Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences

Dr. Rajesh Kotecha, Special Secretary, Union Ministry of AYUSH said that the government is ready to extend its support for attempts at building an integrative medicine. He inaugurated the international conference on integrative Ayurveda and modern medicine at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences at Kochi on Sunday.

A 21-year old man has successfully undergone elbow-level double hand transplant at a private hospital in Kochi, claimed to be the first of its kind in the country.

Organ donation usually involves internal organs and eyes. But India's first patient to get a hand transplant last year says his hands are now fully functional. 31-year-old Manu TR now works as a transplant assistant at the hospital which restored his hands -- Kerala's Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.

A lot of Indian scientists settled abroad have returned home and were getting involved in scientific activities in the country due to efforts taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for promoting research, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan today said.

A 16-year-old Kerala girl suffering from an advanced stage of leukaemia or bone marrow cancer has got a new lease of life after she was transfused healthy stem cells donated by a 55-year-old German man.

A 30-year-old Afghan military captain from Kandahar, who lost his hands while defusing mines in the war torn country, now has two Indian hands - thanks to a successful transplant carried out an institute in Kochi.

Doctors of a private hospital in Kochi have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant.

Superstar Mohanlal expressed his desire to donate his organs, citing the case of a school-girl who recovered from a severe liver disease.

Dr. Rajesh Kotecha, Special Secretary, Union Ministry of AYUSH said that the government is ready to extend its support for attempts at building an integrative medicine. He inaugurated the international conference on integrative Ayurveda and modern medicine at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences at Kochi on Sunday.

A 21-year old man has successfully undergone elbow-level double hand transplant at a private hospital in Kochi, claimed to be the first of its kind in the country.

Organ donation usually involves internal organs and eyes. But India's first patient to get a hand transplant last year says his hands are now fully functional. 31-year-old Manu TR now works as a transplant assistant at the hospital which restored his hands -- Kerala's Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.

A lot of Indian scientists settled abroad have returned home and were getting involved in scientific activities in the country due to efforts taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for promoting research, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan today said.

A 16-year-old Kerala girl suffering from an advanced stage of leukaemia or bone marrow cancer has got a new lease of life after she was transfused healthy stem cells donated by a 55-year-old German man.

A 30-year-old Afghan military captain from Kandahar, who lost his hands while defusing mines in the war torn country, now has two Indian hands - thanks to a successful transplant carried out an institute in Kochi.

Doctors of a private hospital in Kochi have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant.

Superstar Mohanlal expressed his desire to donate his organs, citing the case of a school-girl who recovered from a severe liver disease.