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Cardiothoracic block inaugurated at hospital

Special Correspondent

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Ram Santhanam, Chairman and Managing Director, Wheels India Limited, inaugurating the cardiothoracic block at Hindu Mission Hospital in Tambaram on Monday.

TAMBARAM: A cardiothoracic block and a building housing dialysis units were dedicated at Hindu Mission Hospital, Tambaram, on Monday.

The cardiothoracic block is named Professor S.R.S.Varadhan Block and has 20 rooms.Professor Varadhan is the recipient of the prestigious Abel Prize for Mathematics for 2007. The block was inaugurated by Ram Santhanam, Chairman and Managing Director, Wheels India Limited.

Dialysis block opened

The dialysis block, named after T.S. Santhanam (of TVS Group), was inaugurated by Viji Santhanam, Chairman, Sundaram Finance Limited.

D.K. Srinivasan, secretary of the hospital, said Professor Varadhan was the principal donor for the cardiothoracic block, just as Sundaram Finance was for the T.S. Santhanam Block, which has six dialysis units.

The hospital charged a nominal sum of Rs.200 per sitting from people for dialysis, Mr. Srinivasan said. Mr. Viji Santhanam said despite best efforts, it was not possible for the government to fulfill its obligations to meet the requirements of the people on public health and education and hence the private sector had to contribute. School education and public health were the thrust areas of service by his company, Mr. Viji Santhanam added.

Others who offered their felicitations included Professor Varadhan, Mr. Ram Santhanam, Srinivasan K.Swamy, president, Hindu Mission Hospital and S.Seetharaman,

Managing Director, Super Auto Forge. Abdulla Basha and Cherian Kurian, beneficiaries, also spoke.

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