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No immediate risk to India, says Kerala medical expert amid pneumonic plague scare in Russia
"Plague is well known to modern medicine. There are preventive...
Wall Street PEs’ $10 bn hospital bet sparks fight over healthcare costs, Insurers Fret
S Prakash, CEO of the General Insurance Council’s Health Insurance...
Nadda to launch Aarogya Setu 2.0 and other digital Initiatives for health sector on Monday
The initiatives being launched include citizen-facing applications, provider-focused solutions, interoperability frameworks, registries and data standards. They are expected to enhance accessibility, efficiency and interoperability across the healthcare ecosystem...
Govt to launch affordable cloud-based hospital management system for small clinics on Jun 29
Union Health Minister J P Nadda will launch an e-Sushrut clinic, a simplified HMIS developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), aimed at addressing the digital needs of small clinics, primary health centres, health and wellness centres,...
Health Insurance: Creating simple, adequate, and transparent solutions
Among young Indians, the study finds that financial awareness is no longer translating into protection. While over half of Gen Z respondents actively invest through mutual funds and SIPs, many continue to postpone purchasing personal health insurance, assuming...
46 drug samples manufactured by various firms to be “not of standard quality
Identification of drug samples as NSQ is done based on failure of the drug sample in one or the other specified quality parameters. The failure is specific to the drug products of the batch tested by the government laboratory and it does not warrant any concerns on...
India achieves landmark milestone of 5 lakh organ donation pledges
Facilitating this endeavour, the Aadhaar-based organ donation pledge registration portal, notto.abdm.gov.in, has significantly streamlined the registration process by making it more accessible, secure and transparent. The platform has enabled citizens across the...
Policybazaar launches Health Claims Experience Index
Sarbvir Singh, Joint Group CEO, Policybazaar, said, "The HCX™ Index is an attempt to bring greater transparency and customer-centricity to this aspect of health insurance by creating a common benchmark for measuring claims experience.Health insurance ultimately proves...
India limits cough syrup sales to pharmacies after contamination cases
The government has now removed cough syrups from the exemption list, while allowing pills, tablets and lozenges to remain on it, according to a government notification dated June 15. New Delhi:India has restricted cough syrup sales to licensed pharmacies especially...
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,...