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The hidden cost of looking better: What health insurance covers, and what it leaves you to payRising demand for weight-loss drugs, cosmetic procedures and wellness treatments is creating a growing out-of-pocket healthcare expense cat...
NPS Swasthya: A cushion, not fill-in, for health coverCan the NPS Swasthya scheme be an effective substitute for a comprehensive health insurance plan that covers hospitalisation and related ex...
Govt doctors cannot treat inpatients in private hospitals: Karnataka ministerKarnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced that government doctors are strictly prohibited from providing inpatient treatment in ...
Medical services severely hit across Himachal Pradesh as doctors go on indefinite strikeResident doctors in Himachal Pradesh have begun an indefinite strike, severely impacting medical services except for emergencies. The strik...
Hospital-insurer conflict: Will latest circular by NMC help in reducing the pain of health insurance policyholders?The hospital-insurer conflict may be behind the National Medical Commission’s reissuance of last year’s government directive, but whether i...
These central govt pensioners will get a Fixed Medical Allowance: Know the eligibility and other rules to avail benefitsFMA is a monthly allowance given to retired central government pensioners to cover their outpatient medical expenses if they live in areas ...
NMC issues guidelines to identify fake patients in medical college inspectionsThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued guidelines to identify fake patients in medical colleges seeking approval or increased MBB...
All you need to know about the 5 AIIMS PM Modi will inaugurate from RajkotPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Gujarat on February 24 and 25 to launch several development projects worth over Rs 52,250 cror...
UP doctors told to prescribe only generic medicinesThe government doctors in Uttar Pradesh have been told to prescribe only generic drugs to patients as per the new guidelines issued by the ...
79 cases of H3N2 influenza reported till now in Puducherry: OfficialH3N2 is a non-human influenza virus that normally circulates in pigs and has infected humans, according to the US Centre for Disease Contro...
Covid BF.7 preparedness in India: All you need to knowSeveral states have begun intensive preparations to handle any situation emerging from the COVID BF.7 variant spread. CMs and concerned off...
AIIMS issues fresh guidelines for manual admission as e-Hospital server downOn Wednesday, the hospital had informed that its server had been down since 7 a.m. affecting the outpatient department (OPD) and sample col...
Are the kids safe? Children may not be as immune to Covid-19 as we thinkData on children as sources of coronavirus spread are sparse.
Amit Shah steps in to help Delhi combat pandemicShah said a house-to-house health survey will be conducted in containment zones across Delhi to improve contact mapping. The survey report ...
Kerala may tweak healthcare administration to link modern and traditional medicine systemsThe Kerala task force report points out how China effectively used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in tandem with modern medicine to pre...
Donald Trump unveils guidelines to reopen America, lets governors to take call on lifting curbs in statesAsserting that a prolonged lockdown, combined with a forced economic depression, would inflict an immense and wide-ranging toll on public h...
List drug abuse as one of the cause for death: Punjab health ministerPunjab health minister Brahm Mohindra plans to urge the Union government to include drug abuse or overdose as one of the causes of death in...
Lok Sabha sends national medical commission bill to parliamentary committeeThe Indian Medical Association, a lobby group of 3 lakh doctors, called off the strike after the Lok Sabha referred the bill to the standin...
Insurance companies lining up cashless OPD plans to make life easierAs with anything related to the business, there are many caveats, but this could still end up being the next big thing in health insurance ...
- The lack of primary healthcare in India
Good primary care will not emerge spontaneously in the absence of a strong implementation effort by the government or a concerted effort by...