Ericsson, UN to bring telemedicine to Africa
Ericsson is joining forces with the United Nations Office for partnerships to use telecommunications to bring mobile-health applications and services (m-health) and telemedicine to rural Africa.
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Trivitron Healthcare launches Pride series
Chennai-based Trivitron Healthcare has announced the launch of its Pride Series, an array of “innovative” products researched and designed for the Indian health industry.
GE announces healthcare initiatives
GE Healthcare, the USD 17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company, today announced healthcare initiatives targetted at early health care in the country, including a tie up with four partners.
Star Hospitals and Star Health Insurers to work together
Star Hospitals.net, a North American healthcare facilitator, is partnering India’s first stand-alone health insurance company, Star Health and Allied InsuranceCompany, Ltd.
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.
Apollo Hospitals to set up 250 small health centres
The Tamil Nadu-based Apollo Hospitals group will set up 250 small hospitals across the country including the north-east by 2013, a senior company official revealed recently.
iSoft India gives shape to world’s largest health project
Healthcare software provider iSoft has said that its Indian R&D team is developing a solution what it described as the world
India leads the way for personalising medicine in developing countries
India is playing a major role in raising the standard of personalised medicine across the world, especially developing countries.
Ericsson enter into new UN initiative to bring digital-health benefits to Africa
Ericson has partnered with the United Nations Office to use telecommunications to bring mobile-health applications and services (m-health) and telemedicine to rural Africa. As a founding member of the UN’s Digital Health Initiative, Ericsson is taking another step in its ongoing commitment to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which aim to reduce global extreme poverty.
Sysmex, Transasia introduce products for Clinical Research sector
Sysmex, the world leader in Haematology, in partnership with Transasia Bio-Medicals introduce the XT-1800i V & XT-2000i V (Veterinary mode), a fully automated Haematology analyzer for High Quality Animal Blood testing.
Balco to build INR 300 cr cancer hospital in Chhattisgarh
The Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco), which is a part of the Vedanta Group, will spend INR 300 crore in building a cancer hospital and research centre here, officials.
Apollo
The dry run of the initial INR 5 crore EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system by Apollo in association with 40-odd hospitals in south India and networking of 2 lakh doctors will be done by October of this year.
