Tata Trust has recommended a three-tier step-down model focusing on prevention and early detection of cancer and making cancer care accessible by reducing the travel time to a maximum 2.5-3 hours, which would result in improved survival rates.

Although beneficiaries have been identified and the IT infrastructure has been put in place, the involvement of hospitals – public and private – and insurance companies was still to be finalized, said Indu Bhushan, chief executive officer of the government’s project

In 2017, the Law Commission of India, in its 271st report, had prepared the draft Bill called The DNA Based Technology (Use and Regulation) Bill, 2017, stressing on its usage for disaster victim identification, criminal investigation and identification of missing persons 

The sub-group, will undertake a systematic study of costing of treatment and the suggestions will be taken into account while revising the prices in future.As of now, the government will go ahead with the prices for treatment of ailments under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme on the basis of the draft model tender document,,

Even at a marginal profit of 15%, crores of rupees would unnecessarily go to the third party. Therefore in order to keep the current healthcare delivery system intact, and preventing it from collapsing, all the stakeholders including private players and IMA needs to be taken in confidence, said Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, National President IMA

At a meeting with Singh, AC makers were also advised to have labelling indicating the optimum temperature setting for the benefits of consumers both from financial and their health points of view, The new campaign will result in substantial energy savings and also reduce greenhouse gas emission,,the power ministry said in a statement.

The hospitals will be opened in Hub and Spoke models under the Affordable Health care Project of the State Government. While some hospitals will function as central hospitals or hubs, the rest will operate as branch hospitals or spokes.