16 mysterious deaths in Jammu village confound authorities

A mysterious illness has taken 16 lives in a small village Rajouri, confounding authorities, which remain clueless about the cause of the deaths even two months after the first casualty. Kindly......

Rajouri deaths: Central team collects samples; curbs imposed

A high-level inter-ministerial team on Monday investigated for nearly six hours in the Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to ascertain the causes of deaths of 17 members of......

The Coming Dementia Epidemic

Around 7.4 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above are affected by dementia.This number is expected to rise from the current 8.8 million to 17 million by 2036, marking a 97 per cent increase. Kindly......

Budget Prepares For Rise In Cancer Cases

Do we have enough trained oncologists and medical professionals in India to man these over 4,500 beds in the public sector? IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah at the Shri Mahavir Health and......

Survey bats for enhanced govt spending in healthcare

An increase in government spending on the healthcare sector - from the current 1 per cent to 2.5-3 per cent of GDP - as envisaged in the National Health Policy 2017 could reduce out-of-pocket......

Coronavirus: 'Govt needs to allow treatment by private hospitals'

'We are going to be overwhelmed by the need for hospital beds. There are simply not enough beds in government hospitals.''We will need a large number of medical professionals and without the......

Budget: Rs 69,000 cr for health sector; PMJAY gets Rs 6,400 cr

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of about Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector in the 2020-2021 fiscal, with Rs 6,400 crore earmarked for the Centre's......

Pandemic pushes up demand for CT scanners; firms gear up to meet surge

Siemens Healthineers, one of the largest manufacturers of made-in-India CT scanners, has sold 80-100 such machines in the last 45 days. The medical technology firm typically sells 250 machines in a......

Actor Arun Bali passes away

Photograph: Kind courtesy Arun Bali/Instagram Actor Arun Bali, best known for his work on the television show Swabhimaan and the blockbuster 3 Idiots, died on Friday morning at his home in......