Gujarat proposes to add 500 seats in medical colleges
Gujarat Government asked for opening up three new medical colleges in the state but the proposal never got passed.
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“ICT plays a very vital role in implementing Rajiv Aarogyasri in Andhra Pradesh” : Babu Ahamed, Aarogyasri Health Care Trust, India
Rajiv Aarogyasri, a government initiated health insurance scheme (working on a public-private partnership model) running in Andhra Pradesh is providing cashless treatment to almost 90 percent of the state population
Healthcare services go cashless for poor
Planning commission expert group has called for making the preventive, primary and secondary healthcare services publicly funded and cashless.
Haryana: focuses on providing infant
State health minister Rao Narender Singh states that to check infant mortality rate, Haryana government has planned neonatal care units in all district hospitals.
Health insurance focus poor women
A gender study by the labor ministry has showed that the government has generated greater demand of health insurance scheme by government.
Revisited tax policy on healthcare demanded
With the high uproar about the increase in the service tax for health services, the government is now trying to revisit the policy.
MAXimising Benefit : October 2010
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$25.7 Million in Grants to Health Centers by Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius , Secretary Health and Human Services has announced more than $25.7 million in grants to increase and improve health and support services at the nation’s health centers.
National Health Policy – Need for Reforms : Dr. Ajit K. Nagpal (MBBS), Chairman utive Council, Batra Hospital & Medical Research Center, New Delhi
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Organisation and financing of healthcare services in a country depends largely on its economy & socio-political environment
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.
Canada is going to support health research in developing countries
Canada’s Government has recently announced that for doing research on health along with developing countries, CA $ 20 million will be spent.
Counterfeit medicines endangering lives worldwide: INCB
As per the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) President Philip O. Emafo, unregulated sales of pharmaceutical drugs, including counterfeit medicines, are undermining national drug laws and regulatory authorities while threatening the lives of patients.
National Pharma Policy to be implemented soon
A National Pharma Policy, which aims at providing life- saving drugs at reasonable prices, would be implemented soon in India.
