- Created on 17 December 2018
Sarvodaya Hospital sets up Cancer Care Centre in Delhi
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: Delhi has got a standalone cancer daycare centre in Greater Kailash for people who need chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted cancer therapy, but do not wish to visit a hospital.
- Created on 17 December 2018
Arogya Dhoots to assist abandoned patients in Hyderabad hospitals
DTMT Network
Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital (OGH) has launched Bed Side Assistance service for unattended, abandoned patients and senior citizens. The service has been launched in association with Helping Hand Foundation (HHI). It has 20 Arogya Dhoots trained in basic home care and bed side care.
- Created on 17 December 2018
IMA opposes government's moves on National Medical Commission bill
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has again strongly opposed the draft Bill that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India with a new body, claiming it will cripple the medical profession.
- Created on 17 December 2018
Pune docs educate 1700 people on menstrual health
DTMT Network
Doctors from Pune’s Motherhood Hospitals, in association with NGO Spherule Foundation, educated a gathering of 1700 girls and boys about menstrual health on December 17, 2018. By educating such a huge gathering, the doctors also made an attempt to enter the event in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- Created on 17 December 2018
Indian Govt. changes referral system under CGHS
BS RAWAT
NEW DELHI: The Indian health ministry has changed the referral system under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) permitting beneficiaries to seek consultations and treatment from specialists at empaneled private hospitals only after due referral from CGHS, that too within 30 days of referral and with limit imposed on specialist consultations.
- Created on 17 December 2018
Despite government's claims, TB patients increasing in India
Rohit Shishodia
Even as the Indian government claims that it will eliminate tuberculosis by 2025, the on ground statistics reveal a completely different picture. Instead of getting reduced, the cases of TB have increased substantially in 2018. In the first 11 months of calendar year 2018, as many as 35,000 more TB patients were reported as compared to the full year in 2017. This information has been given by India’s Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, in the Rajya Sabha.
