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Coimbatore hospital a model for e-governance
The Directorate of Medical Education is focussing on adopting e-governance to make outpatient registration, consultation and prescribing of medicines smooth in all medical college hospitals in the State.
Norms to start medical colleges may be relaxed
The Centre is considering relaxation of regulations for starting medical colleges, especially in areas under-served by healthcare systems, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said.
E-health is C’wealth’s new agenda
The 53-nation Commonwealth launches world’s first international e-health initiative across countries and continents recently in an attempt to harness its members’ evidentially extraordinary appetite for hi-tech with health-friendly governance.
MedPlus forays into Gujarat with plans of 200 stores
The organised retail health sector in Gujarat seems to be hotting up. After pharmacy and wellness chains of Apollo and Reliance, now Hyderabad-based MedPlus Health Services Pvt Ltd, one of the fastest growing chain of health network, is marking its foray into Gujarat by launching its pharmacies in Ahmedabad.
Pan-European health network planned
Smart Open Services (SOS) is a pan-European ehealth project facilitating cross-border healthcare. The project aims to develop services providing patients travelling across Europe with access to high-quality care.
TN to emerge as hub with Trivitron’s medical technology park
Trivitron’s Medical Technology Park (MTP) is all set to commence construction in Chennai; MTP to create employment for 1000 people by 2011; signs JVs with Aloka, Brandon and Bio-systems for the MTP.
Govt to pump in INR 750 cr in GQ healthcare project
The government plans to invest INR 750 crore to develop health centres in partnership with health majors such as Apollo Group and trauma care centres like Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), Hyderabad. And nearly 140 trauma care centres will be developed along the 6,500 km long north-south and east-west corridors of the four to six lane express highway.
XIENCE
Patients treated with XIENCE V in SPIRIT III trial experience better long-term clinical outcomes, lower rates of stent thrombosis than patients treated with TAXUS.
Manipal Cure and Care launches SNORBEN in India
Manipal Cure and Care [MCC], India
Veeda Oncology acquires Biologie et Industrie of Paris
Veeda Oncology, the subsidiary of one of the leading Global CRO
GE Healthcare and Merck to partner
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with drug maker Merck & Co, to provide lung imaging technology to assist in respiratory drug development, says CNN Money.
TPG may buy 30% stake in Manipal for INR 500 cr
Private equity (PE) giant Texas Pacific Group (TPG)-controlled Parkway Hospital in Singapore is leading the race to acquire 25-30% stake in Bangalore-headquartered Manipal Hospital for over INR 500 crore, sources said.
