Step into the world of healthcare excellence at the Times Healthcare Achievers Tamil Nadu 2026! This prestigious event celebrates the remarkable dedication and innovation driving the healthcare sector forward across the state.
Witness the inspiring ceremonial lamp lighting, officially launching an evening dedicated to recognizing the invaluable contributions of healthcare institutions and leaders. Hear from distinguished guests, including the Honourable Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Dr. KG Arunraj, and leaders from The Times of India.
Discover how Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer in building a robust health system for nearly two centuries, even predating global frameworks. Explore the foundational blocks of governance, workforce development, and public health initiatives that have shaped the state's medical landscape.
This event is more than just an award ceremony; it's a heartfelt thank you to all who demonstrate unparalleled commitment, innovation, and compassion in their vital roles. Join us in celebrating the collective strength and achievements that make Tamil Nadu a leader in healthcare.
#HealthcareAchievers #TamilNaduHealth #MedicalExcellence #TimesHealthcare
Witness the inspiring ceremonial lamp lighting, officially launching an evening dedicated to recognizing the invaluable contributions of healthcare institutions and leaders. Hear from distinguished guests, including the Honourable Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Dr. KG Arunraj, and leaders from The Times of India.
Discover how Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer in building a robust health system for nearly two centuries, even predating global frameworks. Explore the foundational blocks of governance, workforce development, and public health initiatives that have shaped the state's medical landscape.
This event is more than just an award ceremony; it's a heartfelt thank you to all who demonstrate unparalleled commitment, innovation, and compassion in their vital roles. Join us in celebrating the collective strength and achievements that make Tamil Nadu a leader in healthcare.
#HealthcareAchievers #TamilNaduHealth #MedicalExcellence #TimesHealthcare
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00:00Thank you very much.
00:33Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming Dr. K.G. Arunraj, the Honourable Minister for Health, Medical Education and
00:40Family Welfare, Government of Kaminadu.
00:45And let's welcome Dr. K.G. Arunraj and we also have Mr. Arunprakasam, member of Legislative Assembly, Saida Paid Constituency.
00:55Thank you very much for joining, sir.
00:58Ladies and gentlemen, once again, let me welcome you to the ninth edition of Times Healthcare Achievers 2026.
01:07We now move to the ceremonial lighting of the lamp.
01:10May I now invite our distinguished dignitaries to join us on stage for the lamp lighting ceremony?
01:15Dr. K.G. Arunraj Arugal, the Honourable Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu.
01:23Please join us, sir.
01:25Mr. Manikanda Nair, Associate Vice President and Response Head, the Times of India.
01:30I also request Dr. Shweta Rahul to kindly join us, Founder and Chief Consultant Dermatologist, Hydra Dermatology.
01:39Dr. Chitrakala Rajkumar, Managing Director, Lifeline Group of Hospitals.
01:44Dr. Nivedita Amildin, Founder and Clinical Director of Hive.
01:48Dr. Swati, Shweta Specialty Hospital, Pritchi.
01:52We also have Mr. Arul Prakasam, Saida Pet Constancy, Member of Legislative Assembly.
01:59Kindly join us, sir.
02:35As we move on to formally welcome the gathering
02:38and set the tone for the evening,
02:40may I invite Mr. Maniganda Nayar,
02:42Associate Vice President, The Times of India,
02:44to deliver the welcome address.
02:46Thank you, sir.
02:51Good evening.
02:53I think I'm happy to see a lot of known faces.
02:58I think that's a great satisfaction to stand in front of you.
03:02Good evening to all distinguished guests,
03:05healthcare leaders, achievers,
03:08partners who have taken time of your busy schedule
03:11to join us in this August gathering.
03:14It's really my privilege.
03:16To welcome you all at The Times Healthcare Achievers 2026.
03:22Today, we have with us our Honorable Minister for Health,
03:27Medical Education, and Family Welfare,
03:31Dr. KG Arunraj.
03:33A huge round of applause.
03:40And a huge round of applause to our side-up at MLA,
03:47Mr. Arun Karkashmi.
03:50Thank you, sir.
03:52The addition of The Times Healthcare Achievers 2026
03:57is quite special as we honor today 40 healthcare institutions,
04:05not just from Chennai, but across Tamil Nadu.
04:09Each institution has its own journey,
04:12its own challenges, and its own contribution.
04:14But today, we come together under one number law,
04:18The Times Healthcare Achievers 2026,
04:22to celebrate the collective strength
04:25and the excellence of Tamil Nadu's healthcare ecosystem.
04:30Times Healthcare Achievers is more than a recognition.
04:33It is our way of saying thank you for the dedication,
04:38the innovation, the compassion,
04:40and the commitment each one of you have in this industry.
04:44Thank you once again,
04:46and many congratulations for all the achievers.
04:50And once again, Dr. KG Arunraj,
04:53a very warm welcome on behalf of all of us.
04:59This evening, we are honored to have with us
05:02someone whose journey reminds us
05:04that leadership is not about position held,
05:06but about life's touch.
05:08Ladies and gentlemen, with a huge round of applause,
05:11let's welcome our honorable minister,
05:13Dr. KG Arunraj Ovarigal.
05:15Kindly join us on stage, sir.
05:28Dr. KG Arunraj, Associate Vice President and Response Head,
05:33The Times of India Group,
05:34the leadership of Bennett, Coleman and Company,
05:38distinguished members of the jury,
05:40doents of medical profession,
05:42and leaders of the institutions gathered here this evening,
05:46friends from the media,
05:47ladies and gentlemen,
05:49Vanakam, good evening.
