HC asks Centre, AAP govt to streamline process of availing facilities under health welfare schemesThe Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the AAP government to simplify the process for accessing medical facilities under various ...
29 Sep, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
Government forms committees for inspection of COVID hospitalsThe Ministry of Health has written to all the states and union territories with regard to prescribing reasonable rates for testing and trea...
20 Sep, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
Karnataka may rope in private medical colleges if Covid-19 cases surge post lock-downThe government will provide doctors with a checklist to follow regarding treatment. We will also be applying to ICMR to seek permission to ...
08 May, 2020, 06.35 PM IST
COVID-19: No full-time health minister in MP, govt forms panelUnder fire for not having a full-time health minister amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has constituted an a...
18 Apr, 2020, 11.06 AM IST
Keep doctors, suspected patients at religious institutions' premises: Employees' body to Delhi govtEarlier this week, Kejriwal had said that all departments have been directed to stop all expenses except salary of employees. He had said t...
11 Apr, 2020, 03.40 PM IST
HC asks J&J to pay Rs 25 L to 67 patients who had revision surgery for faulty hip implantsThe court's direction came after the company said it has verified that these patients have undergone revision surgery and it was voluntaril...
31 May, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
UPA allowed import of faulty Johnson & Johnson implants: Centre in Supreme CourtIn its affidavit, the Centre said it had not accepted J&J’s stand that it would not make any reimbursement to patients after August 24, 201...
14 Dec, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
President dismisses plea to disqualify 27 AAP MLAsThe President signed the order dismissing the plea based on an opinion given by the Election Commission (EC) in July, a senior poll panel f...
25 Oct, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Parliamentary panel asks health ministry to expedite setting up of anti-retroviral treatment centresThe panel has also asked the ministry to devise a mechanism for providing an expanded access to subsidised anti-retroviral therapy for poor...
05 Aug, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
Mechanism for ethical oversight of medical practice soughtA Parliamentary panel has sought a stronger mechanism for ethical oversight of medical practice to address concerns of malpractices or medi...
13 Mar, 2016, 01.55 PM IST
AIIMS: Parliamentary panel bats for system to ensure prompt surgery of critical patientsA parliamentary panel has recommended putting in place a grading system under which those with severe diseases are served first.
23 Aug, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services denies shortage of medicines in hospitalsA release from the Directorate said that there were adequate stocks of drugs and vaccines in the hospitals and only quality drugs were give...
24 Feb, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti urges Centre to rebuild health sector in Jammu and KashmirMehbooba Mufti said health sector was affected the most in recent floods and the mountainous region of the state needed fully-equipped ambu...
15 Oct, 2014, 06.13 PM IST
Mehbooba Mufti urges Centre to rebuild health sector in Jammu & KashmirHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan chaired the first meeting of the committee since the BJP government came to power.
15 Oct, 2014, 05.20 PM IST
10 private hospitals face action for violating land normsAction as per terms and conditions for allotment of land to private hospitals is taken against the defaulting private hospitals.
09 Jul, 2014, 03.41 PM IST
- Parliamentary panel flays Health Ministry's "inaction" on clinical trial
A Parliamentary panel has criticised the Union Health Ministry for its "inaction" on certain alleged irregularities in clinical trials of d...
26 Apr, 2013, 07.48 PM IST
- 1,144 people died during clinical trials in 2010, 2011
As many as 1,144 people died during clinical drug trials in 2010 and 2011, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the...
21 Aug, 2012, 06.22 PM IST