Shalby Hospitals in INR 450 cr spread
The tax holidays offered in the Union Budget for the healthcare sector has prompted Ahmedabad-based Shalby Hospitals to check into various newer destinations for setting up multi-speciality hospitals.
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Reliance ADAG plans medical cities across country
As part of its plan for a pan-India foray in the healthcare sector, Reliance ADAG is planning to set up health cities or medical cities across the country. The company is learnt to be in talks to acquire land in Kolkata and Jaipur for the project.
US seeks India’s help to improve global healthcare
The US is seeking additional scientific, regulatory and technical collaboration with India as a means to improve healthcare outcomes for patients around the world.
Wockhardt offers online skill test for nurses
In an effort to create standardisation of nursing skill assessment, Wockhardt Hospitals Group, India’s leading chain of superspeciality hospitals has launched Nursing Skill Test (NST) a unique online way to test the basic domain knowledge of prospective nurses seeking employment with the group.
India running short of 2 million nurses
India is short of two million nurses as per the global average on the number of nurses required in comparison to the population ratio, Vishal Bali, CEO, Wockhardt Hospitals Group, said recently, while launching India’s first online skill assessment tool for nurses.
Foreign medical degrees now recognised in India
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said that postgraduate degrees in medicine obtained from foreign institutes are legal and recognized in India.
Apollo telemedicine services for Mantri Developers
For the first time in India, Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd. has tied up with Apollo Hospitals Ltd. to provide quality health care services 24 x 7 through Telemedicine to residents of select Mantri homes, using contemporary state of the art technology.
Max New York Life Insurance enters health sector
Max New York Life Insurance has entered health insurance sector by launching ‘lifeline’ consisting of three distinct groups of solutions.
Delhi’s government hospitals to go online
To facilitate information on availability of beds in various hospitals across the Capital, the Delhi Government is bringing all its hospitals online, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Maulana Azad Medical College recently.
India’s first hi-tech TomoTherapy system installed
The Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) has installed dual purpose hi-tech TomoTherapy system, a first of its kind in India.
Virtual Consultation @ click away!
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
E-mail has transformed general communication worldwide, revolutionising banking and retail. A successful trial of e-mail communication between a surgeon and patients in Sydney, Australia highlights its potential to improve the doctor-patient relationship as a result of better communication.
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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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