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Indian-origin physician pleads guilty in bribery case in USAs stated in a plea agreement, the State of Illinois contracted with the company to provide skilled nursing services to patients.
A case for universal health coverage in IndiaPerhaps Modi's family escaped that experience: he has hardly been heard talking passionately about it as he does about other aspects of pov...
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...
Sacred Heart Hospital fraud: Indian-origin doctor Venkateswara Kuchipudi convicted in kickback scheme in USHe was convicted after a trial on one count of conspiracy to defraud and nine counts of illegally soliciting or receiving benefits in retur...
Self-regulatory code for doctors, hospitals soonThe Indian IMA and the Association of Hospital Providers of India (AHPI) have constituted a joint committee to formulate the code.
Open secret: Doctors take cuts for referralsDr MK Mani, chief nephrologist in Apollo Hospital Chennai, told TOI that the practice of doctors getting kickbacks from any expensive opera...
Sunday ET: Why tuberculosis is India's biggest public health problemIndia is home to 2.2 million tuberculosis patients, making it the largest number in a single country.
Chopper scam: Govt puts AgustaWestland deal on hold, BJP harps on Italy connection againA stunned government decided to put on hold the controversial Agusta Westland chopper deal pending a federal investigation.
- Anna Hazare ends fast on Day 13; might be hospitalised
The country heaved a collective sigh of relief at the resolution of a major national crisis as Hazare sipped a glass of coconut water with ...
- 19 Indians indicted in major health care fraud in US
These individuals abused their positions of trust and endangered lives of countless people by illegally distributing more than 6 mn doses o...
- 19 Indians indicted in massive health care fraud in US
A federal grand jury in the US has indicted 26 people, including 19 Indians, for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care ...
The sorry state of public healthWith India’s dysfunctional primary healthcare system severely impairing its human capital, the govt needs to rise above rhetoric.
- Are your drugs boosting your doctor's lifestyle?
If you knew your doctor was a contestant for these prizes, how confident would you feel that what has been prescribed to you is what you ne...