Steffy Thevar

4 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Steffy Thevar

To mark World Glaucoma Week, a private eye care center in Pune organized a cycling rally to raise glaucoma awareness. Led by Dr. Samita Moolani-Katara, the rally involved 90 cyclists and passed through key city areas. The center also announced a free glaucoma screening camp to promote early detection and treatment. PUNE: To mark World Glaucoma Week, marked between March 9th to 15th, a private eye care center organised a cycling rally to raise awareness about glaucoma.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Steffy Thevar

Pune: It was supposed to be a delicious wedding feast. But a 70-year-old man found himself in the ICU after swallowing a mutton bone, which then got stuck, horizontally, inside the oesophagus. The sharp bone, some 5cm long, caused a tear in the food pipe and lodged itself just above the heart, with potential risk to major blood vessels and other vital organs. The horizontal position the bone was in made it impossible for the man to drink water. The incident happened on Feb 24 in Indapur.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Steffy Thevar

NewsCity Newspune NewsWorld TB Day: 40,000 new tuberculosis cases found in Maharashtra in 100 daysTrendingPune: The national 100-day anti-tuberculosis campaign, which began on Dec 7 and concluded on March 24, ended up detecting 40,471 new cases in Maharashtra, from the more than one crore people who were screened. According to state data, healthcare workers screened a total of 1,37,13,376 people, across 53 regions. In all of last year, Maharashtra had detected 2,30,515 TB cases.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Steffy Thevar

NewsCity Newspune NewsRobotic machine lying idle at Sassoon Hospital for 5 monthsTrendingPune: Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) is yet to utilise the robotic surgery system received around five months ago. The hospital received the robot and its various parts in Nov last year. While doctors are still undergoing training on how to use it, the renovation for modular OT, where the machine would be installed, is yet to be completed.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Steffy Thevar

Pune: Over two months after the first Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) cases were reported in the city, the civic body has declared that the outbreak is over and will soon stop door-to-door investigations in severely affected areas. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the state health department had started door-to-door surveillance and screenings in the second week of Jan to detect suspected GBS patients.