LT Gen HL Kakria takes over as the new Director General of Medical Services (ARMY)
Lt Gen HL Kakria has taken over as new Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen SR Mehta who has retired.
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Finance minister lays the foundation stone for a ESIC Medical Education Complex
Foundation stone of a INR 790 crore ultra-modern ESIC Medical Education Complex at Gulbarga, Karnataka has been laid by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance, recently.
Columbia Asia Hospital patronises to inspire public towards organ donation
In line with the rising need for organ donation in the state, Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd in close collaboration with Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka for Transplantation (ZCCK) has recently organised a forum to inspire public towards organ donation.
Schiller India launches TRUSCOPE elite
Schiller India, a leading Swiss Joint Venture Company in the field of Medical Diagnostics, has launched a new modular patient monitor called TRUSCOPE elite. It consists of a host monitor and an Emergency Mobile Server (EMS) which is connected to the host monitor.
Kerala introduces SMS for better health
Addressing to healthcare in Kerala is just a SMS away, now. According to Dr Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State Information Technology Mission (KSITM), the state has introduced Dr SMS, which is a free service that makes health facilities, available to people through the use of mobile. KSITM is an autonomous body which implements e-governance projects for the state government.
‘Store Your Cells’- India’s first dental stem cell bank launched
Teeth are the newest and the easiest way of obtaining stem cells. ‘Store Your Cells’ is the first dental stem cell bank in India started by dentists at Dhruv Polyclinic, Mumbai.
Workshop on Renewable Energy for Hospitals and Healthcare Institutions
At the backdrop of the growing needs of power in the healthcare sector and healthcare institutions, Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) had organised for a workshop on ‘Renewable Energy for Hospitals and Healthcare Institutions,’ sponsored by Ministry of New &Renewable Energy (MNRE) at the Holy Family Hospital Auditorium for all matters relating to new and renewable energy such as solar, wind, biomass, small hydro, hydrogen, geothermal etc.
GE Healthcare alliances with Cardiovascular Genomic Diagnostic Company, CardioDx
GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) and CardioDx, a pioneer in cardiovascular genomic diagnostics, announced to have entered into a strategic alliance to advance and co-develop diagnostic technologies to improve the care and management of patients with cardiovascular disease.
India in effort to bring down the maternal mortality ratio in the country
India has been making concerted efforts to bring down the maternal mortality ratio in the country. Maternal mortality ratio has come down to 254/1000 live births in 2006 from 301/1000 live births in the year 2003.
Central Government is being pursued to financially assist Arogyasri
It is good news; for the State; for over two crores of BPL Arogysri card-holding families; but if the proposal of Arogyasri scheme, which may soon become a Government of India-assisted scheme, materialises.
The UN tackles noncommunicable diseases
The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted resolution in Geneva on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes – which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.
New World Bank Action Plan – to help developing world achieve MDG 5 targets by 2015
The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children.
India surges ahead for patient safety: an initiative by AIIMS
The Department of Hospital Administration, AIIMS in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), INCLEN Trust and supported by knowledge partner Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd., has commenced a single platform with aims to bring on reputed clinicians, Nurses and Hospital administrators from 12 leading public and private hospitals and promote the culture of patient safety under the umbrella of NIPS.
