Schiller India launches new defibrillator
Schiller India, a leading Swiss Joint Venture Company in the field of Medical Diagnostics, has launched a new defibrillator called Defigard 400, India
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SBI Life plans health product
SBI Life Insurance, a joint venture between the State Bank of India (SBI) and BNP Paribas Assurance, plans to launch a health insurance product by the end of July 2008.
RG Stone, New Delhi signs on Akhil Systems’ HIS System
R.G. Stone Urological Research Institute, a Super Specialty Urological Research Institute setup for providing specialized treatment for Lithotripsy, Endourology, Holmium Laser, Laparoscopic Surgeries and Diagnostics has recently signed on a new Hospital Iinformation Systems.
Bennet, Coleman pick up 2.55 lac equity shares of Lotus Eye Care
In a pre-IPO placement, Lotus Eye Care Hospital has sold 2,55,000 equity shares of INR 10 each to the Bennet, Coleman & Company, publishers of Times of India and The Economic Times, at a price of INR 50 each.
Award for open source application for analysing health data
Health Atlas Ireland, an Open Source application to analyse health related datasets using geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical software, was one of twenty projects that were given the ‘Prime Minister Public Service Excellence Award’.
Research tax credit boosts medical nanotechnologies sector in France
France has focused its attention the past two years on electronic and medical nanotechnologies. Support for these technologies continues to be a priority for the government, which has put in place the best research tax credit in Europe for the sector
Anoto enables BlackBerry integration to digital pen
Swedish digital pen and paper specialist, Anoto, has partnered with wireless BlackBerry platform developer, PaperIQ, to enable digital pen and paper input to be wirelessly transmitted to the character recognition system.
MedPlus unveils diagnostics plans
Pharmacy chain Medplus Health Services has opened its first five regional diagnostic centres already and has plans for 50 more by the end of the fiscal as it diversifies into the lucrative market for diagnostic services.
ISO certification to be must for ESI hospitals
ESI hospitals providing healthcare facilities to workers covered under the Employees
Govt allows service sector up to US$ 100 mn external borrowing
The government has revealed its decision to ease its external commercial borrowing (ECB) norm, enabling firms in the service sector – hospitals, hotels and software companies – to borrow up to US$ 100 million for import of capital goods.
Pvt hospitals treating poor for free can claim duty exemption
Only those private hospitals and health centres who provide free treatment to a certain percentage of poor patients are entitled to customs duty exemption on sophisticated imported medical equipment, the Supreme Court has ruled.
IBM’s new data sharing technology for critical public health info
IBM, in collaboration with the Nuclear Threat Initiative’s (NTI) Global Health and Security Initiative and the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS), has created a unique technology that standardizes the method of sharing health information and automates the analysis of infectious disease outbreaks, in order to help contain diseases and minimize their impact.
Cbay buys Philips
Healthcare BPO firm Cbay Systems has acquired nearly 70% in medical transcription firm MedQuist from Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V for US$ 287 million.
