Make rural health jobs more alluringThe three-tier system — health sub-centres (SC), primary healthcare centres (PHC) and CHCs — is characterised by paucity and absenteeism. E...
25 Jan, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Target of starting 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres achieved: Mansukh MandaviyaThe detailed norms with respect to staff, equipment, facilities and funding while transforming the PHCs and SHCs to AB-HWCs was provided to...
29 Dec, 2022, 07.52 PM IST
PPPs for PHCs and more for healthcareWork by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the realm of healthcare (as well as other areas) is a good example of the way in which pri...
06 Dec, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
'Centre hopeful of positive outcome from final talks with Zydus Cadila for Covid vaccine for kids'Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said, "I had a lengthy discussion with the Union minister about children vaccination. He (Mandaviya) i...
03 Oct, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
View: Dearth of healthcare workers in rural India may be a prime reason for rising Covid fatalities thereConcentration of healthcare workers varies across states, but is primarily concentrated in urban areas. It spreads out to total areas throu...
23 May, 2021, 11.42 PM IST
Karnataka making efforts to improve its NITI Aayog health rating: BS YediyurappaKarnataka would make efforts to achieve all the 17 parameters set by the NITI Aayog to achieve better ranking in its health index, Chief Mi...
28 Dec, 2020, 10.29 PM IST
Bihar used a 3rd of central funds for health centresBihar failed to spend even a third of Rs 88.5 crore given by the Centre in 2018-19 to upgrade its existing primary health centres (PHCs) an...
03 Jul, 2019, 08.03 AM IST
India to create new essential list to improve access to life-saving diagnostic testsAt a later stage, the list is expected to even bring down prices of these tests in the private sector, according to a senior government off...
13 Mar, 2018, 12.08 AM IST
Here's what could turn Modi's 'Ayushman Bharat' into a transformational schemeDesign and implementation challenges facing NHPS are even greater. Hospitals will have an inherent interest in pushing patients towards mor...
07 Mar, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
Tech-based patient-tracking to make its debut in KarnatakaState's first patient-tracking mechanism in government healthcare institutions is in collaboration with Biocon Foundation, the CSR wing of ...
26 Jan, 2017, 12.21 PM IST
PPP in primary healthcare brings encouraging results in RajasthanA glucometer that scans retina, a mammogram that allows diagnoses of breast cancer without touching, a medicine vending machine and low-cos...
14 Feb, 2016, 11.02 AM IST
Rajasthan move to draft pvt players in basic healthcare risky for patients: ExpertsMarkets work best when buyers and sellers are both informed about the transaction; but as far as healthcare goes, patients are a clear disa...
21 Aug, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
One primary health centre for every 44,000 persons in UP, reveals RTIDirector of UP Medical and Health department informed that there are 3496 PHCs and 773 Community Health Centres (CHCs) in the state.
01 Jun, 2015, 07.31 PM IST
Shortage of 2,225 doctors at primary health centres in IndiaIn the primary health centres across the country, 7,467 posts of doctors, out of 33,515 sanctioned posts are lying vancant.
11 Jul, 2014, 08.17 PM IST
- 800 doctors to be appointed soon in TN
A total of 800 doctors will soon be appointed in government hospitals in the state, Tamil Nadu Health Minister M.R.K.Panneer Selvam said in...
27 Aug, 2008, 07.29 PM IST
- Bihar sanctions over Rs 188 crore for construction of PHCs
The Bihar government on Saturday sanctioned a sum of over Rs 188 crore for the construction of 1985 new Primary Health Centres (PHC) across...
19 Jan, 2008, 07.57 PM IST
- Rural healthcare plagued by staff crunch, poor facilities
The Rural healthcare system in many states in the country is slowly falling apart. Though a large number of health centres exist, most rema...
18 Jul, 2006, 02.13 AM IST