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Health policy
NRHM completes five years, best performing States to be honoured
As the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) completes five years, a mid-term review of the programme claims that it has unleashed a lot of positive synergies and the government should make all efforts to further deepen such processes of community health in a manner that every household is able to seek its entitlement to care.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari will honour the best performing States at a function here.
Haryana to make huge investments on health infrastructure
The Haryana government has announced a Rs 15 billion plan to add new health infrastructure and upgrade nine hospitals. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here that hospitals were being upgraded at Bhiwani, Rohtak, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Panipat, Karnal, Panchkula and Hisar as per the Indian public health standards.
Right to Health legislation enacted in Assam
Assam has become the first state in the country to enact a legislation seeking to ensure right to health for everyone in the state.
Free treatment for the first 24 hours in emergency cases
The state government has made it mandatory for all private hospitals to provide free treatment in case of emergency for the first 24 hours.
Government to propagate Ayush through international tie-ups
At the plenary session of Global Ayurveda Summit 2010 at Kochi, B.Anand, Joint Secretary, Department of AYUSH Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Neela Gangadharan, Chief Secretary Government of Kerala announced that the government was looking at international collaborations for propagating Ayush- Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy.
The landmark healthcare bill secured by Obama administration
Barack Obama secured a landmark victory with the US House of Representatives giving final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans.
10,000 additional seats for post graduate in medical colleges
The Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced that soon, there will be additional 10,000 post graduate seats in medical education within two years, and 4,000 of them will be available from the upcoming academic session.
Private firms to open medical colleges
Private sector healthcare companies have been allowed by the Medical Council of India to start medical colleges to address the shortage in the number of seats.
Rural healthcare-the focus of Union Budget 2010
The focus of the Union Budget 2010-11 is on rural healthcare with the allocations rising to a whopping INR 22,300 crores from INR 19,534 crores during the previous fiscal year. This escalation is in keeping with the evolving needs of the growing healthcare industry of the country.
IITs receive a flak on offering medical courses
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) plan to start medical education has been put on hold as the health ministry has disapproved of it.
Obama’s stimulus to health technology and job training
Barack Obama’s Cabinet has announced n $1 billion in grants to increase the use of health information technology, pushing for healthcare overhaul and job creation.
Indian Medical Association disapproves short term medical course proposed by the centre
Indian Medical Association has gone against the decision of the centre to introduce short term medical course in the undergraduate level in the country to meet the demand of rural doctors.
