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Price cap in sight for cardiac stents

The Indian government has declared that within 10-15 days (as of the 18th January) the price of cardiac stents is to be capped. This announcement follows a host of condemnation over the high cost of stents along with the corresponding cardiac operations. Criticism had also been aimed at the fact that Indian-produced stents were costing …

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Homeopathy: hope or a hoax for India’s ill?

A government ministry is facing criticism for allegedly legitimising homeopathy as a treatment for diabetes. It seems a little unfair as the ministry in question is specifically charged with promoting “alternative” and traditional medical systems. (The idea may be terrible but it seems harsh to blame officials for doing their job.) The Wire has published …

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Bird flu outbreaks in Gujarat and Maharashtra

Several reports of bird flu (H5N1) outbreaks have recently been made in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Outbreaks at this point appear isolated although state health departments are issuing warnings to prevent further spread across states. These outbreaks have primarily occurred in smaller towns, though reports have indicated the virus is present in Ahmedabad. …

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Malnutrition in Maharashtra: An intimate crisis

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread”, Mahatma Gandhi said. Nearly seventy years after his death, his words are as apposite as they ever were. A national and regional tragedy The world is home to 795 million undernourished people. This equates roughly …

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India stalls in Kenya medical cooperation?

Bilateral talks between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta resulted in a number of agreements regarding medicinal and agricultural cooperation. It has been reported, however, that Prime Minister Modi has remained silent on the topic of Kenya hiring Indian doctors, thought by many to be a strategy of replacement for Kenya’s …

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Health spending down after demonetisation; rural India bears the brunt

Spending on healthcare is down by 15% in the wake of demonetisation, reports the Times of India. This does not refer to government expenditure on healthcare – which amounts to just 1.2% of the country’s GDP in 2013, among the lowest levels of health spending in the world. It refers to out-of-pocket expenditures by India’s …

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India facing “an apocalypse” over poor air quality

Over a million Indians a year die because of air pollution, a new Greenpeace report claims. The smog cost three percent of GDP annually, it adds. Greenpeace bases the estimate on official figures. The report – subtly titled “Airapocalypse” – was published on Wednesday, January 11th 2017. Its findings drew upon online reports and information …

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Cashless health cover for millions in Uttar Pradesh

A thumbprint will soon be enough to get access to all kinds of public and private health services for more than a million people in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. The Times of India reported on the initiative, which is being rolled out by the State Authority for Comprehensive Health Insurance (SACHI). The programme …

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Substandard drugs may be a common phenomenon

One in seven medications prescribed in India are deemed to be substandard. This is according to a report published in the Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, which says that, “there is urgent requirement of more stringent regulation and legal action against the problem.” According to the Report, “Being the world’s largest manufacturers of active pharmaceutical …

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Police or paramedics?

Police in New Delhi are to be trained and given basic medical equipment in order to fulfill the role of paramedics. This is the latest in a long line of attempts to address the problems of India’s inadequate emergency medical service. It is already a common occurrence to find police in New Delhi ferrying people …

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