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Should
HIV testing be made mandatory?
 Should
an HIV test be a part of the “fitness tests”
that a patient undergoes before surgery? Though it is
a known and an accepted fact that HIV test is a part
of routine pre-op investigation in all private hospitals,
NACO’s answer is an resounding “NO”.
Study
reveals scope for profits in primary healthcare
In the last couple of years, much hype has surrounded
the corporatisation of health sector with mushrooming
super-speciality hospital projects commissioned in various
parts of the country.
Rationalise
duty structure for medical equipment: CII
When the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance,
is finalizing the annual budget for the forthcoming
year, the medical equipment division of Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII), is lobbying to convince the
government to change the excise and customs duty levied
on medical equipment.
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