We aim to ease patient burden via innovative healthcare financing: Aniruddha Sen, Kenko HealthCurrently, Kenko Health is operating out of 40 cities across India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Nagpur, Indore, Lucknow, Vi...
28 Mar, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
Edelweiss General Insurance eyes 80-85 pc of business from health, motor segments: CEO"We hope to maintain a similar growth rate in the current year also. In the first two months (April to May 2021), we have seen over 60 per ...
04 Jul, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Doctors' strike hit medical services in PunjabThe impact of the strike was seen more in rural areas of the state. Medical services in the out-patient departments (OPDs) were severely af...
25 Jun, 2021, 03.06 PM IST
AIIMS-Delhi to resume routine inpatient admissions, elective surgeriesDelhi was hit badly by a brutal second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming a massive number of lives daily, with the recent oxygen supp...
17 Jun, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
Online medical consultation service by retired military doctors rolled out for entire countryThe defence ministry roped in retired military doctors to provide online consultations to civilian patients under a telemedicine platform. ...
14 May, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
Indian Army converting its hospital in Delhi to exclusive COVID-19 facility for armed forces personnel, veteransThe Army said on Twitter, "Base Hospital Delhi Cantt BHDC is being converted into an exclusive COVID-19 facility for Indian armed forces an...
20 Apr, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
ESI beneficiaries can get medical services at empaneled hospitalsBeneficiaries of the ESI health insurance scheme can get medical care at nearby private hospitals empanelled with the Employees' State Insu...
18 Feb, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
Health ministry's telemedicine service eSanjeevani records 1 million teleconsultationsOver 10 per cent of the users of eSanjeevani are aged 60 and above. Close to around one fourth of the total patients have used eSanjeevani ...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.48 PM IST
Telemedicine initiative eSanjeevani completes eight lakh consultations: Health MinistryIt said eSanjeevani's both variants of telemedicine -- doctor to doctor (eSanjeevani AB-HWC) and patient to doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) -- are...
20 Nov, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
Health ministry's 'eSanjeevani' records 4 lakh doctor-to-patient tele-consultationsThe other states that have registered highest consultations through eSanjeevani and eSanjeevani OPD platforms are Himachal Pradesh (36,527)...
26 Sep, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
National telemedicine service completes over 1.5 lakh consultations: Health MinistryThe ministry said that presently, on an average around 5,000 consultations are provided daily through both the modes.
09 Aug, 2020, 09.17 PM IST
Telemedicine to be covered under health insurance policy amid coronavirus outbreak: IRDAIThis move brings relief to medical insurance policyholders who may prefer to consult medical practitioners online or telephonically to avoi...
12 Jun, 2020, 01.19 PM IST
PolicyBazaar to enter healthcare tech and services spaceThe Gurgaon-based company, which was valued at $500 million post the closure of its last round of funding in October 2017, has earmarked ab...
14 Mar, 2018, 06.33 PM IST
Expertspeak: Find ways to catch customers young2016 will be a year of comprehensive and longterm products for the general insurance industry
21 Dec, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Digital India: Queues at 4 government hospitals in Delhi to get shorter from July 1PM Narendra Modi's net savvy approach will now be extended to the country's healthcare system with premier hospitals going online from July...
28 Jun, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
AIIMS to get Rs 1,500 crore facelift in next three yearsThe health ministry has drawn up a major plan for massive upgradation AIIMS by injecting nearly Rs 1500 crore over the next three years.
14 May, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
Online OPD appointments for 24 government hospitalsDr N V Kamat, director, health services said the existing facility of direct appointment will also continue.
28 May, 2014, 11.32 AM IST