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Central drugs laboratories find 55 samples to be ‘not of standard quality’ in June
These drugs were manufactured by an unauthorized entity using a...
Improving Patient Outcomes: AI can play a major role
According to the India findings of the Philips Future Health Index...
IRDAI asks insurers to cover AYUSH treatment in health policies
With a board-approved policy guidelines for AYUSH coverage and the IRDA has asked the general insurer to give policyholders an option to choose a treatment of their choice between Allopathic Treatment or AYUSH Treatment Hyderabad: In a bid to provide health insurance...
Insurance industry welcomes Sitharaman’s Interim Budget
In agriculture, support for post-harvest investments, dairy farmers, disease control, and crop insurance highlights a commitment to the sector's growth. Healthcare accessibility is set to improve with the extension of Ayushman Bharat and the plan to establish...
Interim Budget: Big infra projects outlay hiked to Rs 11.1 lakh crore, cuts fiscal deficit to 5.1% of GDP
High-powered committee to look into the challenges arising from fast population growth and demographic changes Top priority is being given to empower four segments that include the poor, women, youth and farmers for the support of the government Ayushman Bharat cover...
Burman family raises stake in Religare Enterprises to 25%
Mohit Burman, chairman, Dabur India The acquirers of Raligare are controlled by members of the Burman family, which has investments across various sectors such as home healthcare, restaurants, insurance(Care Health Insurance), consumer goods, FMCG, etc. New Delhi: The...
Thalassemia, haemophilia patients in Haryana to get Rs 3,000 monthly disability pension
Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister,Haryana Last year, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced to include thalassemia and haemophilia patients with an annual family income up to Rs 3 lakh under the ambit of the disability pension rules Chandigarh:...
Telangana CM directs officials to take steps to create ‘digital health profile’ for citizens
Chief Minister Reddy, after a meeting with Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha and officials, proposed the establishment of a 'digital health profile' linked to a unique number to facilitate emergency treatment, an official release said Hyderabad: Telangana Chief...
Focus on drug price controls, preventive care can curb healthcare inflation
The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, reveals that healthcare professionals (HCPs) believe that enforcing prescription drug price controls and giving greater priority to preventive care stand out as the top two solutions that could effectively...
Bajaj Finserv acquires Vidal Health Insurance TPA
Vidal Health Insurance TPA Pvt Ltd (VHITPA), services premium of over Rs 5,000 crore, covering 130 million lives. The acquisition now enables Bajaj Finserv Health, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv of to offer OPD, wellness, as well as hospitalization benefits to...
Every year spent in school or university may improve life expectancy: Lancet study
"More education leads to better employment and higher income, better access to health care, and helps us take care of our own health. Highly educated people also tend to develop a larger set of social and psychological resources that contribute to their health and the...
Musk’s Neuralink implants brain chip in first human
Elon Musk ``Neuralink’s first product would be called Telepathy. It will enable “control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking. The product’s initial users will be people who have lost the use of their limbs. Imagine if...