-Observer Research Foundation It is not often discussed in India that there was a time, not too far into the past, when the doctors from the famous All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed and promoted sex-selective abortions as an effective and ethical method to address India’s population problem. Some of them even suggested that “the couple keeps on reproducing just to have a son”, and prenatal determination of sex...
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Cancer drugs, stents at 60% discount soon -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Over 200 cancer drugs, 186 medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases and 148 stents and cardiac implants will now be available at central government hospitals at prices 50-60% lower than the open market. The health ministry has launched a programme called AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment), under which the government will run pharmacy retail stores to sell medicines in hospitals like All India Institute...
More »AIIMS online booking speeds up after Aadhaar linkage
-Deccan Herald New Delhi: The online booking system at the AIIMS has picked up pace after the administration made the option of booking available to patients through their Aadhaar numbers. The facility was launched by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on May 7. Once the patient seeking an appointment enters the Aadhaar number or Unique Identification Number (UID), the personal details will be traced and the Unique Health Identification Number (UHID) will...
More »Significant Ozone Build Up in Delhi Poses Health Risk: CSE
-Outlook New Delhi: A significant ozone build up has been witnessed this summer in several areas of the national capital, including the one where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal resides, increasing the public health risk, a green body warned today. A latest analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the eve of World Environment Day on June 5 found that the area where Kejriwal resides was "highly vulnerable" to...
More »Not fit to conduct drug abuse survey, says NSSO -Avishek G Dastidar
-The Indian Express With the country’s ace survey body unsure, the matter has been in a limbo for a year now. New Delhi: The government’s efforts for a nationwide assessment of drug abuse has hit an unexpected hurdle. The country’s largest survey body, the National Sample Survey Organisation, has said it cannot carry out the job as it does not have the required expertise. NSSO has, however, said at internal meetings...
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