-The Times of India Dr David Berger, director of the British Medical Journal group and a general physician practising in Australia, is better known in India for an article he wrote in the BMJ in May last year titled 'Corruption ruins the doctor-patient relationship in India' based on his experiences of working in India. The article sparked a public debate on the widespread corruption in India's healthcare sector. Here now on...
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Garbage generated in Gurgaon, Faridabad to be dumped in landfill site in eco-sensitive Aravalis -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It's official: 92 acres in the Aravalis have been identified as a landfill site for garbage generated in Gurgaon and Faridabad. Since the area falls under the restricted zone where no non-forest activity is allowed, the Haryana government has started the process for exempting the huge land parcel from the legal provision. For the first time, the Haryana government has officially admitted in an RTI response...
More »TN plans to better organ transplant record
-The Hindu Chennai: Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said the State stood first in the country with respect to harvest of organs. With seven years’ of experience in organ and transplant programme, the State is now looking to better its achievement by actively involving more government hospitals. At present only a handful of government hospitals across the State perform transplant surgeries, whereas the contribution by private hospitals has been significant. Releasing the annual report...
More »Ramesh Chand, member of NITI Aayog and eminent agriculture economist, speaks to Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard India’s growth in agriculture and allied activities has struggled to reach the targeted four per cent average a year in the first three years of the 12th five-year Plan because of a host of factors. The below-average farm growth is widely expected to deepen the crisis in the farm sector. In an interview with Sanjeeb Mukherjee, newly-appointed member of NITI Aayog and eminent agriculture economist Ramesh Chand said over-reliance...
More »Public’s health is at peril, warns National Health Profile
A day before the Prime Minister of India left for a two-nation tour to Ireland and the United States this September, the National Health Profile 2015 was released by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri JP Nadda. The report, which has presented a dismal picture of the state of public health, shows that cases of cancer is expected to rise in India by almost 15 percent from 11.5...
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