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Time of India
03-08-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Students create awareness on organ donation
Madurai: Marking National Organ Donation Day on Sunday, around 400 students took part in a rally from Government Rajaji Hospital to Madurai Medical College via Panagal Road. The rally, organized by GRH, was started around 8am. Participants carried placards and shouted slogans to raise awareness on organ donations. According to doctors from GRH, the hospital, a top performer in the state, had facilitated 107 kidney transplants from brain dead donors in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, 268 donors had registered in Tamil Nadu, the highest in the country. However, more than 7,300 people still await a kidney transplant in the state, according to data from Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN). Of these, 25 patients die each day without getting a transplant, doctors added. Tamil Nadu is the first state to institutionalise "honour walk", a respectful procession held on the hospital premises to honour brain-dead donors. The practice has been followed at GRH since Sept 2023. The hospital has also received a TRANSTAN award for its leadership in organ donation in the state, doctors said. Dr S Balamurugan, one of the event organisers, said, "Though things have improved on the organ donation frontier in the state, we still need more donors. This requires creating greater awareness. GRH's rally has been taken up for the purpose." Interested donors can register on the TRANSTAN portal or at a govt medical college. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Friendship Day wishes , messages and quotes !
The Hindu
01-08-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Govt. NEET coaching classes to cover all 13 blocks in Madurai
Following the success of government-offered free NEET coaching classes which have yielded good results, the NEET classes are to be expanded to all the blocks in the district. Madurai district with 13 blocks, from the current academic year, will have a weekly NEET coaching class with all necessary facilities like study materials, daily exercises, personal guidance, among others in all the blocks, said S. Vennila Devi, district coordinator for government-sponsored NEET training. She added, 'Unlike previous years when the teachers would be appointed as volunteers, hereafter, the government school teachers who are willing to take weekly Saturday classes will be given a remuneration.' This would not only encourage more teachers to take up the task but would also help them in self-development, she added. As the programme falls under Naan Mudhalvan scheme, all the necessary study materials, daily and weekly test exercises would be taken care by the School Education Department, Ms. Vennila noted. While the classes were earlier provided in only three centres – Tirumangalam, Othakadai and Melur – in the district, by further decentralising it, more students from remote areas are believed to step up for taking up the classes, she observed. She said that in addition to NEET and JEE coaching, training for eight other competitive exams is to be provided to the students. As Madurai district has already witnessed an improvement in the number of students clearing NEET this year, by further expanding the training, chances of more students taking up the examination and more students clearing it in the upcoming years are high, she noted. In the recent NEET UG counselling, about seven government school students have secured admission in medical colleges under the 7.5% reservation, she pointed. C. Snega, who has secured admission in Madurai Medical College in her third attempt by scoring 487 marks, said that though she took training in private coaching classes, for two years before clearing it, the motivation came from the training offered through the district administration. 'I scored 192 in first attempt, 445 in second attempt and 487 in the final attempt. I did not even think that I would score close to 200 in first attempt, thanks to the one-year coaching provided by the schoolteachers,' she added. As she aims to specialise in cardiology, she said the strong foundation she developed through her training would help her come out with flying colours.
New Indian Express
01-08-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Seven NEET repeaters from Madurai get medical seats under 7.5 per cent quota
MADURAI: Seven NEET repeaters from the district, this year, secured seats in medical colleges under the 7.5% reservation for students who studied in government schools from Class 6 to 12. Of the seven aspirants -- all of them took up private coaching for NEET -- six got MBBS seats and one secured a seat for BDS course, during the UG medical counselling held recently. C Snega, who secured the highest marks (487/720) among the seven, gained admission to MBBS course in Madurai Medical College. She studied in Tamil medium and attempted the exam thrice. 'My school teachers guided me to study NCERT books, which helped me secure good marks,' said Snega, who aspires to become a cardiologist. R Priyanka, who scored 466/720 in NEET, secured admission to Tirunelveli medical college. Priyanka, whose father runs a tea shop, said her parents supported her despite several challenges to take up private coaching for the entrance examination. She said the free NEET training offered by the government was an eye-opener. P Udhaya Mareeswaran, who scored the third highest mark among the seven students, said, 'Last year, I got a BDS seat under the 7.5% reservation. This year, I got an MBBS seat in Thiruvarur Government Medical College. Though I studied in Tamil medium, the continuous training helped me to get the seat.' Similarly, during the UG medical counselling last year, six students secured MBBS seats and two got BDS seats under the 7.5% reservation category. However, no government school student from the district, who had only taken up the free coaching offered by the state government, secured a medical seat under the reservation category this year. District NEET coordinator for government coaching S Vennila Devi told TNIE, 'Till last year, we had been offering a 45-day intensive training for students after the end of the Class 12 examinations. However, securing high marks in NEET requires continuous training. We had suggested the same to the respective authorities, and starting this academic year, continuous, year-long training has commenced for the students of government and government-aided schools, block-wise.' She hoped the year-long free training would help students clear the examination in their first attempt and secure seats in medical colleges.
