The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for an indefinite strike in response to the proposed National Medical Commission Bill. The bill has caused uproar within India’s medical community since it was announced. More than 25,000 doctors held a ‘mahapanchayat’, or large gathering, in Delhi on March 25 in opposition to the bill. The proposed …
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India will face severe shortages of water by 2050, a UNESCO report warns. Rivers and groundwater resources are becoming increasingly heavily polluted across the country. The Central Pollution Control Board identifies 275 Indian rivers as polluted – more than double the figure five years ago. The high levels of contamination across the country mean 19 …
In a blow to the Union Health Ministry, their proposal for a bridge course that would allow practitioners of traditional medicine to practice modern medicine has faced opposition from both allopathic and homoeopathy bodies. The National Medical Commission Bill 2017 proposed meetings between the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and the Central Council of …
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More than 92 percent of Indians do not trust the healthcare system according to an annual survey conducted by fitness device firm GOQii. Alongside this mass distrust the survey also found that the most trusted public figure on health advice is Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. A close runner-up for sources of health advice is yoga …
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Cosmetic surgery is being offered free of charge in a government-run clinic in Tamil Nadu. Procedures offered include breast alterations, cleft lip repairs and hand transplants. The offer of breast surgery has been the focus of much of the media coverage surrounding the policy. The clinic already offers free reconstructive surgery for cancer survivors, but …
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Cancer cost India nearly $6.7 billion in lost productivity in 2012, a new study claims. This points towards the immense cost of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) not only to public health in the country, but to the economy. The total productivity loss in 2012 equated to 0.36 percent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to rid India of tuberculosis (TB) by 2025. This is an ambitious deadline five years in front of the global elimination deadline. Can this goal be achieved or is the new deadline simply political point scoring? The state of TB in India India has a bad track record in …
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Euthanasia law in India has changed following a landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this month which said patients have the ‘right to die.’ The country’s apex court has ruled that passive euthanasia is permissible in the case of terminally ill patients whose condition has deteriorated irreversibly. To this end, the living will has been legalised …
Food poisoning was the second most common cause of infectious disease outbreak in India in 2017. The IDSP says milk has been found to be one of the most common contaminated products in these cases. Out of 1,649 disease outbreaks reported till December 3 last year, 242 were due to food poisoning, according to data …
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The Indian government will sell its own brand of menstrual pad, for just a third of the market price. The new sanitary napkins are called ‘Suvidha.’ They will be sold through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP). This is a campaign which aims to bring down out-of-pocket healthcare spending by making affordable medicines available to …
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