Aster DM Healthcare will be establishing a 300-bed women and children hospital in Hyderabad with an investment of ₹220 crore. The facility will be spread over 3 lakh square feet and the first phase is expected to be completed and fully functional by mid-FY26, the healthcare service provider said in a release. As a healthcare … Read more
The Union Cabinet’s recent decision to extend health coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to all senior citizens aged 70 and above is set to benefit 60 million senior citizens. However, the private sector hospitals and industry bodies have raised concerns about the programme’s long-term sustainability and its potential … Read more
The statement said women can now travel free of cost in all ordinary fare city buses operated by state transport corporation from Saturday onwards and the government has allocated a sum of Rs 1,200 crore as subsidy for this purpose. (Representative image) Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, who was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that elderly people be given priority in admission and treatment at private hospitals besides at government medical institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy modified its earlier order of August 4, 2020, by which it had directed only government hospitals to … Read more
In addition to all government healthcare facilities, all private hospitals empanelled under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PM JAY) and similar State Health Insurance Schemes can function as CVCs Covid-19 vaccination drive India update: The Union government on Tuesday urged states and Union Territories (UTs) to utilise 100% … Read more
Health care activists in Maharashtra have demanded an increase in the public health budget by one-and-a-half times and implementation of a central government’s legislation which provides for capping treatment rates in private hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed loopholes in the system and several people died as they could not get proper medical attention, a … Read more
HYDERABAD: The private hospitals in Telangana have on Thursday agreed to hand over 50% of ICU beds to the government to treat the patients at the government-prescribed tariffs, days after the government threatened to seize 50% of the private hospital ICU beds. This agreement was arrived at a meeting the Telangana health minister Etela Rajender … Read more