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Sankara Nethralaya scientists make a path breaking discovery in the early detection of eye cancer
Ablood test may soon re place scans to detect retinoblastoma, the cancer of the eye found in children. Research by the Chennaibased Sankara Nethralaya has found this possible by looking for the tumour- specific micro-RNA in blood. If the count is more than double the normal, the child has eye cancer. Every year, about 2,000 […]
Eye hospital likely at Sri City SEZ
Sullurpet: Sankara Nethralaya Hospital of Tamil Nadu is planning to establish a modern eye hospital in Sri City SEZ in Nellore district, informed the SEZ Managing Director Ravindra Sannareddy. The medical team of Sankara Nethralaya visited Sri City on Saturday and inspected the hospital with modern facilities here and examined the possibilities of establishing the […]
Welfare aid for leprosy afflicted
For the 24th consecutive year, Sri Ramakrishna Mutt Charitable Dispensary and Diagnostic Centre organised a special health camp for leprosy-afflicted persons on Saturday. The centre, which works for the benefit of people from economically weaker sections, started its rehabilitation programmes for leprosy -afflicted persons in the year 1988. Till date, around 1,098 patients have been […]
Sankara Nethralaya Academy launches fresh courses in ‘Allied Health Sciences’
The Sankara Nethralaya Academy (SNA) in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University has launched allied health science courses for this academic year. The courses offered are diploma in ophthalmic nursing assistant, diploma in operation theatre and anaesthesia technology and B.Sc in medical laboratory technology. Read more…
Elite School of Optometry breaks the language barrier in vision screening!
Vision chart in Tamil goes to masses Sankara Nethralaya, which pioneered the scientific self-testing visual acuity chart in Tamil, is now set to take the tool to various places across the State. The Tamil log MAR (logarithmic minimal angle resolution) chart was put together by a team at Nethralaya’s Elite School of Optometry (ESO) after […]
An interesting glimpse of Dr SS.Badrinath’s life draws inspiring comments from readers of ‘The Hindu’
‘He walked 200 miles to be operated by me’ In an undistinguishable Spartan office in the vast citadel of eye care, outside whose gates share autos are constantly dropping off elderly couples headed to the kannu aspathri (eye hospital), and whose stone parapets and steel chairs continue to bear the gratitude of several patients, sits […]
Squint is NOT Good Luck!!!!
Mala went to meet her friend Vijaya in her house. The two friends were meeting after nearly 2 years. The last time that they met, Vijaya’s son was nearly a year old. Vijaya greeted Mala with joy and offered her coffee and snacks. The two friends then sat down to catch up with what had […]