-The Economic Times India has some of the best quaternary and tertiary care in the world and is gradually acquiring a name for itself even in the field of 'medical tourism'. Secondary care is still a significant challenge, but even in several smaller towns and district headquarters, there is a growing supply of maternity homes and multi-speciality secondary care facilities. At all of these levels of care, given the large disease burden...
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Red flag in front of FDI in pharma too-Pranab Dhal Samanta
-The Indian Express At a time when the government is struggling to get past objections from its coalition partners to attract investment in certain sectors such as retail, aviation and pensions fund management, a grim internecine ministerial battle has applied the brakes on foreign direct investment flow into one of the more attractive and lucrative sectors — pharmaceuticals. Clearances for over Rs 1,000 crore FDI in this sector, the second largest in...
More »Now, healthcare within victims’ reach-Mahim Pratap Singh
-The Hindu Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have welcomed the Supreme Court’s directive to the Union and Madhya Pradesh governments on providing access to better healthcare to them. “The court’s directive to provide health booklets and smart cards to victims is something that most of us here need,” said Hamida Bi. According to Hamida, neither the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) nor the State government’s Gas Relief hospital maintained a...
More »Allopathic doctors in short supply; need for trained practitioners of alternative Medicine-Dr Arun Jithendra & Dr Zeena Johar
-The Economic Times India is a country of 1.2 billion people. One estimate, provided by the World Health Organization, suggests that, on average, one physician is required to serve 1,000 people, across all levels of care. This implies that we need a total of 1.2 million physicians to serve our population. However, the total number of formally-qualified allopathic doctors in the country is estimated to be only about half that number,...
More »TB services hit in Manipur as contract employees go on strike-Iboyaima Laithangbam
-The Hindu They are protesting salary deduction Malaria and TB treatment is seriously affected in Manipur following a strike by contractual employees. The worst hit are the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course, the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) and sputum microscopy programmes. T. Lenindro, general secretary of the All Manipur RNTCP Contractual Workers’ Welfare Union, toldThe Hindu that though the contractual appointment of 116 employees of the RNTCP from March 2012 to...
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