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The old health insurance model sees hospitalisation as an inconvenience, says Narayana Health's Viren Prasad Shetty; bets on managed care modelIt has been close to two years since Narayana Health’s wholly owned subsidiary, Narayana Health Insurance—which has adopted a ‘managed heal...- 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...
- Supreme court panel defines minimum ICU standards, outlines staffing norms and infrastructure requirementsThe Supreme Court has mandated minimum standards for ICUs, covering infrastructure, equipment, and staffing. States must submit action plan...
- 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 ...
- Delhi adds 1,288 hospital beds; over 5 lakh emergency calls handled in 2025: Economic SurveyDelhi's healthcare saw a modest bed expansion in 2025-26, adding 1,288 beds, primarily in Delhi government hospitals. Future plans include ...
- Canada’s nursing crisis deepens as Ontario cuts spark alarm over staffing shortages, burnout and patient safetyOntario's nursing crisis intensifies as a major hospital network cuts 28 registered nurse positions, primarily in a critical kidney care un...
- What to know about the NYC nurses' strike and how it affects patientsNYC Nurses' Strike: Thousands of New York City nurses are on strike for a second day. Major hospitals like NewYork-Presbyterian, Montefiore...
- MoD sanctions transferring 69 acres JNN land, acquisition of 2.18 acres private land for Air Force Station in Jodhpur : Govt"An MoU was signed on 26.03.2017 between Indian Air Force, Government of Rajasthan, Airport Authority of India, Jodhpur Nagar Nigam (JNN) a...
- India's doctor-population ratio of 1:854 better than WHO standard of 1:1000: MoS tells LS"Assuming 80 per cent availability of registered allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in the country...
- Doctors Down: Hospitals face staff shortage with frontline workers catching COVID-19Most hospitals have scaled up capacity by 10-35% to accommodate the increasing number of Covid patients and are recruiting more healthcare ...
- Insurers get big claims, say private hospitals overchargingAt present, the billing variation in case of Covid-19 patients ranges from Rs 80,000 to Rs 6.70 lakh on an average length of stay of five d...
- Irdai asks hospitals to share facility dataIrdai on Thursday published a draft circular where it proposed that going forward, the public must have access to hospital information via ...
- The most common device in a hospital is getting a smart makeoverThere is a wide gap between patient- nurse ratio in our country. Each nurse cannot practically monitor the Intravenous (IV) drip rate every...
- India facing shortage of 600,000 doctors, 2 million nurses: StudyIn India, 65 per cent of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year.
- Drugs, consumables 30-50% of hospital bills, doc fees 10-20%Slashing the margins on medicines, diagnostic tests, and medical consumables could potentially cut your bill by at least a third in most ca...
- Increase beds, don't turn away dengue patients: Delhi government to private hospitalsThe dengue menace continued to rattle Delhi with a six-year-old boy and a woman succumbing to the vector-borne disease, raising the toll to...
- Government to pick up medical tab for poor; To foot bills up to 1 lakh for treatmentThe government is making treatment of people below the poverty line suffering from mental disorders and diabetes free at government or publ...
- 'Improper ratio of doctor-patients is deficiency in service'The Delhi Consumer Commission has held that inadequate ratio of doctor and patient or nurse and patient in government or private hospitals ...
- India short of 6 lakh doctorsEven as India faces an acute shortage of manpower in the healthcare sector, the country holds the top position when it comes to its physici...
- Telemedicine can help cure rural India’s illsTelemedicine holds the key to improve efficiency and widen the reach of healthcare, especially to rural India.
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