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Fast Deliveries, Easy Healthcare: Indian Woman In Portugal Lists 7 Things India Does Better
According to Shivam, access to doctors, pharmacies, and medicines is generally quick and straightforward in Indian cities.
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Doctor Sounds Alarm on 'Predatory Pricing' In Private Hospitals: "Rs 64,000 For 3-Day Treatment"
The doctor criticised corporate hospital chains for acting as a "financial sinkhole" by inflating medicine prices and prescribing redundant tests.
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Obesity, Diabetes And Digital Addiction Rising In India: Economic Survey 2025-26 Healthcare Insights
The Economic Survey 2025-26 flags rising public health threats in India, from obesity, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to digital addiction and mental health challenges among youth.
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Obesity, Diabetes And Digital Addiction Rising In India: Economic Survey 2025-26 Healthcare Insights
The Economic Survey 2025-26 flags rising public health threats in India, from obesity, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to digital addiction and mental health challenges among youth.
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Centre Unveils 3 New Initiatives To Bolster Healthcare Services
In another bid to ensure healthcare for all, the government has unveiled three new initiatives which will play a major role in improving the quality of healthcare services in the country.
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PM Modi's Healthcare Plan Better Than 'Obamacare', Says Rajnath Singh
The national health protection plan of the Narendra Modi-led government is even better than the famous 'Obamacare' plan of former US president Barack Obama, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today.
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2 Lakh Foreigners Availed Healthcare Facilities In India In 2016
More than 2 lakh foreigners, including 1,678 Pakistanis and 296 Americans, availed healthcare facilities in India in 2016, signalling the country's growing reputation as a popular medical destination.
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Brahmaputra Boat Clinic In Assam Goes Solar, Powering Up Rural Healthcare
Majuli, Assam: Sitting on her haunches, Ritumani Baruah watches the boat drop anchor and waits for its crew to set up a clinic on the shore. Twenty minutes later, she asks to see the dentist and is guided to the lower deck of the SB Nahor, a boat offering healthcare services that operates on the Brahmaputra river in Assam. She negotiates the gangp...
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Blog: The Missing Element In Public Health Delivery Is Community
In the 1989 classic “Field of Dreams”, a voice tells Kevin Costner’s character, “If you build the field, they will come”. A corresponding zeitgeist that pervades many public health programs might be stated as – “build supply, demand will follow”. Entering the world of public health to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India following ...
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Book Excerpt: My Patient Died; What I Said To Her Husband Right After
She was indeed pale and her recent haemoglobin was just three grams. That was barely enough to keep her alive and she was pregnant on top of that. Such a low haemoglobin meant years of poor nutrition and neglect. Even the livestock in the villages were better looked after. They didn’t look very poor either. Her husband appeared healthy enough. ...
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India Will Not Meet National Health Policy 2017 Targets: Ex-Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao
By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org Health has never been a national priority and it is one reason why we have the highest number of women dying during childbirth and under-five mortality rates, former Union Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao wrote in her recently-published book “Do We Care? India’s Health System”. Drawing on two decades of work i...
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Centre Asks States To Initiate Aggressive Awareness Campaign On Dengue, Chikungunya
The Centre today asked the states to start 'aggressive' campaigns to increase awareness on prevention and control of vector-borne disease like dengue and chikungunya.
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A Dana Majhi Everywhere. No Ambulance, Woman’s Body Carried By Family
Bihar: A woman’s body was carried by relatives in Bihar after they were refused an ambulance at a government hospital on Tuesday – another example of dignity denied in death, which was brought to the nation’s attention in stark images last year of Odisha tribal Dana Majhi walking with his wife’s body on his shoulder. Shyama Devi, the 30-yea...
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Mental Disorders: India's Ignored Reality
Many times misunderstood, mostly ignored or hushed-up, the mental ailments always remain undercover in India. As per the latest data available, at least 60 million Indians suffer from mental disorders. Nearly 10-20 million Indians suffered from severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and nearly 50 m...
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Innovations Will Help Better Health Services in India: Union Health Minister J P Nadda
Union Health Minister J P Nadda today appealed to states to give "priority" to innovations and adopt best practices for achieving "superior outcomes" in the health care sector of the country.