05:54It gives me immense pleasure to join you
05:57for the Times Healthcare Achievers Tamil Nadu 2026.
06:02And I thank the Times of India for this initiative.
06:05Tonight, we are honoring institutions and individuals
06:09who treat and heal.
06:11But I would submit that
06:12we are also honoring something larger and older,
06:15a health system
06:17that this soil has been building
06:19brick by brick for close to 200 years.
06:22Permit me a personal word.
06:25Before I am a minister,
06:27I am a doctor,
06:28something which is very close to my heart.
06:31I am an alumnus of the prestigious
06:34Madras Medical College.
06:36As a student,
06:37I walked the corridors of MMC,
06:39raised in 1835,
06:42past the portraits of teachers who taught.
06:44Even before modern medicine had its present name.
06:48Not only MMC,
06:50each and every health institution of Tamil Nadu
06:53has played a key role in making Tamil Nadu
06:56what it is today,
06:58so far as medical care and public health is concerned.
07:01A young student who joins MBBS today
07:03does not merely join a profession.
07:06He or she joins a lineage.
07:08Every person in this hall tonight
07:11belongs to this great lineage.
07:13The World Health Organization teaches that
07:16every health system rests on six building blocks.
07:19Governance,
07:21health force,
07:22service delivery,
07:23medicines and technology,
07:25financing and health information.
07:27It published this framework in 2007.
07:30My submission this evening is a simple one.
07:34Tamil Nadu has quietly built each of these blocks
07:38long before the framework was written.
07:40Several of them before the WHO itself existed.
07:45Let me prove it block by block,
07:48institution by institution.
07:49Take governance first.
07:51When the WHO was founded in 1948,
07:54the very year Britain launched its celebrated national health service,
07:58Tamil Nadu was already administering the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act 1939,
08:05the first comprehensive public health legislation in India
08:09and for decades the only one.
08:10Our statute is older than the NHS
08:13and behind the statute
08:16stands something rarer still,
08:18a dedicated directorate of public health
08:20and a distinct public health care cadre.
08:24Officers recruited,
08:25trained and promoted for the health of the population
08:28and not merely treatment of the patients.
08:31The national health policy of 2017
08:34urges every Indian state to create such a cadre.
08:38Tamil Nadu has been running one for a century.
08:40Consider the workforce.
08:42Madras Medical College founded in 1835
08:45stands amongst the oldest institutions of modern medicine in Asia
08:49and in 1875 it did something genuinely radical.
08:54It opened its gates to women
08:57among the first medical colleges anywhere in the world to do so
09:00at a time when the most celebrated universities of Europe still refused them.
09:06From Mary Scalib to Dr. Muttalakshmi Reddy,
09:09the women who trained here went on to change not only medicine
09:13but also the society at large.
09:15That same tradition later gave us the village health nurse,
09:19the quiet star of Tamil Nadu's health story,
09:22carrying care to the last hamlet,
09:24decades before community health worker became a global vocabulary.
09:29Consider health information.
09:30Between 1968 and mid-1980s in the villages of Chengalpet,
09:36this state hosted the largest community trial of BCG vaccine ever conducted anywhere in the world.
09:42Over three and a half lakh patients participated in this trial.
09:46This trial returned an inconvenient answer.
09:50BCG offered far less protection against adult primary tuberculosis than the world believed.
09:56Tamil Nadu published that answer honestly
09:58and global TB policy was rewritten because of it.
10:03Consider preparedness.
10:04The King Institute of Preventive Medicine at Gindi has been producing vaccines and Sera since 1899,
10:11a public vaccine institute half a century before the WHO was born.
10:17And when plague broke out in Surat in 1994,
10:21when international flights were being cancelled
10:23and the world's headlines spoke of panic,
10:26Tamil Nadu's Institute of Vector Control and Geonosis at Hosur
10:29sent its trained field teams including its professional rat catchers into Surat
10:35to hunt the epidemic at its source.
10:38While others were leaving the city,
10:40our men were walking into it.
10:42That is what an institutionalized public health system means.
10:46Expertise that exists before the emergency
10:48and the courage that can travel.
10:51Consider medicines.
10:53In 1994, we created the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation,
10:57the warehouses and the passbook system
11:00that guarantees every essential drug free of cost in every government facility.
11:05The WHO and the World Bank documented it.
11:08State after state started adopting it.
11:11Across India, now it is known simply as a Tamil Nadu model.
11:16Access to medicines here is not a charity,
11:18but it is engineering.
11:21And consider what all this delivers.
11:23Now, the maternal mortality rate of Tamil Nadu is at 25,
11:29the level of upper-middle-income countries.
11:31Infant mortality in single digits.
11:35Institutional deliveries that are near universal.
11:38The Chief Minister's comprehensive health insurance scheme protecting families,
11:42all of it at a per capita cost
11:45that global reviewers find difficult to believe.
11:49Which is why, when the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
11:52revisited its landmark study,
11:55Good Health at Low Cost in 2011,
11:58Tamil Nadu was chosen as one of the only five case studies in the entire world.
12:03But friends, our job is not complete.
12:07We have miles to go.
12:09Our government hospitals should not be the place to go
12:12for those with no means and those who don't have any other choice.
12:16Under the leadership of our Honourable CM,
12:19C. Joseph Vijay,
12:21we are on a mission to transform our government hospitals
12:25to become the primary choice
12:27for anyone who needs quality, reliable and evidence-based medical treatment.
12:35We need to take specialty medical services
12:38to the district and sub-district level.
