HEALTH-TRENDS
Transgenders can now get gender reassignment surgery under Ayushman Bharat scheme
The initiative will help thousands of transgenders who are often the most disadvantaged, Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the move would ensure rightful and respectable place for the community which will be able access healthcare services
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Over 44% of global cancer deaths in 2020 were preventable: Lancet study
The paper—Preventing Cancer: The Only Way Forward—has major significance for India, where the disease is almost like a death sentence for millions unable to afford the high costs of treatment
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Tomato flu not linked to SARS CoV 2, monkeypox or dengue, says Health Ministry
The recent outbreak of the disease has been reported from four states in the country
BUSINESS
To boost herbal products exports, industry bats for GMP compliance by Ayurvedic drug makers
Less than 0.5% of Ayurvedic drug makers in the country have their manufacturing units certified as good manufacturing practices (GMP) plants by the World Health Organisation
HEALTH-TRENDS
What is the true burden of cancer? 13 states in India not even trying to know
It is estimated that by 2026, about 20 lakh new cancer cases will be detected in the country every year but in the absence of mandatory notification of the disease in states, the extent of the disease may not even be known
HEALTH-TRENDS
Interview | Healthcare needs incentivisation like IT sector received: Vikram Shah, CMD, Shalby Hospitals
A global name in orthopedic services, the Shalby group recently bought a company in the US that makes medical implants used in joint replacement and plans to sell them in India and other countries.
HEALTH-TRENDS
MC Exclusive | Hospitals to set up panels to vet requests for aid to treat rare diseases
Under a revised policy, all patients suffering from rare diseases will now be eligible to apply for as much as Rs 50 lakh for their treatment.
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Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 dominant in Delhi; caution advised for those with low immunity, underlying diseases
Sometimes referred to as the Centaurus, Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 was first detected in May in India but has since been identified in at least 20 other countries
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Can Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine prevent COVID-19 infection and transmission?
With Bharat Biotech completing clinical trials of its vaccine candidate, hopes have been raised about the availability of intranasal vaccine as a booster dose just as the number of daily Covid-19 cases and test positivity rate in parts of India have started surging over the last few weeks.
HEALTH-TRENDS
Government plans to double PG medical seats in next five years
The strategy is aimed at helping more MBBS doctors in securing a PG seat and addressing the shortage of specialists in small towns and rural areas.
BUSINESS
Doctors and hospitals are great but ecosystem for medical tourists need to improve in India: Ahmed Danish, CEO, Healthtrip
In 2021-22, the market size of the medical tourism sector in India was estimated at $6 billion and the industry hopes this will grow manifold with the Centre’s big push through the Heal in India initiative
HEALTH-TRENDS
From August 12, option of Corbevax as booster doses for all jabbed with Covaxin, Covishield earlier
The recipients of Covaxin and Covishield, however, will also have an option of receiving the same vaccine they had taken for their primary vaccination
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COVID-19 test positivity rate shoots over 10% in 144 districts; watching hospitalisation, death patterns in states, says govt
In some districts in the northeast, the test positivity rate is as high as 60-100 percent, according to data from the Union health ministry
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MC Explains | What an initiative like Heal in India can achieve
India is already among the top draws for international patients. The initiative is looking to capture a much bigger pie of the global medical tourism sector, worth $80 billion
BUSINESS
Interview | India’s healthcare digitalisation needs bigger push for better impact
Mudit Dandwate, cofounder of India’s first contactless remote patient-monitoring solution, says digitalisation and telemedicine need an even bigger push to make a larger-level impact.
HEALTH-TRENDS
Our target is to take emergency patient transportation to small towns with sketchy health infra: Medulance co-founder Pranav Bajaj
With an aggregated fleet of over 7,500 ambulances, the five-year-old firm works with several corporates and the Delhi government. It is now looking to tie up with health insurance providers and more state governments.
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India looks to update monkeypox guidelines but risk factors for complications, death yet to be defined
In the present global outbreak, 25,000 cases of the disease have been reported from 78 countries and the highest number of cases has been confirmed in the US, Spain and the UK
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MC Exclusive | NMC seeks accreditation for global recognition of India’s medical colleges
The World Health Organisation and World Medical Education Federation guidelines for accreditation of basic medical education recommend that national standards be set at an acceptable international level.
HEALTH-TRENDS
Do regulators approve non-cancer drugs easily in India? Study suggests so
Findings of the important research have been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Cancer Policy
HEALTH-TRENDS
ICMR sounds outs monkeypox vaccine makers; Govt may use jabs for high-risk groups
In the US, the UK and Canada, vaccines against monkeypox are already being offered to those belonging to high-risk groups and household contacts of confirmed cases.
BUSINESS
Near policy paralysis in Indian healthtech, says doctor who developed country's first physician chatbot
Zini, the chatbot, can automate the medical history-recording process, the first step in patient management, and help a doctor figure out what is the cause of a patient's symptoms. It can be used in government initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat and eSanjeevani, says Rohit Sharma
HEALTH-TRENDS
India has more doctors than WHO standards, says Centre. Is that a valid claim?
The number of MBBS seats went up 79 percent since 2014 while PG seats in medicine rose 91 percent in this period, as per government data
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MC Explains I Tecovirimat, a promising drug for monkeypox; will India need it?
More than 17,000 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in over 70 countries. India has, so far, reported four cases
HEALTH-TRENDS
Government rushes to raise lab capacity as first case of monkeypox without international travel history is reported in India
Rapid expansion of lab capacity, rigorous contact tracing and isolation may be urgently required to stop extensive transmission of the viral disease in the country, say experts
