7-day institutional quarantine for all UK flyers arriving in Delhi

Travellers coming to Delhi from the United Kingdom will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal announced on......

What we must know about SUPERBUGS

How can we protect ourselves against superbugs? IMAGE: Klebsiella pneumoniae, the bacterium in which superbug NDM-1 was first identified.Photograph: Kind courtesy Centre for Disease Control and......

First 'dead' heart transplant brings new hopes to patients

Doctors says this new procedure could save the lives of more than 30 per cent heart transplant patients by increasing supply of suitable donors There's a saying that day by day nothing changes, but......

How India is keeping Ebola out

India has so far succeeded in staving off the deadly virus that has claimed over 4,500 lives abroad. Dhruv Munjal and Veenu Sandhu look at how the country is protecting itselfOn the first floor of......

Bird flu: The Rs 90,000 cr poultry industry is in a fix

It is estimated that around 60 million people are directly impacted by the poultry sector in India. The death of a 11-year-old boy due to ‘bird-flu’, even before the devastating......

Why Fortis Healthcare has a bevy of suitors

With over 45 healthcare facilities and over 300 vibrant diagnostic centres, Fortis is India’s second-largest hospital chain -- next only to Apollo, which has 64 hospitals with 10,000 beds.......

Cashless mediclaim facility set to resume

The private sector hospitals and PSU insurers are likely to arrive at an interim settlement on restoration of cashless treatment facility at major hospitals in the country from Friday. The major......

India Inc finds wealth in health

Few outside Visakhapatnam would have heard of Jitendra Das Maganti. But come September, the promoter of the 25-year-old SevenHills Hospitals in the coastal town, is set to enter the who's who list......