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Gem Hospital director seeks higher health spending, rate revision under Ay
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
"As we approach the budget announcement, those of us in the healthcare profession have specific expectations. To begin with, I am looking for a significant increase in healthcare spending as a percentage of our GDP. While it stood at 1.9% last year, the National Health Policy has set a ta
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India surpasses 50,000 NQAS-certified public health facilities, marking ma
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Launched in 2015 with just 10 certified facilities, the NQAS programme initially focused on District Hospitals. Over the years, it has expanded to cover Sub-District Hospitals, Community Health Centres (CHCs), and Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, including Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Urban PHC
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ADB sanctions USD 170 mn loan to reinforce India's health infrastructure f
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
According to ADB, the loan, part of the Strengthened and Measurable Actions for Resilient and Transformative Health Systems (SMART Health) Subprogram 1, is designed to support the Indian government's National Health Policy 2017.
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Govt has identified AMR as key priority in National Health Policy: MoS Bha
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Friday that the Indian government has identified Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) as a key priority in its National Health Policy, 2017 and it has taken several initiatives to counter AMR holistically.
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Govt and households spend more on hospitalisation in pvt hospitals than in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As per IIT Jodhpur, the result of the research states that the government and households put together spent substantially more per hospitalisation in private hospitals than in public hospitals.
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Delhi HC gives nod for NCRD, orders to finalise National Health Policy for
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday passed several directions for treatment of people suffering from rare diseases including setting up a National Consortium for Rare Disease (NCRD). The Court also directed the Central government to finalise and notify the Nati
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Healthcare attains foremost priority for the first time in Union Budget sa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): It took a COVID 19 and the obliteration of 154K of the populace from India between March 2020 - Feb 2021, to mark the first day of February, to earmark Healthcare sector as an utmost priority, for the nation's well-being.
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Economic Survey recommends increasing public health spending to 2.5-3% of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Economic Survey has strongly recommended an increase in public spending on healthcare services from 1 per cent to 2.5 to 3 per cent of GDP as envisaged in the National Health Policy 2017.
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Maternal Mortality Ratio declines in India by 9 points, closer to SDG targ
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Friday informed that Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) India has declined by 9 points in one year as per the Special Bulletin on MMR released by the Registrar General of India.
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Inclusion of occupational therapy in health policies among other demands o
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Nov 09 (ANI/NewsVoir): All India Occupational therapists' association (AIOTA) President Dr Anil Srivastava today urged Government to include Occupational Therapy (OT) in key policies such as the National Health Policy, Rural Health program, Clinical Establishment
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Harsh Vardhan urges states to increase healthcare spending to achieve NHP
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday urged the health ministers from states and union territories to increase healthcare spending to a minimum 8 per cent in their state budget so as to meet the goals of healthcare spending of National Health
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Budget 2018: Expect increase in better healthcare facilities
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): With the Union Budget just two days away, credit rating agency ICRA has given its view on the expectations that the healthcare sector would look forward to on February 1.
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