Wockhardt’s new cardiac surgery initiative in Gujarat
Wockhardt Hospitals has launched complex cardiac surgery initiative in Gujarat. Patients in Rajkot and Surat are being offered first class medical technology by the experts of the Hospital.
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Shalby Hospitals in INR 450 cr spread
The tax holidays offered in the Union Budget for the healthcare sector has prompted Ahmedabad-based Shalby Hospitals to check into various newer destinations for setting up multi-speciality hospitals.
Trusts, societies may be kept out of hospital PPPs
The government’s proposed scheme to invite private players to run hospitals and schools in partnership with it might not be open to the most preferred business vehicles in these sectors – trusts and societies.
More hospitals on the way in Kolkata
Dhoot Developers Pvt. Ltd. has tied up with Columbia Asia to set up seven hospitals in the east, three of them in Kolkata.
Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts
Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a larger specialist provider of clinical software and services for the US primary
HIMSS virtual conference & expo offers free access
The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) hosts its third Virtual Conference & Expo on April 23-24 2008 with the recently added benefit of free access to the exhibit hall, educational sessions and networking lounge.
Reliance ADAG plans medical cities across country
As part of its plan for a pan-India foray in the healthcare sector, Reliance ADAG is planning to set up health cities or medical cities across the country. The company is learnt to be in talks to acquire land in Kolkata and Jaipur for the project.
OpenMED finalist for Stockholm Challenge Award
The project OpenMED (https://openmed.nic.in) has been selected as finalist for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.
Lifeline Group of Hospitals signs MoU with Zambian govt
City-based Lifeline Group of Hospitals has signed an MoU with the Government of Zambia to set up a 100-bed medical facility at Lusaka at an initial investment of INR 40 crore.
Sweden chooses InterSystems for sharing patient records
The Swedish National Patient Overview (NPO) has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m (
Austrian hospital gets staff admin system
A personnel administration system has been implemented at Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien (AKH), Austria. AKH in Vienna is one of the country’s biggest hospitals with 2,100 beds and 9,000 staff, including around 1,500 doctors.
US seeks India’s help to improve global healthcare
The US is seeking additional scientific, regulatory and technical collaboration with India as a means to improve healthcare outcomes for patients around the world.
