Metro cities to get blood banks
Gearing up to meet high standards of safety in blood transfusion, the Government has approved providing the four major metros with blood banks, which would also be centres of excellence for transfusion medicine.
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Fortis to give Punjab its first cancer hospital
Fortis Health Care Limited has submitted a detailed plan to the Punjab government to set up a Cancer Institute and Research Centre on a plot close to the company
GE Healthcare, Gujarat Imaging expand facilities
GE Healthcare and Gujarat Imaging Centre (GIC), which launched the State
KLE Society bags Kolhapur health city project
Belgaum-based Karnataka Legal Education (KLE) Society has bagged the INR 500 crore
HIMSS AsiaPac 08, 20 – 23 May 2008, Hong Kong
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in conjunction with CHIK Services, organised AsiaPac08 at the Hong Kong
CBaySystems to invest $25 mn and up headcount in country
With a view to rapidly ramp up operations and expand its footprint in the country, CBaySystems, has drawn up a US$ 25 mn capex plan over the next two years.
Telemedicine soon across Maharashtra
Project planned with ISRO should have started in June last year; now, initial phase will connect via satellite premier medical colleges and hospitals to patients at eight or nine district hospitals.
New experiments in government hospitals
Madhya Pradesh government hospitals are being enabled to keep pace with the changing times. With a view to implementing the action plan prepared for this purpose, the State Health Committee has sanctioned INR seven crore 60 lakh 63 thousand.
AyurVAID to set up hospitals in tier II cities, metros
Kerala-based AyurVAID hospitals will be setting up six hospitals in the coming year in tier II cities and metros, with an equity investment of INR 4.5 crore, provided by a non-profit venture fund Acumen, US.
Lilavati plans another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai
Medical care provider Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre is planning to set up another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai at an approximate cost of INR 200 crore.
