Cause of recent fire isn’t known, but police suspect it was a short circuit. Govt has asked 6-member panel to investigate incident that claimed at least six lives.
State govt has announced 9-month pilot programme to serve ‘nutritious’ food to patients in 3 of Bengaluru’s public hospitals, the supplier being ISKCON, a Hindu religious organisation.
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, state govt records authenticated by the Union health ministry show, now ranks at the top nationally in paperless OPD registrations at government hospitals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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