Mohammad Raghib Qureshi, head of chancery at the Indian Consulate, browses a brochure after launching the Healthcare Tourism Information Center in Jeddah on Sunday. — SG photoSyeda AmtulSaudi GazetteJEDDAH — India on Sunday launched an information center in Jeddah to provide guidance and … [Read more...]
Peanuts for UPA’s urban health plan – Times of India
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI: UPA's quiver for the 2014 battle may end up with one blunt arrow with the long-promised National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) for urban poor being backed by a mere Rs 1 crore budget for the entire fiscal.Attempts by the health ministry to use the rural health mission funds to push the new … [Read more...]
PHCG brings Digitas Health to India; eyes China, Japan forays in 2013 – Campaign India
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) has launched Digitas Health in India. The healthcare communications agency with focus on digital will operate as a division of healthcare specialist Publicis Life Brands Watermelon.Publicis Life Brands Watermelon was formed following Publicis’ … [Read more...]
Manipal hospitals invests in Ankur Healthcare – Times of India
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BANGALORE: Manipal Health Enterprises (MHE), a part of Ranjan Pai-led Manipal Education and Medical Group, has invested in Ankur Healthcare, which is focused on reproductive medicine and men's health, for an undisclosed sum.Founded by Dr Vasan S S and Dr Bina Vasan, Ankur Healthcare, which runs four … [Read more...]
Health matters: Hands-on experience – Indian Express
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Students of Classes X-XII of DPS, Pune, are getting first hand experience of the functioning of a hospital at Columbia Asia Hospital as they interact with doctors and other stakeholders. The programme started on May 6 and will continue till June 16. Col (Retd) Dr Sunil Rao, general manager, Columbia … [Read more...]
No Answers in Sight for India’s Diabetes Crisis – TIME
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg / Getty Images India's diabetes epidemic has triggered surging demand for dialysisEmail Print Share Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Mixx Delicious Google+CommentFollow @TIMEWorldFor nearly two years, Manoramani has made the … [Read more...]
Can New Delivery Models Help Fix India’s Health Care Woes? – Knowledge@Wharton
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The statistics tell a stark tale: India's population is 1.2 billion and growing. The country has a GDP of US$ 1.85 trillion but health care spending is only about 5% of that. India's ratio of nine hospital beds per 10,000 people is far from adequate. Although much attention is focused on infectious … [Read more...]
Smartphone doctors can fill India’s healthcare gap – ZDNet
May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There are gadgets that can connect to smartphones and give users, or patients, information regarding blood pressure and heartbeat rate, as well as chart lung infections, and even sonograms. There are even additional devices which allow patients to take pictures of both their ears and behind their … [Read more...]
Shameful: More newborns die in India than anywhere else in the world – India.Com Health
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
India accounts for 29 percent of all the first-day deaths globally, the highest for any country, according to the ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ report released by ‘Save the Children’ on May 6th 2013. This dismal rank puts a question mark over claims made by the Union government in regard … [Read more...]
Sikkim moves to ‘catch’ health problems – Times of India
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Preventive health checks! The exclusive preserve of the affluent in most parts of India but not in the hill state of Sikkim where the government-backed Comprehensive Annual and Total Check-up for Healthy (CATCH) programme aims to reach out to people even in the remotest areas.The state's unique … [Read more...]