Tag: Hospital
Public health expenditure in India stood at 1.4% of GDP in...
The statistics from the Economic Survey commissioned by the government shows that public health spending in India continues to be dismal..........
Lancet’s latest research paper bats for ethical dialysis
Besides stressing on the cost-effective, safe and equitable access to dialysis as the need of the hour, the Lancet Paper also argues that access criteria and policy.....
Hope for new treatment for Huntington’s disease
The discovery, published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, opens the way for new approaches to treating the currently untreatable and deadly neurodegenerative disease....
BMCHRC organizes a rally to commemorate 16th cancer survivor’s day
All cancer patients and survivors from across the state being treated at Jaipur based Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital & Research Centre participated in the rally....
Coronary stent price cap order has no logic: Indian firms tell...
Association of Indian Medical Device Manufacturers (AIMeD) has also drawn attention to possible conflict and problem points which will arise now in the wake of this notification....
Immunotherapy to tackle cancer, India tests first dendritic cell vaccine
Cancer antigen SPAG9 discovered at National Institute of Immunology after being tested successfully in the first phase of clinical trials, is now undergoing second phase of trials involving longer and detailed study.......
Budget 2017: “Make universal health coverage a reality”
Government should cover insurance premium for the poor, mentioned Dr Prem Nair, Medical Director, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala. Read More:
Budget 2017: ‘Give incentives to build hospitals in rural areas’
In his expectations from Budget 2017, the Chairman of Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, Dr S Gurushankar lists steps that could improve the healthcare accessibility in rural areas....
One in 100 Indians suffers from wheat allergy
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in association with Celiac Support Organization is raising awareness on wheat allergy....
Drastic difference between govt & private hospital expenditure
Post hospitalization, 25 percent in rural and 18 percent urban areas depended on borrowing for meeting their hospital expenses for treating illness....