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SLIDE SHOW   Print   Comments   Dr. Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital observes a week long Asthma Awareness Camp from 2nd to the 7th of May 2011, in commemoration and incidence with World Asthma Day on 3rd May 2011. In house Pulmonologist Dr. Madhu. K. briefed on the reach out programme and services offered during the week. Asthma Awareness: The focus of the Asthma Awareness programme is to spread awareness on asthma and other airway diseases. The programme is inclusive of asthma counselling by Pulmonologist Dr. Madhu.K, health educators, and paramedics. Imparting education on asthma, usage of devices, detection and diagnoses are the highlights of the camp. People who register are elaborated on the causation and contributing asthma factors, the triggering elements of asthma, the requirement to seek immediate attention and general...

SLIDE SHOW   Print   Comments   Support Group for Mucopolysaccharidoses or MPS, a rare genetic disorder, was the highlight of the one day event held at Mediscan premises that had almost 200 entries registered on 26 January . Organized by the Fetal Care Research Foundation (FRCF), Chennai, South India, the multi-speciality clinic catered to children with different genetic disorders by varied medical experts from India and the UK. Facts of the Moment: MPS and other genetic disorders are caused by enzyme malfunctions and are usually not detected by scan during pregnancy. Hence disorders such as MPS, Gaucher among others are evident only after childbirth. Sadly even pediatricians who are unaware of such disorders rob parents of hope for survival of their dear ones. Yet another fact is that if the first born is affected then parents avoid having...