Healthcare Community questions Medical Devices being notified as Drugs
New Delhi: In a recent development, the Union Health Ministry notified 8 more medical devices categories including the entire range of implantable devices as drugs— all implantable devices, MRI equipment,…
As Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) rise, Kidney Care at Home is becoming norm
New Delhi: Given the huge burden of kidney diseases and hospitals lacking beds to accommodate them, kidney care at home is becoming the norm. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital launched Kidney…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes forays in Indian Healthcare System
New Delhi & Israel: Intriguingly anticipated Artificial Intelligence is already knocking at the doors of Indian healthcare systems. With Apollo Hospitals entering into collaboration with Israel’s Zebra Medical Vision (…
A Novel Technique saves 84 year old man from Massive Stroke
New Delhi: It was most apt when Dr P.N.Renjen, senior neurologist, Apollo remarked ‘Time is brain’. Time was of essence in saving 84 year old Mohd Taher Pandya from massive…
Shilpa Shetty powerfully bats in favour of Surrogacy
New Delhi: Shilpa Shetty Kundra, the feisty Bollywood Prima Donna, packed a punch in the last ditch effort to save commercial surrogacy, a birthing process in which parents rent wombs.…
Aakash Healthcare rescued a serious pregnant heart patient, her bundle of joy
New Delhi: Sunanda Sharma (name changed), 30, came to Aakash Healthcare, a super speciality hospital, with multiple challenges for the team of doctors. Advanced stage pregnancy and life threatening heart…
Government Hospitals are Chock a Block, thanks to Ayushman Bharat rush
New Delhi: The rush is all set to become a tsunami of patients to government hospitals in the wake of Ayushman Bharat, the world’s biggest government funded health protection scheme.…
Fortis pulled off a miraculous save of a boy in Dengue Shock syndrome
New Delhi: Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj successfully treated a 12 year old boy who had presented with no pulse and no blood pressure. He was rushed to the hospital in…
Ayushman Bharat seems agreeable to Private Hospitals’ stance regarding Packages’ rates
New Delhi: Ayushman Bharat, nicknamed Modicare, though billed a game changer, is slow to pick up, thanks to the reluctance of private sector hospitals to join due to unviable rates…
BLK sets stage for GI Endoscopy to effectively tackle Obesity & Diabetes
New Delhi: The evolving GI endoscopy can bring about a paradigm shift in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases. It promises to be the most effective way to tackle diabetes and…
