A newborn was bitten by ants at a neonatal unit of a Jodhpur hospital. This unending medical negligence story comes on the heels of similar horror stories coming from rural hospitals.
VPS Health Care Pvt Ltd, a Kerala based company, has announced their venture into the healthcare services sector in India by taking up the master franchise for US Based Retail Pharmacy chain – The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy. The first outlet will start functio...
In the fourth part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on funds allocation for child welfare, allocation for Ministry of Rural Development, ICDS, Nalanda University, needs for children and mid-day meals, early childhood care, mate...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi launches a national health programme in Palghar, Maharashtra. Addressing the gathering present, Sonia says this is the government's initiative to provide health screening and early intervention care for children. According to So...
The police have arrested two employees in Delhi's Sushruta Trauma Centre for the death of five patients. The patients died allegedly due to malfunction of oxygen supply machines. The technician and the supervisor of the trauma centre have been held responsible...
Thom Hartman raises the issue of Republicans and the voting process with 'Ring of Fire Radio' host Mike Papantonio. The host of 'Truth for America' Neal Asbury and Hartman debate Corporate America and its reluctance to share its profits with its workers. Dr Ra...
A total of 16,61,932 surgeries so far, and on people who couldn't afford the high cost of medical care at top corporate hospitals. A total of 4,498 crores has been spent by the state government on reimbursing these corporate hospitals. This is how wide the sco...
Organisations who support welfare of the disabled and the physically handicapped protested against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Khurshid's trust is accused in a sting operation by Aaj Tak of siphoning off funds meant for the buying tricycles and aids fo...
Operation Dhritarashtra. This is a investigating report that uncovers how government funds are siphoned off by NGOs. A trust run in the name of a former President, set up by his grandson and the current Law minister, whose project director is the minister's wi...
The wife of the nation's Law Minister is accused of forging the signatures of a government official of Uttar Pradesh to siphon off money meant for the physically handicapped. Law Minister Salman Khurshid's Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust was granted funds for ...
Aaj Tak conducted a sting operation on a trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. The sting and investigation showed how the NGO run by Khurshid was alloted funds by the Union government to distribute aids to the handicapped in 17 districts of Uttar Pr...
Access to modern life saving health care has increased the life span of the average Indians. But with the medical expenditure going up every day, it is becoming hard for people to access the best health care facilities. Medical Insurance or Health Insurance co...
A pregnant woman Padma from Parigi mandal was admitted to the Hindupur government hospital was admitted at night. In the morning when her condition became serious, the doctors asked her to go to a private hospital. The woman then delivered on the road and the ...
Will the new CEA act destroy the medical profession? Doctors to go on nation-wide strike on June 25 to protest against the tough Clinical Establishment Act that is to be tabled in the Parliament. The boycott work call has been given the Indian Medical Associat...
Centrestage | Is the Government denying doctors of better prospects by making them sign a bond, promising to return to India after completing higher studies in the US?
The new service tax that comes in to effect from Sunday, puts an additional burden on the common man as the prices of various goods and services go up.