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Over 3,000 maternal deaths in Karnataka over five years: CM's office

There have been over 3,350 maternal deaths in the last five years in Karnataka, the Chief Minister's Office said on Monday. The fatalities have been on the decline during this period, according to data issued by the government. The CMO's releasing the data comes in the wake of a controversy surrounding the recent maternal deaths in the state's Ballari district. The total number of maternal deaths in the past five years stands at 3,364. An analysis of the data reveals the highest number of maternal deaths occurred during Covid-19 when the BJP was in power. In 2019-2020, 662 maternal deaths were reported, with the number rising slightly to 714 the following year. However, the figures have since dropped, with 595 deaths recorded in 2021-2022, 527 in 2022-2023, and 518 in 2023-2024. As of November 2024, the number of maternal deaths in the state stands at 348. Karnataka's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) during this period stands at 64 per one lakh live births, according to the data.

Health min Mandaviya inaugurates integrated public health labs in Andhra

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated seven integrated public health laboratories in various districts of Andhra Pradesh here on Friday. He also laid the foundation stone for two critical care blocks and a Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory in Vijayawada, which are aimed at giving a boost to the healthcare infrastructure in the state. "The BSL laboratory, seven integrated public health laboratories and the two critical care blocks once operational will play a pivotal role in providing quality medical services to the people of Andhra Pradesh," said Mandaviya, addressing officials and media. The Union Minister noted that the Central government is following a holistic approach towards health by upgrading and expanding healthcare infrastructure in the country, which also includes building more medical and nursing colleges. He said that now there are 23 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) while MBBS and nursing seats have doubled. Mandaviya said collective .

NHA to boost digital health adoption with 100 microsite projects in India

The project aims to establish clusters of small and medium-sized healthcare facilities to enhance healthcare accessibility through digital health services

Scan, share service for faster OPD registrations gaining success: NHA

The National Health Authority's Scan and Share service for faster OPD registrations has been adopted by 365 hospitals within five months of its launch, an official statement said on Thursday. The service has helped over five lakh patients save time by drastically reducing wait times in OPD registration areas, it said. The Scan and Share service is currently live in 125 districts across 25 states and UTs in the country. Karnataka (2.5 lakh tokens), Uttar Pradesh (1.1 lakh users) and Delhi (72,000 users) are the leading states in the adoption of this service for better patient experience, the statement by the NHA said. The QR code-based rapid OPD registration service is being implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya hailed the quick and queue-less OPD registration. "Quick & Queue Less OPD Registration! Under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, more than 5 lakh patients ..

Monkeypox outbreak showing signs of slowing in the UK, says health agency

British authorities also said that they bought as many as 150,000 doses of the vaccine, which was made by Bavarian Nordic, the world's only supplier

NHA launches revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account mobile app

National Health Authority, under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), announced the launch of a revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) mobile application

While spearheading CoWIN, my challenge has been the scale: R S Sharma

We registered 13.7 million in a matter of eight hours-that was the scale, said Sharma

Indu Bhushan to leave as Ayushman Bharat chief, R S Sharma to take over

Bhushan, who's stepping down as his three-year term comes to an end, was not available to talk about his future plans

PM Jan Arogya Yojna: ICMR drafts treatment guidelines for better healthcare

New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): In order to provide better healthcare facilities, the National Health Authority (NHA) has adopted the Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) for their claim at adjudication. These STGs have been framed by the Indian Council of Medical Research Institute (ICMR).For this, NHA and ICMR are continuously discussing the modalities and strategies to develop the adoption and implementation of STGs in the Aysuhman Bharat-Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), which is the biggest healthcare scheme in the world that provides a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to around 50 crore poor and vulnerable individuals."So far, the ICMR has developed STGs for 30 treatment modalities like cataract, COPD, hysterectomy, hemodialysis, emergency management of ureteric stones, respiratory failure due to any cause, PTCA, systemic thrombolysis, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), low cardiac output IABP inspection post-operatively, asthma, epilepsy, stroke, D & C

India's life expectancy rises to 68.7 years: National Health Profile 2019

NCT of Delhi has the highest population density of 11,320 people per square km, while Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest of 17 per sq km

Cabinet clears rejig of National Health Agency as National Health Authority

This change will help the team manage Ayushman Bharat, say senior ministry officials