Private Healthcare

UP hospital sealed for carrying out surgeries without authorised surgeons

A private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district has been found to be carrying out surgeries without qualified and authorised surgeons

High-tech sensors help Bengaluru hospital turn general wards into ICUs

These connected sensors are similar to the patches which are used for ECGs and are placed on the patient's body to capture their vitals

IT services, telecom, financials: Sectors analysts are betting on for 2022

With the withdrawal of easy and cheap money globally, fundamentals would come to fore, analysts suggest. Therefore, one needs to stay invested in the right quality of stocks, analysts suggest

Govt urges private health sector to be ready to face Omicron threat

Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said the private sector has been part and parcel of the national infrastructure

Pvt hospitals to log 15-17% revenue growth in fiscal 2022: Crisil

Recovery in revenue and margins will nevertheless spur hospitals to resurrect capex, which had almost halved year-on-year last fiscal.

Maharashtra govt caps mucormycosis treatment rates for pvt hospitals

The Maharashtra government on Friday capped the charges for treatment of mucormycosis patients at private hospitals in the state, where the official number of such cases has gone above 5,000.

Principal Secretary to PM chairs meeting on Covid-19 vaccination

Plans to involve private healthcare facilities discussed

Centre's panel recommends capping pvt hospitals rates for Covid-19

On April 30, SC had sought govt response on a plea alleging private hospitals are exploiting patients; top court recently also pulled up state govts for mismanagement of the pandemic

PIL in Delhi HC to ensure pvt hospitals don't charge Covid patients steeply

The circular said these private hospitals shall bill the Covid-19 patients as per their respective schedule of charges

Clear and present medical crisis: India has few doctors to treat its people

The country has one government doctor for 11,000 people. The WHO recommends one doctor for 1,000 people. The situation is worse in rural India where a government doctor serves over 30,000 people

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Mamata introduces Bill to regulate private hospitals

In a first of its kind initiative in the country, the West Bengal government, on Friday, passed the new West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill, 2017, which is aimed at making the private healthcare segment more transparent and regulate arbitrary billing.The state's chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, who also hold the portfolio of the state's health minister, thinks it will become the model in healthcare for the rest of the country. "This Bill aims at bringing transparency, ending harassment of patients and taking steps to stop medical negligence", she said while presenting the Bill in the Assembly.In case, the private hospitals and nursing homes fail to adhere to the new Bill, they may risk losing their licenses altogether.As per the new Bill, which got drafted after a year-long survey, licenses can be revoked in case a medical institution refuses to provide preliminary medical aid to victims of road accident, sudden calamities, rape and ...