.Abhimanyu who presented the award to Dr.NeerajKumar, ManagingDirector, Chaitanya hospital, said that the competition was tough butin the end chaitanya hospital emerged the clear winner. Dr. Poonam Kumar, Head Dept.of obstetrics thanked the citizens of Tricity for responding their trust and faith in the hospital. She Said’ Pregnant women are not patients, in fact they are going through a very beautiful phase of their life. We provide them a very personal, empathetic and comfortable environment in which they can enjoy this experience with their family members. We will continue to provide the best and most modern facilities in a safe and friendly way.

Of all the gifts that life has to offer, a mother is greatest of them all,” – goes the powerful saying. That’s the importance of ‘mothers’, universally, no? While they say that ‘love’ begins and ends with motherhood, would you ever imagine a mother-daughter duo who never shares an emotion of ‘love’ between them? Transpiring on STAR Plus, Rishton Ka Chakravyuh depicts the collision between the mother Satrupa and her daughter Anami. Set amidst the royal backdrop, the show focuses on a rich industrial family residing at the majestic Lal Mahal, which is home to many conspiracies. It depicts the story of Satrupa, an authoritative woman and her daughter Anami. This interesting duet is always at a conflict. What has driven them apart? Is it a regular family feud that would heal within a short span of time? Or is it a permanent crack that has resulted due to a spiteful history? A mother-daughter bond which is considered godly how can it ...

World over 28thJuly is celebrated as World Hepatitis Day. World Hepatitis Day is one of the eight official global public health campaigns endorsed by World Health Organization (WHO), aiming at complete ELIMINATION of this disease. In order to raise awareness and to sensitize people about Hepatitis , a Walkathon was organised at Sukhna Lake. Many People of the city joined hands to continue with  their effort to create this awareness . Viral hepatitis is a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and chronic liver disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year, mostly from hepatitis B and C. Hepatitis B&C are blood borne viruses and most common modes of infection are through unsafe injection practices, IV drug abuse and the transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products. In the early stage,Hepatitis B&C to a large extent is an asymptomatic disease. Hence in majority ...

The Initiative Aims to Create Awareness of Treatment Options, Increase Access to Treatment, and Improve Outcomes for Orthopedic Trauma Patients AMRITSAR, India – July 28, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced a partnership between India Medtronic Private Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary in India, and Amandeep Healthcare Private Limited. Named Saartham, the initiative at Amandeep Hospital will provide integrated care for orthopedic trauma patients tailored to their individual needs, including counselling and patient management. “Trauma patients in India face numerous challenges in accessing quality care which impact recovery time, outcomes, and quality of life. There is a need to improve patient follow-up, the training and education of trauma specialists, and the affordability of care. Our collaboration with Amandeep Hospital, a well-recognized orthopedic center in the region, to strengthen trauma care is at the heart of the Medtronic Mission to a...

Be it through the historical fact that an Indian princess married a Korean King more than 2000 years ago or interesting statistic that Korea is the safest country in the world, South Korea came closer to Indian hearts after a promotion done in Chandigarh by Korea Tourism Organization. Reaching out to the tricity residents, Mr. Jong Sool Kwon, Director, Korea Tourism Organization extended a warm invitation to imagine their Korea in their own way. He outlined the various benefits of experiencing Korea. It has a lot to offer to a lot of people, he said, while explaining the theme of Korean tourism which is “Imagine Your Korea”. Barely a few days after taking over his new charge, he chose to visit Chandigarh, the city beautiful.  In order to bring South Korea closer to the hearts of the youngsters in the tricity, Korea Tourism Organization India launched Quiz Contest for Tricity school students. The Quiz is open for Class 8th to 12th school students of Chandigarh, Mohali...

Chandigarh, July 15, 2017 Chandigarh is playing host to a mega conglomeration of Oncologists Pan India & from abroad for the Best of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) conference at Hyatt Regency. The Conference is being organised in collaboration with Max Cancer Care Centre, Mohali. On Day 2 of ASCO newest research in the field of oncology was presented and discussed. “The highlight of the day was Immuno-Oncology & a major Indian study on head & neck cancer presented in ASCO held in Chicago recently.” Said Dr. Gautam Goyal, Organising Secretary, Best of ASCO & Consultant Medical Oncologist, Max Hospital, Mohali. Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwala from USA in his dedicated talk on immune-oncology; beautifully explained the meaning of immune-oncology. “Immuno-oncology therapies activate our immune system, making it able to recognise cancer cells and destroy them. So, they target the body’s immune system, not the tumour itself. They enable the i...

Chandigarh – 15th July 2017: An Exporters-Importers Meet was organized by State Bank of India, Chandigarh at Hotel Taj. The event was presided over by Circle Chief General Manager, Sh. Anil Kishora and was attended by SME Customers from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The Regional Director RBI Sh. Nirmal Chand was the Guest of Honour. Sh. Venkat Nageswar, Dy. Managing Director, Global Markets, State Bank of India, in his opening remarks highlighted the current economic events that are influencing the domestic and global currency markets and deliberated upon the need to be conversant with the various hedging tools available with the Bank so as to optimally hedge the exposure in the uncertain economic environment. There was a detailed presentation made by Bank’s Global Markets team on Forex products. This was followed by a lively session with the participants where free flows of ideas amongst the participants were exchanged.