Andhra Pradesh govt to launch family doctor scheme from March 15"Fulltime doctors have been appointed in 1,149 primary health centres (PHCs). In the event of long-term leaves...doctors from PHCs will be ...
Hyderabad civic polls: Congress promises 30,000 litres of free drinking waterCongress has also promised to bring COVID-19 treatment under 'Aarogyasri', a government health insurance scheme and free local transportati...
TRS turned Hyderabad into "flood city"; People want to elect a BJP Mayor in GHMC polls: JavadekarSpeaking after releasing a "charge sheet" against the TRS rulingthe Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), he alleged it failed to...
UP goes on the offensive, seals off all hotspotsThe 15 districts include Gautambuddh Nagar (Noida), Ghaziabad, Meerut, Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Saharanpur, Firozabad, Bula...
KCR joins issue with PM Modi on surgical strikes, claims UPA I carried out 11 such attacksKCR also mocked at Modi over his 'chowkidar' (watchman) slogan, saying Chaiwala has gone and Chowkidar has come.
Ayushman Bharat may need Rs 20,000 crore injection in first year: Insurance ActuariesPremium likely be around Rs 2,000 per family to start with and can rise to Rs 5,000 in the long run. The cover is expected to take care of ...
This is what Modi govt needs to do to make National Health Protection Scheme a successThe intent behind NHPS is laudable, and possibly electorally rewarding. But the key challenge is to design a robust financial edifice to ma...
Andhra Pradesh CM orders launching of 'cashless health cards' schemeAbout 1,885 procedures will be covered in the scheme in private as well as government hospitals network all over the state.
- Raising investment limit for insurers to 30 per cent would be imprudent: IRDA
IRDA said raising investment limit for insurance cos would be "imprudent" and insurers should be conservative in their approach.
- Rising medical bills cripple aam admi
India's per capita out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure to pay for healthcare costs has gone up from Rs 41.83 in 2005 to Rs 68.63 in 2010.
- Healthcare solutions: Putting health records online
Sameer Bahadur’s healthcare solutions help cut down the time spent in consultation with doctors.
- ICICI Venture-led PE players invest $100 mn in Star Health
Four private equity investors led by ICICI Venture, the growth fund of Carlyle and Sequoia Capital, have invested about $100 million for a ...
- Centre to infuse life into health plans, protect 6 crore poor families
The insurance regulator has proposed a new consolidated health and life cover for over six crore poor families that will replace all existi...
- Star Health Insurance to infuse Rs 180 cr in biz
Chennai- based Star Health and allied insurance company, the first stand alone health insurer of India promoted three years ago, will see a...
- YSR's formula: Aarogyasri
YSR promises to increase funds for his govt’s winning health scheme, Aarogyasri.
- AP to impose 1% cess on construction activity
This cess would be applicable to all Central and State Government departments, public undertaking, commercial constructions and individual ...
- Andhra imposes cess on construction activities
The 1 per cent cess will be imposed to provide health insurance and to implement social security and welfare measures to this unorganised s...