Health issues in India
After a protracted battle of one-upmanship over competing health models, the Delhi government and the Centre could arrive at a middle ground. In an unprecedented gesture, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for the first time since the general election to seek collaboration in Yamuna water conservation and state’s health […]
President Ram Nath Kovind has praised the Centre’s flagship health insurance initiative Ayushman Bharat, touting the number of people who have availed the benefits of the scheme thus far. During an address before a joint parliamentary session, President Kovind said the scheme had made a significant contribution to reducing the catastrophic out-of-pocket spending on health […]
The monsoon season brings with it mosquitoes. The mosquitoes bring with them diseases. And Delhi is committed to making sure they are kept under control before the arrival of the first showers . In a meeting with municipal corporation and hospital officials, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it is important that preventive action is taken […]
“She was just a child,” said Dhananjoy Pal. “If she had lived, she would have been 21.” Pal was talking about his daughter. Aged fourteen, she suffocated to death in the Advanced Medical Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital in Dhakuria, an area of West Bengal state capital. A fire broke out in the early hours of […]
In the period of a week, several contrasting statements have been released by various media outlets regarding the situation in Bihar where 128 child deaths have been reported at the time of writing. As first suspected, encephalitis seems to be the cause – although mismanagement could be playing a significant role in the tragedy. […]
In Pune, there are 6,771 registered healthcare facilities. A mere 38 of them report cases of tuberculosis (TB). The health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) reported the shocking finding in its latest report, covering hospitals, private establishments, healthcare clinics, chemists, nursing homes, and diagnostic centres according to The Times of India (ToI). This […]
What began as an agitation in West Bengal is poised to become a national movement, as the Indian Medical Association (IMA) calls for a doctors’ strike on Monday over safety at work. A severe attack on an intern at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata resulted in the ongoing stir. Exhortations and threats […]
Experts predict dengue fever will threaten sixty percent of the world’s population, amounting to a predicted six billion people by 2080. This predicted increase can be largely attributed to two factors: urbanisation and global warming. In India, dengue fever is endemic across all 35 states and union territories. The disease has shown a gradual increase […]
Punjab has announced it may raise the age at which government doctors may retire in a bid to address the state’s shortage of doctors. The doctor-patient ratio in Punjab was actually ranked as one of the best in India in September last year. The Times of India reported that Punjab had one medico for every […]
E-cigarettes and e-hookah could become unattainable in India as long-standing efforts by the Centre to ban them amidst the war on tobacco products seem on the cusp of bearing fruit. The Drug and Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has cleared the way for the prohibition of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). This has been a pet […]
![Utilised as an example of fire safety lapses. The Advanced Medical Research Institute in the Dhakuria locality of Kolkata, where a fire in 2011 claimed in excess of ninety lives. Biswarup Ganguly [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]](https://i1.wp.com/www.healthissuesindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AMRI_Hospital_-_Advanced_Medical_Research_Institute_-_Dhakuria_-_Kolkata_2014-02-12_2008.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 "Fire safety: India's hospitals are still lacking")
