-Economic and Political Weekly The key to improving the quality of healthcare services in India and reducing costs at the same time can be found by enacting legislation which lays down minimum standards of patient care. In the absence of such standards and the reluctance of health insurance companies to standardise either price or quality, healthcare services continue to be expensive and of doubtful quality. Developing standards of patient care by...
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Delhi High Court dismisses plea for supply of generic medicines -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu New Delhi: While observing that the Court could not encroach into policy matters of the government, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest writ petition seeking directions to the Centre to make available generic medicines and medical treatment to the public at large at a reasonable cost. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw had earlier this week said that the Centre and...
More »Seeds of hope: The story of Irula women and their empowerment -Marisha Karwa
-DNA A nursery in a small Tamil Nadu town is enabling Irula women, once a forest-dwelling people, to gradually join the mainstream, reports Marisha Karwa Where do you go when you have no place to call home? What do you do when your means of livelihood has been declared illegal? And how do you live a life that is alien to the ways and norms of what has been passed to...
More »The primary focus -K Srinath Reddy
-The Indian Express The World Universal Health Coverage Day, observed on December 12, builds on growing global momentum towards introducing universal health coverage (UHC) in national health plans and reinforces the case for including UHC as a prominent sustainable development goal to be adopted by the UN next year. India proposes to implement a programme of national health assurance, which embraces the principles of UHC. It is expected that the government...
More »After price control, several key drugs in short supply -Durgesh Nandan Jha & Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government's price control measure for essential medicines has had an unexpected fallout - several of these drugs, including those for treatment of chronic ailments such as high uric acid levels, diabetes and acne, are either in short supply or have gone missing from chemist shops. Among the drugs facing shortage are Zyloric (prescribed for uric acid control), Ocid (acidity), CCM (calcium supplement) and Etroxin (a...
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