People who vandalise medical facilities or thrash hospital doctors in Uttar Pradesh can now be arrested by police faster, without a court-issued warrant, and the culprits would also not get bail, according to a new stringent …
India and China decided to strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of maternal and child health, infectious diseases and other emerging health challenges, officials said here. The discussions were held between …
India and Switzerland have firmed up their cooperation in healthcare and would soon ink an agreement on cooperation on non-communicable diseases, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday. Azad held discussions with Swiss …
India and Britain have signed an agreement for cooperation in the health sector with specific focus on strengthening primary health care and technological development, an official said here Monday. A memorandum of understanding …
Maharashtra has initiated steps to modernise its rural healthcare network with a tie-up with an international consortium, an official said on Friday. The state health department has joined hands with a Wipro GE Healthcare-led …
Noted Indian American surgeon Mukesh Hariawala will discuss the business implications of President Barack Obama's second term on the Indian healthcare system at a leadership conclave in Mumbai in June. A Harvard trained cardiac …
A study conducted to find out the causes of diarrhoea in young children found that the rotavirus is responsible for the most severe cases. The study was conducted in seven different sites in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asian …
President Pranab Mukherjee said nursing has evolved into a modern medical profession and nurses have become an indispensable part of the country's health care system.
‘Nurses form a large part of the health workforce and are …
Over 2,000 doctors are expected to attend the five-day annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) - the largest ethnic medical organization in the US and a very politically influential …
France has identified its first case of coronavirus infection, a virus akin to SARS, the health ministry announced on Wednesday. ‘This is the first and the only case confirmed in France to date’, with an infection by a new …
Preventive health checks! The exclusive preserve of the affluent in most parts of India but not in the hill state of Sikkim where the government-backed Comprehensive Annual and Total Check-up for Healthy (CATCH) programme aims to …
The British government would like to offer India the expertise of its famed public health system, the National Health Service (NHS) to India in a sort of ‘returning the favour in kind’. The NHS is one of the world’s most …
A 26-member British business delegation, led by Kenneth Clarke, cabinet minister and the prime minister's trade envoy, will visit Tamil Nadu this week to promote healthcare partnership with the state. In a statement issued here, …
The brain drain from the nation’s top medical institution continues unabated with two more doctors – cancer specialist Dr Vinod Raina and gynaecologist Dr Suneeta Mittal quitting AIIMS to join the newly-launched Fortis …