12:40We need to take, we need to reduce the waiting time of patients
12:44who need high-end surgeries like heart surgeries.
12:48We want to improve the patient experience in a government hospital.
12:52From having a consultation at a government hospital
12:54after getting a prior appointment
12:56to proper restrooms and cafeteria, etc.,
13:00our government has a clear task at hand.
13:03More importantly, this government clearly understands
13:07that the primary role of health ministry
13:12is not just treating and preventing diseases,
13:15but in promoting health, well-being and happiness
13:19of individuals and the society at large.
13:23Surely, Tamil Nadu is writing a new chapter
13:25in its glorious health care history.
13:27To tonight's awardees, hearty congratulations
13:32and you truly deserve every bit of it.
13:35I must add, these honours make you trustees
13:38of great health lineage of Tamil Nadu
13:41which I mentioned earlier.
13:42The frontier before us is clear.
13:45The rise of non-communicable disease,
13:47mental health, the well-being of elders
13:50and the shift this government's
13:53which is determined to lead from the front,
13:55that is, from treating sicknesses
13:58to a system that promotes health.
14:02In that mission, every institution
14:04honoured tonight is our partner
14:07and this government will walk with you.
14:10Let me close where Tamil Nadu always begins,
14:13always begins with the Thirukural.
14:152,000 years ago,
14:17Valver compressed the entire science of medicine
14:19into a single couplet.
14:26So, evidence-based medicine
14:28prescribed in seven words,
14:3020 centuries before the term was coined.
14:33Tamil Nadu has tried to practice
14:35that Kural as a public policy.
14:37Tonight's achievers practice it
14:40every day at the bedside.
14:42My warmest congratulations
14:43to every award winner
14:45and my thanks once again
14:46to the Times of India for celebrating them.
14:48May your institutions grow
14:50and may they always
14:53remain like the best of Tamil Nadu's institutions
14:55that belong to the people they say.
14:58Nandri, I want to come.
15:02Nandri, Nandri, thank you very much.
15:04I also request Mr. Arul Prakasam,
15:07member of Legislative Assembly,
15:09Saitha Pitt Constituency,
15:10to kindly join us please.
15:32And now it's time
15:34to recognize our achievers.
15:36Put your hands together
15:37and let's welcome
15:39our first achiever,
15:40Apollo Hospitals,
15:42Greene's Road.
15:43To receive the honors,
15:45I now invite
15:46Dr. Anil Biji,
15:48DMS Cluster 1,
15:50Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.
15:59To receive the honor,
16:01may I invite Mr. Karanpuri,
16:03Chief Executive Officer,
16:05Apollo Proton Cancer Center
16:06and Apollo Speciality Hospitals,
16:09Tena Pet.
16:17Next, we'd like to welcome
16:19ACS Medical College and Hospital.
16:21I invite Dr. Sasi Rekha,
16:24Dean,
16:25Dr. Sendhil, MS,
16:26and Dr. Bharati Karnan,
16:28AO,
16:28to kindly join us please.
16:37May I invite Dr. R.V. Shivakumar,
16:41Medical Director,
16:42Anu Multi-Speciality Hospital,
16:44Tanjavur.
16:53We're very happy to receive
16:55the recognition from Times Healthcare
16:59Achievers Award 2026
17:01for the best super speciality hospital.
17:04Efforts in the work that we do as a hospital
17:06is propagated by Times of India
17:09and we thank the Times of India
17:11for propagating the excellent work
17:13that we do in healthcare.
17:14I would like to thank our management
17:16on behalf of our dean and others
17:19for giving us this opportunity
17:21to receive the award
17:23on behalf of MGR University.
17:26This award is being given to us
17:30for the multi-speciality work
17:31done by ACS Medical College and Hospital.
17:35We as a hospital and university
17:38represent a large part
17:40of the healthcare sector
17:41where our impetus and our accent
17:45is on delivering healthcare
17:47to the common community
17:49at an affordable cost.
17:50The ACS group has been known
17:52for its community service.
17:55We have been able to do
17:56open-heart surgeries
17:58for many, many years
18:00and we do free services
18:05to all patients in the hospital
18:07and our blood tests,
18:10the treatment costs,
18:12the surgeries are all free
18:13and we are also able to provide
18:15MRI and CT scans free to the community
18:17and many patients
18:18have been benefited by this
18:20and are continuing to benefit.
18:22We thank TOI, Times of India
18:24for giving us this opportunity
18:26and as a part of encouragement
18:27to continue our social activity.
18:30I am Dr. Shivakumar,
18:32cardiologist from Anu Hospital, Tanjavur.
18:35We are a multi-specialty hospital
18:37at Tanjavur
18:38specializing in cardiac care.
18:40We are a tertiary cardiac care center.
18:43We do angiograms,
18:45angioplasties
18:46and bypass surgeries.
18:48We have crossed around
18:4920,000 angiograms
18:50and 8,000 angioplasties
18:52and 700 bypass surgeries
18:55till date.
18:57We have been doing
18:58a lot of free service
18:59as well as
19:00service for the people.
19:02We have crossed around
19:032,000 antenatal
19:05free echocardiogram screenings
19:07for antenatal mothers
19:08as well as we are routinely doing
19:10free service camps.
19:12We specialize more in cardiology
19:14and we do more work
19:16with insurance
19:17that to CM scheme insurances
19:19which is treated free
19:21for the patient.
19:22I thank the Times of India
19:24for selecting us again
19:26in 2026
19:27for the Healthcare Achievers Award.
