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Physician burnout, stress taking its toll on Indian doctor’s performance?

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Physician burnout may be driving Indian doctors away in droves. Chronic understaffing in Indian hospitals and healthcare institutions often leads to doctors working long hours. These long hours can result in doctors underperforming due to fatigue. It may lead to more errors occurring. In an occupation in which lives are on the line, errors due …

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US intervention in price capping

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The US seems intent on stopping the Modi administration extending price caps on medical device. The US has outright requested the Indian government to not extend the caps said a US trade official in discussions with Reuters. There has also been a request that, should companies based in the US no longer wish to provide …

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Jiyo Parsi: Regenerative or regressive?

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Rollout of the Jiyo Parsi (Live Parsi) programme continues in India – and continues to attract controversy. The programme aims to revitalise the falling Parsi population in India. Parsis are a religious minority in India, descended from Zoroastrians who originally settled in India between the eighth and tenth centuries to escape persecution in their native …

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Exclusive interview with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Deputy Director General

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Earlier this year, Dr Soumya Swaminathan – director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – was appointed Deputy Director General (DDG) of programmes at the World Health Organization (WHO). Health Issues India has interviewed Dr Swaminathan, about the progress made in public health, both in India and on the global level, and what she …

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Non-communicable diseases are most common causes of death in India

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India is host to huge numbers of tropical diseases, predispositions to genetic disease, as well as many rare conditions that as of yet remain largely unstudied. With endless reports of outbreaks of infectious disease as well as fears of vector borne conditions such as the Zika virus arriving in the country it is understandable to …

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Exclusive interview: Sir Andy Haines on climate change, a global health challenge

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This year environmental issues have grabbed the headlines in India, from large-scale monsoon floods to the Delhi Smog. A study in The Lancet also found that air pollution kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world. Health Issues India has had the opportunity to interview Professor Sir Andy Haines, a professor with …

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Critical understaffing: Uttar Pradesh to fill 2000 vacant doctor positions

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Medical negligence has been a hot topic for many weeks now. It has been implicated as a contributing factor in the Gorakhpur tragedy, in which 70 children and newborns lost their lives over the course of a week. It has also been cited as the reason behind numerous other cases of child mortality. Is there …

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India is likely to be the third largest economy by 2028

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India will establish itself as the world’s third largest economy by 2028, claims the British bank HSBC. However, continuing to shortchange public spending on health may stymie the country’s longer–term growth, its report says. A report by the international banking titan says that India will overtake Germany and Japan in 2028, when its economy will …

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India avoids one million child deaths since 2005

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India has avoided around one million deaths of children under five since 2005 claims a study recently published in The Lancet. Despite this reduction, India still has more child deaths than any other country, with 0.9 million child deaths occurring annually. The reduction since 2005 does indicate a positive trend, though India requires a great …

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Chhattisgarh sterilisation camp deaths: Three years on

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On November 8, 2014, 140 women underwent surgery in two state-run sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh. Five days later, thirteen of them had died. The tragedy grabbed global headlines. Three years later, it remains an open wound in India. At the time, it seemed as if there was one, easy-to-identify cause that could be addressed through …

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