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TopicGovernment hospitals

Topic: Government hospitals

Govt tightens drug billing norm for CGHS claims. What new rule is & why pvt hospitals are pushing back

CGHS issued order to all empanelled hospitals in December 2024, instructing them to accept medicines supplied by CGHS or provide a purchase invoice for medicines, it is learnt.

Bihar’s quiet digital revolution: At govt hospitals, 91% of patient registrations are now paperless

Bihar, state govt records authenticated by the Union health ministry show, now ranks at the top nationally in paperless OPD registrations at government hospitals.

85% of India’s transplant centres are private. Why govt hospitals are struggling to keep up

While number of organ transplants has not seen a significant rise in 2024 compared to previous yr, number of procedures carried out in private hospitals has been higher than govt hospitals.

MP govt wanted pvt players to run its hospitals, set up colleges. The pushback is forcing a rethink

In MP’s Sidhi, the Mohan Yadav-led govt’s proposal to privatise district hospital has drawn flak from patients, doctors, patient rights groups & even some within the ruling BJP.

Filthy toilets, no place to sleep, no CCTV–why night shifts are longer for women doctors

A doctor from Kolkata shared that doctor duty rooms often have either glass or wooden doors that don't even have a latch, making it difficult for them to catch some sleep.

45% hospital prescriptions flout norms, heartburn drug pantoprazole most randomly prescribed: ICMR study

Published in Indian Journal of Medical Research, study classifies nearly 10% prescriptions as 'unacceptable', says such lapses can lead to adverse drug reactions & risk patient health.

Maharashtra Oppn calls for health minister to resign after Nanded hospital deaths — ‘not first time’

Twenty-four patients, including 12 infants who were one to two days old, died between 30 September and 1 October at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital (SCGMCH) in Nanded.

Thane civic hospital where 18 people died in 24 hours functioning over capacity, admin admits

The patients died between Saturday and Sunday at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial Hospital at Kalwa. The exact cause of the deaths is not yet known and is being investigated.

Posing as patient, Chandigarh health secy finds ‘doctor-chemist nexus pushing expensive drugs’ at hospital

Yashpal Garg reached government hospital Saturday night, after receiving several complaints of a doctor-chemist nexus there. Orders probe after finding irregularities.

Haryana govt hospitals get dress code: No jeans, skirts or sneakers for doctors, staff

The policy has been communicated to all government hospitals across the state. Defaulters will be considered absent from duty and liable for strict action, it says.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.