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Serving in Rural areas must be made mandatory for doctors: M Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President of India Addresses 20th Convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
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One in six Indians needs mental health help
Dr Tonmoy Sharma, Founder and CEO, Sovereign Health, throws light on the strategies to manage mental health better in India
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WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally
The ten steps to successful breastfeeding underpin the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, which both organisations launched in 1991
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JP Nadda, Dr Michelle Bachelet announce 2018 Partners’ Forum to galvanise global action for women children and adolescent health
Convergence between ministries, states and stakeholders is critical to achievements of shared goals, says Nadda
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Aster DM Healthcare to launch 500-bed multi specialty hospital in Chennai
The facility will provide tertiary and quaternary care at Kovilambakam
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Mapping arteries could help avoid complications and improve outcomes in oral surgeries
West Lafayette, a Purdue University-affiliated startup, has devised a way to map arteries in the roof of a person’s mouth to help avoid complications and improve outcomes in oral...
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Microdeletion syndromes – a group of disorders that miss the screening net
Dr Priya Kadam, Program Director, MedGenome Claria highlights the second most common chromosomal abnormality after Down syndrome- microdeletion syndromes and shares the need to create awareness about the same
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CEDP students visit Thane Mental Hospital to help mentally challenged patients
The visit was initiated in an effort to give the students valuable volunteering experience and skills to handle mentally challenged patients
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AIIMS professor Balram Bhargava appointed DG of ICMR
Bhargava is a present currently a Professor/Senior Consultant Cardiologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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Cobots come with an average payback time of 195 days: Pradeep David
Pradeep David, General Manager, Universal Robots, South Asia explains the benefits of deploying collaborative robots (cobots) in the healthcare sector to Viveka Roychowdhury
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Clinicians discuss the benefits of PGS/PGD in IVF Pregnancies
Brought together the experts in the field of obstetrics, gynecology and assisted reproduction to discuss the benefits of Pre-implantation Genetic Screening/Diagnosis (PGS/D) in IVF
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Toffee Insurance and Mobiefit join hands
Toffee’s fitness coverage, will be extended to users at no additional cost as part of Mobiefit’s subscription packages
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Union Health Ministry urges states to adopt Clinical Establishment Act
The health ministry wants to ensure that appropriate checks and balances are put in place and maximum benefit is obtained by the beneficiaries before the launch of Ayushman Bharat-National...
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4th International Liver Symposium held in Gurugram
The event saw participation from experts from across the world, representing the frontiers of knowledge from 22 countries
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Stent maker SMT wins tenders at five Brazilian hospitals
The alliance will accelerate SMT’s goal towards providing affordable and quality stents for the millions of people suffering from heart disease worldwide
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Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital initiates unique award for its patients
The award function is a small way to recognise their efforts and encouraging them to further success and adhering with their rehab plans
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FDA Assam, Magic Bus India Foundation, Nestlé India commemorate World Health Day
Nestlé Healthy Kids programme was recently held in Guwahati and has reached out to 5000 adolescents and 1500 parents
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UNICEF to vaccinate infants against pneumonia, meningitis
The vaccination will cover around 2 million children annually in the state
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Funds advised by Apax Partners in pact with Healthium MedTech
Healthium plans to further deepen its presence in the Indian market and broaden its portfolio of specialty medtech products
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AAPI partners with USAID
Join hands for a TB-Free India, launches 'The Women Empowerment' campaign
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SST builds healthier communities in over 5000 villages
Started vaccination programme in association with the government
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Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai performs liver transplant on a one-year-old baby
A combination of charitable donations from the above NGO, some funding arranged by the family and crowd funding through Ketto.com, contributed the bulk of the transplant costs
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Cyient partners with international advisory firm, Xynteo
To collaborate with the India2022 Coalition to develop solutions in the diagnostic healthcare space
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PFI calls for universal access to family planning
Better access to contraception and improvement in reproductive health services would reduce maternal and infant mortality
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MTaI suggests gradual rollout of public procurement guidelines, seeks some exemptions
MTaI said the government should also exempt all procurements by premium research institutes, teaching institutes, tertiary hospitals of Central or State Government
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Medical colleges to have PG courses from academic year 2020-21
The ministry has approved the amendments and the new regulations would to be notified soon
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First Indian systematic study on non-invasive prenatal testing
Main objective was to evaluate NIPT versus conventional screening for trisomies 21,18,13, X & Y chromosome abnormalities and triploidy