Page 3 - Health Care Sector

Story in Numbers: Vital signs of health care delivery in India

The hospital ecosystem is expected to maintain acceptable levels of hygiene and cleanliness

Rs 50,000-cr loan guarantee for health not enough in non-metros: Industry

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithar­aman said the government would provide 75 per cent coverage for new projects and 50 per cent for those in expansion mode in the non-metros

Mom's ailment drove this CA to build a biz in post-hospitalisation care

Rajinish Menon's enterprise Sukino Health care specialises in offering rehab and recuperation to chronically ill patients at a much lower cost than hospitals

Everest Kanto, Morepen Lab: 5 stocks to make your portfolio Covid-proof

Major stocks in the healthcare equipment sector are showing firm upside of over 15 per cent

15-day curfew in Maharashtra from April 14; essential services exempted

All businesses, except essential services, to remain shut; Rs 5,400 cr package announced

Idle capacities at labs as 'gold standard' tests for detecting Covid fall

Fewer RT-PCR tests than capacity at many places; non-Covid tests pick up

It's raining billionaires in India's pharma and health care space

Created 7 billionaires in 2020; now 17 super-rich promoters in the sector with combined wealth of Rs 4.35 trillion

What we know about the new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK

The new variant of the virus is capable of spreading faster and more easily.

Relief & uncertainties for hospitality sector: A reality check amid Covid

Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji does a reality check from Ground Zero. Listen to this podcast

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Poland President Andrzej Duda tests positive

Singapore to try quicker testing for migrants, record spike in Greek cases as new curbs kick in, France has 45,000 new cases in a day, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Despair forces Asian girls into child marriage

US orders halt on home evictions, older patients drive South Korean surge in critical cases, Hong Kong to reopen gyms, massage parlours and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Limited legal protection for Covid-19 vaccine makers hampers EU deals

With vaccines being developed at record speed during the pandemic, there is potentially a greater risk they may have unexpected consequences or may not be effective.

India has 3 Covid-19 vaccines in different phases of clinical testing: ICMR

Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry said the actual caseload of Covid-19 in the country today is 5,86,298 as more than 1.2 million people have already recovered

Plastic from used PPE kits can be transformed into biofuel, say researchers

There is high production and utilisation of PPE to protect the community of health workers and other frontline workers of Covid-19

Covid-19 crisis: Health care infra ranking for states expected soon

15th Finance Commission would likely recommend performance-based grants

Hetero to deliver first set of 20,000 vials of Remdesivir as DCGI approves

One set would be immediately supplied to Hyderabad, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra

India does not test healthcare workers regularly, risking them & patients

India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on May 15 had said that there was no need to quarantine healthcare workers unless they had been exposed to Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid could wipe out $16 trn of global wealth

WHO halts HCQ trials again, Australia jobless rate 19-year high, UK builds Covid war chest-roundup of news from across the world on the Covid-19 pandemic

India may face ICU beds shortage during Covid-19 peak in mid-Nov: Report

The researchers say the management of Covid-19 will involve a dynamic review of policies and significant strengthening of the healthcare system

Govt says no community transmission of Covid-19 yet, but experts disagree

Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don't get complacent