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NCDRC directs Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, doctor to pay Rs 65 lakh to patient
While awarding the compensation, the commission considered various...
India’s population expected to reach 152.2 cr, sex ratio can increase from 943 in 2011 to 952 by 2036
By 2036, population of India is expected to reach 152.2 crore, with...
Mental health may impact chances of breakthrough COVID: Study
''Our research suggests that increased breakthrough infections in people with psychiatric disorders cannot be entirely explained by socio-demographic factors or pre-existing conditions,'' said senior study author Aoife O'Donovan from UCSF. People who are vaccinated...
E-cigs using synthetic nicotine come under FDA oversight
Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. The action targets Puff Bar and several other vaping companies that recently switched their formulas to laboratory-made...
PM Modi says India to get record number of doctors in next 10 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The goal of having at least one medical college in every district and ensuring that medical education was in reach of everyone will result in the country getting a record numbers of doctors after 10 years,” the PM said Ahmedabad: Prime...
Ayushman Bharat: Tele-consultation facility to start at 1 lakh wellness centres from Saturday
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ''Now common citizens will also be able to consult the big doctors of the country! ''On the occasion of the 4th anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres, 'e-Sanjeevani Tele-consultation' facility will be...
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 mln as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
Roughly 64.8% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, although only 14.8% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose, according to figures from Our World in Data Since 2020, about 37% of the world's COVID cases...
IRDA alerts on fraudulent sales health covers by “Even Healthcare”
The insurance regulator IRDAI on Wednesday said it has come to its notice that an entity by the name “Even Healthcare Pvt Ltd” having their corporate office at ‘No.311,6th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indira nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka and having website www.even.in is...
Venkatesh Naidu appointed as CEO of Bajaj Capital Insurance Broking
Bajaj Capital Insurance Broking has announced the appointment of Venkatesh Naidu as its chief executive officer. Venkatesh has over 20 years of experience in working and building renowned insurance organisations in India like Exide Life Insurance, Bharti AXA Life...
Andhra CM inspects information kiosk model to be set up in Aarogyasri hospitals
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy The Chief Minister stated that the government embarked on bringing revolutionary reforms in the health sector for providing better services to the people right from filling up all the vacant posts, to revamping all...
Global initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases, responsible for 7 in 10 deaths worldwide
NCDs are largely preventable and treatable, nearly seven million lives could be saved for just US$ 0.84 per person per year from now until 2030, says the UN health agency This investment would realize more than $230 billion in economic and societal benefits and head...
UN: COVID plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war
According to the U.N., 812 million people lived in extreme poverty — on USD 1.90 a day or less -- in 2019, and by 2021 amid the pandemic the number had risen to 889 million A UN analysis indicates ''1.7 billion people are faced with exposure to spiking food, energy...