Report by FICCI and consultancy firm KPMG says ‘new-age healthcare’ models offering patients more control over health and wellness management, health data and choice of providers.
Fact-finding team of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan visited the DSCGMC hospital where 24 patients died in 24 hours last month. Report says these deaths 'just tip of iceberg'.
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.
23 hospitals from National Cancer Grid, a network of over 250 cancer centres, pilot ‘pooled procurement’ to improve negotiability for high-value oncology and supportive-care drugs.
US govt has unveiled names of first 10 drugs whose prices will be subjected to negotiations between Medicare & manufacturers, amid massive pushback by the big pharma lobby.
The Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023, is being planned as a substitute for the existing drug law, which was passed during the pre-Independence period.
It is crucial to view citizens not merely as beneficiaries but as consumers of medical services. It allows consumers to play a more proactive role in their health.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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