The project integrates technology to safeguard public health, he says, adding that a digital health profile will be created for every individual and IDs issued to all family members
Keltron received a fresh injection of ₹1 crore earmarked in the State’s latest budget
GLP-1 drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for obesity, are reshaping healthcare in the US.
Hong Kong’s new legislation on end-of-life directives could create significant operational challenges, including verifying patients’ wishes in emergencies and affordability barriers for low-income families, according to frontline responders and patient advocates. The warnings come a week before the Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Ordinance takes effect next Friday. Under the law, a formal legal framework will empower Hongkongers to specify in advance which life-sustaining...
The initiative brings robotic-assisted surgery across multiple specialties under a common clinical framework
Hong Kong authorities have warned of possible enforcement action after mainland Chinese dental chains were suspected of operating illegally in the city, as local industry leaders called for tighter supervision. The Hong Kong Dental Association also said on Wednesday a poll of local practitioners found that each dentist needed to follow up on an average of four cases a month relating to treatment received across the border. The Health Bureau and the Department of Health said in a joint statement...
The 25-year-old woman from the Cheerakkuzhi tribal hamlet near Chugathara was brought to the Government District Hospital Nilambur hospital with a rare uterine rupture that left the baby lying inside her abdominal cavity
Prataprao Jadhav proposes Ayush OPDs and treatment facilities in Military and Field Hospitals, offers Ministry’s technical support for implementation
According to the government, each centre will provide scientific detoxification, de-addiction therapy, mental healthcare, family counselling and rehabilitation services
Over 5,900 claims amounting to ₹17 crore have been submitted by the patients for speciality treatment in States such as Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi. These treatments included heart stent procedures, heart bypass surgery, cancer surgery, chemotherapy, dialysis and Caesarean deliveries
UNAIDS chief calls for 'radical change' as aid cuts gut HIV clinics and treatment worldwide.
Minister says none of the scan centres operating in government hospitals in Karnataka were facing a problem like the one faced by the centre in Wenlock Hospital
COVID-19 wards have been arranged in all the government hospitals across the district by Sunday.
In both Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli policies are devastating Palestinian health with deadly consequences.
Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have gone on strike.
Haris Chirakkal, Head of Urology department at Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, had hit the headlines after flagging shortages of essential surgical equipment and delays in surgeries during the previous LDF government’s tenure
The district panchayat has initiated steps to establish a geriatric centre which will include an inpatient physiotherapy centre and a dialysis centre
The case has been pending before the Kerala High Court since June 2022; the writ petition has been listed 57 times for final hearing without the case being heard since January 21, 2023, the Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatment says in its letter
Over 2,500 health-care professionals are expected to take part in the convention
Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope and safe deliveries to mothers navigating post-war economic hardships.
Due to the doctors’ strike, the health service has been crippled across the State
An inquiry found that more than 500 mothers and babies either came to harm or died due to poor care.
This district in Madhya Pradesh has demonstrated effective grassroots strategies for HPV vaccination delivery
The institute, as a matter of policy, has had general wards alone so far. Sixteen of the 40 rooms are currently open for the public
Participating in National Doctors’ Day celebrations, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Principal Secretary says a doctor’s profession is the noblest and asks them to work towards achieving the Swarna Andhra Vision-2047
The Ebola virus continues to spread across the DR Congo but local healthcare workers say the situation has improved.
The new model will take into account services to be completed by every doctor, nurse and technician, on a day-to-day basis, says Satya Kumar Yadav
The initiative, which will be inaugurated at the Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram by Health Minister K. Muraleedharan, guarantees treatment costs of up to ₹1.5 lakh for a maximum of seven days after an accident.
Citizen Health Screening will be held using 904 mobile medical units, as part of which healthcare teams will conduct 41 diagnostic tests for every individual, says Health Minister