The World Health Organization today called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to strengthen emergency medical teams, to be better prepared to respond to public health emergencies. “Strengthening national and regional-level emergency medical teams is a high-impact investment in reducing deaths, diseases and disabilities due
Supreme Court decriminalizes Section 377: Heart Care Foundation of India welcomes this historic judgment Dr K K Aggarwal 'Section 377 is irrational, arbitrary and incomprehensible', says Supreme Court. In a historic and unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court of India has decriminalized section 377 of the Indian Penal
The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Mr Anil Baijal, gave away the 10th FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards to 16 healthcare professionals and institutions at an awards ceremony here late evening in the presence of Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ms Anupriya Patel and
Govt. keen to formalise a multi-stakeholder forum to make healthcare affordable & accessible to all: Health Minister J P Nadda Private Sector support critical for Ayushman Bharat Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Mr. J P Nadda here today said that the government was keen to formalise a
Amidst rising concerns of trust deficit between the patients and healthcare service providers, various healthcare providers united and pledged to be part of the FICCI Code of Ethics for Health Services Industry, released on Thursday. The FICCI Code of Ethics was released by the Union Health
Manipal Group, TTK Group will jointly hold 51% stake in the health insurance venture Cigna TTK Health Insurance Company Limited (Cigna TTK) has received necessary regulatory approvals, from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to partner with Manipal Group, a leader in the
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh was today nominated for a second five-year term as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia. Dr Khetrapal Singh’s candidature was unopposed, as the 11 Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region met at the ongoing Regional Committee session to elect the next
Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region today committed to make essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices affordable and accessible to all, both within the Region and beyond. “Access to safe, effective and affordable medical products vital to prevent sufferings and impoverishment resulting from high out-of-pocket
Ayushman Bharat is National Health Protection Scheme, which will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission will
With an event related to healthcare happening almost every day in some city or the other, the 4th edition of the Healthscape Summit, which recently concluded on August 28, was a truly stand-out initiative. Despite torrential rainfall on the day of the event, there was an