A Private Affair analysing the need for private sector in Indian healthcare system : SKadri SM, Regional Institute of Health and Family Welfare, DHS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India; Danish Ahmed, Research Scholar, University of Delhi Medical School, New Delhi

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

Increased privatisation of Indian healthcare system would not only be beneficial for up gradation of medical facilities of the country but will also be beneficial for the poor and common people. It will also attract foreign investment and will able to keep the physicians staying in the country motivated.

Heart health city in Ahmedabad

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

Airtel launches alert services for vaccination

Airtel announced the launch of

IT @ Hospital Survey 2008 Part 3 – South and Central India

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

lT hospital survey reveals some very important facts on the health care facilities vailable in various states of India.

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.

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.

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.

Rural areas reap benefits of telemedicine

Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.

Karnataka partners EMRI to initiate medical emergency project

The Karnataka government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) to roll out

New medical colleges in pipeline

Cornered by a shortage of doctors and medical specialists in the country, the Centre plans to start colleges attached to hospitals run by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).

Universalising healthcare through telemedicine

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

Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?

MedPlus forays into Gujarat with plans of 200 stores

The organised retail health sector in Gujarat seems to be hotting up. After pharmacy and wellness chains of Apollo and Reliance, now Hyderabad-based MedPlus Health Services Pvt Ltd, one of the fastest growing chain of health network, is marking its foray into Gujarat by launching its pharmacies in Ahmedabad.

ISRO extends Telemedicine project across Karnataka

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has extended its telemedicine project to 14 more districts in Karnataka. With the inauguration of Karnataka Telemedicine Project Operational Phase II, the entire state is now covered under the project, senior ISRO officials said recently.