Time of India
31-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
7 from Madurai land MBBS seats under 7.5% quota
Madurai: Four girls and three boys from Madurai have secured MBBS seats under the 7.5% quota for govt school students, following the end of first round of counselling for MBBS/BDS admissions on July 30. All of them are repeaters who relied on private coaching centres, while the parents of six of them are daily wage earners. They are all the first MBBS seat earners in their family. C Snega cleared NEET in her third attempt. The first time she prepared on her own, and the next two years she prepared with two different private coaching centres, spending Rs5.5 lakh. She has secured a seat in Madurai Medical College. "My parents, both manual labourers, borrowed money from my relatives. The first thing I will do is repay the debt," she said. Snega, who studied in Tamil medium, said she found English NCERT books a little difficult at first but they helped her crack the test in the end. R Kaviya, who secured a seat in Madha Medical College, said her father, a tailor, paid her Rs1.5 lakh fee by borrowing from relatives. "It is a dream supported by my parents," she said. P Udhaya Mareeswaran, another Tamil medium student who scored 460 in his first attempt, didn't get admission to a govt college, he said. His parents sold cattle to pay his private coaching fee, he added. He has secured a seat in Tiruvarur govt medical college. While parents opt to borrow to make their kids study, in some families the siblings take charge. V Nambu Selvi says her two brothers ensured she could afford private coaching for a year. "I gave NEET after my 12th but couldn't crack it. So, I opted for a residential coaching centre in Salem," she said. Another student, S Karthikeyan, benefited from the same centre. "My brother-in-law paid my fees and I cracked NEET," he said. In R Priyanka's case, her father, who runs a tea shop, paid her private coaching fee of Rs40,000 for a year. She said, "I didn't have the motivation to repeat NEET. I wasn't sure if I should still pursue medicine. But my teachers motivated me. They looked for good institutes and ensured I performed better the next attempt." She has secured a seat in Tirunelveli Medical College. This year, 260 govt school students in Madurai appeared for NEET, out of whom more than 104 cleared it. "While the seven students secured seats under the 7.5% quota, many more govt students will secure seats outside this quota," said S Venniladevi, Madurai NEET coordinator.
The Hindu
24-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital chairman, passes away in Madurai
The Madurai-based Aravind Eye Hospital's chairman emeritus P. Namperumalsamy passed away at the age of 85 years, on Thursday (July 24, 2025). Born in July 9, 1940, in a small hamlet with an agricultural background in Theni district, he did his MBBS from Madurai Medical College and moved to Boston, USA, to pursue higher education. He was the first retina specialist in the country. He practised in the Erskine Hospital Madurai, (now known as Government Rajaji Hospital) before starting his own venture, his elder son N. Venkatesh Prajna, said. Dr. Namperumalsamy received the Padma Shri in 2007 for his immense contributions in the field of Ophthalmology. He received several awards through the course of an illustrious, and long career. The cremation is expected to be performed at Ambasamudram in Theni district on Friday (July 25). He leaves behind his wife Nachiar and two sons - Venkatesh Prajna and Vishnu Prasad. Condolences Amar Agarwal, chairman, Dr. Agarwals Group of Eye Hospitals said Dr. Namperumalsamy was a doyen in Ophthalmology. 'What the Aravind eye care group has created under his leadership is just phenomenal. His contribution is not only in the number of patients he treated, which was huge, but also the number of doctors he trained. All these doctors are treating patients all over the world and helping eradicate blindness. The legacy he has left being will remain forever.' Mohan Rajan, chairman and medical director, Rajan Eye Care Hospital, said, 'Dr NAM is no more, but his legacy lives on. Very rarely do we see a combination of a great teacher, great clinician, fantastic surgeon, great researcher, good speaker and an able administrator in one person, he was all of this,' he said. Dr NAM, along with Dr Badrinath, was one of the earliest movers as far as the vitreoretinal surgery was concerned in this part of the world. 'He is a great inspiration, a role model and a motivation for all the ophthalmologists in the country and across the world. He has literally put India in a prominent position in the world map of Ophthalmology,' he added. C. Ramasubramanian, psychiatrist and founder M.S. Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation said Dr NAM was concerned for the differently-abled population. He was instrumental in popularising the 'Arvind model' which tried to take ophthalmological care to all people irrespective of passing capacity. Dr. NAM had also advocated for community psychiatry, in order to make it more accessible, Dr CRS said and recalled an event where the late President APJ Abdul Kalam was amazed during his visit to Aravind Eye Hospital over the seamless doctor-patient care rendered on a mass scale. Hari Thiagarajan, managing director, Thiagarajar Mills said Dr NAM was Madurai's pride. 'He was an alumni of Thiagarajar College and a well wisher of the institution. He continued the visionary path set by the founder of Aravind Eye Care and provided the group with moral and outstanding leadership. Under his tutelage, Aravind expanded and grew in great measure. 'He was a gentle person and care for the betterment of society especially, the rural India,' Mr. Thiagarajan added.
