Business News – November 2008
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[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Railways to expand telemedicine network
Taking medical facilities to far-flung areas, the Indian Railways have decided to expand their telemedicine network across the country.
Wockhardt to open 7 hi-tech hospitals
Wockhardt Hospital Ltd (WHL), part of INR 3,000-crore Wockhardt Group, is planning to expand its operations across the country.
Indian Railways to expand telemedicine network
The Indian Railways has decided to expand telemedicine network across the country. Currently, the facility is available in 18 places including Rangia, Badarpur, Guwahati, Sonpur, Ratlam, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Vadodara and Rajkot.
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[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Indians can now dial 108 for emergency
India is gradually moving to use of one emergency telephone number across the country, 108, on the lines of America’s 911 and Britain’s 999.
First state in India to have baby screening
Goa on Saturday became the first state in the country to have mandatory screening of new born babies to diagnose them from untreated metabolic disorders.
Gulf emerging as big market for Indian medical tourism
India’s growing reputation as a major medical tourism destination is attracting more and more visitors from Gulf countries. And many travel agents are now offering packages combining treatment with a vacation.
US$ 350k MacArthur grant for India’s public health inst
Sangath, a Goa-based public health institution focussing on 350 million children and youth, is one among eight organisations in six countries that has won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
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[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Wockhardt Hospitals to invest INR 569 cr in growth
Wockhardt Hospitals, associate of Harvard Medical International (HMI) a self supporting not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard Medical School has chalked out a growth strategy with an investment of INR 5.69 billion in expanding, developing and constructing both greenfield and brownfield expansion plans.
First health institute in Nagaland
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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