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Promoting Medical Tourism In India

...y hope to complete the process of price-banding of hospitals in various cities by the third quarter of this yea... made significant investments in setting up modern hospitals in major cities. Many have also designed special packages for patients, including airport pickups, v...

Sharp Increase Of The Deadly Diseases In Delhi

...most taken on epidemic-like proportions, with city hospitals reporting a 30-40% increase in the number of patients suffering from microbial infections. // Doctors warn there's going to be a sharp increase in deadly diseases like hepatitis E, meningitis, typhoid and malaria. Since wet weather is conducive for ...

Encephalitis Spreads to Nepal

...r 80 patients were undergoing treatment in various hospitals and health posts in the district. The final death...tal, alone could rise as all 20 deaths occurred in hospitals and most people in the district live far from hospitals. The disease transmitted by mosquitoes affe...

Dengue Outbreak in Kolkata, Four Dead

...death toll is seven. All the medical colleges and hospitals have been instructed to contact the School of Tropical Medicine and NICED (National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases) whenever they find a patient with dengue symptoms. Health officials said about 100 people suffering from fever were showi...

Encephalitis Deaths in Maybe higher than Reported

...atients have been admitted to different government hospitals and dispensaries in the state since the disease broke out in Gorakhpur a month ago. One health official said: “Our figures are collected only from government hospitals, but a good number of patients go to private hospitals, while many perish in vill...

Women and Black Patients have less chances to survive a Heart Attack

..., including possible differences in the quality of hospitals and physicians that treat these populations. Other study authors included Nannette Wenger of Emory University School of Medicine, Paul D. Frederick of the Ovation Research Group, Jerome L. Abramson and Susmita Malik of Emory, Ajay Manhapra of Hack...

New X-ray machine launched by GE Healthcare

...nvolving about 81,000 patients in select corporate hospitals in Bangalore, Mangalore and Chennai. The company plans to market the product in international markets in the next two years to boost export sales from the subcontinent. The company generates about 60 percent of its revenue from the Indian market, wi...

Africa Is Not The Only Continent Struggling Against AIDS

...n. Even now, drugs are available in government run hospitals in only 6 of India’s 28 states. The scale of the unmet need has an ironic twist. While India’s AIDS population waits patiently for access to treatment, the country’s booming generic drug industry, buoyed by the absence of patent protection before Mar...

'Art of Living' concept expanding around the globe

...dical institute. Educational programmes, homes and hospitals for children were also included in the MoU. Ravi Shankar, who has influenced many worldwide with his breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques, also addressed a large gathering of medical professionals organised by the Krasnoyarsk State Medica...

Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry for speedy diagnosis of Brain disorders

...n tumor and infection. As technology advances, and hospitals obtain more powerful MRI equipment, doctors will also be able to identify the type of infection, meaning patients can receive immediate treatment. In the past, patients who may have been successfully treated with something as simple as antibiotics ...

Indian doctors in America help Katrina victims

...more critical patients are siphoned to the various hospitals through the Harris County Medical Society (the largest society out of the 119 medical societies in Texas). The response from physicians has been so great that Texas has actually had to refuse help. The Texas Medical Association got five times the nu...

Hospital Infections Like MRSA Affect The New Arrivals More

...d whether cases of MRSA bacteremia are arriving in hospitals from the community. Researchers at the Universit...cteremia in patients on arrival in two Oxfordshire hospitals over a seven-year period (1997 to 2003). At one hospital, patients admitted from the community acc...

Researchers Begin Study To Find Out If Angioplasty Can Be Safely Done In Smaller Hospitals

...nts treated in the two groups. About 40 community hospitals are expected to participate in the study. Special waivers from state authorities are required for participating community hospitals. Source: Newswise ...

Kids In Northern India To Be Vaccinated Against Encephalitis

...000 infected with the disease are being treated at hospitals across the state.The disease has also killed at least 172 people in neighboring Nepal, which shares a long border with Uttar Pradesh Although the disease, which mostly affects children, is preventable with vaccination, officials in Uttar Pradesh sta...

45 People die in West Bengal due to Dengue and suspected Japanese Encephalitis

...an Council for Medical Research (ICMR) visited the hospitals in West Bengal were the patients are being treated...e people and the functioning of the pharmacies and hospitals to be monitored by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Gopal Sarkar, Chief Medical Officer of...

Medical Gadgets To Monitor Drug Delivery

...ry and // treatment requirements are being used in hospitals now to prescribe, dispense and administer the corr...medical errors cause up to 98 000 deaths a year in hospitals in the USA. In October 2004 WHO launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety to help countries dev...

More Women Are Opting For Painless Labor

...f Colorado had looked at survey responses from 378 hospitals that provided obstetric services in 2001, grouping the hospitals according to the number of births per year (1,500 or more, 500-1,499 and fewer than 500). They found...

Launch Of India’s First Virology Course At Pun

... said. He said governmental health departments and hospitals do not have adequate "viral manpower" to identify and isolate various viruses. Japanese encephalitis has claimed more than 600 lives in Uttar Pradesh in recent weeks. Recent natural disasters, including the July 26 deluge in Mumbai, highlight the ne...

Indian hospitals require International Accreditation

...g need of hospital care and increase in number of hospitals and physicians providing the health care, the heal...the patients. The accreditation for the quality in hospitals is given by JCAHO (Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) and this accredit...

Quality Awareness In Hospitals Can Reduce Mortality Rate Of Patients

Research shows that getting hospitals conscious about quality of services offered can re...ed in the first year after their heart attack when hospitals used quality-improvement // tactics to prevent crucial heart-care steps in much the same way a car ...

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