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2 months ago

Centre for Digital Health and Precision Medicine launched in Chittoor

The Apollo University, in partnership with Apollo Hospitals and the University of Leicester, U.K., inaugurated the Centre for Digital Health and Precision Medicine at its campus, here on Monday. The initiative aims to create a global hub for innovative healthcare research, leveraging digital health and precision medicine to transform patient care. Apollo University Vice-Chancellor Vinod Bhat, University of Leicester Vice-Chancello …

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5 months ago

Kerala Healthcare Sector: Consolidation Spree Threatening Public Standards

New Indian Express

Kerala's healthcare sector is experiencing a consolidation spree, with hospitals acquiring smaller facilities to improve infrastructure and quality of services. While this trend can lead to improved standards and increased patient care, it also raises concerns about cost escalation and affordability for small and medium-scale hospitals.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Nigerian doctors walk off the job again. Overstretched and underpaid, many have left for overseas

The Independent

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3 years, 7 months ago

Health workers emotionally tired but ready for third wave

Live Mint

Syed Mudasir Qadri hasn’t had a good night’s sleep since March 2020. During a conference last week, Randeep Guleria, director of Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, suggested the third wave may not be as bad as the second one if people follow covid-appropriate behaviour. “Another doctor felt guilty about the death of his parents in a remote village …

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3 years, 7 months ago

NHS entrepreneurs are revolutionising staffing checks

The Independent

Business Reporter: NHS entrepreneurs are revolutionising staffing checks Dr Manreet Nijjar and Dr Henry Goodier, Co-founders, Truu Millions of pounds will be saved and hundreds of thousands of NHS clinical and admin days reclaimed with digital staff passports, allowing healthcare workers to move quickly between hospitals. Across the NHS this means more than 100,000 lost clinical days per year – …

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4 years, 5 months ago

UAE to Provide Incentives to Indian Healthcare Firms with Strong R&D Facilities amid Pandemic: Envoy

News 18

The UAE government will provide incentives, including financial contributions, and will make efforts to create a full ecosystem to support Indian healthcare manufacturing companies having strong research and development facilities, India’s envoy in the country said. “The UAE government will provide incentives, including financial contributions, and will also make efforts to create a full ecosystem to support such healthcare manufacturing …

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4 years, 9 months ago

Community transmission happening in India: Former AIIMS director

India Today

Community transmission is happening in India, I don't know why the government is saying otherwise, said former AIIMS director Dr MC Misra in an exclusive interview with India Today TV. "Interim data for a study conducted by ICMR in May, which hasn't been published yet, shows that 15-30 percent people are infected and these people can't tell where they got …

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6 years, 5 months ago

Ayushman Bharat helps 23,287 patients receive free medical care worth Rs 38 crores in just 10 days

Op India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat has seen approximately 23,387 claims in just 10 days since its launch on 25 September. Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat has tweeted recently that a total of 1.7 crore beneficiary eligibility letters with family cards have been dispatched to reach thousands of towns and villages. Since radiotherapy not available at …

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8 years, 1 month ago

What I do for $37: One GP's perspective on impact of Medicare pay freeze

ABC

When a patient joked that Dr Elizabeth Oliver had just earned "easy money", it hit a raw nerve. This was because doctors were "time squeezed" and struggling to provide the quality care that could prevent health problems escalating and needing more costly interventions, such as hospital care. "The point is that GPs are amazing value for money," Dr Oliver said …

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11 years, 1 month ago

Murthy faces Senate hearing for Surgeon General role

The Hindu

Indian-American Vivek Murthy, U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee for the role of Surgeon General, recounted personal and professional links with India as he fielded some tough questions at a Senate confirmation hearing this week. He said, “Much of your work has been devoted to electing the current president and advocating the new health-care law, all of which is your right …

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12 years, 3 months ago

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