19:30It is my pleasure to invite
19:31Dr. Mahalakshmi,
19:33Chief Gynecologist,
19:35Founder and Chairman
19:36ARC Fertility Hospital.
19:46May I invite Dr. J. Jabba Singh,
19:49Consultant Medical Oncologist,
19:51Ashurwadam Speciality Hospital.
20:02Deepam Hospitals Group
20:04To receive the honor,
20:06may I invite Dr. Karthik Pandian,
20:08Managing Director,
20:09Deepam Hospitals Group.
20:18Next is
20:19Doctors Diagnostic Center,
20:21Tiruchi.
20:22To receive the honor,
20:23may I invite Dr. P.K. Rath,
20:26Panthologist and Managing Director,
20:28and Dr. Ramagopal,
20:30and Dr. Ramagopal,
20:30Director and Senior Critical Care Specialist.
20:40To receive the honor,
20:41may I invite Mr. Leo Malas,
20:43Vincent Jairaj,
20:45Chief Executive Officer,
20:47Dr. Kamachi,
20:48Memorial Hospitals.
20:56And the next is Dr. V. Balaji,
20:59Diabetes Care and Research Institute.
21:01To receive the honor,
21:03may I invite Dr. Tarika Balaji,
21:05the Director, please.
21:14Dr. Jabba Singh,
21:15from Ashurwadam Speciality Hospital,
21:17Madurai.
21:18We started as a small
21:1920-25 bedded hospital in 2011,
21:22and now,
21:23over the period of 15 years,
21:25we have increased to
21:25more than 100 beds now.
21:27And we have achieved this
21:29with the support of our patients,
21:31primarily patients from the
21:32low and the
21:34middle class.
21:35And we cater primarily to
21:37oncology,
21:38to infertility.
21:40Apart from that,
21:41we also treat patients for
21:42urology,
21:44gastroenterology,
21:45and a little bit of
21:45cardiology.
21:46Patients who cannot afford
21:48are being primarily treated
21:50with the help of their
21:52insurance schemes,
21:54various schemes which are
21:55available starting from
21:56the CM insurance scheme
21:57or the PM insurance scheme,
21:58where we are able to
22:00provide patients the
22:01latest in the treatment
22:03but at free of cost.
22:04We have innovated many
22:05things in the field of
22:05oncology starting from
22:07immunotherapy and now
22:08going into the latest
22:10trends of treatment,
22:11CAR T-Cell,
22:12where we have also
22:13collaborated with Singapore.
22:15Thank the Times
22:16Healthcare Award for
22:18committee for having
22:19given us this award.
22:20Thank you so much.
22:20I am Dr. Karthik Pandian,
22:23Managing Director,
22:24Deepam Hospital Groups.
22:26It is a privilege to be
22:28part of this event that is
22:31organized by Times of India.
22:33Inglia Hospital,
22:40we have been serving people from across the state and our focus and vision has been to provide quality health
22:52care that is accessible and affordable for all.
22:56We strive hard to provide affordable health care for all the people.
23:04I am Dr. Rath, Pathologist and Managing Director, Doctors Diagnostic Centre.
23:10I am Dr. Ramgopal, Founder Director, Doctors Diagnostic Centre.
23:14Doctors Diagnostic Centre,
23:15I am Dr. Ramgopal, Founder Director,
23:43I am Dr. Ramgopal, Founder Director,
23:45I am Dr. Ramgopal, Founder Director,
23:46Doctor's Diagnostic Centre is for the doctors, for the patients and for the humankind.
23:55Noi naadi, noi mudal naadi, adhanikkum vaay naadi vaipa chayal.
24:00Enam thirukkurale maruttu vashevayin adinadam.
24:03And exactly that is the foundational rhythm of Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals.
24:09Hey, this is Leo, Group CEO of Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital.
24:13Hey, this is Dr. Sivranjani, I am Director of Kamakshi Memorial Hospital.
24:17We have been awarded in the Multi-Speciality, Super-Speciality, Tertiary Care Division.
24:22And we have been pioneers in bringing in technology in healthcare industry to the society.
24:27More than two decades of clinical excellence.
24:30May I invite Dr. M. Dilip Chanda, Managing Director and Chairman, DR, Multi-Speciality Hospital.
24:45May I invite Dr. M. Ramu, Deputy Director and Senior Consultant,
24:50and Dr. Kyle Birri, Consultant, Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Center.
25:04And the next is Dr. RK, Diabetic Food and Podiatry Institute
25:09and Rakish Junjuwala Amputation Prevention Center.
25:14I request Dr. Rajesh K. Savin to kindly join us, please.
25:25May I invite Dr. N. Murugashan, Founder and Chairman,
25:29East Coast Hospitals, Purucheri.
25:38To receive the honor, may I invite Dr. Priya Kannan,
25:42Director, Garbarakshambi Gai Fertility Center.
25:52I'm Dr. Dilip, MD and Chairman of Diab Multi-Speciality Hospital.
25:56And first, I want to thank Times of India
25:59for recognizing us for this prestigious award.
26:04Mainly, we are focusing on all high-risk pregnancies,
26:09all painless labors, paediatrics, and advanced laparoscopic surgeries.
26:15The main motto is the compassion,
26:19the care, the love to show on the patient,
26:22and more importantly,
26:24the life that we could save.
26:28And if I ask my patient one day
26:32to, what do you think about our hospital,
26:35they should not think that as just a hospital.
26:38What they should think is,
26:42that's the place where they have given
26:45the most love and care
26:47in that most
26:49troublous part of their life.
