Kerala’s healthcare gold rush: How private equity is reshaping hospitals and raising fears over costsPrivate equity funds are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Kerala’s healthcare sector, reshaping a system long dominated by inde...
24 May, 2026, 07.35 AM IST
US lawmakers, immigration advocates slam new green card policy, seek reversalA new policy by the Trump administration mandates green card applicants to apply from their home countries. This move faces strong criticis...
23 May, 2026, 07.54 PM IST
How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...
08 May, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
SC asks states, UTs to prepare action plan to implement guidelines for intensive care servicesThe Supreme Court has directed all states and Union Territories to develop realistic action plans for implementing minimum ICU standards. A...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
UK's migration crackdown risks care home staffing crunchNew government plans to extend the wait for permanent residency to 15 years for care workers risk a significant staffing shortage in Britai...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Must explore how AFMS can make meaningful contribution in domain of clinical trials: Rajnath SinghDefence Minister Rajnath Singh highlighted the need for clinical trial reforms in India. He suggested the Armed Forces Medical Services can...
07 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Home nursing, oxygen, physio - health insurance covers only 60–180 days after hospitalisation; here’s how to plan the restHome nursing, physiotherapy, oxygen support—health insurance can cover these for 60-180 days after discharge, with conditions. The rest of ...
06 Apr, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
India becomes the biggest source country for doctors in the USIndia is the top source of immigrant doctors and the second-largest source of registered nurses in the US, as per a report by Remitly. Immi...
15 Jun, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
View: Fill this critical gap in India's healthcare systemIndia has one nurse for every 670 persons, falling 4.3 million short of the World Health Organisation (WHO)-prescribed number of three nurs...
20 Jan, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
Indians to gain as US readies Green Card for doctorsThe Bill also allows doctors with five years of work experience in the US and a work record that proves that their admission to the US woul...
14 May, 2020, 07.04 AM IST
Doctors of India origin at the Covid-19 front lines in UK. The frontline in this war has a few thousand doctors of Indian origin. Some of these people were born in India but migrated in search of ...
05 Apr, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
UK extends work visas for Indian, foreign doctors amid coronavirus outbreakIn a relief to foreign doctors, including from India, whose visas were set to expire in October this year, the UK government has extended t...
01 Apr, 2020, 02.11 PM IST
UK turns to India to fill doctors, nurses vacancies"Unwise regulations" and changing visa regime have been making the British medical system less attractive for Indian doctors, which UK hope...
29 Feb, 2016, 10.19 PM IST
PIL against MCD doctors strike: HC seeks government's replyDelhi HC today sought responses of the AAP govt, Medical Council of India and the Indian Medical Association on a PIL against the strike by...
03 Feb, 2016, 04.08 PM IST
India biggest exporter of doctors, nurses to Europe: OECD reportMore than a third of NHS doctors, some 35 per cent, in the UK alone were born abroad, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develop...
28 Dec, 2015, 08.19 PM IST
- Saudi pay hike for expat doctors, nurses
In a move likely to benefit many Indian doctors and nurses, Saudi Arabia will give a pay hike of 15 to 80 per cent to expatriate doctors, n...
15 Jan, 2008, 10.18 AM IST
- Docs may not need UK qualifier test
UK govt may soon recognise Indian medical degrees from reputed institutes, for Indian immigrant doctors.
13 Jun, 2007, 03.26 AM IST