Medical Technology Park set up in Chennai
Medical Technology Park set up in Chennai

In view of the Tamil Nadu government’s initiative of promoting Chennai as a manufacturing hub and in view of its reputation as a medical tourism hotspot, South Asia’s first medical technology park is set up in Chennai by Trivitron.

Aarogyasri – revolutionising public health through conviction and innovative ICT application : Pratap Vikram Singh, Correspondent, CSDMS
Aarogyasri – revolutionising public health through conviction and innovative ICT application : Pratap Vikram Singh, Correspondent, CSDMS

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

Rajiv Aarogyasri, a government initiated health insurance scheme (working on a public-private partnership model) running in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is one of the successful government endeavours ever for sustainable provision of health cover for people living below poverty line.

Up to the South !
Up to the South !

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

That South India is a favourite to foreigners, lair of the geeks� and erudite academicians is too old a story. But, before I delve into the other facet of Dakshin Bharat I would like to take my readers quickly through some of the findings of a recent report on the imbalances in the health status across Indian states.

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
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.

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