Former Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan appointed as new UPSC Chairperson Kajal Rajput1 Aug 2024 12:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Sudan...
Improve COVID Testing Capacity: Health Ministry, ICMR suggest short, medium-term methods to states Medical Dialogues Bureau21 July 2020 1:59 PM ISTIncreasing the testing capacity may be achieved by adding more labs for COVID testing and enhancing the existing testing capacity of approved labs
Union Health secretary suggests measures to 5 states reporting surge in COVID 19 cases Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 12:44 PM ISTNew Delhi - The Union health ministry on Tuesday suggested five states reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks to analyse...
Private Hospitals cannot insist on COVID-19 tests before providing services: Health Ministry Garima29 April 2020 2:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Taking note of various reports on how private hospitals are denying treatment to critical patients due to fear of coronavirus infection and...
E Cigarettes Ban: Centre seeks report from all states on cases registered, stocks seized, traders Medical Dialogues Bureau6 Jan 2020 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Health ministry has sought an action taken report from all states on the number of cases registered, stocks seized and number of...
Universal Health Coverage Awards 2019: Dr Harsh Vardhan confers best performing States, UTs Medical Dialogues Bureau14 Dec 2019 11:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare conferred the UHC Awards to best performing Primary Healthcare teams of...
Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates National Symposium on the theme ‘United to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis’ Garima1 Nov 2019 4:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: “Planning, commitment, vision, societal involvement and past experiences can help us achieve our goal of eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis...
Dr Harsh Vardhan releases the 14th National Health Profile 2019 Medical Dialogues Bureau31 Oct 2019 5:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the 14thNational Health Profile (NHP)2019 & its e-book (digital...
Kayakalp Awards: AIIMS gets 3 crore, JIPMER Rs 1.5 crore, PGI, Sardarjung Rs 50 lakh each in prize money Medical Dialogues Bureau13 Oct 2019 1:23 PM ISTNEW DELHI: For showing their dedication towards cleanliness at their hospital premises, government medical institutions were recently shown due...
States, UTs should increase healthcare spending to meet National Health Policy goals: Dr Harsh Vardhan Medical Dialogues Bureau11 Oct 2019 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Urging the participating Health Ministers from States/UTs to increase healthcare spending to a minimum 8% of their State budget so as to...
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches WHO India Country Cooperation Strategy 2019–2023 Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Oct 2019 2:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: “The country is passing through a phase of not only transition, but also immense productive transformation in the health sector”. This was...
Union Health Ministry directs MHRD, states to be vigilant of e-cigarettes' use in educational institutions Medical Dialogues Bureau4 Oct 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe Union Health Secretary has asked the Departments of School Education and Literacy and Secretary, Department of Higher Education to issue...
