The prestigious INDIRA GANDHI PRIYADARSHINI AWARD 2010 was conferred on Mr Satish Kini, Founder & Chief Mentor of 21st Century Health Management Solutions Pvt Ltd , at a well attended All-India National Unity Conference
The Chennai based Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospital (KMH) performed a very rare heart surgery on a 20 year old girl from Basara, Iraq. She had complaints of breathing, combined with bouts of cough and pain in the chest.
National Knowledge Commission chief Sam Pitroda today said that the Indian health system was going the ‘highly unaffordable American way’ and suggested going back to roots to provide cheap healthcare benefits to those at the bottom of the social pyramid.
[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research center, India has taken yet another quantum leap by conducting the first MR guided breast biopsy on 15 December 2008 in the country.
With the growing cost of healthcare becoming a major headache for governments across the world, tele-medicine could provide a solution to India and other countries grappling with the problem, said a UN official.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eINDIA 2008, India�s largest ICT event was held from 29th to 31st July 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The per capita income in Western India is the highest in the country at USD 850 (PPP). It would be appropriate then to assume that this would have an impact on the level of automation of medical care in the region.
Intel chief Craig Barrett has drawn his attention to an Indian organisation, Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI), to bring home the point of technology, making it possible to deliver affordable healthcare.
Patna will soon have a super-specialty eye hospital. It will be an autonomous body and will have a separate cadre for doctors. Till its own building comes up in the phase-wise manner it will function at the existing Rajendaranagar Hospital in Patna.
To facilitate information on availability of beds in various hospitals across the Capital, the Delhi Government is bringing all its hospitals online, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Maulana Azad Medical College recently.
The Delhi High Court has banned strikes in all government hospitals in the national capital, saying that they were against the interest of the public.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Max Heart and Vascular Institute is a 200 bed state-of-the-art cardiovascular facility located in Saket, in South Delhi.
