Private hospitals charging more a positive development for Ayushman Bharat CEO

Longer stay, utilisation of unnecessary services for neonatal care in private hospitals

What India’s first assessment of district hospitals found

Not all 707 district hospitals performed as standards demand  

Why is private healthcare opposing the Clinical Establishments Act?

Enforcing the act is troublesome as health is a state subject and states are succumbing to the pressure of the private healthcare sector, driven …

Dearth of doctors: Odisha lets pharmacists prescribe meds from a list

As many as 1,286 posts of doctors of the 8,729 sanctioned for government hospitals are vacant.   

Private hospitals grow more expensive even as insurance coverage remain low: NSSO

Out-of-pocket expenditure per hospitalisation stands at Rs 15,937 in rural areas and Rs 22,031 in urban areas

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

EWS quota: Delhi government to crack whip on private hospitals

All private hospitals should have beds reserved for poor, says an activist

Here are some solutions to address health challenges faced by tribal communities

Skilling and support to nurses and midwives will help in ensuring the provision of a responsive healthcare  

Serious flaws in the government’s population control policy

Women fall victim to failed sterilisation, while the government remains unaware of this missing link in population surge

Over 80% Indians not covered under health insurance: NSSO survey

Most people finance hospitalisation by digging into savings and borrowing

AAP promises to improve health set-up and promote generic medicines in Delhi

Party says it will address health concerns of both the elderly and the young if it is voted to power

Standard treatment guidelines soon

 Will help streamline treatment procedures across government hospitals

Unmanaged waste in Tripura

Biomedical waste management system fails to take off in Tripura