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Indian cancer patients battle shortage of key drugs as platinum costs surge
Doctors and drug distributors said supplies of drugs such as...
AB PM-JAY beneficiaries avail over 12 crore treatments worth more than ₹1.82 lakh crore:Nadda
Referring to findings published in The Lancet, he noted that nearly...
India Health Quotient: Balancing Physical, Mental, Financial, Occupational and Social wellbeing
"Health conversation in India is changing, people are no longer asking just how do I get treated, but how do I stay well.India scores 65 out of 100 across five dimensions of health: physical, mental, financial, occupational and social. Financial dimension scores the...
Health insurance providing financial protection to over 60% of Indian households:Govt Survey
Flagship schemes such as Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) have played a pivotal role in increasing access to affordable healthcare services, particularly for vulnerable populations.Expansion marks a critical step towards universal health...
SC says right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life; passes slew of directions
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar also directed the states and UTs to establish functional (physical and digital) good samaritan grievance redressal systems with designated nodal authorities at state and district level within three months, and...
WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak outpacing response efforts
“We are now playing catch-up with a very fast-moving epidemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday during a virtual briefing of African health ministers. “At the moment, the epidemic is outpacing us.” Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic...
Nadda reviews preparedness and surveillance measures for Ebola disease
Jagat Prakash Nadda,Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Nadda also directed the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to keep all...
Sanjeevani digital health record services will be launched across Andhra on Aug 15:CM
N Chandrababu Naidu,Chief Minister,Andhra Pradesh "We have decided to start the Sanjeevani project across the state on August 15. The government took up measures to undertake 42 medical tests right at home and handover the reports," Naidu said, adding that Sanjeevani...
Govt launches tech platforms for sr citizens and elderly care
Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, launched the JEEVAN (Joint Elderly Empowerment & Virtual Assistance Network) mobile application, a dedicated digital platform...
100 crore health records linked with Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts
Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health Authority ABDM is designed to place citizens at the centre of the digital health ecosystem. With consent-based sharing of health records, individuals can access their medical information whenever required and share relevant...
Munich Re appoints Gavin Maistry as its chief executive for Life and Health, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
Gavin Maistry, chief executive-designate,Life and Health Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Munich Re In his new role, Gavin Maistry will oversee approximately 600 professionals across 16 branches and representative offices, serving over 600 clients in APAC MEA. In...
Insurers should treat hantavirus as a risk requiring case-specific attention, not as a systemic shock factor
Unlike COVID-19 or seasonal influenza, there is no risk of systemic accumulation or correlation among insured populations. There is also no evidence of sustained super spreading dynamics comparable to airborne respiratory viruses, explained SCOR.. Paris: Hantavirus...