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A safe home: How to prevent injurious falls, manage risks

WHO estimates 684,000 fatal falls occur each year; the elderly are at greater risk

55% of cardiac deaths in India caused by delay in seeking care: Lancet

Those staying closer to a facility or families with higher income were more likely to reach within the first hour. In general, strokes reported greater delays

Max Healthcare, IIIT-Delhi tie up for healthcare research, education

Max Healthcare Institute on Tuesday said it has tied up with IIIT-Delhi to advance healthcare research and education in India. The partnership aims to leverage the strengths of both organisations to promote and conduct high-quality research, develop cutting-edge healthcare solutions, and design and deliver capability and capacity-building programmes for healthcare professionals. "This collaboration will enable us to leverage the latest advancements in technology to develop innovative solutions that can improve patient outcomes and enhance the quality of care," Max Healthcare Institute Group Medical Director Sandeep Budhiraja said in a statement. Additionally, it will bring together the complementary expertise of both the organisations to develop new tools and solutions that can address the public health priorities in India and beyond, he added. Max Healthcare and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to

Medanta net profit surges over five-fold to Rs 101 cr in March quarter

Healthcare provider Global Health (Medanta) on Monday said its net profit surged over five fold to Rs 101 crore in the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2023, aided by increase in bed capacity and higher in-patient footfalls. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 17.5 crore in the January-March quarter of 2021-22 fiscal. Revenue in the reporting quarter rose 37 per cent year-on-year to Rs 732 crore, the company said in a statement. For the financial year ended on March 31, 2023, Medanta posted a net profit of Rs 326 crore as against Rs 196 crore in FY22. Revenue rose to Rs 2,759 crore in the last fiscal as against Rs 2,206 crore in 2021-22 fiscal. "For the year and quarter ending March 31, 2023 we have registered significant growth and strong financial performance across all revenue and profitability metrics," Global Health Group CEO and Director Pankaj Sahni noted. The healthcare provider continues its planned growth in beds and infrastructure, and remain an attractive ...

Statsguru: From Anaemia to tobacco use, six charts show health warnings

Health targets are among the sustainable development goals, which countries signed up for in 2015, hoping to achieve them by 2030

Bill introduced in US to hire foreign health workers on H-1B visa

The bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs and State Veterans Homes as cap exempt institutions for the purposes of the H1-B visa program

Meghalaya health authorities rope in religious bodies on tobacco awareness

Health authorities in Meghalaya have turned to religious leaders to seek their help in spreading awareness on tobacco-related cancer, officials said on Wednesday. Meghalaya records about 8,000 deaths per year due to cancer out of which 70 per cent are tobacco-related cancer cases, they said. The state also has a record 131 cancer cases per 1 lakh population and this is ten times the national average, cancer surgeon at the North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Dr Caleb Harris told PTI. At the institute alone, about 1200 cancer cases are recorded annually and about 750 800 cases are tobacco-related cancer cases, he said adding that esophageal cancer, the most prevalent in the state, is caused by use of tobacco, alcohol and betel nut, and hence is preventable. Involvement of religious leaders would go a long way in this regard as they are in a position to influence the masses effectively. It was imperative, NEIGRIHMS director Nalin Mehta said a .

Manohar Joshi's condition critical after suffering from brain haemorrhage

The health condition of former Maharashtra chief minister and ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi is critical and he continues to be in a semi-comatose state, a city-based private hospital, where he was admitted two days back after suffering from brain haemorrhage, said on Wednesday. His son Unmesh Joshi also said his father continues to remain unconscious. Manohar Joshi (85), a veteran Shiv Sena leader, was admitted to P D Hinduja Hospital in a "semi-coma state" on Monday. In a statement, the hospital said, "Joshi is critical and semi-comatose. His brain haemorrhage is stable. He continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), being managed medically, and his condition is being closely monitored." In a medical emergency, Joshi was admitted to the hospital on May 22 in a semi-coma condition. He was breathing on his own and was not on a ventilator, it said. Talking to PTI, his son Unmesh said his father is unconscious and doctors treating him have asked him to "wait and watch". "

