Tag: Healthcare

The rise of Bespoke Beauty & Wellness

Everybody loves personalization and technology is driving the next upsurge of mass customization.

August 31, 2018

A rewarding profession

Nurses play a vital role in all aspects, be it nation-wide health campaigns or caring for patients at an ill-equipped healthcare facility in rural India.

August 3, 2018

Future Health Index | Survey recommends connected care to bridge healthcare gaps in India

Data from the Philips-commissioned study focuses on the crucial role of technologies, access to healthcare services and efficiency of the healthcare system

July 11, 2018

Healthcare has been given a priority in last 4 years: PM Modi

The PM laid the foundation stone of a 200-bed National Centre for Ageing, dedicated a 300-bed Power Grid Vishram Sadan and a ‘connection motorable tunnel’ between AIIMS, Ansari Nagar and the Trauma Centre.

June 29, 2018

The LaLiT becomes first hotel chain to extend healthcare benefits to LGBTQ employees

The LaLiT, which has 12 hotels in India and one in London, United Kingdom, and employs over 3,000 professionals, announced the Group Mediclaim Policy during the Global Pride Month.

June 5, 2018

Touted treatment

It is a measure of the enormity of the problems that plague West Bengal’s health sector that the Chief Minister deemed it necessary last Tuesday to pay what they call a “surprise visit” to the SSKM Hospital, once one of the premier referral hospitals in the country. But that was in the legendary Dr BC …

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May 14, 2018

Aim to give healthcare 2.5 pc share of GDP: Rajnath

On the occassion of celebration of founder’s day of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the Capital, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that PM Modi aimed to increase healthcare share in GDP to 2.5 per cent. In his speech, Singh asserted that the government considered private sector as a “strategic partner” in its endeavour to …

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April 14, 2018

Rourkela govt hospital standards fall

Rourkela Government Hospital used to be a premier health care centre for people of three states, now languishes despite tall promises by the government. A case in point is the mother and child care centre. This five storied building was completed one and half year behind the schedule. Finally, it was inaugurated by Chief Minister …

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April 13, 2018

Delhi LG lauds AAP’s initiatives in education, healthcare

 Lt. Governor Anil Baijal addressed the Delhi Assembly on the first day of the Budget Session on Friday, stressing on the city government’s accomplishments. Almost half of Baijal’s 20-minute-long address was dominated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s works in the field of education. Baijal said that the Gross State Domestic Production of Delhi …

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March 16, 2018

Karnataka unveils healthcare scheme

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday unveiled a healthcare scheme aimed at benefitting about 1.43 crore households in the state. “The ‘Arogya Karnataka’ (Healthy Karnataka) will provide quality primary, secondary and tertiary treatment to both BPL and APL families in the state,” Siddaramaiah said after unveiling the scheme in the city. It is a step …

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March 2, 2018

Kin of dead patient allege negligence; violence in MCH

Negligence cry in treatment of a patient on Wednesday rocked the state of healthcare system at the state-run Medical College Hospital (MCH) on Wednesday. Violence happened at the MCH following death of a patient Adit Singh, a 45-year-old resident of Baishnab Seth Lane in Jorabagan police station area, on Wednesday. Police intervened to restore normalcy …

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February 22, 2018

Darj MP rues Modicare rejection

Darjeeling MP and Union minister of state for drinking water and sanitation, SS Ahluwalia, has criticised the state government for not implementing the ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojna’, which seeks to provide Rs 5 lakh as health coverage for over 10 crore families. Mr Ahluwalia also accused the administration of not cooperating with him in carrying out …

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February 20, 2018

Karnataka to provide healthcare to all soon

In line with the ‘Modicare’ of the Central government, Karnataka too would provide healthcare to all people in the state soon, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday. “The universal health coverage scheme under the name ‘Arogya Karnataka Yojane’ will be started this month to provide primary, secondary and tertiary treatment to all people in the …

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February 17, 2018

Haryana Act to rein in private hospitals

Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has approved an ordinance for adopting Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in the state. Initially, it will cover private hospitals having facility of more than 50 beds. State Health minister Anil Vij said the Act is being implemented to ensure minimum standards of facilities and services for providing quality …

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January 25, 2018

Unethical healthcare

It would be perilous for society to leave health and two other sectors ~ education and food ~ to the total mercy of market forces. The startling symptoms of the health sector’s commercialisation and medical negligence are clearly discernible. As many as 63 children died in Gorakhpur (U.P.) on 13 August last year due to …

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January 24, 2018

Kejriwal meets Baijal for clearance to healthcare, services delivery schemes

Following Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s meeting with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday, the Delhi government resent files of “doorstep delivery of 40 public services” and “quality healthcare for all” schemes for reconsideration by the latter. The L-G had pointed out some loopholes in the schemes and returned both the proposals to the Delhi …

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January 12, 2018

Medical mish-mash

Medical science is a much too specialised discipline and does not lend scope for cutting corners. This is quite the most charitable construct that can be placed on the Bill that was tabled in Parliament last Friday, to bridge the gap between allopathy on the one hand and homoeopathy, ayurveda, unani, and siddha at another …

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January 3, 2018