National Rural Health Mission under CBI scan
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided 21 places in connection with multi-crore-rupee swindling of funds in the National […]
Indians Lack Awareness About Cancer Treatments: Philips India Survey
A survey conducted by Philips Healthcare India with AC Nielsen has highlighted cancer as the single most worrying disease in […]
“Odisha Should Focus on Affordable Optimal Healthcare Services”
Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra is Director of newly established All India Instituteof Medical Science (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar. In an interview with […]
Pehel Birthing a New Hope
Dr Jyoti Vajpayee, Global Technical Advisor, Population Services International (PSI) speaks about the significant programmes that they have taken up […]
We Believe in Public Private Partnership with People
By K N Bhagat, Managing Trustee, OTTET The Government cannot by itself provide all the conveniences without the cooperation of people. While individual effort […]
President Urges for a Sustainable Healthcare Roadmap
Noting that a healthy country would be a prosperous country, President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the doctors to reach out […]
Dial108 to Get Samajwadi Party Health Service
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has launched the state governments emergency medical transportation service by dialing 108 and said the ambulance […]
Birth of Hope
The positive response to Sambhav voucher scheme augurs well for pro-poor health policies and programmes in developing countries By Dhirendra […]
Tele-Health Prescribing Quality Healthcare for all
Telehealth can bridge the hospital infrastructure and service gap in India and promise quality healthcare to all. As a step […]
Sustainable Models for mHealth
The Indian government and private players need to work together using the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in order to […]
“Tele-health is being viewed as a distinct service, as a subspecialty” : Prof K Ganapathy, President – Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
Prof K Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation and Telemedicine Society of India, and President Elect, Indian Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, is a pioneer in introducing telemedicine in India. A renowned neurosurgeon, Dr Ganapathy has initiated pilot projects in using wireless telemedicine in several rural areas in India.
Satellite Technology : Bridging the Health Divide
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] With satellite communication technology, telemedicine provides access to quality healthcare, even to the farthest reaches of the nation
Railways to Set up 18 Medical, 7 Nursing Colleges
The Indian railways is looking to greatly improve its medical facilities by using the public-private partnership model. It proposes to establish 18 medical colleges attached to existing railway hospitals through PPP.
