Poor
hospital network of TPAs dents Mediclaim cashless
service plan Mediclaim
cashless service introduced by general insurance
companies is yet to take off. It has been six months
since the four public sector insurance companies
- New India Assurance, United India Insurance, National
Insurance and Oriental Insurance - launched the
Mediclaim cashless service, but 80 per cent of claims
still continue to be reimbursed. In other words,
cashless service has been effective in only 20 per
cent of the claims.
Government
lax in phasing out incineration The
Ministry of Environment and Forest has signed the
Stockholm convention in May 2002 to phase out incineration.
The Stockholm Convention, which 122 countries have
already signed, identified 12 of the most dangerous
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and focuses
on reducing and eliminating their use.
MCI
to remove cap on first MBBS and screening tests There
is good news for MBBS students as the Medical Council
of India (MCI) has decided to remove the cap on the
number of attempts on the first MBBS and screening tests.
Govt
lax in phasing out incinerators It was in May 2002 that the Union Ministry
of Environment and Forests had signed the Stockholm convention
in Geneva for phasing out incinerators.
‘Delhi
may ban new on-site incineration soon’ The
primary reason that the Bio Medical Waste (Management
and Handling) Rules, 1998 was amended in 2000 to include
alternate technologies to incineration,
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