India eyes 100% switch from disposable to reuse prevention syringes by 2020
LUCKNOW: India has pledged to replace the currently prevalent disposable injections with reuse prevention (RUP) syringes by 2020. “Setting targets under the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme, which was launched…
Creating Gene brotherhood for rare gift of life
New Delhi: Tejveer Singh and Zorawar Singh may be unrelated and separated by birth and status, they are inseparably bound up together. They are now gene buddy. Gene Bandhu, an…
Indian-American doctor pleads guilty to healthcare fraud in US
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Sep 20 : An Indian-American lady doctor has pleaded guilty to a healthcare fraud in the US, the Justice Department has said. Dr Jayam Krishna…
Care of an Alzheimer patient is the ‘mother’ of all cares
New Delhi: Alzheimer has put Karan Dubey in a queer role. His 93 year old mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer, has become a la a 4 year old child.…
Centre begins Ayushman Bharat outreach
New Delhi: Four days to go for a country-wide launch, the Centre is going on a publicity overdrive to create awareness for the PM Jan Arogya Yojana, also known as…
194 Haryana hospitals empanelled for Ayushman scheme
Chandigarh: As many as 194 government and private hospitals in Haryana have been empanelled for the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday. Vij said that…
Medicine that prevents post-natal AIDS tramission supplied to Mysuru after brief delay
Mysuru: Nevirapine syrups and tablets, a key preventive medicine for those afflicted with HIV, is now available in Mysuru. Shortage of the medicine had left pregnant women and new mothers…
J Jayalalithaa hospitalisation: CCTV cam footage overwritten, says Apollo
CHENNAI: Apollo Hospitals has informed the Arumughaswamy commission that they would not be able to produce CCTV camera footage of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s hospitalisation in 2016, as the…
Private hospitals in Delhi may pull out of free care scheme over dues
NEW DELHI: Delhi government’s scheme of cashless treatment to victims of road accidents, burns and acid attack at private hospitals has run into a roadblock over delay in reimbursements. Several…
Sun marches ahead with its specialty pipeline, announces European approval for Tildra
India’s largest drug maker Sun Pharma on Tuesday announced that the company’s partner Spanish drug maker Almirall, has received the approval from European drug regulators for its psoriasis drug Tildrakizumab…
