Budget 2024-25: Before each Budget, the allocation of funds and tax incentives for various sectors become prominent topics of discussion. Leading up to this year’s comprehensive Budget, experts and industry insiders have emphasized the need to increase the healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP. This would enhance accessibility, affordability, and most importantly, the overall … Read more
The outpatient ward at the Municipal Corporation Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Public hospitals in Kerala are paying a heavy price for the State government’s administrative inefficiency in running Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi (KASP), the health insurance scheme covering nearly 42 lakh families. The scheme that wins Kerala laurels from … Read more
The decision to include healthcare workers in the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the presentation of the interim Union Budget. File After the Central government announced its decision to include Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi workers and helpers into the free cover for health … Read more
In a bid to further strengthen the existing tertiary healthcare infrastructure in the country, under this policy, eight healthcare facilities have been categorized as ‘Centres of Excellence’ (COEs). (Representational image: IE) By Gunjan Sharma In April 2021, our former Union Health Minister approved the ‘National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021’, aiming to lower the high … Read more