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@chennaicorp Thank you @chennaicorp for the prompt action. But people passing by are still dropping garbage bags on road by force of habit. Some boards instructing not to drop garbage will help.
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@blurggy Vanakkam #Chennaiite
The garbage bin at the specified location has been shifted. Thanks for writing to us.
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@chennaicorp , Two huge garbage bins kept on Halls Road at junction of halls road and Umayal St and abutting 1 bank street is a serious health hazard for senior citizens living around it. In addition, causes traffic jam during peak hrs. Pls move it to entrance of Halls Road .
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@ramsarun @LongwalkerSeen @Jasonphilip8 If I remember right, this hospital became ( sick) and settled loans of institutions with huge waivers in the early 2000s. Subsequently taken over, but not sure of its health now.
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This is very common. There was(is) a famous hospital in the 1990s at Luz, Mylapore, Chennai. The Dr-Owner was politically connected. Was even extremely close to a former CM. I used to practice there in the evenings. His standard instructions to all medical personnel was to scare & admit all stomach pain cases( Acidity, Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer), as Acute Appendicitis.
He wd then perform unnecessary Appendicectomy on all of them, & give them a bomb shell as Bill. He did not even hv an MS( Gen. Surgery) degree. This racket went on fr many yrs. Popular film stars, & most celebrities of Chennai got admitted in that hospital, because of its prime location. In those times, half the youth of posh Mylapore roamed around with absent appendix, courtesy this money- hungry scoundrel. Today he is dead, & there is a different ethical management.
Jai Samvidhan@Jai__Samvidhan
எம் பி பி எஸ் பாஸ் ஆகி ஒரு தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் டாக்டர் ஆக காலையில் வேலைக்கு சேர்ந்தார் இந்த இளம்பெண். வெளி நோயாளிகளாக அனுப்ப வேண்டியவர்களை பணம் பிடுங்குவதற்காக வலுக்கட்டாயமாக ஐசியூவில் சேர்க்க சொல்லி ஹாஸ்பிடல் நிர்வாகம் கட்டாயப்படுத்தியது. இப்படி மனசாட்சிக்கு விரோதமாக செயல்பட முடியாது என கூறி அன்றைய தினமே மாலை ராஜினாமா செய்து விட்டார். அகில இந்திய அளவில் இது இப்போது வைரலாகிக் கொண்டு இருக்கிறது!!!!!
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@Jasonphilip8 Interesting, but were there so many acute stomach ache cases being referred to that hospital in Mylapore at that time? Seems it was a fashion in Mylapore to have a missing appendix 😂
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@Sid0ffi @cmrlofficial @chennaicorp @UpdatesChennai Yes, there's a sync issue between these apps and cmrl
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WTF is wrong with Chennai Metro?
Reached Central to Airport within 40 mins, didn't even wait.
Why should I need to pay overpay charges?
Daylight robbery by Chennai Metro!
@cmrlofficial
@chennaicorp
@UpdatesChennai
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@Jasonphilip8 How can you have simplicity in a 50 cr home. New definition of simplicity
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Sometimes, when I think I earn too modestly for my expertise & experience, I think about SIMPLE SUDHA, & her minimalist, modest lifestyle, despite being the wife of a billionaire.
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@LaxmanSivarama1 @IPL Supplementary question: Why do commentators use the term batters instead of batsmen? Gender neutrality? @IPL
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How was the term ONSIDE arrived at. I don’t know so I am asking?@IPL
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@Jasonphilip8 Good Doctor, pls attend your Church peacefully. In our country Good Friday is holiday and people tend to look forward to a long weekend. In some parts of the Western World, it is not even a federal holiday.
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Has India been officially declared a Hindurashtra? I am a pious- Church attending Christian. Tomorrow is Good Friday, & I will be at Church. Can terror groups barge into a Church, disrupt worship and priests be arrested?Is every Church service/Prayer meeting a conversion workshop?
The goons typically look like the Pakistani gun-totting, illiterate rowdies in Dhurandhar. The fall of India has been steep in just a decade. Today, we r no more than a mirror image of theocratic Pakistan. Once we used to be secular,& were actually even a democracy. Will u believe it? Nazism is sweeping India.
𝐕² polemics@Victoryvox
Rural Church attacked in MP, India by hindu terror group Bajrang Dal. Service disrupted, pastor & wife arrested on usual fake charges, church Bibles used as evidence of "conversion". Clear evidence of state sponsored persecution.
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When we begin a pooja, we invoke Brahma, Vishnu and Ganesh.
As the IPL begins, we remember our own trinity:
Ganesh- Lalit Modi, who created the game.
Vishnu- Jay Shah, who sustains and grows it.
Brahma- Sachin Tendulkar, the ‘God of Cricket’.
