Category: Straight Talk

Tony Jose, Co-Founder and CEO of Bangalore-based genomics company Clevergene that claims unrivalled discovery-genomics and genetic diagnostics capabilities, had a…

In an interaction with Divya Choyikutty, she speaks about the latest medical technologies in gynaec-oncology and the new programmes she is involved with for creating qualified gynaecologists, and shares her experience in the field.

In an interaction with FM, Anjali highlights the need to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible against the pandemic. 

Since mucormycosis is highly dangerous, killing between 46% to 96% of the patients, and often leads to complete blindness if not death, it is better to prevent it by taking due care in treatment protocol and maintaining proper hygiene in ICUs and the whole hospital environment, says Dr V Mohan

Dr Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director of Stop TB Partnership, speaks about the international body’s ambitious goal to make the world free of the curable infectious disease and how the programme has been impacted by various challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sapien was established in a visionary partnership with Apollo Hospitals, a pan-India network of 71 multi-specialty hospitals that allowed us to create a multi-centric, pan-India biobank covering all diseases. We started with one hospital in 2012 and now have a pan-India footprint of more than 20.

In an interaction with S Harachand, Prof Harding says that there is no need to wait until a patient is dying to introduce the benefits of palliative care, as integrating palliative care much earlier into the treatment cycle of a terminally ill patient will not only improve outcomes but can at times even prolong the life of the patient.