‘No blood from gays’: Male donors to be asked about sex life
MUMBAI: A new and more exhaustive blood donor screening questionnaire will now require male donors to answer questions about their sexual behaviour and whether they have multiple partners. While a…
PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat health scheme: All you need to know
RANCHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘ Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)’ scheme, deemed as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme covering over…
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…
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…
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…
Nadda reviews launch preparations of Ayushman Bharat in Ranchi
Ranchi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday reviewed the preparations for the launch of Ayushman Bharat in Jharkhand’s capital city by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23. Nadda…
Ayushman Bharat to give fillip to Digital India: Nadda
Ranchi Union minister J P Nadda Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious “Ayushman Bharat” insurance scheme will give a fillip to the Digital India movement. The “Ayushman Bharat” scheme…
NHA launches website, helpline number for Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries
New Delhi: The National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body implementing the Ayushman Bharat– National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), has launched a website and a helpline number to help prospective…
The Government finally put the prohibition on the use of 328 Fixed Dose Combinations
Recently, Indian health ministry removed a list of banned combination medicines as they had no therapeutic value and were risky for human health if consumed and added restrictions on six…