In India, cricket is a religion.
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@shashiiyengar Perfect. Somewhere in the last two to three decades , there was a concerted effort by these multinational fmcg companies to push the ultra refined seed oils. Major contributing factor of metabolic diseases. Traditional Indian food used coconut oil/ ghee for cooking for centuries
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I would stay away from PUFA loaded seed oils.
I don't trust AHA when it comes to food recommendations.
My preference for cooking would be ghee, butter and coconut oil for various dishes.
My own case study published last month shows zero harm for me (n=1) with high sat fat intake from ghee, butter, coconut oil.
frontiersin.org/journals/nutri…
Amitabh Yaduvanshi MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI@IntervnCardio
𝟓/𝟗 🫒 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 #𝟓: Fat Matters—But Type Matters More ✅ USE: Olive, canola, soybean oils (unsaturated) ❌ AVOID: Coconut, palm oil, butter (saturated) Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat reduces LDL cholesterol—a causal CVD risk factor.
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@hyderabaddoctor Serious concerns on April Fools Day. But doctors can address at least the generics part which is within their control.
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📢Major Government Initiatives for the Current Financial Year (2026-2026)
(Bringing directly to your notice from trusted sources, even before public announcement is made)
1. Free annual full-body check-up for every Indian
Reality: Less than 10% of Indians undergo routine preventive health check-ups; most diagnoses happen late.
2. Zero out-of-pocket expense for emergencies
Reality: ~50–55% of total health spending in India is out-of-pocket, one of the highest globally.
3. Government hospitals to feel like private hospitals
Reality: Public health spending is only ~2.1–2.5% of GDP, leading to overcrowding and resource gaps.
4. Doctor consultation time would be minimum 15 minutes
Reality: India has about 1 doctor per ~1,500 people (including private sector), and in busy OPDs, consults often last <2–3 minutes.
5. Generic medicines would be always available (and trusted too)
Reality: Generics are cheaper (often 50–90% less), but availability and patient trust remain inconsistent.
6. Ambulance to reach within 10 minutes anywhere in India, including villages
Reality: In many regions, ambulance response times exceed 20–30 minutes, especially outside metros.
7. No one to go bankrupt due to medical bills
Reality: ~55–60 million Indians fall into poverty each year due to healthcare expenses.
8. Seamless digital health records to be made mandatory across India
Reality: Despite initiatives like Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, most hospitals still rely on paper records or disconnected systems.
9. Prevention over cure to become the norm in healthcare
Reality: >60% of deaths in India are due to non-communicable diseases (diabetes, stroke, heart disease), many of them are preventable with early action.
10. Doctors to spend zero time on paperwork, and 100% on patients
Reality: Doctors often spend 30–50% of their time on documentation/admin work, especially in corporate setups.
Dr Sudhir Kumar @hyderabaddoctor
(PS: If this feels like an April Fool’s joke, it is.
If it feels like basic healthcare rights, it should be.)
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Garbage bins in streets in Chennai are arbitrarily placed causing distress to residents. Often people throw garbage outside the bins . The garbage pick up trucks pick up the garbage in peak hours causing huge traffic jams. @UpdatesChennai , @omjasvinMD , @chennaicorp
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Helium free MRI scanner is very important these days due to Helium supply disruption from the middle east. Great to see Indian startups launching such MRI scanners made locally. @Zoho/@svembu must be commended for backing such startups unlike some conglomerates who won't fund.
Dr. AK 🇮🇳@docakx
India's first fully indigenous 1.5T helium-free MRI scanner was unveiled on December 25, 2025. VoxelGrids Innovations, a Bengaluru-based medtech startup founded by Arjun Arunachalam (ex-GE Global Research and IIT Bombay), has developed India's first fully indigenous 1.5T helium-free MRI scanner after ~12 years of R&D. Backed by Zoho Corporation and grants from BIRAC/Tata Trusts, the system uses a proprietary "dry magnet" conduction-cooled design, eliminating scarce/expensive liquid helium. Key advantages: ~30-40% lower manufacturing and operational costs (priced around $400,000 vs. imported equivalents), reduced power consumption, lighter/compact footprint (suited for Indian infrastructure and unstable grids), and AI-enhanced imaging. It is not a copy of foreign systems but features bottom-up innovations in hardware, software, pulse sequences, and integration. On December 25, 2025, the scanner was officially unveiled and deployed at Chandrapur Cancer Care Foundation near Nagpur, Maharashtra, where it became clinically operational, scanning real patients for cancer diagnostics. As of March 2026, it remains active in real-world use. The Bengaluru facility has capacity for 20-25 units/year. A full commercial launch was targeted by end of FY26 (March 2026), with growing order interest from hospitals linked to Tata Trusts and others. Plans include a mobile/containerized version for rural/tier-2-3 access. Amid global helium shortages (exacerbated by Middle East issues), this positions VoxelGrids as a cost-disruptive, Atmanirbhar Bharat milestone in high-end medtech, aiming to democratize advanced imaging.
