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Nikhiya Samsher (18), a graduate of Greenwood High International School in Bengaluru has innovated an low-cost, early risk detection system for oral cancer.

Shira Medtech, is a Ahmedabad-based healthcare startup founded in 2016 by Anand Parikh, a graduate of IIT-Madras. The device - Shira Clamp innovated by him is being used by 60 doctors and hospitals across India.

For patients who cannot afford even the nominal rate, Dr Bali, an ENT specialist, treats them for free.

What pushed the couple further was that this hamlet recorded an infant mortality rate of 150 per 1,000 babies, the highest in all of India!

Over 8000 children under 14, with life-threatening heart ailments like Bhakti, have been identified under the government-sponsored Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram. This is a state-wide screening and early intervention programme that will sponsor surgeries by top doctors in Mumbai and the state

Living up to his Hippocratic oath, this 67-year-old medic, Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan dedicated his life to make affordable medical attention accessible to the most underprivileged sections in Vyasarpadi situated in North Chennai since the last 40 years.

The availability of platelets at hospitals can be checked on the drug controller’s website, but it's not enough - BBMP Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad assures that platelets will also be made accessible to the underprivileged free of cost.

CSR Health Impact Awards 2017 was designed to reward the best CSR initiatives that have impacted health outcomes in the areas of their work across India.

Similar to other organ donations, the harvesting is done within six hours of death and usually consists of skin taken from legs, thighs and back.

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