Healthcare
Private hospitals fleecing patients on consumables, diagnostics
21 Feb 2018
An analysis of bills from four reputed private hospitals in Delhi and NCR by the NPPA reveals that they are making profits of up to 1,737 per cent on drugs, consumables and diagnostics that are not price controlled
NPPA lowers ceiling on stent prices further
13 Feb 2018
The maximum price of bare metal stent has been fixed at Rs7,660 against Rs8,000 earlier and that of drug-eluting stents (DES) at Rs27,890 against Rs31,000 previously
Singh brothers quit Fortis Board
09 Feb 2018
Late on Thursday, the Singh brothers – also the promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories - stepped down from the Fortis board in connection with a case against Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo which they lost in the Delhi High Court
US set to slash funds for battle against global epidemics
02 Feb 2018
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries as funds run out, but India is among the countries that will continue to get priority