Govt to monitor price of orthopaedic knee implants
AMN / NEW DELHI Government has decided to monitor the ceiling price of orthopaedic knee implants so that the price increase of implants do not increase beyond 10% in a…
President gives nod to National Medical Commission act 2019
AMN / NEW DELHI President Ram Nath Kovind has given his nod to National Medical Commission act 2019. The move came after Parliament passed the bill in the just-concluded session.…
2,0000 more Health Centres to become functional by March 2020: Govt..
AMN / NEW DELHI Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that around 20 thousand more Health and Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat Scheme will become functional by March next…
NMC Bill: AIIMS and Safdarjung doctors call for indefinite strike
While the Centre has called the NMC bill a game-changer set to transform medical education and services in India, many members of the medical fraternity disagree. WEB DESK In protest…
Increased action needed to help people quit deadly tobacco: WHO
WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic Geneva / Rio de Janerio Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living…
Lok Sabha: Mahtab demands probe into efficacy of generic drugs
WEB DESK |New Delhi | BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab has demanded the government to institute a probe into the efficacy of generic drugs. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in…
20 mn children missed out on life-saving vaccinations:UN
WEB DESK United Nations has said that almost 20 million children missed out on potentially life-saving vaccinations in 2018. This comes as surging measles cases highlighted dangerous gaps in efforts…
Centre asks states to fill up vacant posts of doctors, para-medical staffs
Andalib Akhter / NEW DELHI The Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to all states and union territories to fill up vacant posts of doctors and para-medical staff in…
Union Budget completely ignores health sector: Dr Aggarwal
Economic development cannot be independent of a nation’s health AMN / New Delhi The union budget 2019 was presented by the finance minister on 5th July 2019, has nothing for…
Trust is foundation of a doctor-patient relationship
Modern medicine is patient centric and based on partnership HEALTH DESK As per a recent study, patients who had higher levels of trust in their doctors took their blood pressure…