26:52I am Dr. Kyle Veri,
26:53consultant diabetologist at Dr. Mohan's
26:55Diabetic Speciality Center, Ananaga.
26:58For over more than three decades,
27:00DMJC has remained committed
27:02through advanced diabetes care,
27:04through clinical excellence,
27:06innovation, research,
27:08and patient-centric care.
27:09We thank Times of India for this honor.
27:12We would like to thank
27:14Times of India for having recognized
27:17Dr. R.K. Diabetic Foot and Podiatry Institute
27:21and Rakesh Junjunwala Amputation Prevention Center
27:23for this esteemed
27:26Times Healthcare Achievers Award.
27:28And this is recognizing the work
27:33that this institute is doing
27:35towards managing diabetic foot complications
27:38and preventing amputations in this country.
27:42We heartily thank the Times of India
27:46for having given this award to us.
27:50May I invite Dr. Shweta Rahul,
27:53founder and chief consultant dermatologist,
27:56Hydra Dermatology.
28:04May I invite Dr. C. Geetha Paripriya,
28:08chairperson and Dr. Samhita Mathuri,
28:11director of the Prashant Group of Hospitals.
28:21May I invite Dr. Harish J. Kumar,
28:23Senior Consultant Neurologist
28:25and Epilopathologist,
28:27J.K. Institute of Neurology.
28:36I invite Dr. Kavita Sundaravadanam,
28:40Senior Family Physician,
28:42Dr. Mahesh Kumar Argal,
28:45Medical Superintendant,
28:46Dr. Suresh Krishna,
28:48Assistant Medical Administrator,
28:50Dr. Preeti, Medical Services
28:52and Mr. Mahadev and GM of Operations.
29:02I'm Dr. Shweta Rahul.
29:04Our center is called Hydra Dermatology.
29:06It's called Tenampetler.
29:07I'm very thankful for our Times of India
29:10and the award that has been given to us.
29:12Disease of the skin
29:13is a very difficult thing.
29:16In Hydra,
29:18our main aim to create the center
29:20was only one.
29:21Simple.
29:23International level of skin care
29:24not just for people who can afford it
29:31but also for the people
29:32who are able to reach out to us.
29:34If we are able to treat a disease
29:36that we can actually heal.
29:39What is the healing?
29:40Treating with empathy.
29:42So, it is a center
29:44with advanced dermatology,
29:46aesthetics, lasers,
29:48cutting-edge technology
29:49backed completely by science
29:51but deep-rooted in empathy.
29:54Hello, hi.
29:55This is Dr. Harish Jayakumar
29:56from JK Institute of Neurology, Madurai.
29:59We are a neurology specialized
30:01and a urology specialized center
30:03offering high quality
30:05and high standard
30:06compassionate services in Madurai.
30:08We are the South Tamil Nadu's
30:10oldest and the most recognized
30:14neurology specialized hospital
30:16serving for more than 5 lakh
30:18to 10 lakh patients
30:19in a span of over 40 years.
30:21And the next is Kaveri Hospital.
30:24I invite Dr. Smirna,
30:27Medical Administrator,
30:29Dr. Emmanuel Das,
30:31Neurosurgeon,
30:32Dr. Poneya,
30:33Head Neuro Anesthesia
30:35and Critical Care,
30:37Dr. Ajit Pillai,
30:39Head Cardiology
30:40and Ms. Hazel,
30:42GM Operations.
30:50May I invite Dr. Swaminathan Samandam,
30:53Director,
30:54Liver and Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery
30:57and Robotic GI HPB Surgery
31:00and Dr. K.B. Shriram and Dr. K.B. Shriraman,
31:28Senior Consultant Cardiotherapist
31:37and Dr. K.B. Shriraman,
31:37Receive the honor,
31:38May I invite Dr. Presana,
31:40Clinical Head,
31:41Pediatric,
31:42Ms. Karshma,
31:43Operations Head,
31:45Dr. Sandeep,
31:46Medical Admin,
31:47Bar Kaveri.
31:55I'm Dr. Emmanuel Das,
31:56Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon
31:57working in Kaveri Hospital,
31:59Radial Road, Chennai.
32:00At Kaveri Hospital,
32:01Radial Road,
32:01we perform all advanced
32:03neurosurgical procedures,
32:06aneurysm clipping,
32:07advanced complex spine surgeries.
32:09We have got state-of-art
32:10neurosurgical theater
32:12under neuromonitoring.
32:13We perform all surgeries.
32:14We have got Neurocritical Care Unit,
32:18which is one of the best
32:19in Chennai City.
32:20Hi, I'm Dr. Panaya,
32:22Head of the Neurocritical Care
32:23Kaveri Hospital,
32:24Radial Road.
32:25I'm very happy to be here
32:27receiving the Times
32:28Healthcare Achievers Award.
32:30It's a testimony
32:31for the work
32:32what we do
32:33in neurosciences,
32:34especially the stroke work.
32:36And we are very happy
32:38that we have been acknowledged
32:39for the work we do.
32:40And acute stroke,
32:43neuroemergencies
32:43is our forte.
32:45And we are very happy
32:46to receive this award
32:49on behalf of
32:50Kaveri Hospital,
32:51Radial Road.
32:52We have a lifeline group
32:53on the Times
32:53Healthcare Achievers Award.
32:56We got it.
32:56I'm happy.
32:57Overtharagauri validation,
32:58we know.
32:59And the validation,
33:00the validation.
