‘CMCH’s artificial limb centre a boon for western districts’
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January 18, 2021 00:05 IST
The centre is very useful for people from the economically weaker sections, says Dean P. Kalidas
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Two beneficiaries undergoing gait training at the Artificial Limb Centre at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.
The centre is very useful for people from the economically weaker sections, says Dean P. Kalidas Amputation of left limb below the knee due to diabetic foot ulcer early in 2019 turned the life of Yasodha, a 40-year-old mill worker from Somanur, upside down.
Yasodha’s younger daughter had to stop going to school to take care of her bedridden mother. The elder daughter, who was about to get married, had to step in as the breadwinner of the family.
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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported 811 Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths on Wednesday, taking the tally to 8,23,181 and toll to 12,188.
Chennai reported 228 cases. Chennai s neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur reported 47, 27 and 36 cases respectively.
Perambalur district reported zero cases on the day while 14 other districts reported cases in the single digits.
Five people from West Bengal and one each from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, who travelled to Tamil Nadu by road, tested positive.
The State tested 63,582 samples and 63,268 people on the day. After 943 people were discharged, the State had 7,665 active cases.
One government lab, the Southern Railway Headquarter Hospital in Chennai, has been approved for Covid testing.
IMH doctors get trained in new therapy
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rTMS is a method of therapy for persons with medication-resistant hallucinations, schizophrenia, depression, and nicotine-dependence
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rTMS is a method of therapy for persons with medication-resistant hallucinations, schizophrenia, depression, and nicotine-dependence A year after purchasing a rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) machine, the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) (IMH) is all set to put it to use after a group of postgraduates and faculty members received hands-on training in the therapy.
K. Muralidharan, medical superintendent and professor of psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, provided hands-on training for postgraduates and faculty members over two days.