CAM inks MoU for Ayushman Bharat

Vadodara/Anand: Karamsad-based Charutar Arogya Mandal (CAM) has signed a MoU with National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) of the State Health Society, Gujarat for providing technical support for implementing Ayushman…

Govt planned to streamline the licensing process for production & Import Of Blood Products

The Central government is good to go to streamline the licensing procedure for blood product manufacture and import by clearing the way for online submission of applications. The move is…

Amendment in IPC Provisions desired: Maha FDA

With the reports of steady increase in the sale of spurious drugs by unregistered drug dealers without any license, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has proposed to the state government…

‘Modicare’ to offer insurers limited biz

Mumbai: The ‘Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission’ (AB-NHPM), which is popularly known as Modicare and is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister on August 15, will…

Naveen Patnaik announces sops for ASHAs in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced incentives for around 47,000 accredited social health activists (ASHA), who are engaged across the state to promote right health care practices among…

Haryana to roll out Ayushman Bharat scheme on Aug 15

Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Thursday said it will launch the Ayushman Bharat-Haryana Health Protection Mission on August 15 to provide cashless healthcare facilities to beneficiaries at empanelled hospitals. On…

State drops 5 city hospitals from health scheme for alleged cheating

Nagpur: The state government has dropped five city hospitals from the panel of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojna (MJPJAY) for allegedly collecting money for procedures performed from both patients…

Health dept asks TB patients to share details of treatment

Bareilly: The health department has made an appeal to tuberculosis patients that they should get prescription forms from doctors and bills from medical shops for sharing with the department. According…

Around 10,000 jobs to be created under National Health Protection Scheme

NEW DELHI: At least 10,000 new jobs will be created with the implementation of the Centre’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), which aims to provide a cover of…

‘BJP using low-cost-drug scheme to promote itself’

NEW DELHI: Public health activists have criticised the government for using the Jan Aushadhi scheme to “advertise” the name of the Bharatiya Janata Party. All medicines being sold through this…