India has 'world-class health care', say CanadiansNovember 26th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadians are increasingly looking to India for timely medical treatment as wait periods under the country's public health system get longer. Many are saying they would recommend India to anyone seeking "world-class health care" at a small cost.
Healthcare to become $77-bn sector in India by 2012: ReportNovember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's healthcare sector is expected to grow at 23 percent annually to become a $77-billion industry by 2012, a report released Wednesday said. According to the report, jointly prepared by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) and Yes Bank, India's healthcare sector has grown at 9.3 percent annually during 2000-09.
Top Indian hospitals woo medical tourism from CanadaNovember 21st, 2009 TORONTO - India has launched a big initiative to woo medical tourism from Canada, showcasing the country's high-end and much cheaper healthcare industry to Canadians. The Indian Medical Travel Association (IMTA) launched the three-day 'India: Medical Tourism Destination 2009' conference here Thursday - the first such initiative abroad by the Indian healthcare industry.
CII, US-India Business Council announce healthcare initiativeNovember 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US-India Business Council (USIBC) Friday announced a joint partnership in the field of healthcare under the banner "Coalition for Healthy India". Announcing the partnership here, CII director Chandrajit Banerjee said: "CII and the US-India Business Council have long collaborated to support healthcare improvements in India.
Industry-sponsored report finds Hawaii's 16 hospitals continue to lose moneyNovember 5th, 2009 Report: Hawaii hospitals continue to lose moneyHONOLULU — Hawaii's 16 hospitals are continuing to lose money. That's the finding of a study the Ernst & Young accounting firm conducted for the Healthcare Association of Hawaii.
Pitroda favours traditional healthcare model for massesNovember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda Thursday advocated traditional Indian model to take healthcare facilities to all, especially the masses who are at the "bottom of the pyramid". "We need to adopt the traditional Indian model to provide healthcare facilities to the masses, as the western method reaches only the top of the pyramid," Pitroda said at the sixth India Health Summit, organised by the Confederation Indian Industry (CII) here.
Improve traditional Indian healthcare system: PitrodaNovember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The traditional Indian healthcare system was a "comprehensive solution" to healthcare problems as it reached out to the masses unlike Western methods that only touched "the top of the pyramid", National Knowledge Commission chairperson Sam Pitroda said here Thursday. In his keynote address at the sixth India Health Summit in the capital, Pitroda said: "For a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings, we need to adopt the traditional Indian model in the healthcare system."
"The Indian healthcare system reaches out to the bottom of the pyramid while the Western method of healthcare reaches only the top of the pyramid," he added.
Improve traditional healthcare system: Sam PitrodaNovember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Brushing aside the Western healthcare system, Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) Thursday said the traditional Indian healthcare system must be improved because it caters to the masses. In his keynote address at the sixth India Health Summit in the capital, Pitroda said: "For a comprehensive solution to our healthcare shortcomings, we need to adopt the traditional Indian model in the healthcare system".
Must bring effective healthcare to common man: TharoorOctober 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Friday said the government should work towards bringing the effective healthcare system to the 'aam aadmi' (common man) as a vast majority of population lacks access to affordable medical services. "We've to bring effective healthcare service to the aam aadmi.
Calif. nurses' union threatens strike at 34 hospitals over swine flu exposureOctober 19th, 2009 Calif nurses may strike over swine flu preparationLOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness. As many as 16,000 registered nurses will strike on Oct.
Healthcare recession proof in the US, says Indian American doctorOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Doctors in the cosmetic sector may have been hit and elective surgeries reduced, but doctors in the US had otherwise been insulated from the recession, said Dr Vinod Shah, president of the American Association of Physcians of Indian Origin (AAPI). Describing doctors and the healthcare sector as recession proof, Shah said: "Nobody can skip a doctor.
GE merges healthcare units with Wipro joint ventureOctober 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Medical technologies and services major GE Healthcare has integrated its business units and manufacturing plants in India with its joint venture Wipro GE Healthcare to drive growth, the company said Friday. The strategic move is aimed at effective management and optimal utilisation of resources to help accelerate growth in regions where demand for healthcare is growing, GE Healthcare chief executive John Dineen said in a statement released here.
Private sector can start medical colleges in backward areas: AzadSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will allow the private sector to set up medical colleges in backward states, hilly areas and the northeast region, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday. "We will allow the private sector to set up medical colleges in backward states, hilly areas and the northeastern region," Azad said here at a healthcare meet organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), an industry lobby.
Open colleges at district hospitals, Azad to private sectorSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday invited the private sector to set up medical colleges along with government district hospitals in backward, hilly and northeastern states of India - a reformative step that private players termed as "music to ears". "We will soon allow the private sector to set up medical colleges along with our district hospitals in backward states, hilly areas and the northeastern region," Azad said here at a healthcare meet organised by industry lobby Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Dentists laud US chewing gum maker's healthcare initiativeSeptember 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Dental Association (IDA) has lauded a leading US chewing gum maker's oral healthcare initiative in this country, saying it would bring on a common platform the various stakeholders in the field. The launch of the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme (WOHP) in India will bring dental professionals and students together, develop research initiatives and exchange programmes and encourage clinical research on plaque reduction and saliva stimulus, IDA president, Lt.
