India’s long-awaited and divisive Goods and Services Tax (GST) will soon take effect. What effect will it have on healthcare? The GST has effectively more than thirty years in the making. A large-scale stab at tax reform, it seeks to impose a levy on all goods and services across India at the national level. The …
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Controversial surgeries — the first of their kind in India — have been successfully performed involving the transplantation of a uterus from mother to daughter. Currently there are no guidelines issued for uterus transplants, the surgeries are deemed to be experimental as there is no track record. Due to this the surgeries are considered elective, …
2017 has seen a sharp rise in both the number of infected, and deaths associated with swine flu (H1N1) in India. Numbers vary depending on the source, with most stating around 345 as of May 7th. Higher estimates already exceed the total number of deaths for the whole of 2016, with the final figure for …
Virtual reality (VR) technologies could play a key role in Indian medicine in the future. For some patients in rehabilitation, Indian-developed VR systems are already taking the place of painkillers. It is just the start of a far-reaching transformation, experts predict. The story in the ET focuses on Pushkar V Kulkarni, a 21-year-old engineering graduate …
A rise in attacks on doctors in India has resulted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) providing martial arts lessons to doctors in a bid to aid in self defence. The plan will provide taekwondo (a Korean martial art) lessons to over 1500 staff of the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association. As assaults …
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India is considered to be the world capital for thalassemia cases. Every year another 10,000 children are born with the condition. Despite this, as of World Thalassemia Day – May 8th – there is no policy at the national level aimed at preventing or controlling the spread of the disease. Thalassemia is a genetically inherited …
A recent study reveals that 65.6 percent of healthcare expenditure in India is out of pocket — paid for by the patients themselves. The study, conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, was conducted based on evidence of healthcare expenditure in 2014. At 65.6 percent, India is placed sixth highest …
Global pharmaceutical companies are trying to withdraw from the Indian coronary stent market following a price cap introduced by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). The price cap of stents has proven an unpopular move amongst international investors and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Some international pharmaceutical companies, such as Abbott and Medtronic have already submitted withdrawal requests …
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Malaria can be eliminated from India and the South Asia region by 2030, claims the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA), marking World Malaria Day. This positivity may be overshadowed by the spread of drug resistant malaria in a number of south Asian countries. Though not yet spread to India, there are reports of Artemisinin-resistant …
Controversy has arisen as Mumbai doctors treating the world’s heaviest woman are being accused of dishonesty and neglect by the patient’s family. Eman Abd El Aty, an Egyptian national, was flown to the Saifee Hospital in Mumbai on February 11 to receive bariatric surgery. Specialist equipment, including a modified airbus, was required for the journey. Eman’s …
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