Price capping of medical devices has been one of the more controversial measures the government has taken to reduce the cost of healthcare to the patient. The move drew condemnation from hospitals, claiming it would leave considerable holes in profit margins. Criticisms were also levied from the US as a number of US companies such …
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Diabetes is India’s fastest-growing disease. Last year, it was home to almost 73 million diabetics. Disconcertingly, the situation can be expected to get much worse by 2030. This is according to new research published in The Lancet, which offers a stark warning – both to India and the world. The world will witness a sharp …
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On World Toilet Day, United Nations figures on open defecation and toilets across the world should ring alarm bells. Four billion people still lack access to basic sanitation facilities. Each day, nearly a thousand children are dying due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal diseases. What’s the situation in India? “Four years since Swachh Bharat’s …
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Diabetes cases in India are rising. Some studies suggest that it is India’s fastest growing disease. India housed an estimated 72 million cases of diabetes in 2017. This figure is expected to increase considerably to 134 million by 2025. A victim of its own success? The reasons for this rapid increase in diabetes cases are …
When Dr Hema Saxena took four days’ leave for Diwali, it plunged the hospital where she works into chaos. Dr Saxena is the sole anaesthetist at the Government Doon Medical College in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. In Dr Saxena’s absence, the hospital registered a backlog of more than a hundred surgeries. Patients were left waiting for days, …
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There is yet another reason to be worried about the spread of obesity among India’s children. New research suggests that being overweight in adolescence increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer in later life fourfold. Even being overweight or the heavier end of the normal weight range could elevate pancreatic cancer risk in men, the …
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Pneumonia will kill 1.7 million of India’s children by 2030. Why is this the case for a disease that is both preventable and treatable? A study published to mark World Pneumonia Day estimates eleven million children under the age of five are likely to be killed by pneumonia over the next twelve years worldwide. Only …
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As Delhiites choke on smog, are efforts across the border efforts to make Pakistan “clean and green” bearing fruit? The newly elected Government of Pakistan under Prime Minister Imran Khan had made tackling environmental challenges an election agenda. Since coming to office, Khan has launched his vision for a “Clean, Green Pakistan” – with the …
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A new weapon in the fight against tuberculosis may have been found during a trial in Belarus. The drug, named Bedaquiline, was shown to have more than a ninety percent cure rate when given in combination with other TB medicines. By comparison, current TB drugs were shown to be effective in just over half of cases. Like …
In many countries a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is a standardised vaccine provided to all children. India has in recent years run extensive measles and rubella vaccination campaigns. However, it continues to neglect to add mumps to this list. Mumps can result in a number of severe and even fatal complications. It most …
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