Bhatinda : Chemists directed not to sell syringes without doctors’ prescription
BATHINDA: Given the rampant drug addiction and a score of drug injecting users (IDUs) dying of overdose, districts of Punjab have directed the chemists and medical stores not to sell…
Civic hospitals dangle another carrot for doctors: Quarters for family housing
MUMBAI:Considering that housing is the most vexed and, hence, the most sought-after issue in Mumbai, civic authorities are holding it out as a tantalizing carrot to rope in doctors into…
Nearly 400 people used California assisted death law in 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California health officials reported Friday that 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives last year, the first full year after a law made the…
Delhi agrees to Ayushman Bharat, to sign MoU soon
The Delhi government has decided to participate in the Centre’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (ABNHPM), and is likely to sign an agreement next week. The decision…
Regime for New Drugs and Seperation of power of Center & State in Drug Department
As per Rule 122E read with Rule 69(6) and Rule 21(b) of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945; for manufacturing of every new drug, approval is mandatorily required to be taken…
Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalising cannabis
LONDON – Britain said on Tuesday it had no intention of legalising cannabis after a former leader of Prime Minister Theresa May’s party said the government had “irreversibly lost” the…
Ayushman Bharat to create over 100,000 long-term jobs, says CEO Indu Bhushan
New Delhi: The central government’s ambitious public health insurance scheme would create more than 100,000 ‘long-term’ jobs in the next four years, the programme’s Chief Executive Officer Indu Bhushan said,…
Fine on errant ‘Modicare’ insurers
NEW DELHI: The government has introduced tough penal provisions for delay in settlement of insurance claims under its ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS). Insurance companies may have…
It is time to unlock India’s potential in biomedical science & innovation : Prof. Bejon Kumar Misra
India is a world leader in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors but unfortunately the patients are still denied safe and quality medicines as desired by the citizens. India accounts for…
Govt to sign MoUs with “maximum” states this week for Ayushman Bharat: JP Nadda
The union health ministry will sign memoranda of understanding with a “maximum” number of states on June 14 to launch the Prime Minister’s ambitious scheme to provide health protection to…
