Healthcare
Tesla restores power at children’s hospital in Puerto Rico
26 Oct 2017
Elon Musk's company announced its success in restoring power to the hospital in less than three weeks after Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rossello tweeted on 6 October about the project
ICMR tightens regulations for biomedical research
18 Oct 2017
The council said human participation in biomedical research should be based on informed consent and the principle of voluntariness should give due respect for the right of the participant to agree or not to agree to participate in research, or to withdraw from research at any time
Modi dedicates All India Institute of Ayurveda to nation
17 Oct 2017
Set up as an apex institute under the ministry of AYUSH, the AIIA will bring in synergy between traditional wisdom of Ayurveda and modern diagnostic tools and technology
Trump inks executive order to bypass Congress, undercut Obamacare
13 Oct 2017
Trump’s order cuts off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients and instead lets small businesses band together to buy cheaper, less regulated health plans for their employees, which, however, may not be available until 2019
Assam ties up with Tata Trusts for unique 3-tier cancer care grid
13 Oct 2017
Under the Rs1,400-cr partnership, Assam will have L1 or a state-level cancer care institute in Guwahati with L2 or medical colleges offering chemotherapy, radiation and surgical oncology, and L3 or district hospitals with day-care, chemotherapy and radiation facilities
World's 'better' countries have higher rates of cancer
12 Oct 2017
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research
ICMR chief Soumya Swaminathan gets key role at WHO
04 Oct 2017
Described as the ‘Father of Economic Ecology’ by the United Nations Environment Programme, Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been named by Time magazine as one of the 20 most influential Indians of the 20th century, along with Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
NPPA urges better regulation of private hospitals
23 Sep 2017
This is because the cost of treatment, including surgical procedures at most of these hospitals remain high despite the NPPA effecting major reductions in the prices of essential medicines and medical implants
Stent prices slashed, but angioplasty costs yet to come down
08 Sep 2017
Reports said that in some cases the ''balloons and catheters'' that are used during angioplasty are ''charged at a much higher level than the stent itself'
Another UP hospital tragedy: 49 kids die from lack of oxygen, drugs
04 Sep 2017
The deaths the Ram Manohar Lohia Rajkiya Chikitsalaya in Farrukhabad district have been attributed to laxity by the hospital staff combined with a lack of medicines and shortage of oxygen supply
Negligence caused Gorakhpur child deaths: IMA panel
19 Aug 2017
The hospital was understaffed, overwhelmed with critically ill children and had temporarily lost its oxygen supply on the intervening night of 9 and 10 August, says the doctors panel
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