Local Innovations, Global Opportunities

V Raja, President & CEO (South Asia), GE Healthcare talks with eHEALTH about achievements and initiatives of his company in India, […]

Docs join hands to set up hospitals in small towns

Lack of organised funding, like private equity and venture capital, has prompted doctors to increasingly come together to begin hospitals in tier-II and-III cities.

Gujarat govt to invest INR 300 cr for healthcare

All the primary hospitals and community health centres in Gujarat are set to undergo a sea change, with the state government taking initiatives to ensure quality healthcare services.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

TCG Lifesciences has been conferred excellence award by Institute of Economic Studies

Heart health city in Ahmedabad

Next time a Baby Noor of Pakistan needs an advanced heart surgery, she might pick Ahmedabad instead of Bangalore.

GCS to pump in INR 722 cr to upgrade Cancer Hospital

The utive board and general board of GCS, which runs the Cancer hospital, recently approved an ambitious plan to to convert the hospital into a super speciality cancer care and research institute that will provide treatment at par with international standards.

DesignTech introduces software for consulting doctors, physicians

DesignTech Systems Ltd, a leading solutions provider in healthcare and Product Life cycle Management has introduced a range of healthcare solutions for small to large hospitals.

Finally, a lifeline for India’s poor

The government is set to introduce Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a visionary national health insurance scheme, which provides INR 30,000

Bangalore hospital to set up medical college in Ahmedabad

Bangalore based Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital will set up a medical college in Gujarat on an investment of INR 2.5 billion (USD 507 million).

IT @ HOSPITAL Survey 2008,Part-II,West India

[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.

Gujarat, GE Healthcare ties up to upgrade med tech

Global healthcare equipment maker GE Healthcare, an arm of General Electric Company (GE), and the Gujarat government have tied up in a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership (PPP) to upgrade medical technology in the state.

IT services accessed by rural poor

The Common Service Centres are ICT-enabled Kiosks having a PC along with basic support equipment like Printer, Scanner, UPS, with Wireless Connectivity as the backbone and additional equipment for edutainment, telemedicine, projection systems, etc.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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