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@Drkaajukatli New indigenous manufacturers have emerged with 40% lower cost
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@Drkaajukatli #MRI , As per estimates, there are 5000-7000 mri m/cs in India. About 60% are vintage m/cs with 1.5 T. The newer ones are 3 T which are more expensive. The mri market is projected to grow at 12% cagr with demand push coming from tier 2/3 cities.
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MRI cost isn’t random, it depends on what’s being scanned, contrast use, machine strength (1.5T vs 3T), and most importantly, reporting quality.
A non-contrast MRI brain will obviously be cheaper than something like a cardiac MRI, they’re entirely different in complexity, acquisition, and interpretation.
At Safdarjung Hospital, we do all MRIs on a 3T machine: ₹2000 (OPD), ₹1000 (ward/ICU), Free for pregnant women, infants <1 year and some patients get it free sanctioned.
Yet, I’ve seen reports from many “cheap” diagnostic centres - honestly, terrible. Even my first year PG reports better.
Scan quality? Often poor. Films? Useless.
That’s why we frequently have to re-evaluate outside scans or redo the scan at our institute.
But for many people, it’s just about “sasta scan.” Not accuracy. Not quality.
Prawinn Ganeshnn@PrawinGaneshan
Aarthi Scans offers 50% discount at night. In Madurai, they charged ₹3000 for an MRI during daytime. Scans World in Chennai charges ₹8500 for the same MRI. Think about the margins and doctors' commission payouts.
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@bhagatsprithvi True that. But they knew the math before buying those m/cs and the gestation time to break even. So conscious decision to invest. As the machines gets older and depreciated, the math looks better and they can reduce prices. But patients get images from an obsolete m/c
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An MRI scan in India costs roughly ₹5,000.
Let’s do the math.
At 10 scans a day : ₹50,000 revenue/day
Monthly (30 days) : ₹15 lakh
Yearly : ~₹1.8 crore
Now stack the costs.
– Machine cost: ₹5–10 crore (plus taxes)
– Maintenance: ~₹1 crore
– Electricity: ₹40–50 lakh
– Staff, rent, admin: easily another ₹30–50 lakh
You’re already at ~₹1.8–2 crore yearly cost.
On paper, you’re barely breaking even. No profit.
So how does this even work?
Because MRI isn’t run like a standalone business.
High-volume centers don’t stop at 10 scans. They push 20–30 scans a day, doubling revenue without doubling fixed costs.
Hospitals don’t treat MRI as a profit center. It’s a gateway. One scan can lead to consultations, surgeries, and long-term treatment — where the real money is.
Some centers run 24/7, some get bulk referrals from doctors, and others bundle diagnostics to increase overall billing per patient.
So yes, if you isolate MRI, the economics look broken.
But in reality, it’s part of a larger funnel and that’s what keeps the business alive.
Hyderabadi Chicha 2.0@HyderabadiChic3
Had MRI for the first time. Enquired to doctor, why MRIs is so costly. He replied, machine cost plus setup requires 10cr+. Need to pay 16-19% duty on machines as well. Come out with two questions in mind. First, why does the Government impose such duties on equipment used for essential and emergency medical treatment. Secondly, I wondered why, even in 2026, we still need to import such machines instead of manufacturing it in India.
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@PrawinGaneshan Would you want your doctor to make a diagnosis based on abetted resolution image or a blurred image taken on an obsolete machine? Question of life and can’t be measured in terms of comparative quotes
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Aarthi Scans offers 50% discount at night. In Madurai, they charged ₹3000 for an MRI during daytime.
Scans World in Chennai charges ₹8500 for the same MRI. Think about the margins and doctors' commission payouts.
Prashanth Rangaswamy@itisprashanth
Whoever running Arthi scans - may your business thrive ! Cousin had a health issue , MRI in a private hospital - quote was 22,000 rupees . Same at Arthi scans - 4000 rupees ! Best business with a big heart ! ❤️
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@Jasonphilip8 Why do these centres ask for a prescription and then offer a concession? Do the MRI centres incentivise doctors through a referral commission and same is priced into the charges?
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Happy for Aarthy scans, since Aarthy was my former student at KMCH. Btw, 22,000 Rs? What are u imaging? The craters of the moon?🙄
Prashanth Rangaswamy@itisprashanth
Whoever running Arthi scans - may your business thrive ! Cousin had a health issue , MRI in a private hospital - quote was 22,000 rupees . Same at Arthi scans - 4000 rupees ! Best business with a big heart ! ❤️
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