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Hospitals committed to Covid cases, all other patients put on hold

Public health experts warn that unless a protocol is designed to handle the medical necessities apart from Covid-19, the country is set to see a sudden spike in deaths from preventable illnesses.

With low OPD footfall, private hospitals struggle to pay salaries

From OPD to in-patient department (IPD) or admissions, the conversion rate is roughly 10-12 per cent for the industry

Private hospitals gearing up to fight coronavirus battle as cases rise

Hospitals devise protocols to help deal with the surge in the number of patients

Some private hospitals not following coronavirus protocol: Odisha govt

Official sources said at least 10 teams are now engaged to trace all those who might have come in contact with the third COVID-19 patient, a resident of Bhubaneswar

Won't compromise patients' interest while privatising hospitals: Centre

Union Budget 2020 proposed handing of district hospitals to private sector through Public-Private Partnership mode

Delhi's autonomous super speciality hospitals face 50% shortage of doctors

Both the autonomous hospitals offer world-class infrastructure, but suffer policy lacunae: the government has separate policies for the autonomous and government-run hospitals

Avg medical expenditure at pvt hospitals 7 times higher than govt ones: NSO

Interestingly, only about 17 per cent of childbirths in government hospitals were surgery cases, of which over 92 per cent were provided free.

Govt to offer private hospitals incentive to boost Modicare scheme: Report

India has so far registered about 20% of the eligible 500 million people, due to lack of public awareness of the scheme and low private sector participation

CGHS: Hospitals need to share cesarean delivery figures to get empanelled

Not sharing details may lead to removal from the empanelled list under CGHS

Parity in fees of private nursing homes and hospitals not possible: HC

The observations by HC came while dismissing a PIL which was seeking directions to the Delhi govt to issue a notification on bringing uniformity in charges levied by private nursing home and hospitals

Blame private hospital boom for rising caesarean delivery rate, says report

India has lower rates than Bangladesh (30.7%) and Sri Lanka (30.5%), but higher rates than Nepal (9.6%) and Pakistan (15.9%)

Private hospitals call for 'holistic approach' in health care

The top brass of these hospitals pressed for a regulation requiring doctors to get written consent from patients before administering any therapy or test so that there is transparency

Regulator calls for better oversight of private hospitals

India spends roughly one per cent of its gross domestic product on healthcare - among the lowest in the world