4,300 surgeries canceled as NZ doctors protest "broken" health systemNew Zealand witnessed a nationwide strike by senior doctors. Around 5,500 medical professionals protested staff shortages. The action led t...
01 May, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
Top healthcare challenges in India that ZS PRIZE seeks to addressAccessibility, affordability and grassroots health issues that impact the masses remains the focus for ZS PRIZE when it comes to the health...
13 Feb, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
Make rural health jobs more alluringThe three-tier system — health sub-centres (SC), primary healthcare centres (PHC) and CHCs — is characterised by paucity and absenteeism. E...
25 Jan, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Global cyberattacks up by 38%, healthcare most targeted in India: Check Point ResearchGlobally, the education/research sector was the most attacked industry, reporting a 43% increase in attacks over 2021.
12 Jan, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
- UK nurses begin biggest strike ballot in more than 100 years
The Royal College of Nursing said it had been forced into the move after years of real-terms wage cuts deterred people from joining the sta...
06 Oct, 2022, 01.19 PM IST
Healthcare segment continues to see increase in hiring, shows report“With the additional pressure on the medical infrastructure in the past and in the coming future, the understaffed healthcare industry has ...
19 Apr, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
View: In India's capital, whether you and your loved ones live or die depends on who’s in your phone bookDenialism about the scale of the problem is official policy. Ministers, bureaucrats and even government lawyers insist that there is no sho...
30 Apr, 2021, 07.21 AM IST
Why India is shattering global infection recordsIndia is massive - it's the world's second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people - its size also presents extraordinary chal...
22 Apr, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
India is sitting on a healthcare time bomb, and no, it is not the coronavirusMore than a million children have missed crucial immunizations and hospital births have shown a sharp decline, indicating many women may ha...
11 Sep, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
Karnataka deploys tele-ICU solution to deal with Covid-19The tele ICU enables hospitals to have their beds and their patient data remotely monitored via real time audio visual tools and internet c...
16 Jun, 2020, 07.49 PM IST
Covid-19: Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Card to 40,000 foreign nurses, doctorsThe legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that states like Iowa ha...
23 May, 2020, 11.08 AM IST
Legislation introduced in US to give Green Cards to foreign nurses, doctorsThe legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors.
09 May, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
New wave of infections threatens to collapse Japan hospitalsHospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people as the country struggles with surging coronavirus infections and its emergency...
18 Apr, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
ND Tiwari sits on dharna against Uttarakhand governmentThe octogenarian leader immediately held a press conference and accused the state government for the sorry state of affairs at the hospital.
29 Oct, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
- Barring Indian doctors will put UK patients at risk: BMA
BMA supported the cause of overseas doctors, including Indians, saying the government's attempts to restrict their career opportunities cou...
08 May, 2008, 05.13 PM IST
- Kashmir psychological battle emerges as violence ebbs
The insurgency in the flashpoint South Asian region was long ranked as one of the world's most deadly, but now has been eclipsed by other t...
01 May, 2008, 10.11 AM IST
- Medicos stir on in BJP ruled states
Barring three states ruled by the BJP and its allies, health services were restored in state-run hospitals across the country as medicos en...
02 Jun, 2006, 12.14 AM IST