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Here you will find a list of medicinal plants used in Assam

Eating out??
Tharavad near Beasant Nagar beach provides great food at a decent price

Many people come to Tamil Nadu for medical treatment.Most are at a loss to decide which hopital to chooose.I am starting this blog to compare these hospitals from personal experience point of view.
List of hospitals in Chennai:
http://yellowpages.sulekha.com/searchcategory.aspx?loc=chennai&cat=51&=&pageno=1
You can also rate them.
From personal experience,Venkateshwara Hospital on Chamiers Road,Nandanam where I got treated for cellulitis,is good.
My friend got treated in Malar Heart Centre,Adyar for malaria.The AC room cost him Rs 2200 per day .Non AC is Rs 1100.Compare it with Venk,where its Rs 1600 for Ac Single sharing,Rs 600 For Non AC.I also found service of Venk better in comparision.Room was bigger, attendee's bed was far wider than in Malar's and it was not mandatory for the attendee to stay with patient 24 hrs.

Venkateshwara Hospital
Address and Phone
Address:

36 A Chamiers Road
Nandanam, Chennai 600035
Phone:
42125212

Malar Hospital
Address and Phone
Address:

52 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar
Adyar, Chennai 600020

Phone:
24914023

I will kepp updating this blog as I get to know more about these hospitals.You too can contribute from your personal experiences ,which hopital you got treated in ,what you liked in it and what you disliked....This may help someone .
Here's a link for Chennai Map.:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/tamilnadu/chennai-map.htm

The purpose of creating my blogspace is to share some of my thoughts with you which I usually ponder alone.Here goes the first one:
Should beggars be given alms?
These are poor people.Many are handicapped,diseased(physically or mentally or both) without any near or dear ones.They need help.We are just plain lucky to be born with all the facilities that these people lack.
When I find a beggar infront of me , two conflicting thoughts come up in my mind.Should I give some money or ignore.Some say that by giving alms,people are encouraging begging....making them dependent on public sympathy.In some places, beggar mafia have cropped up.Children are maimed and put into forced begging.Some create genuine nuisance, e.g. in public vehicles like trains,and in public places like temples,etc.
But then what else can be done?giving them a job would be best,but thats too difficult.Do we have time and energy to analyse their situation and find a way out.Its not easy.So, I usually drop a coin and go.
What do you think about this?Can beggary be eliminated?