MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

India, Maldives sign five pacts to boost infrastructure projects in island nation

Besides a MoU on capacity building and exchange of content and expertise between Prasar Bharati and Public State Media, Maldives and MoU on...

Largest batch of AIIMS resident surgeons to learn basics of robotic surgery

In the largest such initiative so far, a group of 70 young surgeons specialising in oncology at the premier medical science institute in Ne...

ESI beneficiaries can get medical services at empaneled hospitals

Beneficiaries of the ESI health insurance scheme can get medical care at nearby private hospitals empanelled with the Employees' State Insu...

Inox Group plans Rs 2,000 crore capex to increase medical, industrial gas production

Siddharth Jain, director at INOX Air Products told ET that this is the biggest capital expenditure planned by the company in view of the pi...

India's Usha Rao-Monari appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP

A statement issued by the UN Spokesperson here on Wednesday said that Rao-Monari, Senior Adviser to Blackstone's Infrastructure Group, is a...

India imports 80% of its requirement of medical devices: MoS Ashwini Choubey

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is presently regulating 28 categories of notified medical devices under the provisi...

Major thrust to medical infra: TN CM lays foundation stones for Rs 368 crore projects

He laid the foundation stone for buildings at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMC), Chennai, Government Rajaji Medical Col...

Budget has given huge impetus on health sector & infrastructure: Prime minister Narendra Modi

Modi, who was in Assam’s Dekhiajuli on Sunday, laid the foundation stone of two medical colleges and roads projects under Assam. He said, “...

Budget 2021: Enact measures that encourage citizens to purchase medical insurance

The combination of increased budgetary allocation, ease of GST regulations and a commitment by citizens to invest in insurance will positio...

Budget 2021 could give more tax relief on medical expenditure, insurance in wake of Covid

Considering the present situation, the common man expects the Finance Minister to liberalise provisions of section 80D and expand its scope...

View: Budget 2021 should fund data infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence skills

The budget is an opportunity for FM Sitharaman to unleash an employment and productivity multiplier through generous funding of data scienc...

Huge potential for medical technology sector in India: Pharma Secretary

"We already have over 4,000 active health-tech startups based out of India... it is a demonstration of the spirit of invention, innovation ...

Medical infrastructure in Bengal stressed due to non- implementation of Ayushman Bharat: Jagdeep Dhankhar

"Because of Ayushman Bharat all over the country, we could have witnessed growth in the medical world... unfortunately some could not (take...

COVID-19: Entire Delhi can be vaccinated in a month, says State Immunization Officer

The officer asserted that the equipment and infrastructure for vaccines that need ultra-cold conditions (minus 70 degrees Celsius) are not ...

Uddhav Thack​eray advises caution to avoid another lockdown

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday asked people to practice social distancing norms, warning that if the ‘medical appara...

India has scaled its medical infrastructure sufficiently: ET-ILC Forum

The lockdown gave the country and the medical fraternity enough time to prepare and scale infrastructure. The lockdown gave hospitals the t...