Government extends 5 yr tax holiday for all hospitals

Government of India has extended a five-year tax holiday, currently given only to hospitals in the rural areas, to those across the country, sending the shares of healthcare providers higher.

Fortis Healthcare may enter JV with Emaar MGF

Fortis Healthcare is exploring possibilities of a joint venture with Emaar MGF for setting up of hospitals.

Present model of PPP fails to woo pvt healthcare

It is being claimed that lack of clear modalities on the public-private partnership (PPP) model is delaying the much-hyped entry of the private healthcare sector as a big-time service provider in government hospitals across the country.

Hospital IT buying just got easier

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Editorial

Ranbaxy may dilute 60% in new R&D unit

Ranbaxy Laboratories may dilute up to 60% stake in its new research company, which will be formed by hiving off its R&D unit into a separate entity in 2008.

After Malar, Fortis eyes Chennai’s Lifeline

The Ranbaxy group-promoted Fortis Healthcare in a fresh bid to acquire a strong foothold in the south, has after acquiring the 180-bed Malar Hospital in Chennai, now set its sight on the 450-bed Lifeline Hospital chain in Chennai.

Aspects of Telemedicine for healthcare delivery : Anurag Dubey, Frost & Sullivan

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Telemedicine has changed healthcare delivery dynamics in the interest of extending health services to all individuals and eliminating time and distance barriers.

Frost & Sullivan HealthIT utive Summit, Goa

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The surf-n-sand is surely a holiday goer�s delight, and for that matter, reason enough to indulge and set free from hectic work schedules and deadline blues.

eHealth India 2007 – July 31 August 02 2007, The Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Quality of public health and availability of proper healthcare amenities are one of the prime yardsticks for estimating the level of development and well being of any country or society.