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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A bill has been proposed to the Lok Sabha that could allow for practitioners of alternative forms of medicine – ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH) – to practise as qualified doctors. The proposal has been attacked by doctors. They cite the fact that the proposed “bridge course” does not give the same …
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President Ram Nath Kovind warns of a potential “mental health epidemic” in India, spotlighting an issue of great concern to public health. Mental health issues are often stigmatised in India, leading to many not seeking help. President Kovind stressed the need to increase access to mental health treatment facilities during a speech at the 22nd …
The world’s largest brain tumour removal has been performed in India, by surgeons at the charitable BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai. The tumour, weighing in at 1.87kg was removed from 31-year-old Santlal Pal. He had been refused admission to a number of hospitals in his native Uttar Pradesh. Hospitals in both Allahabad and Varanasi had …
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The All India India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) estimates around six to eight million people in India suffer from celiac disease. Indians are likely genetically predisposed to have a problem digesting wheat. Despite this, public awareness of the condition is low. The estimated figures are based on a study conducted by doctors at AIIMS …
Rotis are crippling eight million Indians, but most of them don’t know it Read More »
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