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Fast Deliveries, Easy Healthcare: Indian Woman In Portugal Lists 7 Things India Does Better
According to Shivam, access to doctors, pharmacies, and medicines is generally quick and straightforward in Indian cities.
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Doctor Sounds Alarm on 'Predatory Pricing' In Private Hospitals: "Rs 64,000 For 3-Day Treatment"
The doctor criticised corporate hospital chains for acting as a "financial sinkhole" by inflating medicine prices and prescribing redundant tests.
-
Obesity, Diabetes And Digital Addiction Rising In India: Economic Survey 2025-26 Healthcare Insights
The Economic Survey 2025-26 flags rising public health threats in India, from obesity, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to digital addiction and mental health challenges among youth.
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Obesity, Diabetes And Digital Addiction Rising In India: Economic Survey 2025-26 Healthcare Insights
The Economic Survey 2025-26 flags rising public health threats in India, from obesity, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to digital addiction and mental health challenges among youth.
-
Centre Unveils 3 New Initiatives To Bolster Healthcare Services
In another bid to ensure healthcare for all, the government has unveiled three new initiatives which will play a major role in improving the quality of healthcare services in the country.
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PM Modi's Healthcare Plan Better Than 'Obamacare', Says Rajnath Singh
The national health protection plan of the Narendra Modi-led government is even better than the famous 'Obamacare' plan of former US president Barack Obama, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today.
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2 Lakh Foreigners Availed Healthcare Facilities In India In 2016
More than 2 lakh foreigners, including 1,678 Pakistanis and 296 Americans, availed healthcare facilities in India in 2016, signalling the country's growing reputation as a popular medical destination.
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Brahmaputra Boat Clinic In Assam Goes Solar, Powering Up Rural Healthcare
Majuli, Assam: Sitting on her haunches, Ritumani Baruah watches the boat drop anchor and waits for its crew to set up a clinic on the shore. Twenty minutes later, she asks to see the dentist and is guided to the lower deck of the SB Nahor, a boat offering healthcare services that operates on the Brahmaputra river in Assam. She negotiates the gangp...
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Blog: The Missing Element In Public Health Delivery Is Community
In the 1989 classic “Field of Dreams”, a voice tells Kevin Costner’s character, “If you build the field, they will come”. A corresponding zeitgeist that pervades many public health programs might be stated as – “build supply, demand will follow”. Entering the world of public health to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India following ...
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Book Excerpt: My Patient Died; What I Said To Her Husband Right After
She was indeed pale and her recent haemoglobin was just three grams. That was barely enough to keep her alive and she was pregnant on top of that. Such a low haemoglobin meant years of poor nutrition and neglect. Even the livestock in the villages were better looked after. They didn’t look very poor either. Her husband appeared healthy enough. ...
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India Will Not Meet National Health Policy 2017 Targets: Ex-Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao
By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org Health has never been a national priority and it is one reason why we have the highest number of women dying during childbirth and under-five mortality rates, former Union Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao wrote in her recently-published book “Do We Care? India’s Health System”. Drawing on two decades of work i...
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Centre Asks States To Initiate Aggressive Awareness Campaign On Dengue, Chikungunya
The Centre today asked the states to start 'aggressive' campaigns to increase awareness on prevention and control of vector-borne disease like dengue and chikungunya.
-
A Dana Majhi Everywhere. No Ambulance, Woman’s Body Carried By Family
Bihar: A woman’s body was carried by relatives in Bihar after they were refused an ambulance at a government hospital on Tuesday – another example of dignity denied in death, which was brought to the nation’s attention in stark images last year of Odisha tribal Dana Majhi walking with his wife’s body on his shoulder. Shyama Devi, the 30-yea...
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Mental Disorders: India's Ignored Reality
Many times misunderstood, mostly ignored or hushed-up, the mental ailments always remain undercover in India. As per the latest data available, at least 60 million Indians suffer from mental disorders. Nearly 10-20 million Indians suffered from severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and nearly 50 m...
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Innovations Will Help Better Health Services in India: Union Health Minister J P Nadda
Union Health Minister J P Nadda today appealed to states to give "priority" to innovations and adopt best practices for achieving "superior outcomes" in the health care sector of the country.
