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Madurai's Rajaji hospital burdened as district, private hospitals refer trauma cases
5 days, 18 hours ago

Madurai's Rajaji hospital burdened as district, private hospitals refer trauma cases

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: With a high number of trauma cases being referred from government medical colleges from other districts and private hospitals to the Trauma Emergency Care Department of Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, medicos have flagged the rise in pressure on the largest medical facility in South Tamil Nadu. An elderly nurse from GRH said, "We are under immense pressure as …

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GRH flooded with cases on Deepavali day; Dean asks doctors, para-medical team to work on holiday
1 month, 3 weeks ago

GRH flooded with cases on Deepavali day; Dean asks doctors, para-medical team to work on holiday

The Hindu  

The Government Rajaji Hospital, the referral centre for many southern districts, was flooded with cases on Deepavali Day. Dean Arul Sundaresh Kumar, who had granted leave to the doctors and para-medical staff, to allow them to celebrate Deepavali, had to recall them to attend to the emergency cases. All the 10 emergency service vehicles, which were stationed at the GRH, …

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No water flooding inside GRH Madurai, thanks to timely blockage removal works by PWD
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No water flooding inside GRH Madurai, thanks to timely blockage removal works by PWD

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: While the entire Madurai city, including residential settlements, was inundated in rainwater on Friday, no flooding was reported inside the Government Rajaji Hospital, the second largest hospital in Tamil Nadu, thanks to the Public Works Department's timely intervention to clear pipeline blockages. Speaking to TNIE, a top official from the PWD, Madurai division, said as the drainage pipelines and …

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Is healthcare being compromised due to delay in posting deans to government medical colleges?
3 months, 1 week ago

Is healthcare being compromised due to delay in posting deans to government medical colleges?

The Hindu  

Delay in appointing deans in some of the important government medical colleges in the Southern part of the State has been hampering important administrative processes and also the smooth functioning of the hospitals. As post of deans remains vacant in government medical colleges in Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Kanniyakumari, Theni and Virudhunagar, for the time being senior doctors are holding the post …

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Only two 102 services to drop home new moms from Madurai govt hospital
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Only two 102 services to drop home new moms from Madurai govt hospital

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Several pregnant women and new mothers remain disgruntled as only two ambulances are operational at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai to transport them back to their houses after delivery. Though the GRH, which is the second largest government hospital complex in Tamil Nadu, has been allocated both 108 and 102 ambulance services, at present, only two 102 services …

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28-year-old arrested for assaulting PG medical student in government Rajaji hospital
1 year ago

28-year-old arrested for assaulting PG medical student in government Rajaji hospital

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Members of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association staged a protest at the Government Rajaji Hospital on Wednesday demanding that the police arrest the man who assaulted a PG medical student on Tuesday night. Based on a complaint from Gokul, who is studying MS course in GRH Ortho department, police booked Praveen under IPC sections 294 ; 323 ; …

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Affordable treatment at regional cancer centre in Madurai gives patients new lease of life
1 year, 1 month ago

Affordable treatment at regional cancer centre in Madurai gives patients new lease of life

The Hindu  

For patients like P. Chitravalli, 49, mother of four children and a daily wage labourer from Sivaganga, getting treated for cervical cancer in a private hospital would have cost her family’s lifetime savings. Ms. Chitravalli was treated for cancer about five months ago at the Madurai Regional Cancer Centre at Balarengapuram after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the …

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TNGDA docs to perform elective surgeries after Ma Subramanian's assurance
1 year, 2 months ago

TNGDA docs to perform elective surgeries after Ma Subramanian's assurance

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association members of Government Rajaji Hospital accepted to perform elective surgeries following an assurance from Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Thursday. GRH doctors staged a protest in front of the IMA hall on Wednesday raising the same demand, following which a state-level committee was formed by Director of National Health Mission Shilpha Prabhakar Satish to …

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Maternal deaths at Madurai GRH: T.N. Medical Officers Association calls for accountability
1 year, 2 months ago

Maternal deaths at Madurai GRH: T.N. Medical Officers Association calls for accountability

The Hindu  

In the wake of maternal deaths reported at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai and allegations of fabrication of case sheets, the Tamil Nadu Medical Officers’ Association has urged the Tamil Nadu government to put in place a system of accountability at the hospital. The state secretary of TNMOA, M. Akilan, made a representation to Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Gagandeep …

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Inquiry panel grills Madurai GRH docs over allegation of fabricating maternal deaths' case sheets
1 year, 2 months ago

Inquiry panel grills Madurai GRH docs over allegation of fabricating maternal deaths' case sheets

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Following District Collector MS Sangeetha's letter to Health Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi requesting action against the staff of Obstetrics and Gynaecology department at Government Rajaji Hospital for allegedly fabricating medical records pertaining to two maternal deaths, an inquiry committee from the National Health Mission on Monday interrogated the medical officers of GRH, including the hospital dean, and a few …

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Cardiology department at Madurai’s GRH yet to receive high-end equipment
2 years, 2 months ago

Cardiology department at Madurai’s GRH yet to receive high-end equipment

The Hindu  

The request for a high-end 4D echocardiography machine for the Cardiology Department at Government Rajaji Hospital is a long-pending demand which has not been realised even after four years. Further, it stated that one of the three echocardiogram machines, installed in 2008, at the Department was “nearing its end of life.” The number of complex interventional procedures, such as percutaneous …

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Plans on to shift COVID OP out of Madurai's Rajaji hospital
2 years, 11 months ago

Plans on to shift COVID OP out of Madurai's Rajaji hospital

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Aiming at decongesting Government Rajaji Hospital, the authorities are planning to shift the Covid-19 OP clinic out of the hospital and admitting moderately ill patients to the peripheral taluk hospitals. During the first two waves of Covid, the three-storey Superspeciality Block that could accommodate nearly 450 beds was converted as the Covid block of GRH, the district's sole government …

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Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

Madurai Almost all Intensive Care Units and oxygen-supported beds in Government Hospitals in the district are filled, pushing new patients to wait for their admission. A senior doctor from the Government Rajaji Hospital said almost all the 1,200 beds allocated for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Private hospitals were also referring patients in critical conditions to government hospitals, said S. Gandhimathinathan, …

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Police Officer Arrested in 'Custodial Death' of Father-son Duo in Tamil Nadu Succumbs to Covid-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Police Officer Arrested in 'Custodial Death' of Father-son Duo in Tamil Nadu Succumbs to Covid-19

News 18  

A special sub-inspector, one of the 10 police personnel arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture and subsequent death of a father-son duo, and undergoing treatment for COVID-19, died here on Monday, police said. He was one of the 10 policemen arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture of P Jeyaraj and his son Bennicks at the Sathankulam …