33:02In the award,
33:04it's a validation
33:04for all the doctors
33:05who work day and night
33:07and the hospitals
33:08and look after patients.
33:10Along with my entire group
33:11of doctors and staff,
33:13we are very,
33:14very happy
33:14to receive the award today.
33:16And we want to
33:17keep doing this
33:18in the healthcare area.
33:19I'm Dr. Prasanna.
33:21I'm the clinical lead
33:22for pediatric,
33:23pediatric allergy
33:23and pulmonology
33:24from Mark Avery Hospital.
33:26Mark Avery Hospital
33:28is a standalone
33:29woman and child health
33:30super-speciality hospital.
33:32The hospital is
33:33110 bedded,
33:35seven floors,
33:36standalone hospital
33:37where we cater
33:38for super-speciality
33:40in pediatrics
33:41including pulmonology,
33:43we cater for nephrology,
33:45we cater for hemato-oncology,
33:47we have a bone marrow
33:48transplant unit
33:49and we do have
33:50a pediatric intensive care
33:52and a pediatric neonatal care.
33:54We are upcoming
33:55on women and child health
33:57hospital in the city
34:00and we thank
34:01this Times Now group
34:03for the opportunity
34:04and this award.
34:06Dr. G. Prashant Krishna,
34:09Director of Prashant Hospitals,
34:11Dr. Bhaskaran Group,
34:13CEO of Prashant Group
34:14of Hospitals.
34:21May I invite Mr. Shiva P.,
34:24CEO and Mr. Selvaram Sami B.,
34:27VP of Healthcare Services,
34:29SRM Prime Hospitals.
34:38To receive the honor,
34:39I now request
34:40Dr. J. Parthibin
34:41and Mrs. Rekha Parthibin,
34:43Directors of Shree Hospital's
34:45Private Limited
34:46to kindly join us.
34:54Manoj ENT Specialty Center.
34:58I request Dr. R. Manoj Kumar,
35:01MS ENT,
35:02Managing Director
35:03of Manoj ENT Specialty Center
35:05to kindly join us.
35:13Dr. Manoj Kumar,
35:15Dr. Manoj E.N.T. Specialty Center
35:17of Managing Director.
35:40Dr. J. Parthibin,
35:48Dr. J. Parthibin,
36:19Dr. J. Parthibin,
36:20Thank you so much.
36:21Myself, Shiva,
36:23CEO of SRM Prime Hospital.
36:25I am really delighted
36:26to receive this award
36:28from Times of India
36:30for the greatest achievement
36:31and we are really privileged
36:33for this
36:34and being a start-up hospital,
36:37we are really thankful
36:38for Times of India
36:39for appreciating us
36:41and giving us this award.
36:42This is Selvaram Swami,
36:43working as a Vice President
36:45of Marketing
36:45in SRM Prime Hospital.
36:46Thanks for Times of India
36:49giving a wonderful award
36:50for Courtney Care Hospital
36:51for SRM Prime Hospital.
36:53Being a started hospital
36:54within one year period,
36:55this is the second award
36:57we are achieving
36:57from Times of India.
36:58Thanks for Times of India.
37:00Mehta Multi Speciality Hospitals,
37:03India Private Limited.
37:04To receive the honor,
37:06may I invite
37:06Mr. A. M. A. Manimuthu,
37:09Unit Head
37:10and Dr. S. Jaganathan,
37:12Medical Director
37:13and Ms. Vasanthi Ramani,
37:16Chief Belief Officer.
37:25It's my pleasure to invite
37:26Dr. Paul Hendry,
37:28Executive Director
37:29from Naurvi Hospitals.
37:38May I invite Dr. Jaseen Sajidke,
37:41Assistant Manager,
37:42Marketing Nura.
37:50May I invite Dr. Hari Shankar Meghanadhan,
37:54Vice Chairman and Dr. Apoor Bahari,
37:57Ms. Executive Director,
38:00Raj Lakshmi Group.
38:07I am Manimuthu,
38:08Unit Director,
38:10Mehta Hospitals,
38:11Chetpet.
38:12Our system,
38:1393 years old,
38:15legacy brand,
38:17a multi-specialty hospital,
38:18known for its
38:20clinical outcome
38:21and clinical excellence.
38:23Our focus is always
38:26been combining
38:27clinical excellence,
38:29ethical care
38:30and
38:31patient-centered care.
38:34This is a combined effort
38:36of our doctors,
38:38nurses,
38:40technicians,
38:42admin and support staff.
38:44We thank
38:45Times Group
38:46for this recognition.
38:48Hi everyone,
38:49good evening.
38:49I am Dr. Sri Likshmi
38:51and this is Dr. Jaseen.
38:52We are representing
38:53Neura Fusifilm Decade.
38:55At Neura,
38:56we focus on
38:57detecting the risks
38:58early
38:58rather than
38:59treating the diseases.
39:01So,
39:02being a preventive health care,
39:03we integrate
39:04the advanced imaging,
39:06artificial intelligence
39:06and the clinical expertise
39:08to detect
39:09the early signs of cancers,
39:11cardiovascular diseases
39:12and other
39:12lifestyle disorders.
39:14So,
39:14what makes it
39:15particularly meaningful
39:16is that
39:16we follow
39:17an AI
39:18human model.
39:19So,
39:20our AI
39:20helps
39:22to get,
39:23you know,
39:23to evaluate
39:24the imaging better,
39:26to identify
39:27the subtle changes
39:28but the value
39:29really comes
39:30from the clinical
39:31interpretation of it.
