We should have control over Covid by Diwali: Vardhan

Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday expressed hope that we should have "very significant control" over COVID-19 by Diwali. IMAGE: A health worker in personal protective equipment......

'India will need 5 lakh ICU beds, 3.5 lakh medical staff'

Forecasting that the COVID-19 pandemic is only going to get worse, noted surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 5 lakh ICU beds, 2 lakh nurses and 1.5 lakh doctors in the......

SC forms 12-member national task force for Covid response

The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force of top medical experts to formulate a methodology for allocation of oxygen to states and union territories for saving lives of......

'Awareness the biggest concern for healthcare'

World Health Day is just round the corner. On this occasion renowned cardiac surgeon and Chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty spoke to rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa and said that......

JPMorgan may invest in Narayana's realty assets

JPMorgan seems to have taken a liking to Bangalore-based cardiac care hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya. The US-based global financial company is understood to have shown a 'keen interest' in helping......

Can't afford a heart operation? Apply for a loan

SBI and Bangalore's private heart hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya on Tuesday launched a novel loan product on a pilot basis for 'poor heart patients undergoing cardiac treatment.'Officials said Under......

Medical tourism 2nd fastest growing sector

Medical tourism is booming in Karnataka and the prospects for growth are second only to the information technology sector.At least that's the word among tourism and medical care specialists who......

Where have all the nurses in India gone?

Going by current trend, around half of private hospitals and most of government hospitals in the country will have to close down in the next five years because of an acute shortage of nurses,......

Ten awesome jodis we haven't seen

Clearly, the new crop of young studs and bodacious babes has enough star power on their ownsome, but its been a while since we've seen a proper hero-heroine pair, the last possibly being Hrithik......

PIX: Abhishek-Aishwarya at Vinod Khanna's prayer meet

Bollywood celebrities offered their condolences to Vinod Khanna, who passed away on April 27, at a prayer meet held at Nehru Centre in Worli, Mumbai. Not many people from the film......

Doctor, heal thyself!

The latest episode of Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate probed into malpractices that some doctors follow, looking at the way they dole out wrong treatments for monetary gains. It has......

BCCI chief Ganguly hospitalised with COVID-19

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly has taken both the COVID-19 jabs earlier this year. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19......

BCCI president Ganguly discharged from hospital

IMAGE: Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was discharged from hospital on Sunday morning, three days after he underwent......

Ganguly stable after angioplasty, under close observation: hospital

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is stable after undergoing angioplasty and is currently under close observation, said the medical bulletin......

Ganguly to undergo stenting on Thursday: hospital

'He is looking quite relaxed. He is not at all uncomfortable.' IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly underwent angioplasty earlier this month after he was diagnosed with three blocked coronary......

BCCI chief Ganguly discharged from hospital

IMAGE: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly leaves Kolkata's Woodlands Hospital after being discharged on Thursday. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav......