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A 92-year-old widow wrote about an issue people of any age can relate to — a desire for a companion, along with the insecurities that come with putting yourself out there.

Child marriage remains a harsh reality in Chittoor, robbing young girls of their childhood, denying them access to education and opportunities, and a possibly fulfilling future. Govt. schemes, NGOs, and police are working to reduce the incidence, but more needs to be done to ensure a safe future for these…

Stuart, 47, and Sarah, 41, met while they were working on a hospital ward in 2003. They live in New Zealand with their children and a puppy

Madras HC Chief Justice inaugurates organ donation awareness camp. AG, Health Sec. present. P. Muthukumar signs pledge to donate organs. TN praised for progress in organ donation, 36,472 pledges made. 169 hospitals harvest organs, 1,737 donations since 2008, 10,353 organs obtained. 6,923 waitlisted persons need organs, 6,205 kidneys, 443 livers,…

The report comes in the same week as the Government launched a recruitment campaign for the third year in a bid to help build the ‘vital workforce’.

The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to create 79 new faculty and non-faculty posts in the six nursing colleges newly started in the State in the government sector.

Madras HC: Hospitals in TN must not refuse organ transplants between non-relatives; State govt must ensure legal education on the subject to physicians & hospitals; Coimbatore South Tahsildar must conduct inquiry into residential status of donor & recipient & submit report to Committee.

Pro-natalist politics meet nativist illiberalism on the right

A bond formed in a time of need brings them together again as they volunteer for healthcare charity Mercy Ships.