As the Union Budget 2024 approaches, healthcare experts are emphasising the critical need for increased GDP allocation to healthcare and advancements in digital health infrastructure. The budget, to be presented on July 23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is seen as a crucial opportunity to address these pressing needs (1✔ ✔Reliable sourcePromoting digital health: a … Read more
Bengaluru: HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd launched the HCG Care app for the oncology care space. The app is designed to make expert, individualised cancer care easily, continuously and proactively accessible to cancer patients from wherever they are located (or even on the move). The app offers comprehensive digitalised services in cancer care on one integrated … Read more
Compliance with pain medicines between mobile-app based and conventional prescription groups NEW DELHI: A smart phone app — UPPCHAR, an AI-based health education system, developed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for supportive care for advanced cancer patients on medication adherence — has shown good results in effectively enhancing medication compliance among patients. … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time in state, robotic surgery for cancer treatment is going to be a reality, that too in the government sector, at Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram. At present robotic surgery for cancer treatment is available only in large-scale hospitals in the nation and in foreign countries. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will … Read more
Madurai: Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO), in association with Department of Surgical Oncology- Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu Association of Surgical Oncologists (TASO) and Intuitive India organized a National Conference on Surgical Oncology in Madurai. IASO NATCON 2022, 35th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology was inaugurated by Dr. By Ashok Mehta, … Read more
World Cancer The Day, which was recently observed on February 4, attempted to raise awareness of how to save lives. One of the most important aspects of providing care to a patient undergoing cancer treatment, or even someone who has just been diagnosed, is your mental health. Dr. Brinda Sitaram, group director of psycho-oncology service … Read more