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Healthcare project akin UK's NHS starts in Ludhiana, 5000 clinics planned

Indo UK Clinics (IUCs), an integral part of one of the largest healthcare projects in the world encompassing 5000 clinics and 11 medicities pan-India using NHS expertise, equipment and suppliers gets started with first Indo UK Clinic becoming operational in Ludhiana, Punjab.The objective of setting up 5000 diagnostic centers and clinics is a part of inter-governmental discussions between India and the UK at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) level in 2018. In fact, the ground-breaking of the first Medicity at Nagpur (Maharashtra) is scheduled during Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson's visit to India later this year.The US-based Commonwealth Fund, a respected global health think-tank has ranked NHS, the British national health system, as the best amidst the healthcare systems in 11 of the most developed countries in the world.According to Dr Ajay Rajan Gupta, Managing Director and Group CEO, IUIH & IUCs, "During this pandemic, we want to enhance our ...

Covid-19 crisis: Hospitals scrape bottom of barrel as oxygen runs out

Not just patients, social media is seeing cries of help from big hospitals which have often been left with just a few hours of supply

Covid-19 second wave: Delays in RT-PCR tests mainly due to manpower crunch

While there is a shortage of testing kits, manpower and capacities, India does not have other scalable testing options

Behind India's ventilator crisis: Lack of trained staff and idle units

Oxygen makers flag concern over shortage of liquid oxygen

Healthcare sector expected to reach $372 billion in 2022: Niti Aayog report

Non-metros (Tier-II and III cities) are expected to recover faster than the metropolitan areas and tier-I cities

Second Covid-19 wave: Primary health centres see a rush for vaccine

On ground, manpower concern as drive expands to rural, semi-urban areas

Budget 2021 to spend Rs 2.23 trn on healthcare, raising outlay by 137%

New central scheme called Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana gets Rs 64,180 crore in Sitharaman's budget

Metropolis Healthcare to acquire Chennai-based diagnostic lab for Rs 511 cr

Metropolis will acquire 100 per cent equity of Dr Ganesan's Hitech Diagnostic Centre in a cash and stock deal

Azim Premji tops EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy list 2020

The preferred cause of India's top philanthropists over the past seven years has been education and 2020 was no different as most of the donations were made for this purpose

India's patchy mental healthcare system failing to deliver during pandemic

Past pandemics led to worsening mental health issues and an increase in suicides, according to studies

India Coronavirus Dispatch: States' economic revival tied to Covid control

Teachers in Karnataka school reach students' homes for lessons, 59% spike in cases among Assam health workers, Pune pips Mumbai on Covid numbers--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Indian Achievers Award 2020 for Healthcare Excellence - Akshat Malik

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Scientists decode how virus-carrying droplets disperse via breathing

The scientists noted that they are currently working on plans to manufacture an aerosol extractor device to keep clinicians safe during a wide range of aerosol-generating procedures

Delhi sero-survey: One-fourth of samples to be taken from those above 50

The fresh exercise is being undertaken for a comprehensive assessment of the Covid-19 situation in Delhi, officials said

Portable hospital to vaccines: Low-cost Covid solutions from universities

IIT Delhi has developed the world's cheapest RT-PCR based diagnostic kit, priced at Rs 399; IIT Madras-backed Modulus Housing's portable hospital can be installed by four people in two hours

Covid-19: Daily growth rate shows decline as India crosses 900,000 mark

While total recovered cases are 1.8 times the active cases, 20 states and union territories have shown higher recovery rate than the national average of 63 per cent

India coronavirus dispatch: Pandemic is still quite early in the country

How Andhra plans to ensure no patient is turned away, neurological impact of mild Covid-19, and the toll on TB and HIV treatment-a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic.

India records over 17,000 Covid-19 daily cases; death toll tops 15,000

In the quest to expand Covid-19 testing labs network across the country, the ICMR has inducted 11 new labs in 24 hours

Delhi reports record 3,947 new Covid-19 cases; tally crosses 66,000-mark

Sixty-eight fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, a Delhi health department bulletin said on Tuesday

IIT Guwahati develops affordable, diagnostic kits for testing Covid-19

The VTM kits are the first-stop source used to collect nasal and oral swab specimens from an individual source to a laboratory safely for culture and testing