serena josephine murray
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journalist. writes on public health and North Chennai. North Chennaiite for life! RTs not endorsements. Views def mine!
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Joined May 2013
RT @drcnpkaran1: Heart Is Not Just a Pump. It’s an Electrical Powerhouse ⚡. Why people confuse heart attack, heart failure, and arrhythmia….
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RT @THChennai: #MadrasDay: The flight of stairs at #RajajiHall in #Chennai has borne witness to some of the most iconic moments in #Tamil c….
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Rajaji Hall in Omandurar Government Estate, Chennai, a historic filming location for iconic Tamil cinema moments.
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RT @SivabalanElango: What we see on social media is not just caste pride, it’s also the fear of losing inherited power and the anxiety of c….
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Assistant profs & senior residents from Chengalpattu Medical College, Govt Omandurar Medical College, Govt Stanley Medical College, KAP Viswanathan Govt Medical College, Tiruchi, Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem & Govt Kilpauk Medical College are being redeployed.
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This was to to fulfil an announcement made by the Health Minister in the Assembly to establish additional speciality depts of general medicine, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopaedic surgery and respiratory medicine at KCSSH.
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Without creating new posts, Health dept has again resorted to redeploying doctors. Now, 9 posts of drs from govt medical college hospitals, including Chengalpattu & Tiruchi, are being redeployed to Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital @THChennai.
thehindu.com
Health department redeploying doctors to Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital, drawing criticism from government doctors for lack of new posts.
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RT @ChennaiTraffic: 🚧 Traffic Diversion Alert 🚧. Due to the construction work for a 3.2 km flyover on Mount Road, traffic diversions will b….
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RT @THChennai: 2 young persons, who had received cochlear implants at Madras ENT Research Foundation at a very young age, came back years l….
thehindu.com
Meet Yash Kumar, a UPSC qualifier, and Akshaya, a future doctor, both transformed by cochlear implants at MERF.
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RT @the_hindu: Advances in #breastcancer treatments bring in a range of benefits for patients .✍🏼@serenasundar.
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Significant advances in breast cancer treatments have improved outcomes, offering personalized care through innovative technologies and multidisciplinary approaches.
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"These recommendations can only be seen as a furtherance to Government of India’s ‘One Nation, One Policy’ for organ donation and transplantation. It will lead to encroaching on the State’s role and policies and gradually usurping power." @THChennai.
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NOTTO wants hospitals to provide data of each donor and recipient for the national registry maintained by it. This was viewed as an example of the Centre encroaching on the right of the State to run matters of public health.
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Dr. J. Amalorpavanathan, former convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme: When CTP was debated in 2008, there was discussion on prioritising women. There were points on prioritising children & then working parents. We decided that every human being in need of transplant is priority.
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Experts and doctors in Tamil Nadu consider these as contentious recommendations. "There are no protocols for prioritising women & near relatives of previous donors. How will you define near relatives and streamline the same?".
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🧵National organ & tissue transplant org, in an advisory to States, has proposed extra points in organ allocation criteria for women on the wait list to address gender disparity & prioritise a near relative of a previous deceased donor requiring transplant
thehindu.com
A recent 10-point advisory from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) to States and Union Territories (UT) to augment organ donation and transplantation in the country has...
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"The focus must be on strengthening existing systems, ensuring adequate human resources at health facilities, uninterrupted supply chains, effective referral systems, and proper follow-up for those already screened under MTM or other NCD programs.".
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Introducing HMIS 3.0 for data capture during NKS camps may lead to operational chaos as was evident on Saturday. Forcing real-time data entry through HMIS 3.0 in such settings can result in service delays, inaccurate data, & increased workload on already overstretched staff".
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"We have a robust network of PHCs, govt hospitals, & medical colleges that are already stretched thin. Redirecting specialists, paramedics, & diagnostic facilities from these institutions to camps risks undermining the daily functioning of these critical establishments.”.
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In an open letter to the Health department, a government healthcare professional questioned “the rationale behind launching another massive, resource-heavy initiative like NKS when initiatives such as Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam have already achieved significant outreach.
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On Saturday, as the camps kicked off across the State, there were widespread technical snags as the Health Management Information System portal slowed down and the diversion of doctors from nearby government hospitals to the camps disrupted services at some institutions.
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🧵Last week, the Health dept, launched ‘Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' scheme, reaching out to 44,418 persons through camps. Certain sections of its public health workforce are weighing pros & cons, & wondering how an already stretched healthcare sector can cope
thehindu.com
Health department's Nalam Kaakkum Stalin scheme faces challenges with technical snags, diversion of doctors, and operational chaos at health camps.
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