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Surrogacy rules: Couples with medical condition can now use donor gametes

The Centre has amended the surrogacy rules 2022 allowing married couples to use an egg or sperm of a donor in case one of the partners is suffering from a medical condition. The District Medical Board has to certify that either the husband or wife is suffering from a medical condition necessitating the use of donor gamete. "In case when the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from a medical condition necessitating use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed," the notification issued on Wednesday said. The surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed subject to the condition that the child to be born through surrogacy must have at least one gamete from the intending couple, it stated. This means if both the partners have medical problems or are unable to have their own gametes they cannot opt for surrogacy. "Single women (widow or divorcee) undergoing surrogacy must use self-eggs and donor sperm to

Tripura ready to welcome PPP offer for setting up medical colleges: CM Saha

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said his government is ready to welcome any suitable and viable publicprivate partnership (PPP) initiative in setting up medical colleges in the northeastern state. His remark comes after the chief minister held a meeting with a delegation of NITI Aayog led by its senior member Dr. V K Saraswat at his residence on Tuesday evening. Currently, the state has two medical colleges, Agartala Government Medical College, and another society-run Tripura Medical College. Besides, a government-run dental college opened in the current academic session. "Today, I had a meeting with a delegation of NITI Aayog where an intensive discussion took place on different issues. They proposed setting up a medical college under the PPP model. I told them that we are receiving such proposals but the government wants a suitable and viable offer," he told reporters. Saha said many Bangladeshis visit Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport here to go outside the state for medical purpo

Equity at the cost of capacity

No reasonable person would look at the state of the health system in India and conclude it has enough doctors

Candidates from 9 states corner 70% medical college seats; Rajasthan tops

Admissions for homoeopathic and Unani medicines are also based on NEET-UG scores

Medicine purchases by inpatients exempt from GST, says Tamil Nadu AAR

But says drugs, consumables purchased by outpatients in the course of treatment will be taxed

What will it take to bring down cost of medical education in India?

What made Indian students travel to Ukraine for studying medicine? The answer is access to quality education at affordable fee. What can be done to bring down the cost of medical education in India?

Rural pulse: In Haryana villages, Covid-19 patients wait for doctors

Lack of medical staff and reckless behaviour fuelling Covid-19 surge in the hinterland

Charge 0.1% GST on Covid vaccines, medical items

GST is applicable on domestic supplies and commercial import of vaccines at 5 per cent and on Covid drugs, oxygen concentrators, etc. at 12 per cent

Senior citizens: Strike a balance between tax saving and liquidity

They must also maximise the utilisation of the higher deductions available to them

Consumers gravitating towards higher sum insured in health policies

Covid drives awareness of need for health insurance, consumers also buying plans in the range of Rs 25-50 lakh

Army conducts rescue ops in Uttarakhand, provides medical aid to locals

Troops of the Indian Army conducted rescue operations in Uttarakhand's Dharchula on Saturday following heavy rains in the region

Challenging time for board of directors amid coronavirus outbreak

The board should immediately address the issue of succession for the CEO and other critical positions to ensure a seamless continuation of each critical function

Cashing in on coronavirus: Fear economy shoots up masks, sanitisers demand

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic spreads across India, marketplaces are seeing large and small players scrambling to cash in

Govt plans five large coronavirus-dedicated hospitals as cases rise

The government was looking to have large, at least four or five, dedicated COVID19 hospitals in the country to isolate and treat the patients

Minimum wage for workers likely to increase in next three months

Children education, medical costs set to be included in minimum wage

How this start-up disrupts supplies to save costs for smaller hospitals

Medikabazaar is using a disruptive platform and a roster of 150,000 SKUs to help health centres in smaller cities reduce inventory holding costs and boost efficiency

Price cap on drugs, medical devices help patients save Rs 11,365 cr: Govt

Capping of prices of medicines and medical devices, including stents and knee implants, has helped patients save a total of Rs 11,365.61 crore till December 2017, Parliament was informed today. Ceiling prices of 851 formulations (including two coronary stents) under Revised Schedule - I based on National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2015, were fixed till December 2017, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The government by implementing the provisions of DPCO, 2013 has helped the consumers save Rs 11,365.61 crore, Mandaviya said. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixes the ceiling prices of medicines listed in the Schedule - I of Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO), 2013. Savings from capping of price of drugs under NLEM 2011 were Rs 2,422.24 crore, while the same for NLEM 2015 were 2,643.37 crore. Consumers also benefited by Rs 4,450 crore from price control of ...