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AP’s first oxygen bar
opens
Orange Oxygen Centre. The new oxygen bar in Hyderabad only indicates how
well the trend has caught up. And that, there is a market for such ventures.
FHI becomes fully operational
Fortis Healthcare Ltd has announced that its first venture, Fortis Heart
Institute (FHI) is now fully operational. The hospital has so far done
over 300 cardiac procedures and has also performed a full range of cases.
Bhatia Hospital inaugurates
renovated ob-gyn department
The Bhatia General Hospital recently inaugurated its renovated maternity
and gynaecology wards and related facilities.
Trauma unit will soon
be in place at Goa Medical College
Goa is one place where new ideas and better facilities are brewing in
healthcare, especially in the government sector.
‘Working
of private hospitals needs to be supervised’
Infection control is an issue that has been nagging the healthcare industry
since time immemorial. The challenges are discussed time and again among
the hospitals and solutions sought.
CPI unveils health
check-up package for senior citizens
The concept of positive healthcare is fast catching on the Indian mind.
People don’t just want to live longer, they want to be healthy as
well.
High spiritual quotient
ideal for effective patient care
Doctors are respected in the society because they are instrumental in
alleviating the sufferings of ill people. It is this very important aspect
of their jobs, which have given them a ‘God-like’ status in the society
Be polite and shed
arrogance: Khanvilkar exhorts doctors
After giving a subsidy to the tune of Rs 70,000 crore towards medical
education, the state government expects the doctors to go to the interiors
and treat patients
Universities should
focus on traditional knowledge: Mashelkar
Taking lessons from international patent wars on traditional products
like neem, haldi and basmati, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) director general R A Mashelkar has called for focus and documentation
of indigenous knowledge systems in university education.
Rural service will
be made mandatory for doctors
Union Minister for Health Dr C P Thakur said here recently that the government
would bring in a legislation either in the coming parliament session or
the next, to make rural service mandatory for doctors.
QMS is the solution
for quality healthcare
Primary areas where the Indian healthcare system lags behind is standard
of treatment and quality of care. One way to improve the standards is
establishment of monitoring systems.
New device may help
avoid heart transplant
Researchers recently said that an implanted device that helps the heart’s
pumping action reduced death rates in clinical trials. And that it is
probably the best alternative to heart transplants for terminally ill
heart failure patients.
Trivitron bags quality
system certification
Chennai-based Trivitron Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd has bagged ISO 9001:
2000 conferred by DNV, Norway. Trivitron has become the first combined
medical services and clinical diagnostics company in India to get this
coveted quality certification.
‘Lifeline Express’
achieves new world record: Sahay
Chhattisgarh governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay has said that ‘Lifeline
Express’ has achieved a new world record by operating on nearly 2000
patients in a single health camp.
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Dr
Phani Dhar, with 37 odd years of experience in the medical world
and who has adorned prestigious positions including director general,
Health, Ministry of Railways has now taken charge at Pushpawati
Singhania Research Institute (PSRI) for liver, renal & digestive
diseases set up in 1996.