Private Health Sector
UK's Health board to recruit 900 overseas nurses, mostly Indians: Report
A local health board in the UK could be recruiting as many as 900 nurses, mostly from Kerala, in the course of next four years to address workforce shortages
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CAG set to conduct comprehensive audit of country's health sector
Current approach to be based in common parameters, goals and analysis, as opposed to earlier exercises done on the basis of some research or state-specific issues
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Health-tech start-up Good Health Company raises $10 mn in funding
Hyderabad-based company will use financing to introduce more product categories and expand team
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Two new studies reveal coronavirus pandemic's controversial origins
The two new studies also bolster the theory that the Coronavirus pandemic emerged from the wild rather than escaping from a lab in China
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Govt to work holistically in health sector, says Mansukh Mandaviya
Mansukh Mandaviya said that the goal of the Central Government is to work holistically in the health sector with synergy between preventive healthcare and modern medical facilities
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Price rationalisation, consolidation likely in Indian diagnostic space
Competitive pricing, however, is here to stay, feel analysts and some industry insiders
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Private health sector growth 'static', says NITI Aayog's V K Paul
'Wave 2' vaccine in the works for Covid-19
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Huge public-pvt effort needed to boost health if there's third Covid wave
Only when both sectors take joint actions, can the country brave another onslaught
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Failure on vaccines
Refusal to support private sector has led to a roll-out flop
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Price controls for vaccines?
The path to reaching every small town and village runs through having no price controls
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Self-reliance push in health sector to generate massive employment: Vardhan
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said there will be massive employment generation as an impact of measures undertaken by the government for self-reliance in the health sector
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Regulate the private health sector
Like telecom, power, and aviation, we need a regulatory system for health care at all levels
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