| Rural Health |
Maharashtra
to revamp rural neonatal care scheme
NGOs urge
upgradation of health worker scheme |
| Conversation |
‘My
basic agenda is to provide quality healthcare to
Karnataka’
Dynamic and soft-spoken, 52-year old Dr H Sudarshan
is the chairman, Task Force on Health and Family
Welfare, Government of Karnataka, and member of
Core Group on Health at National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC). |
| Focus |
Social
projects required to combat malnutrition
The institutionalisation of social entrepreneurship
into organisations (government or non-governmental)
and commitment (mandatory or obligatory) of education
and employment providers will go a long way in eliminating
malnutrition, which is an economic problem as much
as it is a medical one. |
| Medical Ethics
|
|
Should
dentists continue to use amalgam?
The commonest treatment that any Indian dentist
would suggest for a tooth cavity and decay is
filling the tooth with silver amalgam.
|
| Editorial
|
|
Grading
is the key
Cost
management in facilities planning
|
| Op-Ed |
Should
tariffs for medical services be standardised?
*No, because no two services can be same in entirety
*Yes, because there is no transparency of charges
|
| In
The News |
IAQM creates
awareness about NABL in WB
The mushrooming of diagnostic pathological laboratories
manned by untrained technicians has become a cause
for concern. |
| Hospital
Infrastructure |
|
Cost-effective healthcare
calls for right investment in infrastructure
Home health care is
an economical alternative to hospitalisation
Australian co. to
offer health care cost management services
Geriatric care continues
to be neglected by hospitals
|
| Management |
|
Fire
and safety management in hospitals
International
accreditation is the next step for Apollo
|
| Medical education |
‘We
need a five-tier committee to bring transparency
in medical education’
‘TN
yet to achieve ratio of doctors prescribed by MCI’ |
| Different
Strokes |
|
Paucity
of teachers and tedious admission plague medical
education
Micro
Phaco: A new breakthrough in cataract surgery
WB
claims to be a SARS-free state
|
| International |
|
WHA
adopts new strategic directions for child and
adolescent health
The World Health Assembly has given a powerful
endorsement to new strategic directions for child
and adolescent health.
|
| Hospinews |
Funds shortage
haunt Mandke’s dream project
The fate of the upcoming 750-bedded Heart Hospital
and Medical Research Centre (HHMRC), touted as the
largest cardiac hospital in Asia, is mired in uncertainty
after Dr Nitu Mandke, the renowned cardiac surgeon
behind the project, recently succumbed to heart
attack. |
