With the litigation between Escorts Heart Institute and Anil Nanda behind him, Fortis Healthcare Managing Director Shivinder Mohan Singh said the company will now focus on growing the Escorts network and brand.
Concerned over the deteriorating health care service in the government hospitals, the Chief Minister of Delhi Shiela Dikshit directed all the Medical Superintendents of the Government Hospitals to provide more attention on maintenance in hospitals to enable them to bring desired improvement in healthcare.
Oman has invited India’s private healthcare sector giants to set up mega hospitals with local collaboration in the Dhofar region of the country.
CIGNA, a leading health service company, has announced the development of a virtual health care community. This computer-simulated world is situated on a Second Life island, where seminars, interactive displays, educational games and virtual health consultations help foster real and sustainable behaviour change that improves health.
Apollo Hospitals Group has agreed to provide ground support and other assistance to 17 dispensaries set up in India’s rural areas by the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).
In a first of its kind in Asia, a INR 100 crore earthquake-resistant hospital providing advanced treatment in the field of liver and biliary sciences will start functioning in the national capital.
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BioLink announces being awarded a Microsoft Competency in Independent Software Vendor (ISV)/Software Solutions. The Microsoft Certified Partner Status is achieved through BioLink’s extensive experience and expertise in building biometric ID systems for middle and large enterprises, its competency in developing ID solutions based on Microsoft technologies, and highly positive feedback from customers.
The Health Ministry is working on a Bill which, if all goes to plan, will place public health in times of natural disasters, epidemic outbreaks and acts of terror in the Concurrent List before the end of this year, giving the Centre the power to independently promulgate laws and lay down rules. Public health is so far a state subject, exclusively in the domain of state governments.
Global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare, Inc. (ICW) have signed an agreement with GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company.
With a view to rapidly ramp up operations and expand its footprint in the country, CBaySystems, has drawn up a US$ 25 mn capex plan over the next two years.
Gujarat’s first spine centre was opened at the N M Virani-Wockhardt hospital.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd intends to spin off its pharma retailing business into a separate company, though not immediately.
