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Mathur panel to check `exclusions’ in health insurance policies

The committee, headed by S Mathur, executive director, IRDAI, will deliberate issues like, exclusions that are prevalent in the health insurance policies. rationalise the exclusions by minimising the number, so as to enhance the scope of health insurance coverage granted. rationalise the exclusions that disallow coverage with respect to new modalities of treatments and technologically advanced medical treatments.

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Emerging sex disease MG ‘could become next superbug’

Eradication rates of MG following treatment with one family of antibiotics, called macrolides, are decreasing globally.MG can be missed – and if it is not treated correctly, it can develop resistance to antibiotics.One can get it by having unprotected sex with someone who has it. Condoms can prevent this spread.MG does not always cause symptoms and will not always need treatment, but it can be missed or mistaken for a different sexually transmitted infection, such as Chlamydia.

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India Heading Towards Comprehensive Healthcare Crisis, Says Amartya Sen

Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India ranks among the poorest achievers of good health. The shortfall of India”s health achievements compared with those of, say, China or Thailand is large and has been growing larger. Even within South Asia, Bangladesh and Nepal have overtaken India in health accomplishment, including in life expectancy

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