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Odisha govt reassures public amid confusion over Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana continuity
The confusion stems from the BJP's announcement to implement the...
Bihar govt to distribute one crore new Ayushman Bharat health insurance cards within next month
The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY)...
NGOs raise concern over reduction in fund allocation in Budget for social sector
HelpAge India said there were high expectations from the budget given the pandemic which has adversely affected the income, pension and health needs of the nearly 14 crore elderly population. ''The budget has left those unaddressed,'' it said. New Delhi: NGOs working...
Budget fails to cheer healthcare sector as many demands unmet
NATHEALTH President Harsh Mahajan said, ''The embedded credit issue in the healthcare sector still remains unaddressed, and we hope to soon find a viable solution acceptable to the government.'' There is also a need to create fiscal incentives for investments/PPP in...
National tele mental health programme welcome step especially in view of long COVID: Experts
Dr Girdhar Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers (India), said the government's intent of focusing on setting up 23-mental health centers will be beneficial in general and more specifically for long COVID patients New Delhi: Healthcare experts...
New smartphone app developed for rapid, sensitive Covid detection
The app uses a smartphone’s camera to measure a chemical reaction and determines a diagnosis in 25 minutes, at a fraction of the cost of current diagnostic methods “As new COVID variants emerge globally, testing and detection remain essential to pandemic control...
Nobody losing jobs due to non-vaccination, Centre tells SC
"What is urgent is the vaccine mandate because people are losing their jobs. They are losing their rations," advocate Prashant Bhushan said, arguing that people are not able to move around freely due to these vaccine mandates Opposing this argument, Solicitor General...
Budget 2022-23: Widening Health Covers
Satish Gidugu, CEO, Medi Assist Healthcare Services There is a need to reduce the GST rates on insurance premiums, allow input credit on GST paid towards employee health insurance and eliminate perquisite tax on employee medical reimbursements The COVID-19 pandemic...
Economic Survey:Health sector expenditure in 2021-22 projected to be 73 per cent higher than 2019-20
The latest NFHS-5 shows that Total Fertility Rate (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further come down to 2 in 2019-21 from 2.2 in 2015-16. Sex ratio, number of females per 1000 males, in the total population has risen from 991 females in 2015-16...
Govt to spend Rs 64,000 crore under Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission: Prez
President Ram Nath Kovind The small farmers of the country have also benefited from the new changes in the crop insurance scheme. More than Rs one lakh crore have been given as compensation to about eight crore farmers since these changes were introduced President Ram...
‘Bengaluru among 10 southern cities exceeding WHO air quality guidelines’
The primary contributors to worsening the air quality are fossil fuel-powered infrastructural development, industries, transport, waste burning, and construction activity. Chronic exposure to air pollution increases the likelihood of asthma, low birth weight,...
Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin likely to be capped at Rs 275 after getting regular market approval
As of now, Covaxin is priced at Rs 1,200 per dose while Covishield costs Rs 780 in private facilities. The prices include Rs 150 service charge New Delhi: The price of Covishield and Covaxin, the Covid vaccines which are expected to soon get regular market approval...