Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav earlier on Wednesday in Lucknow. The focus of the meet was on healthcare, which the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gates's office had met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh meeting. Gates reportedly presented a five-point programme that his...
06:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state. The 56-year-old Gates is likely discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gate's office has met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh...
03:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty gave birth to a baby boy at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Hospital in suburban Khar this morning. Husband Raj Kundra said on Twitter: "God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine. I am thrilled to bits." Shilpa and Raj have been married for three years, and this is the couple's first baby. "A big thank you to my wife...
10:32 AM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Drugmaker Piramal Healthcare is buying a US-based healthcare data provider for $635 million to boost research and development, in the biggest outbound acquisition by an Indian company in over six months. Mumbai-based Piramal Healthcare, controlled by billionaire Ajay Piramal, has been looking to expand its R&D portfolio after it sold its India formulations business to US-based Abbott Laboratories for $3.7 billion in 2010. Piramal Healthcare aims to close the...
10:27 PM, May 16, 2012
London: Patients left stranded on trolleys for hours and forced to have treatment in corridors is becoming a familiar scene in British hospitals, presenting a "worrying picture" for the authorities. Nurses in Britain say patients are being forced to have treatment in corridors partly due to the loss of hospital beds, the BBC reported. The Royal College of Nursing says feedback received from more than 1,200 staff paints a "worrying...
08:09 PM, May 13, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged non-resident Indians from the state to invest funds and expertise in upgrading healthcare. "I know most of these people love their country very much, I urge them to come and invest money and expertise in healthcare in West Bengal," Banerjee told a function. Stating that Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of 27 of 30 speciality hospitals have been completed, she said...
12:38 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and state governments for framing guidelines for hospitals, particularly private ones, to prevent them from retaining original certificates of nurses at the time of their employment. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia issued notices to Ministry of Health and Family Affairs and state governments on a PIL alleging that harassment and hostile attitude of the various...
05:44 PM, May 07, 2012
Washington: Two years after President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare overhaul, the Supreme Court on Monday takes up a historic test of whether it is valid under the country's Constitution. The sweeping law intended to transform healthcare for millions of people in the United States has generated fierce political debate. Republicans challenging Democrat Obama for the presidency in November and Republican members of Congress have vowed to roll...
12:40 PM, Mar 26, 2012
It was early 2010, and Fortis Healthcare's board"chaired by the billionaire Singh brothers, Malvinder and Shivinder"was in session. One of the directors couldn't make it to Delhi, and instead called in. At one point, Shivinder made a point and the director on the call interrupted to clarify, "Who is it, Malvinder [the elder brother] or Shivinder?" The younger brother immediately quipped: "It doesn't matter, it's the same." Although a fun...
11:01 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The healthcare industry on Friday welcomed moves to promote preventive health check ups and research in pharma in the Budget but said more could have been done to accelerate growth in the sector. "More could have been done in this Budget but there are lots of good things in it for the heath care sector," Apollo Hospitals Enterprise ED Operations Sangita Reddy said. Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee has...
05:31 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Health sector in India has seen some of the most dramatic growth stories in the past decade. Ranging from improved health care facilities to low cost treatment, the success of the health sector has been primarily driven by private enterprise. There has been a huge improvement in the R & D facilities in the nation. The pharmaceutical segment has also registered phenomenal upward movement. However all this has not happened...
06:00 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian healthcare industry is rapidly growing at 12 per cent but yet the sector is in shambles. The sector, therefore, has high expectations from the Union Budget, both for reforms and expenditure. India's healthcare industry is currently valued at $ 65 billion. Assocham and rating agencies expect it to hit $ 125 billion by 2015. Yet, the sector is in shambles, with just one hospital bed available for...
10:14 AM, Mar 13, 2012
By Ranjit Shahani As 16 March draws close, Indian healthcare is once again at the crossroads waiting with bated breath for the Union Budget in the hope that it will provide the necessary impetus to the pharmaceutical industry. Announcing Infrastructure status for Healthcare would be just what the doctor ordered. The reality is that rural and semi-urban India lacks even the most basic healthcare infrastructure. Since setting up facilities in...
06:31 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Apprehending return of service tax for the sector in the upcoming Budget, leading diagnostic chains want Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to maintain status quo while seeking incentives for private players to expand in rural India. Leading firms, Super Religare Laboratories (SRL) and Metropolis Healthcare also said the government must cut duties on chemicals, kits and machines that are used for carrying out diagnostic tests. Spelling out Budget expectations for the...
04:50 PM, Mar 05, 2012
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