-The Hindu Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu): Now, drug stores selling medicines have slashed prices following the establishment of Amma Pharmacy. To cater to the needy, medicines were being sold through these State-owned Pharmacies at special discounts from 20 to 35 percent, Collector M. Ravikumar said in a statement on Saturday. These Pharmacies were functioning at three locations in Tuticorin and Kayathar to benefit the poor and the middle income group people. Medicines to the...

-Tehelka The NDA government’s move to open more Jan Aushadhi stores ignores the multitude of issues currently plaguing them Amidst the jostling crowd at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Shahdara, Delhi, is 68-year-old Suresh Chandra, holding his medical files on one hand and prescription letter on the other. Chandra, who is a lung disease patient, moves towards the Jan Aushadhi store, situated in the hospital premises. Chandra hopes that the government-run medical...

-The Hindu Tackling TB requires both strengthening the public sector and engaging the private sector Over 60 per cent of all Indians seek health care in the private sector according to India's last National Family Health Survey. This undoubtedly makes the private sector the largest provider of health services in India. The government health system, though vast and well-intentioned, continues to be overburdened with multiple challenges including long waiting hours, an ageing...

-The Indian Express   We need better primary health centres more than AIIMS-like institutions. The ministry of health is reportedly planning to open 10 more AIIMS-like institutes as well as cancer centres in different states. Creating new cancer centres is desirable, given the burden of the disease and the inadequate number of treatment centres. Today, cancer is one of the main causes of premature mortality in our country, and the 25 regional cancer...

-The Hindu     It is believed that people consuming dairy products, vegetables and fruits containing the drug are hit by irreversible hormonal imbalance The government has banned the retail sale of the controversial hormone drug Oxytocin by Pharmacies to curb its misuse by dairy owners and farmers who use it boost milk production and plump up the size of vegetables and fruits. It is believed that those consuming such dairy products and vegetables...