Nurses Strike NYC: Why are 15,000 NYC nurses on strike? Here's what Mayor Zohran Mamdani said about the largest strike in city historyNearly 15,000 nurses have walked off the job in New York City, marking the largest nurses' strike in the city's history. Negotiations faile...
12 Jan, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
Major Healthcare strike looms: 75,000 unionized workers brace for potential historic walkout across multiple statesHealthcare workers employed at different Kaiser Permanente facilities are prepared to stage a strike from October 4 to October 7 unless a l...
01 Oct, 2023, 10.07 PM IST
Union Cabinet approves setting up of 157 govt nursing colleges: Mansukh MandaviyaCo-location of these nursing colleges with medical colleges will allow optimal utilisation of the existing infrastructure, skill labs, clin...
26 Apr, 2023, 10.30 PM IST
Positive & forward-looking Budget, say private healthcare majorsReplacing old ambulances with new ones will improve pre-hospital emergency care aiding in saving lives during the 'golden hour', Hari Prasa...
01 Feb, 2023, 04.17 PM IST
Britain makes crypto technology a priority for streamlining marketsGwyneth Nurse, the ministry's director general for financial services, said the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT), which underpins...
07 Jun, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
Indian naval ship with COVID-19 essentials dispatched to LakshadweepA Defence release said 41 oxygen cylinders (collected from the islands) were refilled and embarked onboard Indian Navy hired vessel, Meghna...
28 Apr, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
Union govt reviews progress under National Health MissionThe NHM targets include reducing MMR to 1/1,000 live births, reducing IMR to 25/1,000 live births, reducing TFR to 2.1, bringing down preva...
23 Mar, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Cold chains, system for vaccination ready in Gujarat: Deputy CM Nitin PatelAs many as 47,796 vaccination centers have been identified in the state to administer the vaccine and 15,534 teams will be deployed for thi...
06 Dec, 2020, 11.55 AM IST
COVID-19: Govt forms database of healthcare professionals, volunteers to manage human resourceThe database can be accessed to utilise the services of volunteers for various activities.
19 Apr, 2020, 08.18 PM IST
Govt launches iGOT portal to train doctors, health care workers to combat Covid-19A master database of healthcare professionals and volunteers has also been made operational which provides state and district wise availabi...
19 Apr, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Going to Gorakhpur’s root: The weakness of the public health systemMedical specialists are always at the highest level of the government pecking order. Young and qualified medical specialists will insist on...
22 Aug, 2017, 12.03 PM IST
AIIMS to help states replicate its digital project across IndiaThe Union Health Ministry has mandated AIIMS to help the states and Union territories replicate the initiative which comprises the institut...
26 Jan, 2017, 08.52 PM IST
After IT, healthcare can be the next sector where India dominates the worldThe economy of the 20th century was driven by machines which replaced human toil. We, in India, missed that golden opportunity.
28 Jan, 2016, 11.57 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh government dragging Salman Khurshid’s NGO probe, Centre saysIn 2012, Zakir Hussain Trust came into focus after allegations of misappropriation in the distribution of equipment to handicapped people i...
16 Jul, 2015, 11.18 AM IST
Healthcare quality should not suffer in quest for more doctors: JP NaddaNadda also emphasised the need to develop a framework for holistic healthcare and well-being rather than merely sick-care.
10 Jan, 2015, 10.16 PM IST
- New regulator for health soon: PM
The Bill to set up National Council for Human Resource in Health (NCHRH) -- the overarching regulatory body for the health sector, which wi...
02 Oct, 2010, 06.39 AM IST
- Govt to relax norms for setting up med colleges in some states
Government on Friday said it would relax norms for setting up medical colleges in the north-east and other areas of the country where there...
11 Apr, 2008, 09.21 PM IST