Laws to push doctors to prescribe affordable, generic drugs in the offing, hints PM savita thakur thakur18 April 2017 1:17 PM ISTSurat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated that his government may bring in a legal framework under which doctors will have to prescribe generic...
Healthcare infrastructure woefully short of demand: KPMG Study savita thakur thakur16 April 2017 9:10 AM ISTThe country is woefully short of healthcare infrastructure as less than one-third of the population use public sector healthcare services and the...
Govt working to improve health sector despite challenges: JP Nadda savita thakur thakur19 Feb 2017 10:41 AM ISTUnion Health Minister J P Nadda said the government is working to improve healthcare sector despite challenges and the decision to slash prices of...
1 doctor for every 1668 people, about 8 Lakh overall: Govt savita thakur thakur4 Feb 2017 1:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: India has one doctor for every 1,668 people, while nearly eight lakh doctors across the country may be in active service at present, the...
Accord national priority status to healthcare sector : NATHEALTH savita thakur thakur29 Jan 2017 12:28 PM ISTNew Delhi:Â The health care sector needs to be accorded 'national priority' status as doing so will help in developing innovative financing structures...
Women, Child health care a priority in government health mission at Puducherry savita thakur thakur24 Jan 2017 12:14 PM ISTPuducherry: Health care of women and children is a priority in the health mission of Puducherry government, which had integrated existing schemes of...
Law for healthcare rights is need of hour: Vice President Ansari savita thakur thakur15 Jan 2017 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: Underlining the urgent need for a law that covers healthcare rights, Vice President Hamid Ansari said there is evidence to suggest that...
Most Indians dependent on private healthcare: Study savita thakur thakur5 Dec 2016 2:38 PM ISTHouseholds across India still overwhelmingly depend on private providers for healthcare services over public healthcare, a recent study has...
Neglecting healthcare will negatively impact Indian economy: Vice President Ansari savita thakur thakur15 Nov 2016 9:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: Asserting that the neglect of healthcare will have a negative impact on India's economy combined with rising population, Vice President...
Training informal health providers can boost healthcare: Study savita thakur thakur24 Oct 2016 2:34 PM ISTTraining of informal health providers, a major component of primary care, can help fill the gap in the rural healthcare system due to huge shortage of...
India recorded highest number of under-5 deaths in the world: Lancet Study savita thakur thakur7 Oct 2016 5:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: India has recorded the highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2015, according to a latest Lancet study which also...
Quality health care must for India: FICCI experts savita thakur thakur26 Aug 2016 9:01 AM ISTEmphasising that India needs to transform its healthcare sector as it loses huge amount of money due to premature deaths and preventable illnesses...
