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A chance to reclaim the health of humanity

India's presidency of G-20 is a unique opportunity for the global community to build a consensus around a guiding philosophy that collaboration has a much higher value than competition in healthcare

Global cyberattacks rise 38% with healthcare most targeted in India: Report

The top three most attacked industries in 2022 were Healthcare, Education/Research, and Government/Military

Vaccines only for those with comorbidities, uninfected, say experts

Warning against unnecessary and irrational use of vaccines, the report emphasised that vaccination should be recommended only for those with comorbidities or those who have never had Covid-19

Shortage of healthcare workers may rise to 10 mn by decade-end: WEF study

The shortage of healthcare workers globally could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of mental health, a new report said on Monday. Launched in the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, the report said the rise in healthcare spending has fast-tracked progress in telehealth, vaccines and precision medicine, but businesses and policy-makers must tackle worker burnout and boost access to health. It also cited a case study from India, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched by the Union Ministry of Family and Health Welfare, to enable the world's largest digital health landscape. "Given ABDM is envisioned to digitise the entire healthcare environment in the country, its success relies on its adoption by all players. "Thus far, the adoption of ABDM has been a key challenge, which has been limited and staggered mainly due to data interoperability, ...

Healthcare edtech start-up Virohan raised $7 mn from Blume Ventures

Company's omnichannel platform trains students in allied healthcare programmes

AIIMS can achieve excellence through superior quality care: Health Minister

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Sunday stressed on providing superior quality of clinical care, the highest standards of medical education and cutting-edge research at all AIIMS for them to transform into institutes of global excellence. Addressing the sixth meeting of the Central Institute Body (CIB) of all new AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, he asked representatives of all AIIMS to learn from other institutes of national importance like the IITs and IIMs. CIB is the highest decision-making body of all AIIMS for matters related to finance, infrastructure, vacancy, recruitment, enforcement of policies, challenges and procurement. The agenda of Sunday's meet was to review compliance with decisions taken in earlier CIB meetings. "This CIB is not only for review of the compliance of earlier decisions but is also a 'Chintan Shivir' for pooling in insights, fresh ideas, innovative thoughts and suggestions based on rich experience and expertise of all participants," Mandaviya said. He sai

Health sector Rajasthan govt's biggest priority, says CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday termed the health sector "biggest priority" of the state government. Ninety per cent people of Rajasthan are covered under the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme, Gehlot said asserting that the state ranks first in the country in providing health insurance to the common man. Only 41 per cent people in the country have health insurance coverage, he claimed. The chief minister was addressing the National Dentist Training Workshop organised by the Rajasthan State Dental Council at the SMS Medical College here on Sunday. He said the awareness of people towards their health has increased with time. In this sequence, the importance of dentistry has also increased. He said that a budget of Rs 100 crore has been allocated for the development of state-of-the-art facilities in the Jaipur Dental College. Along with this, a dental college is also going to be opened in Jodhpur. The chief minister said there has been unprecedented

'Health budget should be increased by 30-40% to sustain growth'

After Covid, the healthcare sector has become one of the key areas for the budget allocations as industry looks towards the Centre's intervention to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all

China could bring down potential death toll to less than 200,000: Study

The researchers said that without the "flatten the curve" strategy, more than 1.27 billion people would be infected within three months and 1.49 million people would die within half a year

We aim to be one of India's top CDMO, API players: Advent's Shweta Jalan

'Suven alone has multiple engines of growth across all segments and a strong pipeline of Phase 3 and late Phase 2 molecules'

Covid or common cold? What to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

Along with Covid, northern hemisphere countries including the US and the UK are currently seeing or have recently seen large increases in influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and the common cold

India reports 196 new Covid infections, active cases rise to 3,428

India logged 196 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases marginally increased to 3,428, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,302). The death toll stands at 5,30,695 with two fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.56 per cent, while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.16 per cent, the ministry said. It said 35,173 tests for detection of Covid have been conducted in the last 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of four cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,43,179 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry's website, 220.05

Set up medical varsity in Puducherry, CM tells Union Minister of State

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Sunday urged Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar to establish a medical university here. At a meeting during the Central Minister's visit to the Union Territory, Rangasamy submitted a memorandum urging the Centre to set up the varsity. Earlier, the Union Minister addressed a meeting of officials of Health Department of Puducherry and the Centrally administered JIPMER here. She reviewed the implementation of various health-related schemes, said an official release. PWD Minister of Puducherry K Lakshminarayanan, Director of JIPMER Rakesh Agarwal, Director of Health of Puducherry administration G Sriramulu were among those who attended the meeting. The release said the Chief Minister in the memorandum sought early sanction of the university and also set up a radiotherapy centre, a de-addiction centre, a 200-bed hospital for infectious diseases and a pharmaceutical park here. The Chief Minister thanked the

Himachal governor flags off 2 mobile health vans for Chamba, Sirmaur

Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar flagged off two mobile health vans on Saturday for Chamba and Sirmaur districts. The van has facilities like central oxygen system, refrigerator, electric cooler, examination couch, electric suction machine, minor surgery set, nebulizer, 12 channel ECG machine, steriliser, defibrillator and oxygen cylinder. Providing mobile health services was the need of the hour and as Himachal Pradesh has tough geographical conditions, the vans would be very beneficial for providing first aid to the people, Arlekar, who is also the president of State Red Cross Society, said. The vans have been made available by the Indian Red Cross Society. The governor also inspected the vans and enquired about the health services and facilities available for the people.

Centre asks States to ensure availability of oxygen, life support equipment

With some countries witnessing a surge in Covid cases, the Centre on Saturday urged states and union territories to ensure the availability of Liquid Medical Oxygen, adequate inventory of cylinders and functional life support equipment such as ventilators at hospitals to face any challenge. The health ministry asked them to ensure Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generating plants are kept fully functional and regular mock drills are conducted to check them. In a letter to all states and UTs, Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said the operationalisation and maintenance of these medical infrastructure is of utmost importance to meet any eventuality even though the number of cases in the country is low now. He said medical oxygen is an important and vital resource in all clinical settings, particularly during pandemic management and that reliable oxygen supply is critical for saving lives during patient care and COVID-19 management.

US records over 12,000 deaths from flu this season, CDC estimates show

Over 20,700 people were hospitalised due to flu in the US in the latest week ending December 17, CDC data showed

PM Modi-led govt has made Indian healthcare future-ready: MoS Education

The MoS shared that the mortality ratio--Maternal Mortality Ratio and Infant Mortality Ration has reduced under PM Modi

Food pantries can reduce food insecurity, improve students' health: Study

While food insecurity is a national concern in the US, college students are four times more likely than the general public to be food insecure

Startups selected in Accelerator prog to work on healthcare, agri solutions

15 startups selected in government's supported product accelerator programme for innovators developing solutions will soon start working towards solutions in healthcare, agriculture domains

Healthcare is among key focus areas of govt: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Union Civil Aviation and Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said that healthcare has been one of the key focus areas of the Modi government