Govt lifts ban on retail sale of oxytocin, with curbs
The health ministry has lifted the ban on retail sale of oxytocin, an essential drug used to prevent and treat bleeding after child birth, but imposed strict regulations on its…
Right to healthcare to prevail over right to voluntary retirement: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the larger public interest of health and medical care would prevail over the right to voluntary retirement by the doctors as medical services are…
Four-member body comes into being to revamp Maharashtra Medical Council Act
MMC wants to be able to take strict action against unethical practices at healthcare insts across state Over five decades after the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) Act, 1965, came into…
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…
