Less than one doctor for 1000 population in India: Government to Lok Sabha savita thakur thakur22 July 2017 9:39 AM ISTNEW DELHI: India has less than one doctor for every 1000 population which is less than the World Health Organisation (WHO)  standard, the Lok Sabha...
NHRC Notice to Tamil Nadu Over Shortage of Doctors in Govt Hospitals savita thakur thakur8 Jun 2017 1:11 PM ISTThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about the plight of patients due to the shortage of...
UP to now engage private practitioners in government Hospitals Meghna A Singhania7 May 2017 3:13 PM ISTLucknow: Stricken with the acute shortage of Medical practitioners in the state, the UP government ash now shown its inclination to engage private...
UP Health Bonanza: CM promises 6 AIIMS, 25 Medical Colleges to meet 5 lakh doctor requirement savita thakur thakur6 April 2017 9:00 AM ISTLucknow: Stressing on the need to advance medical facilities in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said at least five lakh more doctors are...
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...
New scheme for Indian doctors in UK to plug shortages savita thakur thakur15 Jan 2017 1:33 PM ISTLONDON: The UK has launched a new placement scheme to bring in doctors from India to plug shortages in the emergency departments of its state-funded...
Government acting to overcome shortage of doctors: Nadda savita thakur thakur22 Sept 2016 2:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: While the nation is struggling with vector borne diseases like chikungunya and Dengue, the requirement of the healthcare staff has...
Short of 5 lakh doctors, India nears a Health Crisis savita thakur thakur3 Sept 2016 11:18 AM ISTNEW DELHI: In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016.In Kanpur,...
New Delhi: Chikungunya on the rise savita thakur thakur17 Aug 2016 1:18 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Chikungunya has been on the rise in the national capital this year but is being under-reported due to shortage of testing facilities and...
Himachal : Walk in interviews for doctors to address shortage savita thakur thakur10 July 2016 4:00 PM ISTThe Himachal Pradesh government has decided to hold "walk-in" interviews of doctors and is considering increasing the retirement age of medical...
States should take responsibility of doctors Shortage: Nadda Pooja Bhatia Bhatia4 Jun 2016 3:35 PM ISTUnion Health Minister J.P Nadda in a recent press statement clearly implied that respective state governments should take up responsibility for...
Haryana to dismiss 140 doctors abstaining from duty for long savita thakur thakur27 April 2016 11:33 AM ISTChandigarh: The Haryana government has decided to dismiss 140 doctors who have been abstaining from duty for a long period, Health Minister Anil Vij...
