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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
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Topic: Public Health

Tech changing healthcare, need ‘uniform, progressive regulations’, FICCI report urges govt

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.

Outcome document adopted at G20 health ministers’ meet, focus on long-Covid, climate-resilient systems

Gandhinagar meeting, held under India’s presidency, saw countries unanimously adopt a 25-point document, reaffirming commitment of G20 countries to strengthening ‘global health architecture’.

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.

Rajasthan’s Right to Health Bill disregards citizen voices, must be scrapped

It seems that the Rajasthan govt neither considers the private sector an equal partner nor does it think that doctors have the patient’s best interests in mind.

‘Want states to own scheme too’ — Ayushman Bharat health cards to have both central & state logos

PMJAY funded by central & state govts in 60:40 ratio. But until now, its health cards had only Centre’s logo, which some states had objected to. Transgenders now on PMJAY list too.

Distrust of Indian doctors isn’t new. Class-caste bias always ruled medical profession

As a practising doctor, I discovered large question marks on claims of a trustful patient-doctor relationship in the past. The routine dehumanisation of underprivileged patients remains a rarely mentioned topic.

Human body’s housing ‘illegal garbage’ – Another public health crisis in developing countries

The convenience of plastic is no longer living up to its promise. Landfills overflowing and microplastics have entered the human body.

Roe v Wade saga shows India must reform health data policy. Protection, privacy not same

India’s health data policies assume that enabling data sharing and interoperability will lead to desirable outcomes. But this approach comes with its own risks.

Big push in fight against malaria, dengue: 4 more institutes to train vector-illness experts

Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), which comes under ICMR, is currently the only institution that offers an MSc in Public Health Entomology.

Dedicated teams, cost, facilities — why pvt hospitals do over 75% of organ transplants in India

India is third in the world in numbers of solid organ transplants after US & China, with 17,000-18,000 surgeries each year.

On Camera

RSS is warming up to Yogi Adityanath. CM has many more boxes to tick

It’s not just the Opposition parties Yogi Adityanath has to contend with. His detractors within the BJP are no less formidable.

Modi govt’s PM internship scheme saw high attrition in Year 1. Just 30% joined, 41% quit midway

According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.