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Will the Delhi government and the Centre meet in the middle on health?

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After a protracted battle of one-upmanship over competing health models, the Delhi government and the Centre could arrive at a middle ground. In an unprecedented gesture, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for the first time since the general election to seek collaboration in Yamuna water conservation and state’s health …

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Crackdown on e-cigarettes and similar devices

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Authorities in Rajasthan are moving against e-cigarettes in the state following the decision of the state government to ban the devices. Coinciding with last week’s observance of World No Tobacco Day, it was announced that e-cigarettes, or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), would be prohibited in the northern state. The rules prohibit the devices from …

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Delhi government under fire as High Court says no to launching Ayushman Bharat

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The Delhi High Court has ruled against a petition seeking to order the implementation of the Government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme in the national capital. The state has refused to roll out the much-touted blockbuster scheme launched by the Modi government last year. Economist Abhijit Misra filed the legal suit . He claimed that …

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Relationships between doctors and patients are unethical

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Sexual relationships between doctors and patients are unethical, even if consensual or instigated by the patient, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has declared. Adopting and publishing guidelines outlined by the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), the MCI said relationships between medicos and patients – past and present – should be discouraged and violate tenets of …

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India’s vaping controversy continues

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Oxytocin: Doctors challenge Centre in Supreme Court

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The fight over the government’s controversial ‘Oxytocin ban’ has escalated even further and will now be fought in the Supreme Court. . The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has joined the fight against the Centre’s efforts to have Oxytocin’s production and sale severely curtailed by moving the apex court. The new policy has been proposed since …

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Ventilators are in short supply in Delhi – and some don’t work

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Public hospitals in the national capital are struggling with a frightening shortage of ventilators. Health Issues India recently highlighted the story of Farhan, a three-year-old boy suffering from a rare disorder called Leigh syndrome. The hospital treating him lacked a spare ventilator. This forced the boy’s family to manually ventilate him, by pumping air into …

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Delhi High Court hits the brakes on bike ambulances

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Just days after its launch, the Delhi government’s ‘ambulances on bikes’ initiative has hit a legal roadblock following a suit filed in the Delhi High Court. Seventy percent of the staff manning the bikes – known as ‘first responder vehicles’ (FRVs) – are not trained paramedics, claims the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by petitioner …

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Courts seek answers on rare diseases

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The Centre is now under orders from the Delhi High Court (DHC) to promptly roll out a policy to fund treatment of those suffering from rare diseases. Rare diseases, despite the scarcity the name suggests, affect seventy million Indians. Their treatment has been a long-standing issue of contention in India. A draft rare diseases policy …

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Centre under pressure to ban unsafe drugs

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The Centre is under pressure to ban drugs that are still being sold in India despite being flagged a decade ago as being potentially unsafe. The Delhi High Court has given the Centre until January 4th to respond to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Dinesh Thakur in October. Thakur is a public health …

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