In a move likely to set new pricing standards for medical procedures in the country, the government-sponsored National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), popularly known as Modicare, will offer common treatments such as coronary bypass, knee transplant and C-section at a rate which is around 15-20%
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Improved coordination between donation, retrieval and transplantation has led to a 10-fold increase in heart transplantations in India since 2016. There have been nearly 300 heart transplantations across India in two years, according to data provided by the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation
In at least 7-8% cases out of all asthma patients, the symptoms do not improve despite strong medications. Such patients have a new hope. A novel therapy that involves mildly heating the walls of the windpipe using radio-frequency heat waves treat the condition without the side-effects associated
Doctors at AIIMS-Delhi have successfully performed a hip joint replacement surgery using a 3D printed medical implant. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, including orthopaedic and vascular surgeons and critical care specialists, replaced the right hip joint of 40-year-old Amit Bahnot using 3D
Students at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) have developed a new wound-dressing material using a graphene-based component that will be useful for people suffering from diabetes. The research at the institute has been carried out with the aim to help diabetic patients as they suffer
In a major boost to the expansion of healthcare infrastructure in the country, the Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) beyond 12 th Five Year Plan to 2019-20. The financial outlay for this purpose is Rs 14,832 crore. Under this scheme, new
Blood, they say, flows thicker than water. But a little girl with an extremely rare blood type who suffers from a congenital cardiac ailment received a gift of life thanks to the combined effort and generosity of complete strangers across Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal. Iteeshree, now 4, was born in
There is some good news for patients in India awaiting organ transplants as many people are coming forth to pledge organs. Their waiting list that has been moving at a painfully snail’s pace till now, with less than 1 donor per one million citizens, promises to gain speed. Though we are still far
The strike called by resident doctors at AIIMS didn't deter the hospital's doctors from taking up a unique challenge on Friday - conducting three simultaneous transplants. The family of an 18-year-old boy who was declared brain dead offered to donate his organs on Friday afternoon. By evening, his
Students from Classes IX to XII of CBSE schools will have to attend a mandatory health education and physical education class every day. This is a qualifying subject for which grades will be offered and is mandatory for students to be eligible to appear for the Class X and XII board exams. According
SEVERAL YEARS ago, when Radha’s teenaged daughter suddenly lost her hearing, she knocked on the doors of all hospitals she had heard of, including AIIMS in Delhi. When no doctor could help, Radha says, she got so frustrated that she burnt all the medical reports. Last Friday, Radha joined several
It’s 11 am and the morning hasn’t begun well at the Anwar Memorial Pain and Palliative Care Society. “Oru marippu undu innu (There has been a death today),” whispers C M Salim, the secretary of the society that runs this palliative clinic in Aluva, 20 km outside Kochi. About 10 minutes later, a