PremjiInvest puts US$ 20 mn in HealthCare Global
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd said on Monday PremjiInvest, a fund sponsored by Wipro’s Azim Premji, has invested US$ 20 million in the company.
Apollo DKV Insurance to invest INR 5 billion in India
Health insurer Apollo DKV Insurance Co. Ltd plans to invest up to 5 billion rupees in the next five years to increase market share.
NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Business News
Healthcare Industry Challenges & IT Solution Offerings : Faisal M. Paul, Country Manager – HPC & Healthcare Business Development, Hewlett Packard India (Sales) Pvt. Ltd.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Industry forces are converging the Life Sciences and Healthcare Value Chain – the industry convergence is driven by bioscience innovation, increasing healthcare costs, the aging population and technology adoption.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
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World News
GE Healthcare in joint venture
GE Healthcare, the US$ 17 billion (Dh62.3bn) healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), has announced formation of a joint venture, GE El Seif Healthcare Arabia.
Gulf emerging as big market for Indian medical tourism
India’s growing reputation as a major medical tourism destination is attracting more and more visitors from Gulf countries. And many travel agents are now offering packages combining treatment with a vacation.
Computer Sciences Corp forms healthcare unit
Computer Sciences Corp. has launched a new business unit dedicated to healthcare. CSC’s Healthcare Sector will focus on the information and service needs of healthcare providers, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and allied industries globally.
Social network site may help fight malaria
The British entrepreneur who sold a soccer Web site at the age of 17 for US$ 40 million has switched his attention to help launch a social networking site designed to fight malaria.
Tatanet grabs contract from TCIL for telemedicine
Tatanet, a division of NELCO Ltd, has announced that it has received a multi-million dollar order for supply of Satcom equipment from Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) for a e-Network project providing telemedicine.
US$ 350k MacArthur grant for India’s public health inst
Sangath, a Goa-based public health institution focussing on 350 million children and youth, is one among eight organisations in six countries that has won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
Telemedicine links Africans to Indian expertise
Linked by a high-speed Internet connection, the doctors in Care Hospital in Hyderabad, India, study X-rays and laboratory results being transmitted by doctors from Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Flipping between charts, they use light pens to point out important features. They can see each other in windows on their screens, while medical charts fill the rest of the display.
