WHO: Stronger focus on nutrition could save 3.7 million lives by 2025
WEB DESK Health services must integrate a stronger focus on ensuring optimum nutrition at each stage of a person’s life, according to a new report released by the World Health…
CGHS services to be made available in 100 cities
AMN / NEW DELHI Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a new scheme of Annual Health Check-up for CGHS beneficiaries who are pensioners of the age of 75 years and…
75 new medical colleges to be set up in India by 2021-22
Andalib Akhter / New Delhi In a major step towards healthcare, the Union Cabinet today approved setting up of 75 new Medical Colleges across the by 2021-22. The move will…
80% decline in new HIV cases in India
SUDHIR KUMAR / NEW DELHI The government ON Monday said that there has been more than 80 per cent decline in new HIV infection cases in the country since its…
40 lakh people avail cashless treatment under Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Govt
WEB DESK More than 39 lakh people have availed cashless treatment worth over six thousand crore rupees for serious illnesses since the launch of Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya…
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…