BSNL to provide telemedicine service among hospitals
The Bhartiya Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India to provide telemedicine services through its network between the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) hospital and other hospitals.
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Flying Doctors of Austrailia to access medical records
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) will have ready access to the medical records of more than 750,000 residents in remote Australia under a new project backed by the federal government.
Polymed to buy US medical device firm for $20 mn
Disposable medical device manufacturer Polymed is reportedly set to acquire a US-based medical device company for around $18-20 million.
Apollo to set up hospital near Pune
The Apollo Hospitals group is reportedly ready to set up an integrated healthcare and wellness destination and a 50-bed multi-speciality hospital at Lavasa hill town near Pune, following an agreement it signed with the Lavasa Corporation.
Aravind Eye Hospital’s new to Contact lenses manufacturing unit
Aravind Eye Hospital’s Aurolab which produces Intra Ocular lens (IOL) and other surgical instruments, is set to get a new manufacturing facility in 1,10,000 sq ft area at Veerapanchan in Tamil Nadu.
The University of California, Merced eyes telemedicine
The University of California at Merced, is planning to set up a telemedicine centre in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, where many disadvantaged patients lack access to medical specialists.
GE Healthcare’s increasing focus on domestic market
Growing at 18-20 per cent a year already, and with sales of $475 million, including both domestic and exports. They have now raised their targets even further.
Wipro’s BPO arm poised to buy MarketRx
According to sources, Wipro BPO is likely to buyout MarketRx, a pharma focused market analytics company, bolstering its analytics practice, which at present accounts for less than 10% of its revenues.
MIOT launches Trust for children’s heart surgery
MIOT Hospitals is launching a trust called Children’s Heart Internationale MIOT (CHIME) in Chennai.
UNAIDS asks for urgent scale-up of action to achieve universal access for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
The UNAIDS’ new report titled ‘Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support’, says that for achieving the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, there is requirement of a dramatic and urgent scale-up of efforts.
Launch of
Governments and organizations are uniting in order to launch a new global and unprecedented drive on 26 September, 2007 to cut down maternal and child deaths.
AIIMS starts telemedicine-based cancer consultation
A telemidicine link now connects AIIMS with Sher-E-Kashmir Institute, Cuttack Cancer Hospital as part of a larger plan to connect around 100 networked hospitals and medical institutions all over the country.