Rajasthan to open 70 new sub-health centres to strengthen health services

The Rajasthan government will open 70 new sub-health centres (SHCs) across the state to strengthen health services infrastructure, according to an official statement. Eleven SHCs will be opened in Sikar, nine in Nagaur, six each in Alwar and Karauli, five in Sawai Madhopur, four each in Bhilwara and Tonk, three each in Jaipur, Churu and Rajsamand, two each in Chittorgarh, Dausa, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Kota and Udaipur, and one SHC each in Ajmer, Baran, Bharatpur and Pali, it said Chief Minister ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal for the project, it said and added a woman health worker will be posted at each of these SHCs. In his Budget speech, Gehlot had announced that SHCs will be opened in the state in a phased manner. In another decision, agriculture course will be started in 50 government higher secondary schools of the state. The statement said teachers will be appointed in these schools for the course. The course will be started in eight schools each in Jaipur and Alwar, five

Covid kills one person every four minutes as vaccination rates fall

Covid is still a leading killer, the third-biggest in the US last year behind heart disease and cancer

As employment picks up in India, IT sector lags in competition: Report

According to the report, the momentum in IT services has slowed down as against the banking and healthcare sectors. A 27 per cent decline in hiring activity was reported in the IT sector

What is new medical registration system and why doctors are concerned?

Here is everything you need to know about the new registration policy and why doctors are concerned about it

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Dry cleaning chemical may raise risk for Parkinson's by 70%: Report

Researchers found that 430 veterans had been diagnosed with Parkinson's, and that their risk was 70 per cent higher than those not exposed

Healthcare services to lead job boom: Tata group Chairman N Chandrasekaran

Both Tata Motors and Tata Power have set up separate subsidiaries to make the foray into EV and green energy

Mamata's 3-yr diploma in medicine proposal may lead to more pvt institutes

"I do not know what will be the fate of the patients in the hands of diploma doctors," a doctor said

Mamata proposes 'diploma doctors' for primary healthcare amid shortfall

She asked the health secretary to form a committee to decide on the legal aspects of such diploma courses to train more doctors for primary healthcare units

AP govt spending 7.3% of state budget on healthcare, says top official

As much as 7.3 per cent of Andhra Pradesh's state budget is being spent on healthcare compared to the average of 4 to 4.5 per cent overall in the country, a senior government official said on Thursday. Special Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, M T Krishna Babu said though the government is spending a lot in the sector, the level of public satisfaction over healthcare services is constantly being assessed. "We are continuously taking feedback from patients both out-patients (OP) and in-patients (IP)," Babu said at a two-day brainstorming session organised for all government medical college principals and hospital superintendents in Vijayawada. He said the conference was taken up to optimise the administrative setup of healthcare institutions with focus on improving healthcare services. Babu said efforts are underway to ensure all the 16 government medical colleges in the state are adhering to rules, regulations, proper work conditions, financial management, accounting amon

Global health experts call for renewed action to reduce maternal mortality

Health experts from around the globe called for renewed action to meet the targets of reducing maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth by 2030 at a conference on maternal and newborn health which concluded here on Thursday. The global experts who attended the four-day International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) here sought urgent action for the health of mothers and newborns by leading with evidence, sharing effective implementation strategies, reviewing joint progress, and nurturing collaboration and innovation. Attendees heard directly from impacted countries, communities, and women about how the current plateau in progress affects real lives. It's about accountability, and this is something that we all must take responsibility over. We work in environments where a lot of women and families are not empowered," said Dr Queen Dube, the Chief of Health Services for the Ministry of Health Malawi and AlignMNH Steering Committee Co-chair. The IMNHC was hosted by the ...

Haryana CM Khattar inaugurates 46 health institutions in 17 districts

The Chief Minister said soon a new medical college and an Ayurvedic college would also be constructed in Panchkula