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SC directs Centre, states to file responses on plea seeking directions for uniform healthcare standardThe top court was hearing a plea filed by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Patients' Rights Campaign and K M Gopakumar which had also sought direction...- Civil society asks PM to reject WTO dealThe letter - whose signatories included Mumbai's Forum for Medical Ethics Society, National Working Group on Patent Laws and WTO, and Karna...
- Health ministry ‘gags’ states on vaccine stocks, storage dataA Union health ministry letter to all states and UTs warning that data on vaccine stocks and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage i...
- Civil society petition in SC for compulsory licence for vaccine, key Covid drugs“Covid-19 is a public health emergency and the government is obligated to issue an order of government authorisation under Section 100 or a...
- Writ petition filed to issue CL for Covid drugs, regulate vaccine pricesNon-governmental organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Union gover...
- NHRC forms expert panel to study COVID impact on human rightsThe expert panel would be headed by Dr K S Reddy, president of Public Health Foundation of India. The expert committee would assess the imp...
- Indiscriminate use of hydroxychloroquine in Mumbai a cause of concern: Jan swasthya AbhiyanThe disclosure was made by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) of Mumbai, which outlined its Covid-19 management proto...
- PPE pecking order leaves nurses, ward boys at riskComplaints pour in about facilities and safety gear for healthcare workers being dependent on hierarchy rather than on the extent to which ...
- Health gets a super pill, but where’s the money?Aiming for one medical college for every three parliamentary constituencies, government also announced plans to set up 24 new colleges and ...
- Indian Medical Association may collate list of combination drugs that are 'irrational' & 'unsafe'The body says it may also collate its own list of combination drugs that are 'irrational' and 'unsafe' so that its members can avoid prescr...
- Code for pharma firms to have more teethThe voluntary code, initially applicable till June 2015, has been given four extensions despite the department repeatedly admitting it wasn...
- Fear of duty hike raising drug prices unfoundedThe withdrawal of customs duty exemption on 76 drugs has led to a hue and cry with many doctors claiming this would make these life-saving ...
- NHRC to hold public hearings on health rightsNational Human Rights Commission has decided to hold public hearings on 'Right to Healthcare' in different cities, to look into violation o...
- Madhya Pradesh NGO to create awareness about Vyapam scamA leading NGO today launched a signature campaign in Madhya Pradesh to create awareness about the Vyapam scam.
- Maharashtra plans to make tobacco-chewers, spitters sweep government offices for a dayHealth minister Dr Deepak Sawant said the existing civic bye-law on spitting or chewing and sale of tobacco products should be amended or r...
- Government panel moots clinical trial waiver for two cancer drugsThe two medicines - Aflibercept and Trastuzumab emtansine - are used in treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and metastatic breast can...
- Human rights groups discuss issues affecting the poorSeveral human rights groups today came together and held a public hearing in Delhi around the issues that affect the poor and marginalised.
- The curious case of health secretary Keshav Desiraju's transferNew hypotheses say Desiraju was removed because he was opposing some of Azad's ideas. These include the contentious proposal to bring back ...
- Planning Commission for strengthening of public health systemDenying any move to privatise public sector healthcare, the Planning Commission today said it has made a strong case for strengthening it.
- NGOs, MP Jyoti Mirdha demand wider drugs under price controlTwo health groups & a parliamentarian told a ministerial panel that retail prices of medicines should be fixed on the basis of cost of prod...
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