Health

In a bid to help adolescent girls living in slums, the Delhi government’s department of health will provide a pack of sanitary napkins to 50,000 girls per month at subsidised rates. The ‘Menstrual Hygiene Scheme’, an initiative by the central government, will be implemented for the first time in

Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-AUSHADHI portal, for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters on Wenesday at New Delhi. Addressing the gathering he said that this e-AUSHADHI portal is intended for increased transparency

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while giving a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, stated that as on 05.02.2019, 5001 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras’ are functional in 651

As per information of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), an organization under Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change estimated more than 8,000 species of medicinal plants are found in India. The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing

To provide primary healthcare in remote areas of Odisha that lack doctors, the state government on Tuesday signed an agreement with a private healthcare service provider to set up 102 “digital dispensaries” in 23 districts of the state. The dispensaries aim to provide primary healthcare services

Government had launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) with effect from 23 rd September 2018, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, for providing hospitalisation cover of up to Rs.5 lac per family per year to over 10 crore poor and the deprived families (approx. 50 crore people) in the empanelled

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while giving a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday, stated that as on 31.12.2018, 4677 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP) Kendras are functional in

In order to increase transparency within the system and keep track of the number of licences issued for organ transplants in the state, the Maharashtra state health department in Pune has decided to take the licence registration process online. The first-time initiative will make it easier for

AT THE age of 80, Jasmine Majethia doesn’t use a smartphone and relies on her grandchildren to book a cab for her when she steps out of her home in the Pune suburb of Bavdhan. But when it comes to helping children affected with thalassaemia – a genetic blood disorder – Majethia is a wall of support

India's largest cancer hospital - the National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar in Haryana will commence OPD services today. By mid-January indoor admissions will also start for the public in phased manner. Between January and March 2019 250 beds will be available and by December this will be increased

Union Cabinet today has approved establishment of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Madurai, Tamil Nadu at a cost of Rs 1,264 crore and Bibinagar, Telangana at a cost of Rs 1,028 crore. The AIIMS will be set up under Pradhan MantriSwasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The Union

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has formulated a new list of essential diagnostics on the lines of the essential medicines list, to ensure that quality diagnosis is provided at all levels of healthcare facilities. “The list is on the lines of the drug list. It is a scientifically