Reuters “While parents do not understand the policy gaps, they do understand the injustice of going up against a system designed to fail them.” What happened at Shishubhawan is symptomatic of how deep the rot is in India’s crumbling public… Continue Reading →
Our Legal Correspondent New Delhi, Nov. 17: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to place by tomorrow amended rules being introduced to regulate use of vaccines and new drugs for experiments on human beings. The new rules, the contours of… Continue Reading →
Mis-conception: Compared to 4,661 in 2008-09, only 424 men underwent the procedure in 2014-15 Despite Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) propagating and promoting family planning and birth control measures, the civic body’s vasectomy (male sterilisation) programme has witnessed a steep downfall since its inception in 2008. According… Continue Reading →
Disabled married daughter can’t avail CGHS: Health Ministry By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau | 12 Oct, 2015, 03.15AM IST NEW DELHI: A disabled but married daughter of a government employee cannot be entitled to subsidised medical facilities under the Central Government… Continue Reading →
The 2015 Quality of Death Index has placed India shamefully low – 67th among 80 countries -when it comes to people receiving good end-of-life care. This means that people in countries as small as Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are reaching… Continue Reading →
Recent diphtheria deaths in Malappuram are the price we pay for a distorted health development strategy. By Dr B. EKBAL THE recent spread of the vaccine-preventable infectious disease diphtheria and the consequent death of two students of Arabic… Continue Reading →
How Rotovac vaccine controversy questions the transparency of clinical trials Amid much fanfare in March this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rotavac, an antidiarrhoeal vaccine. Manufactured by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, the vaccine has been developed by Indian institutions in partnership… Continue Reading →
By Express News Service The tribal woman lost all her three babies within a span of 24 hours, due to poor health infrastructure and medical negligence by the gynaecologist on call duty | Photo for representational purpose only | Source: AP… Continue Reading →
Kalyan Ray, The topmost drug technical advisory body of the Union Health Ministry has recommended introduction of injectable contraceptive in government’s family planning programme, following years of opposition and litigation on the controversial contraception tool. “The Drugs Technical Advisory Board… Continue Reading →
:SC IANS | New Delhi July 15, 2015 Last Updated at 20:58 IST The supreme Court Wednesday asked NGO All India Drug Action Network to make a representation to the central government pointing out its objections to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy 2013 providing controlled prices… Continue Reading →
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