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Gaps in geriatric healthcare and support systems leave many older people struggling to access medical care, find reliable caregivers, and cope with mental health concerns and social isolation. These challenges threaten their independence and quality of life, particularly among those from economically weaker backgrounds. With Telangana’s population aged 60 and above projected to grow over the next decade, the shortcomings in healthcare, mental health support and community services need urgent attention, finds K. Shiva Shanker
"We moved those injured to private hospitals because we realised that the best treatment could be provided there so that there is no more loss of life. I am happy to announce that there was no death among the 25 injured in the stampede. We decided on the spot. There is nothing controversial behind this," says West Bengal CM
Demand increase from ₹12,300 to ₹30,000; refuse to call off agitation without official order
The Community Health Centre (CHC) at Palvancha secured the State-Level Eco-Friendly Award carrying ₹5 lakh, along with a Commendation Award
Dedicated online system is being developed to make submission, review, and settlement of medical reimbursement claims for employees and pensioners easier, says NTR Vaidya Seva Trust CEO
The proposed committee is to be chaired by the director, head of the institution or medical superintendent, with representation from relevant specialties and patient safety domains; the Commission notes that the move places responsibility on medical institutions to establish an institutional mechanism for monitoring safety practices
Though the sanctioned permanent staff strength of doctors is 14, only eight are on the rolls, and one of them has been sent on a working arrangement basis to the Government MCH, Wayanad
Experts discuss when and where AI should be used in healthcare, at The Hindu Sustainability Dialogues 2026, held on Tuesday
OMC JUDA president N. Chandrakanth Reddy says ventilators, the catheterisation laboratory and diagnostic machines have been non-functional for months, with no assurance despite a meeting with the Health Secretary
Funded through the Central Finance Commission and the National Health Mission, these initiatives are designed to strengthen public health infrastructure and expand access to quality medical services
The employees’ JAC says it has not withdraw its major demands, but is giving an opportunity to the government to resolve issues through discussions
Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy arranges a surgery, provides ₹4 lakh and assures free education
The association said its members supply critical super-speciality implants, surgical disposables, life-saving drugs and diagnostic kits to government teaching hospitals under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme
The protesters, who gathered at Jagat Circle in Kalaburagi, raised slogans against the proposal and urged the authorities concerned to prevent diversion of agricultural research land for non-agricultural purposes
Muraleedharan specifically sought information on drug availability in each district from the District Medical Officers
MRP was designed as a ceiling to protect consumers. In healthcare, it can, however, also conceal how a price is built. India needs a differential profit and margin strategy
The initiative, which aims at easing overcrowding at medical college hospitals and making specialist care available without delay, was piloted at the Punalur taluk hospital
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan says that ₹271 crore is being set aside for the institute coming up on a 20-acre plot in Chevayur. All services related to organ transplantation will be brought under one roof to reduce the cost of surgery to one-third.
M.K. Raghavan, MP, and three MLAs urge the Chief Minister to establish the institute at Kinalur, citing the shortage of tertiary healthcare facilities in Malabar. They have expressed concern over reports that other locations are being considered for the project.
Rani Vanvasi, a 20-year-old pregnant woman gave birth on the roadside outside government district hospital in Bhadohi on September 29, after she was allegedly denied admission for delivery; the victim’s family also alleged that hospital staff failed to provide timely treatment and did not admit her.
Directives were given at a meeting convened by Health Minister K. Muraleedharan after medicine shortage was reported from periphery hospitals to tertiary care centres
The data collected will be uploaded on Blood Banks Management Software (BBMS) to prevent commercialisation, spread of diseases, and to check irregularities; overall, 246 blood banks exist in the State
The scheme, one of the poll promises of the ruling TVK, envisages gifting a one-gram gold ring to all newborn babies delivered in Tamil Nadu’s government hospitals on or after June 22, (Mr. Vijay’s birthday).
Court holds that Central government can use a medicine’s patent to manufacture and sell it to public, including underprivileged patients, on non-commercial basis
He sought a national study comparing the printed MRP, manufacturer/importer price, hospital’s net acquisition price, and the price ultimately billed to patients for selected high-value medicines, medical devices, and consumables