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Stop miscommunicating, build trust, not fear, to achieve insurance for All: Seth urges life insurers
R Doraiswamy, MD&CEO, Life Insurance Corporation and Ajay Seth,...
Extreme heat kills more than 1,300 across Europe
And across Europe, "more than 1,300 excess deaths have been...
Govt allocates over Rs 9,500 crore for AB-PMJAY in FY27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The government has also expanded access to affordable medicines through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana. More than 15 lakh people are purchasing low-cost medicines daily through Jan Aushadhi Kendras, generating savings...
Indian cancer patients battle shortage of key drugs as platinum costs surge
Doctors and drug distributors said supplies of drugs such as cisplatin and carboplatin, used to treat cancers of the lung, ovaries and gall bladder, have been tight in recent weeks. Kumar Ajit spent more than a week calling dozens of pharmacies in India before he...
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 90% of eligible cancer patients under the scheme were able to access treatment within 30 days, demonstrating the programme's role in improving timely healthcare access. New Delhi:Jagat Prakash Nadda,...
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...