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India Inc wants new govt to create jobs, control inflation: BS CEO poll

Business honchos say focus should also be on infrastructure and health care

Heatwave spurs eye stroke cases: Know the symptoms and prevention tips

Amid the scorching heat, cases of eye strokes are rising rapidly causing partial or complete blindness. Here are the signs, symptoms and prevention tips to protect your eyes during this period

Top Indian private hospital chains announce major expansion in FY25

Demand for healthcare is boosting average revenue per bed

Apollo to open hospitals in Mumbai, Bengaluru after Advent investment deal

The Mumbai and Bengaluru plan is part of the long-term strategy by the hospital chain operator to invest around Rs 3,000 crore over a period of three years to add another 2,400 beds

Aster DM Healthcare Q4 results: Net loss at Rs 2.17 cr, revenue up 22%

Aster DM has appointed Alisha Moopen as the deputy managing director for a term of 5 years with effect from August 07, 2024

Which are the tests women should undergo in their 30s and 40s?

Every woman should undergo certain tests in their 30s and 40s to avoid further complications as they are more susceptible to certain diseases as they age as compared to men

360 ONE Asset bets big on health care, technology, and financial services

Nath said its secondaries fund is India's first which is addressing a massive, untapped market, building on a strong relevant track record

3M India Q4 results: PAT increases 27% to 173 cr, revenue up by 19%

Shares of the company, which makes everything from 'Scotch' tape and 'Post-it' notes to power tools and medical products, rose as much as 11.8% to 34,599 rupees, their highest in nearly four months

Fischer Medical Ventures makes India's first indigenous MRI system

Eyes acquisitions to broaden medical tech reach

Second-gen promoters more open to selling out: Rothschild MD Subhakanta Bal

In pharma areas like high potency APIs, sterile manufacturing capabilities, antibody drug conjugates, peptides etc are areas that are growing fast and there is an inherent entry barrier

'India's nurse shortage worsens as they emigrate for jobs abroad'

India already faces a poor nurse-population ratio and the situation is set to worsen with nurses emigrating to other countries in large numbers, doctors and medical experts have observed, noting this creates a big gap in addressing the country's healthcare needs. The experts issued a joint statement here, expressing concerns over the shortage of nurses in the country. Citing figures from the regulatory body Indian Nursing Council, Association of Healthcare Providers (India) director general Dr Girdhar Gyani said there are more than 33 lakh nursing personnel registered in the country but this figure is dismal given India's 1.3 billion population. With 1.96 nurses per 1,000 population, India falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended rate of three nurses per 1,000 population, he said. Director of the Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, Dr Shuchin Bajaj said, "While the shortage of nurses and their massive emigration to foreign countries is a cause for worry, there is

Victims of UK blood scandal to start receiving final compensation this year

Victims of the UK's infected blood scandal, in which tens of thousands of people were infected by contaminated blood or blood products provided by the public health service, will start receiving their final compensation payments this year, the government said Tuesday. Officials announced the compensation plans a day after the publication of a damning report that found civil servants and doctors exposed patients to unacceptable risks by giving them blood transfusions or blood products tainted with HIV or hepatitis from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The report said successive UK governments refused to admit wrongdoing and tried to cover up the scandal, in which an estimated 3,000 people died after receiving the contaminated blood or blood products. In total, the report said about 30,000 people were infected with HIV or hepatitis C, a kind of liver infection, over the period. The scandal is seen as the deadliest disaster in the history of Britain's state-run National Health Service sin

Britain's health service accused of cover up in infected blood scandal

Britain's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) was accused of cover up in an infected blood scandal dating back to the 1970s in a public inquiry report submitted to the government on Monday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to issue an apology on behalf of the government after inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff delivered his scathing verdict on the issue, which involves over 30,000 people being infected with life-threatening viruses such as HIV and Hepatitis C while they were under NHS care between the 1970s and 1990s. It involves infected batches of Factor VIII, an essential blood clotting protein which haemophiliacs do not produce naturally, imported from the US and used widely to treat patients at the time. They were infected as donated blood was not tested for HIV/AIDS until 1986 and Hepatitis C until 1991 in the UK. The scale of what happened is horrifying. The most accurate estimate is that more than 3,000 deaths are attributable to infected blood, blood products an

Cipla promoters sell 2.53% stake worth Rs 2,637 cr to fund philanthropy

ICICI Prudential MF, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF among top buyers

Need more doctors, hospital beds to achieve healthcare vision 2047: Report

There is a need to increase the number of qualified doctors to more than 50 lakh and also add 30 lakh more hospital beds in the country in order to achieve India's healthcare vision 2047, according to a report. The increase in the number of doctors and beds in hospitals would help India get closer to the average of developed countries, as per a FICCI-EY Report titled 'Decoding India's Healthcare Landscape'. India has witnessed a significant increase in the number of medical colleges and MBBS seats, addressing the growing demand for healthcare professionals, it said. The number of registered allopathic doctors witnessed substantial growth, rising from 6,60,801 in 2005 to 13,08,009 such doctors in 2022, the report said. Similarly, the bed capacity in government hospitals across India has consistently grown from 4.7 lakh beds in 2005 to 8.5 lakh beds in 2021. The report also highlighted the importance of having 100 per cent health insurance coverage for the country's population. It

Mutual funds embrace healthcare, finance stocks as smallcaps bounce back

Smallcap funds raked in net inflows of Rs 2,209 crore in April amid a sharp rally in smallcap shares

Zydus Wellness Q4 profit up 3.4%, driven by strong brand performance

For the full year of FY24, the company posted a 14 per cent Y-o-Y decline in PAT and the revenue grew by 3.2 per cent reaching Rs 266.9 crore and Rs 2,327.8 crore respectively

Manipal Hospitals rebrands AMRI units eight months after acquisition

Manipal Hospitals, which acquired an 84 per cent stake in AMRI Hospitals in September 2023 for around Rs 2,300 crore, announced brand integration on Tuesday

Indian senior living market has potential to touch $12 bn by 2030: Report

Rise in median age and ageing population to fuel increase in demand for senior housing

Not producing, distributing Covishield since December 2021: Serum Institute

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine row: As of April 30, 2024, over 1.7 billion doses of the Covishield vaccine has been administered in India