Essential medicines will become expensive, prices could increase by 50%

Essential medicines will become expensive, prices could increase by 50%

Drug formulations: The National Drug Pricing Authority has increased the prices of 11 formulations of 8 drugs by 50%. This decision was taken due to the increasing cost of manufacturing these drugs. The decision to increase the prices of medicinal preparations by 100 percent was taken by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection during … Read more

एंटीबायोटिक के इस्तेमाल के लिए सरकार ने बनाए नियम, डॉक्टरों और केमिस्टों को कड़े निर्देश जारी

एंटीबायोटिक के इस्तेमाल के लिए सरकार ने बनाए नियम, डॉक्टरों और केमिस्टों को कड़े निर्देश जारी

<p style="text-align: justify;">एंटीबायोटिक दवाओं को लेकर डायरेक्टरेट जनरल ऑफ हेल्थ सर्विस (DGHS) ने भारत के फार्मासिस्ट एसोसिएशन को पत्र लिखा है. इस लेटर के जरिए केमिस्ट से यह अपील की गई है कि आम नागरिक को एंटीबायोटिक दवा देने से पहले डॉक्टर्स के प्रिस्क्रिप्शन जरूर देंखे. और प्रिस्क्रिप्शन के आधार पर ही दवा दें. इस … Read more

It’s time to unlock the potentials of AI in Public Health: Nakul Jain, Wadhwani AI – ET HealthWorld

It’s time to unlock the potentials of AI in Public Health: Nakul Jain, Wadhwani AI – ET HealthWorld

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Nakul Jain, Director, Solutions, Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence, to figure out the power of AI and its utility for tasks such as triage, generating differential diagnoses, and even offering personalized treatment recommendations. AI in Public Health careFrom a public health perspective, harnessing the power of advanced computing and … Read more

AIIMS-P to use AI to treat patients – ET HealthWorld

AIIMS-P to use AI to treat patients – ET HealthWorld

patna: All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Patna (AIIMS-P) has adopted the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the treatment of patients. Announcing it at a workshop on Wednesday, AIIMS-P CEO Dr. GK Pal said the eHealth section, a leading technology solutions provider of the ministry of health and family welfarehas decided to develop … Read more

Thumbs up to scan & share service – ET HealthWorld

Thumbs up to scan & share service – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: Scan and share services for OPD registered started by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has reached a high mark with more than 27,11,365 tokens issued across the country in different states. Karnataka has secured the second position with a chip count that is over 7 lakhs. … Read more

PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: If all goes well, PGI‘s telemedicine department will soon begin using drones for organ transport, as well as delivering medicines in the remote and difficult terrain of Himachal Pradesh. This will remove the obligation to transport recovered organs within a 20km radius and the need for a green corridor. The air radius of 20kms … Read more

SC emphasizes on integration of Centre’s two initiatives on mental health care – ET HealthWorld

SC emphasizes on integration of Centre’s two initiatives on mental health care – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stressed the need to integrate the two initiatives of the Center to provide mental health citizen care services and their rehabilitation. ‘Tele-MANAS‘ is an initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) which was launched on the occasion of World Mental Health Day on October 10, … Read more

MoHFW, WHO South-East Asia Regional office organising global conference on digital health – ET HealthWorld

MoHFW, WHO South-East Asia Regional office organising global conference on digital health – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Taking advantage of the Indian presidency of the G20 and the prolific actions and commitments of previous presidencies, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia they are organizing two days world conference in digital health – ‘Taking Universal Health Coverage to the last citizen’ … Read more