Page 13 - Healthcare Sector

Govt's focus on affordable healthcare ensured savings for poor: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the government is working tirelessly to augment India's health infrastructure with a focus on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to citizens.

IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal pledges Rs 100 cr to alma mater IIT Kanpur

The funds would be invested in establishing the School of Medical Sciences and Technology on the IIT Kanpur campus.

Reflection of time

Health care firms played a vital role during the pandemic

Health care Budget: Finance secy says it is responsibility of states

According to the budget proposals for FY23, the government is planning to spend about Rs 83,000 crore on healthcare, the same as it did in FY22

Apollo Hospitals net profit jumps 82% to Rs 243 cr in December quarter

'The third quarter saw us continue on the path to recovery in line with the revival in the overall economy,' Apollo Hospitals Group Chairman Prathap C Reddy noted

Budget fails to cheer healthcare industry as long standing demands unmet

Leading healthcare providers rued that the Budget has failed to address many of the long pending demands of the industry.

World Health Organisation funding needs a paradigm shift: Director General

With the current funding model, the World Health Organisation (WHO) "is set to fail", warned the global health body chief.

Omicron may not evade all monoclonal antibodies, lab study suggests

The Omicron variant of coronavirus may evade several, but not all, monoclonal antibodies used clinically to prevent patients from developing severe Covid-19, according to a laboratory study.

In the pink of health: Healthcare sector expected to reach $372 bn in 2022

Government plans to increase public health spend to 2.5% of GDP by 2025

Budget 2022: Pharma industry seeks enhanced funds for healthcare sector

The domestic pharmaceutical industry is expecting an increase in the overall fund allocation for the healthcare sector, focus on policies that encourage R&D activities and continuation of tax concessions on various drugs in the upcoming Union Budget. The industry is also seeking simplification of various processes in order to enhance ease of doing business for the private sector companies. "An increase in the budgetary allocation from the current 1.8 per cent of the GDP to 2.5-3 per cent, as envisaged in the National Health Policy 2017 along with a separate allocation for the bio-pharmaceutical sector R&D is imperative," Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) President S Sridhar told PTI. The industry saw significant momentum over the past year, especially in ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines and medicines and this year's Budget will be crucial to accelerate sectoral growth and access to innovative health solutions across various diseases and not COVID ...

Healthcare likely to receive top priority in Budget 2022: Assocham

Healthcare sector is likely to receive the highest priority in the upcoming Union Budget 2022-23 on account of continuing challenges posed by COVID-19

250,000 frontline staff in Karnataka trained online to fight Covid

Karnataka has effectively leveraged technology in COVID battle and so far about 2.5 lakh healthcare and frontline staff have been trained through online platforms

Health care services offered on flat fee exempt from GST: AAR

The applicant devised a plan for providing health care services for the next 20 years for which a lump-sum amount, say, Rs 10 lakh, will be charged

UPI-like interface for healthcare services may go live this week

United Health Interface is a set of protocols that is going to create a language of health service delivery

Story in numbers: BJP keeping finger on Goa's health infrastructure pulse

There are 55 functioning PHCs in the state's rural areas, and four in urban areas

Picture of health

Health index needs a rejig

Statsguru: Six charts that explain the state of Indian healthcare

Analysis shows that UP did not show any gains in most parameters concerning health outcomes

In 2022, the goal will be to ramp up public health infrastructure

The first of the year-ender series takes a dive into the health care crisis that India faced this year and what's in store as 2022 rings in

Covid-19 pandemic accelerates digital adoption in health sector: PwC India

While doctors and patients went online to mitigate infection risk, pharma companies too adopted digital tools rapidly for customer engagement, development of multiple delivery models and R&D

Uday Shankar takes 51% stake in James Murdoch's entity Lupa India

Investment company to focus on media, education & healthcare