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    68% of specialist doctor posts vacant at rural CHCs: Health Ministry - 2 year(s) ago

    Rural India suffers from a 68% shortage of specialist doctors like surgeons, paediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists and physicians, according to the Centre’s new rural health report, which depicts the skewed nature of healthcare services available at thousands of community healthcare centres (CHC) in the countryside.

    Source: Deccan Herald
    Categories: Cardiologists, Latest Headlines
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      dr_benoy_n_shah

      INDIA 🇮🇳 World's most populous country has massive Dr shortage Especially acute in rural areas Huge loss of qualified Drs and nurses to richer countries every year https://t.co/jX9kMhanX7

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    A requiem for Kasturi - 2 year(s) ago

    Recently, a pregnant woman in labour and her six-year-old daughter managed to reach the government hospital at Tumakuru. The staff, two nurses, and the lady doctor refused to admit her because she did not have an Aadhaar card and a Thayi (mother, in Kannada) card to avail maternity benefits. They told her to go to a government hospital in Bengaluru. This was because the Tumakuru hospital was…

    Source: Deccan Herald
    Categories: Cardiologists, Latest Headlines
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      cardio73

      It’s time we started identifying patients on merit and a case-to-case basis and not merely based on the cards they possess. Allowance has to be made in the existing @AyushmanNHA scheme for such cases. https://t.co/LHAb67Vtuz @narendramodi @mansukhmandviya

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    Six ways a Western economic slowdown will impact India - 3 year(s) ago

    Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve of the United States and the Bank of England raised their key short-term interest rates by 75 basis points, or by 0.75 per cent. This is because the rich-world central banks are currently struggling with multi-decadal high inflation, or the rate of price rise. Hence, higher interest rates in order to control inflation is the order of the day. These higher…

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    Categories: Hem/Oncs, Latest Headlines
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      Six ways a Western economic slowdown will impact India https://t.co/mhM68QmjT2 @kaul_vivek https://t.co/aRvbgwaXT1

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    Breast cancer: A closer look at the urban-rural divide - 3 year(s) ago

    According to published data, the average breast cancer incidence rate for India shows a huge difference between urban and rural areas. In city women, the rate is 20 per one lakh women while among rural dwellers, it is found to be six per one lakh. Talking of Bengaluru, breast cancer incidence is nothing short of alarming, extending to 25 women in every one lakh women. So what could be the root…

    Source: Deccan Herald
    Categories: Latest Headlines, Oncologists2
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    Rapists are feted as ‘sanskari Brahmins’, and Hindus feel no outrage? - 3 year(s) ago

    As we celebrated 75 years of Independence, our Prime Minister asked citizens to change their profile pictures to the Indian flag and polyester flags were made available to hoist or wave in celebration. But August 15, 2022, went from a day of celebration to a day of mourning when we heard that the 11 men who had gang-raped a pregnant Bilkis Bano and murdered 14 members of her family in 2002 had…

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      If we are going to argue that Hinduism is a faith of compassion at its core, then it is time that we acknowledge that its marginalising scaffolding needs to be dismantled if we are to experience that inner sensibility https://t.co/mevtJZlYhd via @tmkrishna https://t.co/qsdsRzagNF

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    Infographic | As 5G comes to India, here's what customers think about it - 3 year(s) ago

    Mobile subscribers will get up to 600 megabits per second speed in a 5G network during the launch phase and handsets are expected to work at par with professional computers for accessing apps and data processing, according to industry players. Reliance Jio has started providing 5G services to select customers in parts of four cities — Delhi Mumbai, Kolkata, and Varanasi — and Bharti Airtel in…

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    Categories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest Headlines
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      As #5G comes to #India, here's what customers think about https://t.co/mXJ8JbixQa https://t.co/fBi1gphrlm

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    A missed opportunity: New drugs Bill is old medicine in new bottle - 3 year(s) ago

    The colonial Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 is finally on its way out as the draft of its replacement, Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022, was published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) after a longstanding demand for new legislation to regulate drugs. The new Bill, however, falls short on several counts.

    Source: Deccan Herald
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      A missed opportunity in IND: New Drugs Bill is old wine in a new bottle https://t.co/3knfIK0fi7 via @shr_shreya71 @d_s_thakur @netshrink @grumpeoldman @deralteGaukler @GorwayGlobal

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    Rising obesity projected to hamper developing economies: Report - 3 year(s) ago

    Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 per cent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for people to lead healthy lives, according to a new study published Wednesday. The peer-reviewed paper, published in BMJ Global Health, provides the first country-by-country estimate of the economic impacts of obesity, a major driver of other…

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      Rising obesity projected to hamper developing economies: Report | ⁦@DeccanHerald⁩ https://t.co/Rnno0VaJXE

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    ‘For profit’ vs ‘not for profit’ in healthcare - 3 year(s) ago

    The all-pervading goal of healthcare is to ensure quality of life and sustainable clinical outcomes for patients. Historically, the popular perception is that not-for-profit hospitals invariably address healthcare needs and safeguard patient interests more effectively compared to private healthcare hospitals, which are essentially profit-driven. The premise of making not-for-profit hospitals…

    Source: Deccan Herald
    Categories: Latest Headlines, Oncologists2
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