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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicIndian health care

Topic: Indian health care

Poor claims ratio, ‘hidden’ clauses—India’s health insurance firms need new business models

In an environment where there is, often legitimate, mistrust between stakeholders—insurance firms, hospitals and patients—it is no surprise that the results are sub-optimal.

AIIMS won’t shift patient burden onto states. Steel frame of India’s healthcare is Centre’s job

A talk at ICC on the institute's 67-year legacy began by displaying rare photos of Nehru at the convocation, but soon turned to the state of healthcare and AIIMS' role in framing policies.

Dear Indian men, the bumps under your beard could be warts. Applying choona won’t help

Black, big circular skin tags—they don’t look like what most imagine warts to be. If you had gone to a barbershop, time to switch salons.

Private sector good, public healthcare bad? Here’s how Chhattisgarh broke the myth

In 'Dreams of a Healthy India', TS Singh Deo writes about how Chhattisgarh focused on increasing the government healthcare infrastructure to reach the poor and the marginalised.

Modi govt builds more hospitals as population rises but India faces acute shortage of doctors

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Parliament in March that India had a ratio of 1 doctor per 834 patients, but this included doctors practising traditional forms of medicine.

India needs to innovate in filling vacant hospital posts. Building new AIIMS alone won’t cut it

Right-minded reforms in healthcare are in place, but India should not end up in a situation where the surgery is successful but the patient is dead.

India can’t afford to keep pvt healthcare out of Ayushman Bharat Digital. Govt must do more

Smaller healthcare providers are less likely to participate due to the high labour costs and financial costs of upgrading digital health systems.

1 doctor for 1,511 people, 1 nurse for 670 — Covid exposes India’s healthcare ‘fault lines’

The 15th Finance Commission, in a first-of-its-kind stock-taking exercise in the backdrop of Covid pandemic, has put out statistics about chronic shortages in India’s health system.

Dear Indians, don’t rush to support everything Trump does. WHO funding cut only hurts us

Beyond the coronavirus pandemic, India is often at the cusp of outbreaks such as encephalitis or measles. A bankrupt WHO will leave India without best global practices.

Coronavirus death toll rises to 114 in India, number of cases climb to 4,421

According to the Health Ministry, three new deaths were reported from Rajasthan, while Tripura recorded its first coronavirus case.

On Camera

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.