Posts Tagged ‘medical’

AyurVAID Hospitals opens 30-bed unit with in-patient facility in Bangalore

September 23rd, 2008

Bangalore, Karnataka, IND, 2008-09-22 15:18:15 (IndiaPRwire.com): AyurVAID Hospitals, a new generation hospital chain pioneering rigorous, process and documentation driven, classical Kerala Ayurveda medical services, today announced the formal opening of its hospital in Bangalore with in-patient facilities. It is Bangalore’s first facility of this scale, format and size.Bangalore’s first ever Ayurvedic medicare facility of it’s kind, the hospital with 30 beds, and all modern amenities, offers the full range of Ayurveda out-patient and in-patient medical services for treatment of serious medical conditions. The hospital is located off the Koramangala IntermediateRing Road towards its intersection with Old Airport Road, proximate to Dell.

Announcing the foray into Bangalore, Rajiv Vasudevan, CEO, AyurVAID Hospitals said, “There are many reasons why the entry of AyurVAID into the Bangalore market is a notable event. It is for the first time that a full fledged Ayurveda hospital in this scale and format has been set up outside of Kerala. With an outstanding team of physicians, includingtwoM.Ds in Panchakarma, complemented by a well trained nursing team, the AyurVAID Hospital in Bangalore shall offer gentle yet effective solutions for chronic illnesses and lifestyle disorders commonly found in Bangalore today. AyurVAID Hospital shall serve a growing section of society who wish to go beyond symptomatic relief andfor agentle medical solution that addresses the root cause of the illness for a long lasting solution. AyurVAID will serve to fill a significant gap in the medical services available to the people of this dynamic and vibrant city of Bangalore”.

Ganesh Subramaniam, CFO, AyurVAID Hospitals added “With several leading medical insurance third party administrators (TPAs) having accreditedAyurVAID Hospital, Bangalore, as a network hospital, medical insurance policy holders can avail of cashless facility for inpatientAyurveda medical care, subject to the underlying terms of their insurance policy.”

AyurVAID has many firsts that distinguish it – It adopts a rigorous, standardized and documentation-driven approach; it has a unique medical services model that appropriately integrates classical Kerala Ayurveda medical practice with contemporary medical science, and it is the first Ayurvedic hospital to be empanelled by leading TPAs as a network hospital thus making cashless hospitalization possible. Besides the rigorous 5-year education programs that include detailed study of the classical Ayurveda medical science, as well as essentials of modern medicine, surgery and pharmacology that Ayurvedic physicians undergo, AyurVAID further trains its’ professionals in its unique approach and business model.

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Exercise and fitness

September 2nd, 2008

Health and Fitness has now become one of the major concerns. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living, due to which their body had to undergo a lot of physical exercise. This made life active and alert.

Simple fitness exercises can help to have a fitter and healthy life. Stretching exercises can help in many ways in maintaining a fitter body. Weight loss can be achieved by following simple effortless regular exercises. Medical breakthroughs can happen by regular meditation and exercising. Yoga and other workouts which can be performed easily are available to keep you fit and healthy.

Health and Fitness can make all that difference in one’s life. Healthy living is all that one needs and to achieve that we picked up the best of the articles from reliable sources and have presented here in an organized manner. You might not be able to spend your valuable time on complicated medications and diet controls, but. you can find articles to help you have a better living using simple and easy techniques.

Ayurveda, a science in vogue practiced since centuries, uses a wide variety of plants, animal origin substances, mineral and metallic substances to rebalance the diseased condition in the sick. A few tips on simple treatment of life style diseases have been carefully picked for the visitors of this website. These tips can help reduce or control diseases like diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.

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Cabinet Okays combined medical university in Kerala

August 22nd, 2008

In Thiruvanthapuram the Kerala governments gave the green signal for setting up a medical university in Thrissur. The Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan gave details about the university to the reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting. On Thursday gave nod for the formation of a combined university for all systems of medicines with separate board of studies, faculty and board of examination for each stream.

The proposed Kerala University for Medical and Allied Sciences will handle all the academic activities, including the conduct of examinations from 2009-10. Before this all the colleges under each stream including paramedical colleges would be affiliated to this university. The University Act and statute will be formulated within six months and will be presented in the Assembly.

For deciding the policy matters of the university, the government has appointed a high-level committee headed by Health Minister P K Sreemathi in which the secretaries of Health, Higher Education & medical education heads from allopathy, Ayurveda and homoeo have been made members. Dr Usha Titus has been appointed as the project director.
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RNCOS Releases a New Report- Booming Medical Tourism in India

July 23rd, 2008

Delhi, India, July 23, 2008 –(PR.com)– RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, “Booming Medical Tourism in India” to its report gallery. The report provides a complete insight into the Indian medical tourism market. It evaluates the past, present and future scenario of the Indian medical tourism market and discusses the key factors which are making India a favorable medical tourism destination. Both statistics and trends regarding market size, tourist arrivals, infrastructure, accreditations, drivers and restraints have been thoroughly discussed in the report.

The research has found that India represents the most potential medical tourism market in the world. Factors such as low cost, scale and range of treatments provided by India differentiate it from other medical tourism destinations. The growth in India’s medical tourism market is expected to serve as a boon for several associated industries also, including hotel industry, medical equipment industry and pharmaceutical industry.

Key Findings

- India offers vast range of medical treatments – from simple dental procedures to the complex cardiac surgeries. Patients can save 60%-95% of their treatment costs by undergoing treatment in India.

- Wellness tourism, comprising of spa, yoga and Ayurveda, has a very bright future in India as foreigners are increasingly flocking to India to seek physical and mental healing.

- In 2007, around 272,000 medical tourists visited India for medical tourism and together, they brought US$ 656 Million in revenues.

- Lack of proper hospital accreditation system and inefficient laws against malpractice can be the biggest factor limiting the growth of India’s medical tourism Industry.

- India enjoys a considerable superiority over both Singapore and Thailand as preferred medical destination.

- Both foreign employers and insurance firms are expected to outsource large share of medical treatments to India.

- The Indian medical tourism market is expected to generate over US$ 2.5 Billion in revenues by 2012.

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