CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dhanalakshmi was 14 and pregnant when she was rescued from a children's home in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She had been entrusted in the ...

Kerala and Tamil Nadu are emerging as early models for addressing India’s rapidly ageing population through community-based ...

In trauma care, doctors speak of the “golden hour” — 60 minutes, during which every second carries weight. But what happens if advanced trauma facilities are miles away from accident-prone highways ...

COIMBATORE: The National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu, is planning to open specialised care centres for treating Type 1 diabetes in six more districts, including Salem and Dharmapuri within two months.

"A scheme to provide treatment to children affected by type 1 diabetes in Tamil Nadu was introduced by the late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in 2008. To date, 5,064 children ailing with type 1 ...

A study has found that the Tamil Nadu government’s ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’ (MTM) initiative has improved access to non-communicable diseases (NCD) care – primarily diabetes and hypertension – ...

COIMBATORE: The National Health Mission (NHM), Tamil Nadu, through its initiative of treating children with Type 1 diabetes at Specialised Care Centres (SCCs) in government medical facilities across ...

TIRUCHY: In a change of plans, the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) ward functioning out of the Super Speciality Block of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH ...