100th Vasan Eye Hospital Inaugurated in Karaikudi

Vasan Healthcare Group recently launched their 100th Vasan Eye care hospital at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Honorable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the new facility. Also present at the launch were Hon'ble Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram and His Excellency Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu. Vasan Eye Care is the world’s largest network of standalone eye care provider.

Being located strategically, the new hospital at Karaikudi provides easy access to the residents in and around the region. With this move, the Group is aiming to position itself as the world's largest day care service provider.

Dr A M Arun, chairman, Vasan Healthcare Group,was also present who said, “This is a proud milestone for us. Our growing number of hospitals is a testimony to our mission of bringing quality eye care to the doorsteps of the common man. We will expand our services to 125 hospitals by the end of this fiscal year. Our hospital at Karaikudi is well equipped to handle diverse cases and treatments, I’m sure we can make a difference to more number of lives in the region!”

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Apollo Hospital Inaugurated in Karaikudi

Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the Apollo Reach Hospitals at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu on 26.12.2011. The Guests of Honour, Dr K Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu and P Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Government of India were also present in the occasion.

The Apollo Hospital, Karaikudi is one of the Apollo Reach Hospital initiatives. It is a 100 bedded facility with Hi-tech infrastructure and State-of-the-art equipments offering care in various specialties like Cardiology, Nephrology, General Surgery, General medicine, Pediatrics Dental, Gynecology and obstetrics etc.

Hospital is built up in 87,000 sq.ft area. which is located at just 5- km from central Karaikudi, the Apollo Reach Hospital is very easily accessible to people of all the surrounding villages

The services provided by the hospital here are Business Planning, Hospital planning and Design Advisory, Medical Equipment Advisory, Human Resources Advisory, Hospital Commissioning and start up assistance, Operations Management.

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SAHARA 58th SENIOR MEN NATIONAL BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR ENGG. & TECH,.,KARAIKUDI

The stage was set, the spirits soaring high as the Indian boxers returned to the domestic arena for the Sahara 58th Senior Men’s National Boxing Championship. The tournament, considered to be a bastion of nation's best and brightest talent, witnessed boxers of the country vying for title of National Champion. Over 275 boxers from 36 State and Board teams participated battle it out for the prestigious title in the 58th edition. 40 medals were awarded in the contest that happened from the 5th – 10th December’2011.

The event was organised by the Tamil Nadu State Boxing Association under the aegis of Indian Boxing Federation and is the last national championship in the IABF calendar for the year 2011.

Photos of the event can be found here
Event schedule can be found here
This is truly one of the special tournaments that happened in Karaikudi adding one more feather to its cap :) Jai Ho!!

KARAIKUDI VEENA TRADITION

There are various traditions in playing Veena(a musical instrument).One of the styles ,still stands out in the generations of musicians ,is the Karaikudi style of Veena playing.Some of the musicians ,legends in this field i should say ,are

• Malayappa Iyer
• Venkatesa Iyer
• Subbaraya Iyer
• Finally ,Karaikudi Veena Brothers "Subbarama Iyer and Sambasiva Iyer " .

Kannadasan's Arthamulla Hindu Madham

The following is the speech by Shri Kannadasan on "Arthamulla Hindu Madam" (Meaningful Hinduism). There are totally 14 videos. Here we showcase only one video, make sure that you listen to all the 14 videos.

1000 windows House in Karaikudi

How many can you count of the 1000 windows?
1000 windows house in Karaikudi