39:32So,
39:33we are so happy
39:34to be here
39:35for this event
39:36and
39:37once again
39:38times of,
39:39we are thanking
39:39Times of India
39:40for giving us
39:41this opportunity.
39:42To receive the honor,
39:43I now request
39:44Professor Doctor
39:45Mohen Rajan,
39:46Chairman
39:47and Medical Director,
39:48Rajan Eye Care Hospital
39:50to kindly join us
39:51on stage,
39:51please.
39:58To receive the honor,
40:00I request
40:01Doctor
40:02Shubhashini,
40:03Senior Consultant,
40:04Render,
40:05Skin and Hair Clinic.
40:13I now request
40:14Doctor
40:14SNK Sendurin,
40:17CEO and
40:18Senior Consultant,
40:19Shweta Specialty Hospital
40:21to kindly join us
40:21on stage.
40:29The next is the
40:30Shri Lalitha Ambigai
40:31Medical College
40:32and Hospital.
40:33May I invite
40:34Dr. Balasubramanian,
40:36Dean
40:36and Dr.
40:37Manivandan,
40:38Joint Registrar.
40:45I am Dr.
40:47Balasubramanian,
40:48Dean
40:48of Sri Lalitha Ambigai
40:49Medical College
40:50and Hospital.
40:51Currently,
40:52we are,
40:54we have been
40:55recognized to
40:55admit
40:55250
40:56undergraduate
40:57students
40:58and
40:59we have
41:00postgraduate
41:00students
41:01across
41:0218 different
41:03specialities.
41:04Our hospital
41:05is a 940
41:06bed hospital
41:06with
41:07all the
41:09state-of-the-art
41:09facilities
41:10and we are
41:11also running
41:11a fertility
41:12center
41:13with immense
41:14degree of
41:14success
41:15and our
41:16scanning
41:18centers
41:18which has
41:19state-of-the-art
41:20MRI,
41:22state-of-the-art
41:23195 slice
41:24CT scan
41:24and our
41:26ultrasound
41:26machines,
41:27the 4D
41:28ultrasounds,
41:29state-of-the-art
41:29machineries
41:30whereby
41:31people get
41:32affordable
41:33medical care
41:34under one
41:35roof.
41:35It's truly
41:36an honor to
41:36be a part of
41:37Times Healthcare
41:38Achievers
41:382026.
41:39I am here
41:40to represent
41:40Render Skin
41:41and Hair.
41:42At Render,
41:43the journey
41:43is all about
41:44collating the
41:45clinical expertise,
41:46research and
41:47most importantly
41:48the patient-centered
41:49care.
41:49I thank
41:50Times of India
41:51to honor
41:52these
41:52healthcare
41:53providers
41:55celebrating
41:55their excellence.
41:57We are very
41:58happy to
41:58receive this
41:59Times of India
42:00award for
42:01the second
42:02consecutive year
42:03all the way
42:03from Trichy.
42:05We are very
42:06proud at this
42:07moment and
42:08we are
42:09Trichy's first
42:10boutique hospital.
42:11This year we
42:12are happy to
42:13announce that
42:14we are also
42:14associated with
42:15Dr. Rayla Institute
42:16and Medical Center
42:17now launched as
42:18Rayla Hospitals
42:19at Trichy.
42:20We are one of
42:21the leading
42:21transplant
42:22centers now
42:24and as
42:25usual
42:26we are outside
42:28Chennai in
42:28Khaimathu.
42:29We are the
42:29only center to
42:30do third space
42:30endoscopy,
42:32a procedure
42:32which helps
42:33to remove
42:33tumors,
42:35pre-cancerous
42:35and cancer
42:36in situ
42:36lesions from
42:37the GI
42:38tract without
42:38any surgeries.
42:39To receive
42:40the honor may
42:40I invite
42:41Dr. S.
42:42Aragapan,
42:43medical
42:44superintendant
42:44and Dr.
42:46K.
42:47Kartikesh,
42:48consultant
42:48surgical
42:48oncologist,
42:50Sri Ramakrishna
42:50hospital.
42:57May I invite
42:59Dr.
43:00Nitish,
43:01clinical
43:01head and
43:01senior
43:02consultant
43:02and Dr.
43:04Rajindran,
43:05senior
43:05consultant
43:06from
43:06SRM
43:07global
43:07hospitals.
43:15may I invite
43:16Dr.
43:17S.
43:17Sanjit,
43:18managing
43:19director,
43:20SSS
43:20super
43:20speciality
43:21hospital.
43:28I request
43:29Dr.
43:30G.
43:30Prabhu,
43:31managing
43:31director and
43:32Dr.
43:32Revadi Prabhu,
43:33chairman from
43:34Sunshine
43:35hospital to
43:36finally receive.
43:44Good
43:44evening.
43:45I am Dr.
43:46Kartikesh,
43:47senior
43:47surgical
43:47oncologist
43:48from
43:48Sri Ramakrishna
43:49hospital,
43:49Coimbatore,
43:50Tamil Nadu.
43:51We are
43:51happy to be
43:52here and
43:53delighted to
43:53receive this
43:54award from
43:55Times Health.
43:57The Ramakrishna
43:58hospital is
43:58around 50
43:59years old and
44:00it has been
44:00rendering,
44:01it's a
44:01charitable,
44:01run by
44:02charitable
44:02trust and
44:03it has been
44:03rendering services
44:04to the poor
44:05people for
44:05the last
44:0650 years.
44:07Former
44:07president and
44:08late president
44:08Professor
44:09A.P.J.
