Government doctors have gone on strike in Kerala, protesting changes to outpatient services at family health centres. The strike began on Friday, April 13th and will continue indefinitely. Doctors are protesting state government plans to extend the duration of outpatient services in the state. The original schedule was 9am to 12pm; it is now …
This article has been republished under a Creative Commons license from The Conversation. The original piece was authored by Siddharth Agarwal, director of the Urban Health Resource Centre. It can be accessed here. Full credit goes to the original author and publisher. How do you convince your local municipality officer that yes, you have every …
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India will face severe shortages of water by 2050, a UNESCO report warns. Rivers and groundwater resources are becoming increasingly heavily polluted across the country. The Central Pollution Control Board identifies 275 Indian rivers as polluted – more than double the figure five years ago. The high levels of contamination across the country mean 19 …
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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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 …
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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Support for traditional therapies is growing in India – potentially at the expense of public health. Many now express enthusiasm for homoeopathic remedies over allopathic treatments, believing Western medicine to be only a short term relief. This sentiment is perhaps best summarised by Paryda Krishnamurthy, chairman of the Telengana Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation. At …
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Actor Pierce Brosnan of James Bond fame has found himself at the centre of tobacco-related controversy in India. Health officials in Delhi have sent the actor a show cause notice over the actor’s appearances in advertisements for a brand of pan masala sold by Pan Bahar. Pan masala Pan masala is a popular chewing mixture …
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A mother and her newborn in Madhya Pradesh. By DFID – UK Department for International Development (The importance of breastfeeding from birth) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Every year, 2.6 million newborns in the world die within a month of their birth. Twenty-four percent of these deaths happen in India. India has a …
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West Bengal will not participate in Modicare, says Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) has polarised opinion since it was announced in the Budget earlier this year. Its financing has been an area of particular scrutiny, with controversy over the Centre’s plans for states to bear part of the cost. A …
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