Water-borne diseases such as cholera are a scourge to India all year round. The monsoon season, however, creates a greater degree of vulnerability due to the extent to which water sources are contaminated. Only forty percent of India’s toilet waste is properly treated upon disposal. This fact alone is perhaps the most concerning driver …
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Olives are known to be a healthy food. The high concentration of unsaturated fat has been shown in the past to improve cardiac health by moderating cholesterol levels. However, their ability to cure cancer is a far-flung claim that warrants tremendous scrutiny — scrutiny that seems all but absent in media reporting. Rajasthan Olive …
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Could India’s abortion law soon change? Steps may be taken towards amending the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, as the Centre has informed the Delhi High Court it is consulting with ministries on the same. Social activist Amit Sahni filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before the High Court earlier this year, seeking that …
A controversial bill which lead to a commercial surrogacy ban in India cleared the Lok Sabha on Monday. MPs passed the legislation, which Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called “the need of the hour”, by a voice vote. Vardhan stated it was “unfortunate that the country had emerged as a hub of commercial surrogacy …
Amendments to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill made by the Rajya Sabha have been approved by Lok Sabha MPs, bringing the controversial legislation closer to becoming law. The upper house of Parliament passed the NMC Bill last week with two amendments proposed, necessitating that the Bill be returned to the lower house for passage …
More hospitals have been de-empanelled from Ayushman Bharat in Gujarat, bringing to light one of the major issues plaguing the implementation of the government’s flagship healthcare scheme. The state health department “urgently” issued an order barring two hospitals in Rajkot and one in the state capital Ahmedabad from providing services to beneficiaries of both the …
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World Breastfeeding Week, observed annually during the first week of August, draws attention to a practise which serves as a major health boon for both mother and child. “It is the responsibility of every mother to breastfeed as it has numerous health benefits for both mother [and] child,” tweeted Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, …
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The controversy over the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill shows no signs of dissipating, even as resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have called off their strikes in protest of the law. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan met with the protesting resident doctors at …
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The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill may have won the support of lawmakers, but doctors continue to stand in firm opposition to what is being touted as one of the nation’s biggest ever health reforms. Rajya Sabha MPs passed the NMC Bill yesterday. The law seeks to effect a major overhaul of medical education in …
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Identifying pay rates as the rationale behind medicos choosing private practice over work in the public sectors, the Madras High Court is calling for a pay increase for government doctors. The issue of comparatively lower pay in the public sector was raised during a High Court hearing of a petition concerning strike action by doctors …
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