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Do You Need A High-Value Health Insurance Policy?
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24: Buying a health insurance policy is never an easy decision to make. To begin with, the insurance market has many big players offering lucrative plans, and the plethora of options can be overwhelming. Secondly, a policyholder needs to strike a balance between t
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Delhi court directs registration of FIR against man for submitting forged
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Delhi's Saket Court has directed Delhi Police to file an FIR against a man for submitting a forged and fabricated medical report to seek extension of his interim bail. His plea of extension of interim bail was dismissed by the court.
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Matthew Perry's physicians surrender prescription licenses amid Ketamine c
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In a significant development regarding the case surrounding the death of actor Matthew Perry, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed that doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez have surrendered their registrations to prescribe medication.
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PIL to mandate use of verifiable digital signatures for medical practition
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court seeks to mandate the use of verifiable digital signatures for all medical practitioners when using electronic media. This step is proposed due to concerns about the widespread fabrication of patient documents such as clinical
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Delhi HC dismisses PIL to mandate all medical professionals to specify pos
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction from the Centre to mandate all medical professionals practicing in the country to specify to a patient (in the form of an additional slip in the regional language) along with the prescription all kinds of
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How Innovative Technology Can Solve Damaging Recruitment Frauds
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14: "We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That's a clear prescription for disaster." ~ Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, planetary scientist
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Health Insurance Plans for Families with Elderly Members
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20: Having the right health insurance plans for family is crucial for protecting your family's safety and well-being, especially if any of your family members are elderly. Our healthcare demands tend to extend as we grow old, making having the right coverage even
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120 patients exposed to medication error during hospital software malfunct
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Ariela Even, Director of Pharmacy and Technologies in the Government Medical Centers Division of the Ministry of Health, told the Knesset's Health Committee that after checking 85% of the healthcare institutions affected by the malfunction, 120 patients were given prescriptions not ordered b
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DGHS urges pharmacist associations to dispense antibiotics solely on quali
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In an urgent appeal to pharmacists across the country, Director General of Health Services, Professor Atul Goel said in a letter, "Under Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945, antibiotics are included in the list of drugs specified under Schedule H, which are required to be sold by retail on the
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56 hospitals in Himachal to be digitized under Health Information Manageme
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
"The HIMS would prove to be a milestone in providing seamless treatment facilities to the patients as there will be no need to carry physical copies of prescriptions and medical tests with them," said CM Sukhu.
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Glenmark is the first to launch Biosimilar of Popular Anti-Diabetic Drug,
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Glenmark), a research-led, global pharmaceutical company, has launched a biosimilar of the popular 10,11 anti-diabetic drug, Liraglutide, for the first time in India. The drug is being marketed under the brand name Liraf
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Sales of Apple Watch Series 9 to be halted over a patent dispute: Report
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the news report, the dispute stemmed from the blood sensor monitor on the latest flagship smart Watch. The primary dispute centres around pulse oximetry, which utilizes an optical sensor to detect blood flow. Last month Masimo received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearanc
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