Page 19 - Health Sector

Last-mile citizen priority for delivery of health services: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that the citizen in the last mile should be the priority for delivery of health services.

UP set to transform health sector in 2 years under Adityanath govt

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has chalked out a time-bound strategy to transform health sector in the state.

Centre urges states to take action on heat wave-related illnesses

In a communication to all chief secretaries of states and UTs, Union Health secy Rajesh Bhushan has sought daily surveillance reports on illnesses shared with NCDC

Eyeing over 15% market share in US for insulin Glargine: Shreehas Tambe

The geopolitical incidents of the recent past as well as the pandemic have not really helped cost pressure: Tambe

Modi govt has focused on health sector with holistic approach: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the health sector saw incremental work in the first 70 years after Independence

India to be Herbalife Nutrition's largest market globally: CEO

The company's biggest market is the United States where its business started and it has become a much more mature market with penetration across the country

Cloudnine aims to raise Rs 1,200 crore, add 7 hospitals every year

Cloudnine's revenues increased at a CAGR of 15.16 per cent from Rs 418 crore in FY19 to Rs 554 crore in FY21, while its Ebitda increased at a CAGR of 55.8 per cent

Port your insurance policy to cover home care, consumables: Experts

Around 54 per cent customers in tier 1 cities, 18 per cent in tier 2 cities, and 28 per cent in tier 3 cities ported to a higher health cover

eHealth sector to reach $40 billion GMV by 2030, says RedSeer report

Pandemic worked as a catalyst to trigger growth within this sector, paving the way for a booming eHealth landscape that grew at 51% CAGR in 2021

An ingredient pandemic has added to snacking: Health

About 94 per cent of Indians are now worried about their family's health and are investing in wellness

Hinduja group's UK firm bags health agency contract worth GBP 211 mn

HGS UK will provide customer support to UK citizens for two years, with an option to extend the contract

Govt asks states to review, amend additional Covid-19 restrictions

The average daily cases during last week were 50,476, and 27,409 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours; the daily case positivity rate declined to 3.63 per cent on Wednesday

Budget 2022: Can the finance minister solve India's health challenges?

History shows that the country can achieve ambitious targets in health

Greater political commitment to health care now: K Srinath Reddy

'We've had enough warnings as our health sector has been challenged in many ways during the different waves of the Covid-19 pandemic', said Reddy

Budget wishlist: Here are the key challenges in health care sector

Health care-focused REITs needs to be encouraged to finance infrastructure

2nd Covid wave, Omicron emergence kept Maha health sector on edge in 2021

Maharashtra's health sector came under severe strain in 2021, as it faced the onslaught of the ferocious second wave of COVID-19 led by the Delta variant

NITI Aayog to release 4th edition of states' health index on Dec 27

Health Index is a weighted composite score incorporating 24 indicators covering key aspects of health performance.

In 2022, the goal will be to ramp up public health infrastructure

The first of the year-ender series takes a dive into the health care crisis that India faced this year and what's in store as 2022 rings in

Covid-19 pandemic accelerates digital adoption in health sector: PwC India

While doctors and patients went online to mitigate infection risk, pharma companies too adopted digital tools rapidly for customer engagement, development of multiple delivery models and R&D

Best of BS Opinion: India's health check, time for caution, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day