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Time of India
2 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Kuppam hosp gets AP's first digital nerve centre
1 2 Tirupati: In a landmark development for healthcare, the first-ever digital nerve centre was inaugurated today at Kuppam Area Hospital by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu . This facility aims to integrate patient medical records across hospitals and primary healthcare centres, marking a pioneering step in the state's digital health initiative. Supported by the Gates Foundation, the Tata Digi Nerve Centre in Kuppam serves as a pilot project connecting 13 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) virtually. Alongside health minister Satyakumar Yadav, the CM linked these PHCs to the centre and directed health officials to expand services. Addressing the public, Naidu said, "In phase two, all PHCs in Chittoor district will be integrated, followed by a statewide rollout. We plan to digitize health histories and enhance medical services by coordinating Ayushman Bharat with the NTR Vaidya Seva scheme. The Digital Nerve Centre in Kuppam will serve as a global model, incorporating advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence. It should also connect with ANMs and Anganwadis. " The CM stressed using technology to reduce healthcare costs, currently Rs 19,000 crore, through data-driven medicine provision, preventive health, and real-time monitoring using cost-effective wearables. Mobile medical units will conduct quarterly blood tests, and health monitoring of pregnant women will be prioritised. The centre links Kuppam Area Hospital with 13 PHCs and 92 Village Health Centres, offering integrated services such as continuous health monitoring, timely diagnosis, specialist consultations, and coordination with government schemes and private hospitals. Initially implemented in Kuppam, the programme will expand to Chittoor district and eventually across the state.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Chittoor district officials gear up for Naidu's Kuppam visit
The Chittoor district administration is gearing up for Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's visit to the Kuppam Assembly constituency. While an official schedule is yet to be released, District Collector Sumit Kumar held a meeting with the key officials on Sunday to coordinate arrangements. A press release said that the Chief Minister is likely to stay overnight at his Kuppam residence and take part in multiple public programmes the next day. The visit includes a visit to an anganwadi centre, addressing a public meeting, inspecting exhibition stalls, and distributing financial benefits and assets to the beneficiaries of various government welfare schemes. The District Collector directed municipal and panchayat officials in Kuppam to ensure cleanliness in the municipality of Kuppam and Santhipuram mandal headquarters. During the proposed visit, Mr. Naidu is expected to inaugurate the Digital Nerve Centre (DiNC) at Kuppam Government Hospital, designed and developed with the support of Tata Consultancy Services. Mr. Sumit Kumar instructed the department heads to submit a comprehensive DPR on ongoing development works in the constituency.
Irish Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Books in brief: No Ordinary Bread; Journeywork: A Creative Life; and Can I Have Your Charm Bracelet When You Die?
No Ordinary Bread By Jim Ward Ace of Swords Publishing, €18 An ambitious, promising debut novel of conflicting ideologies fishing for men's souls. The story is set in rural China in the midst of the civil war, and is experienced through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy witnessing first-hand the spiritual revolutions within the country: both the surgent Chinese Communist Party, and the Catholic Church missionaries in the determined teachings of a Belgian Jesuit. A clash of wills is inevitable and lives are changed forever. Ward writes in an unadorned, straight-ahead style (which works well considering the narrator), and he shifts easily into expansive, more philosophical realms when the political provocateurs push their way to the centre of the story. A cleverly structured historical novel, rich with lively dialogue; a fine first book. NJ McGarrigle Journeywork: A Creative Life By Dave Duggan Nerve Centre, £12.99 Derry-based writer and dramatist Dave Duggan's luminous collection of 13 essays offers a deeply personal map of a life shaped by story, language, resilience, and artistic vocation. Moving between memoir, reflections on illness, his working-class background, and meditations on creative practice, Duggan explores imagination with clarity, grace, and hard-won wisdom. 'Adapt and persist. Don't doubt,' he urges, a quiet anthem of endurance throughout. The author is edging towards 70, but his work exudes the energy of a writer just beginning – curious, lucid, and alive to the world. 'My father had books. My mother had songs,' he writes. With wit, humility and insight, Duggan weaves local politics, international literature, and poignant moments, including an Oscar nomination for Dance Lexie Dance, into a celebration of creativity, resilience and artistic bravery. Adam Wyeth Can I Have Your Charm Bracelet When You Die? A Dublin Childhood By Sheila Hamilton Hen's Teeth, €17.50 Esther, an adored aunt of the child narrator, is having man trouble. 'Hold the bone and the dog will follow', is her mother's play-hard-to-get advice. 'He's gorgeous looking, a model for a coddle he'll do for a stew!', says a sister. Everyday joys and cares in two loving households fill two-thirds of this endearing 1970s-1980s south-inner-city memoir 'sprinkled with the lightest embellishment'. Childhood is followed by interludes in New York and Amsterdam that do not lessen the family bonds as cruel illnesses blight the adult lives of the author, her mother and Esther. Hilarious, then heartbreaking, this is a story 'shared with love' and with charm. Ray Burke
