Hospital waiting list tops 7.5 million in England
Nearly one in seven of the population is waiting as NHS bosses cite impact of strikes by doctors. Source link
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HCA Healthcare says data breach may affect 11 million patients in 20 states – ET HealthWorld
Boston: HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals in the U.S. and Britain, says the personal data of about 11 million patients in 20 states may have been stolen in a data breach. Samples of the data, including addresses, phone numbers, emails and birth dates, were posted to an online forum popular with cybercrooks by a … Read more
Million pound appeal for 20-month-old Hallie who has leukaemia
Hallie, from Coventry, needs treatment which her family say cannot be provided by the NHS. Source link
World Bank approves $391 million for Assam, Tripura to boost healthcare, economic opportunities
The project will upgrade up to 10 lower-level facilities to district hospitals in essential districts and strengthen the capacity of nurses. Representational File image. | Photo Credit: AP The World Bank on June 26 approved $391 million in financing to improve access to high-quality healthcare services and to economic opportunities for people in Assam and … Read more
EESL to deploy 10 million BLDC fans across India from September
As part of its efforts to reduce energy consumption, the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs of the Ministry of Power, has plans to bolster the market towards energy-efficient fans by deploying 10 million brushless direct current motor (BLDC) fans across the country from September. The strategic initiative of EESL is … Read more
Antidepressants: Two million taking them for five years or more
The scale of long-term use – and concerns about withdrawal symptoms – are revealed by BBC Panorama. Source link
HealthifyMe raises $30 million funding – ET HealthWorld
Chennai: AI-powered health and fitness app HealthifyMe has raised $30 million in a pre-Series D funding round led by marquee investors LeapFrog Investments and Khosla Ventures along with Finnish development financier FinnFund and Dutch investment firm Van Lanschot Kempen. Existing investors Unilever Ventures, Chiratae Ventures, Blume Ventures and HealthQuad also participated in the round that … Read more
HealthifyMe raises $30 million funding – ET HealthWorld
Chennai: AI-powered health and fitness app HealthifyMe has raised $30 million in a pre-Series D funding round led by marquee investors LeapFrog Investments and Khosla Ventures along with Finnish development financier FinnFund and Dutch investment firm Van Lanschot Kempen. Existing investors Unilever Ventures, Chiratae Ventures, Blume Ventures and HealthQuad also participated in the round that … Read more
Odisha produces 13.606 million tonnes of food grains, highest production so far for State
Production of rice, wheat, maize, ragi, jawar, bajra and other millets and pulses such as greengram, blackgram, horsegram, arhar, bengal gram, field pea and lentil were estimated to arrive at the production figure. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Despite being prone to severe weather conditions, Odisha has produced 13.606 million tonnes of food-grains in 2022-23 … Read more
Hippocratic Health raises $50 million seed funding to build AI model – ET HealthWorld
New York: Hippocratic Health, a startup building artificial intelligence models for the healthcare industry, has raised $50 million in a larger-than-usual seed funding round, signaling strong investor interest in betting on AI models for specific industries. Silicon Valley venture firms General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) co-led the round, which funded the cost of hiring … Read more