44:10Abdul Kalam,
44:11he also
44:11inaugurated
44:12the Deebam
44:12project and
44:13where the
44:14lacs of
44:15women have
44:15been screened
44:16for cervical
44:16cancer and
44:17we have
44:18started the
44:18oral cancer
44:19also for
44:20the last
44:20five years.
44:21Apart from
44:22this we have
44:22the latest
44:23state of the
44:23art equipment
44:24like tomotherapy
44:25where three
44:26linear lacs
44:26of the
44:27tomotherapy
44:27is the
44:28latest and
44:29then advanced
44:31surgical
44:31procedures and
44:33then we
44:34are giving
44:35advanced medical
44:36oncology treatment
44:37that is
44:38chemotherapy,
44:39target therapy
44:39and immunotherapy
44:40also.
44:40I am Dr.
44:41Nitish.
44:42So SRM
44:43global intensive
44:44care unit is
44:46about 50 plus
44:47beds and we
44:48are specialized
44:49in handling
44:50multidisciplinary
44:51critical cares in
44:53almost all the
44:54departments and
44:55we are more
44:57particularly we
44:59excel in trauma
45:00critical care and
45:01also we have a
45:02dedicated ECMO unit
45:03and because of
45:05all these
45:06excellence we
45:07are now given
45:08this award from
45:10Times of India
45:11we thank Times of
45:12India for this
45:13wonderful opportunity.
45:14Thank you so much
45:15for this excellent
45:16opportunity we
45:17continue to serve
45:18better.
45:18I am Dr.
45:19Sanjit,
45:20managing director
45:20triple super
45:21specialty hospital
45:22EROAD.
45:23We are truly
45:24honored to receive
45:25this award from
45:26Times of India
45:26for best emerging
45:29multi-specialty
45:30hospitals.
45:30150 better
45:33multi-specialty
45:33hospital.
45:35We have
45:36old-class
45:38infrastructure
45:38and the best
45:41quality treatment
45:43care with
45:44affordable price
45:45latest
45:45treatment.
45:46This is
45:47our main
45:48vision.
45:49We have
45:51cardiology,
45:52neurology,
45:53gastro,
45:54surgical
45:54gastro,
45:56neurosurgery,
45:57ortho,
45:5824-7,
45:59emergency and
45:59ICU with
46:01our experienced
46:02Dr.
46:02Sirkana.
46:03Hi all,
46:04I am Dr.
46:04Revati,
46:05consultant,
46:06neurologist and
46:07chairman,
46:07Sunshine Hospital,
46:08Tiruvallur and
46:09Ambathur.
46:10I am Dr.
46:10Prabhu,
46:10consultant,
46:11orthopedic
46:11surgeon,
46:12managing director,
46:13Sunshine Hospitals.
46:14So,
46:14Nangavandur,
46:152022,
46:16Sunshine Hospital,
46:17five-bedded
46:18hospital we
46:18started in
46:19Tiruvallur and
46:20now in the last
46:21four years we
46:22have been like
46:2325-bedded
46:23hospital now and
46:25it gives us a lot
46:27of pride in
46:27telling that we
46:28have seen over
46:2950,000 new
46:30patients as
46:31outpatients and
46:33we have treated
46:33them successfully
46:34and we have
46:35treated around
46:36IP patients
46:37around 3,000
46:38patients and
46:39more than 2,000
46:40surgeries have
46:42been conducted
46:43successfully in
46:43the hospital
46:44so and
46:45in and around
46:46Tiruvallur
46:47villages and
46:49even in the
46:49socially,
46:51economically
46:51background
46:52as far as
46:54possible we
46:55are serving the
46:56people and
46:57we have
46:57conducted around
46:5850 camps in
46:59around Tiruvallur
47:00so thank you so
47:02much to the
47:02Times of India
47:03for recognizing
47:04us.
47:04I now request
47:05Dr. Nivedita
47:07Amildan,
47:08founder and
47:08clinical director
47:09the High
47:10Fertility Clinic
47:11and Women's
47:12Center.
47:19I am delighted
47:21to invite
47:21Dr. Somesh
47:22Vaanchilingam,
47:23Director
47:25Vaanchilingam,
47:25Advanced
47:26Neurology and
47:27Stroke.
47:27I am Dr. Nivedita Amildan,
47:37Hive Fertility Clinic
47:38founder and
47:39clinical director.
47:40Times of India
47:41and he has joined the
47:44Department of Health
47:44and the
47:44Health Care Achievers Award
47:45and the
48:05Health Care Achievers Award
48:11Simple and maximum results will be a fertility treatment
48:15And because of the name of fertility treatments, you have to sacrifice career, jobs quit
48:22So, without maximum, accessible fertility services
48:27That's why at 6 o'clock or at 10 o'clock, you have to work
48:31You have to pay for accessible care at a very affordable price
48:36And in the morning, we have achieved great growth
48:40And really a great thanks to Times of India for recognizing our growth
48:44And I would like to honor our sponsors now
48:48Mr. V. Subramanian, General Manager and Head
48:52Supply Chain Management, Consumer Product Business
48:56EID Perry, India Limited, kindly join us please
49:06And we would like to welcome Mr. Kanda Varuman
49:09Manage… Marketing Head, VST Grandeur
49:19May I request all our recipients
49:21To come onto the stage for the Groove Photograph Award
49:25Go!
49:26Thanks so much!
49:26Many, those moments may be gone
49:27I would like to welcome Mr. B k várias
49:38But come and visit us
49:43RG 해서 This is the Mushroom
49:45Know how to talk here