Doctors to decide on Vajpayee’s discharge by weekend

September 22nd, 2009 Health care issues: Bundling paymentsA look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: What can the government do to get doctors and hospitals to deliver cheaper medical services? THE POLITICS: Medicare's fee-for-service structure means that doctors, hospitals and other providers have a greater financial incentive to provide large quantities of medical services than to provide high-quality medical services. Democrats and the Obama administration want to change that, and use the savings to help pay for their health overhaul legislation and bring down medical costs over the long term.

September 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia was hospitalised after he complained of chest pain while attending a religious function here Saturday, officials said. The governor's aide-de-camp (police) J.P.

July 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The striking doctors in Gujarat refused to bow down and call off their agitation on Monday despite the State Government invoking Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA). The doctors have decided to reply to the show cause notices issued to them.

July 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Communist Party of India (Marxist) patriarch and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu on Sunday was discharged from hospital following improvement in his condition. The 96 year-old was admitted to the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) of AMRI hospital, where a panel of doctors had been attending to him for breathing problem and old age related complications.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is being treated for a chest infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, has shown improvement, doctors attending on him said Monday. 'Vajpayee is in the ICU (intensive care unit) and has been improving.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, undergoing treatment for chest infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), is making steady progress, doctors attending him said Thursday. 'Vajpayee continues to be in the ICU (intensive care unit) on a ventilator.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, being treated for chest infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, has shown signs of improvement, doctors attending to him said Monday. 'Vajpayee continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit on a ventilator and is responding to treatment.

February 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in a serious condition Saturday, four days after he was hospitalised here for a lower respiratory tract infection. 'He is in a serious but stable condition and continues to be on mechanical ventilation following a lower respiratory tract infection,' All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) medical superintendent D.K.

February 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is in a serious condition with his health deteriorating further Saturday following lower respiratory tract infection. 'He is in a serious but stable condition and continues to be on mechanical ventilation following lower respiratory tract infection,' All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) medical superintendent D.K.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's health worsened Friday with doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) putting him on artificial ventilation. 'He continues to have lower respiratory tract infection and that has worsened since morning.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's clinical condition has shown improvement and his medical tests are normal, a hospital official said Thursday. Vajpayee, 85, was admitted to the VIP Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he complained of difficulty in breathing Tuesday night.

February 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There is improvement in former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's clinical condition and his medical tests are normal, a hospital official said Thursday. Vajpayee, 85, was admitted to the VIP Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he complained of difficulty in breathing Tuesday night.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent coronary bypass surgery last week, is 'fit to be discharged anytime soon', his personal physician K. Srinath Reddy said Saturday.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, recovering after a coronary bypass surgery last week, is expected to 'return home soon' after pre-discharge tests Saturday, an official said. Manmohan Singh had a comfortable night and was going through an active daytime programme of exercise and physiotherapy, the official of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is 'convalescing very well' following his heart surgery and doctors feel that he can return home 'in a few days', a senior official said Friday. Manmohan Singh's dietary intake has increased and doctors have told him to 'progressively step up physical activity' over the next four weeks, the prime minister's media adviser Deepak Sandhu told IANS.