The Latest Breaking News from SCTIMST

Second-generation ‘Chitra heart valve’ successfully implanted in 42 patients: SCTIMST

The second-generation ‘Chitra Heart Valve’ has been successfully implanted in 42 patients, Sanjay Behari, Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), said on Saturday.

The Hindu · May 4, 2024

Technological interventions focused on preventive health care are of vital importance: Abhay Karandikar

Technological interventions focussed on preventive health care should be an important aspect of health care systems in the country, Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, said on Saturday.

The Hindu · May 4, 2024

SCTIMST develops TB diagnostic kit

The AG Chitra TB diagnostic kit, developed by SCTIMST and licenced to M/S Agappe Diagnostics, Kochi, was unveiled virtually by V.K. Saraswat, president of SCTIMST and member, NITI Aayog.

The Hindu · Apr 8, 2024

Global meet on biomedical research at SCTIMST

The Kerala State Higher Education Council will organise an international conference on biomedical translational research at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) on August 3 and 4

The Hindu · Jul 25, 2023

CDSCO approval for medical device developed by SCTIMST

An advanced wound care product developed by the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), named Cholederm, has won the approval of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) as a Class D medical device.

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2023

DBT developing catalogue of TB bacterium mutations

The initiative would identify associations of mutations of MTB to drug-resistance patterns and provide new means of identification through AI-based technologies

The Hindu · May 6, 2023

Maiden M.S. Valiathan Award for SCTIMST faculty member

Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu · Oct 3, 2022

SCTIMST professor included in Lancet commission on India’s health-care system

An endeavour to lay out roadmap for achieving universal health coverage for people of India

The Hindu · Sep 30, 2022

Award for SCTIMST professor

R. Amita, Associate Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), has won the Presidents’ Award 2022, a press release issued by SCTIMST said here on Monday.

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2022

One in seven heart failure patients died within 90 days: NHFR

90-day mortality being the highest in individuals with low educational status

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2022