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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicHealthcare in India

Topic: Healthcare in India

Pune Hospital conducts first-ever Bone Conduction hearing implants

The implants were conducted on a seven-year-old male child suffering from severe hearing loss and one adult with single-sided deafness.

Health ministry launches myCGHS App for enhanced healthcare access

The app was developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the NIC Health Team.

Andhra has 3rd highest C-section rate in India. How it’s trying to reverse trend, with midwives at helm

Pan-India, C-section increasingly becoming an elective surgery rather than one driven by medical necessity. A state govt pilot project, which has kicked off in Tenali, aims to change this.

SubscriberWrites: India’s new healthcare system– A double-edged sword

The growing healthcare industry also fuels innovation thereby facilitating the development of innovative drugs in India, reducing its dependence on the rest of the world.

Aadhaar can help India gamify healthcare. Give citizens points for positive behaviour

Aadhaar data can be used to nudge public behaviour through a points-based incentive system, with additive benefits the more health-positive actions one takes.

Why drones need to be part of public healthcare in India

Telangana, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and many other states have successfully undertaken drone experiments for healthcare.

Why are so many people dying in Maharashtra govt hospitals? A ‘half-hearted’ solution & same old story

14 people died in 24 hrs at Ghati govt hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, one of the Maharashtra public healthcare facilities that have courted headlines over a suspicious number of patient fatalities.

Seeking ‘respectable pay, job regularisation’, Haryana ASHA workers on strike for a month & counting

ASHA workers allege brief being widened without a pay hike. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij says he has called a meeting of the representatives of ASHA workers on 13 September.

Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Ltd to launch dengue vaccine by January 2026

According to NCDC, there was a 333% surge in dengue cases from 2020 to 2021 and a 21% rise in number of cases between 2021 and 2022.

P&G India to invest $244 million in Gujarat for personal healthcare manufacturing facility

The new facility spanning over 50,000 sq meters in Sanand, Gujarat, will be used to manufacture digestive products that are part of parent P&G's global healthcare product portfolio.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.