Premature male pattern baldness and greying of the hair may be more prominent risk factors for heart disease than obesity, claims a recent study conducted in India. The study, conducted by the European Society of Cardiology, took place in Kolkata. It involved 790 men aged less than 40 years with coronary artery disease and 1,270 …
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India’s health sector and medical industry may see negative effects in the future stemming from an over reliance on imports of medicine and raw materials from China, claims the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA), the apex organisation for Indian pharmacists. However, these Chinese raw materials are used in medicines destined for domestic consumption and for …
In a drastic response to a crisis involving health workers leaving their duties to go on strike, the Bihar government has urged health centres to begin recruiting as the government intends to terminate the contracts of up to 80,000 health workers. Huge numbers of health workers have gone on strike within Bihar. The strike is …
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In a scandal reminiscent of the Gorakhpur tragedy, a newborn in a New Delhi hospital was pronounced dead by doctors, only for the family to find out the child was breathing on their way to the funeral. The hospital has been accused of both negligence and extortion. The event has seen huge levels of publicity …
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India and Italy are to become partners in health infrastructure, after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two countries on November 29. The intention is to pool technical, scientific, financial and human resources to upgrade healthcare infrastructure, medical education and research in both countries. The deal may involve increased investment into the …
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India’s malaria surveillance system ranks among the worst in the world according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2017. Documented within the report is a claim that the surveillance system uncovers only eight percent of all malaria cases within the country. This opens up the possibility that statistics for malaria within India …
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Deadlines to eliminate kala-azar by the end of 2017, set out in the National Health Policy 2017, have not been accomplished. Surveys across the four states in which kala-azar is endemic have found the continued existence of sporadic outbreaks. This is according to senior officials of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme. The disease …
A potential one in ten medications circulating in India could be fake, claims a recent news release by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report states that, in low and low to middle income countries (L-LMICs), there is an abundance of medications that are either deemed to be substandard — containing far less of the …
The Fortis Hospital in Gurugram has faced harsh criticism from state officials after parents of a child who died from dengue fever were charged an excessive fee. “In simple words, it was not a death, it was a murder,” said Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, discussing the negligence of the hospital. The Union Health Ministry …
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India’s community health centres, where primary healthcare is delivered at the grassroots level, suffer from an 81 percent shortage of specialist staff, including surgeons, general physicians and paediatricians. These shortages of staff are particularly prevalent in rural environments and may be leading to otherwise preventable deaths. The findings were part of the 2016 Rural Health …
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