1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (575+ words) For patients living with chronic pain or vascular disease, treatment has often involved a difficult trade-off. Long-term medication may help manage symptoms but does not address the underlying problem. Surgery, while more definitive, comes with its own risks and recovery....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (463+ words) India has made steady and commendable progress in addressing non-communicable diseases by improving screening for diabetes and hypertension, strengthening cardiovascular care, and expanding access to chronic treatments. Yet asthma, one of the most common respiratory conditions in the country, continues…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (226+ words) This is the defining access problem in Indian surgery today. Not capability. Not infrastructure. Not clinical readiness. Insurance awareness and readiness. This shift is visible not just in tertiary centres, but increasingly across a wider network of institutions, including those…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (131+ words) DCDC Kidney Care has announced the opening of its independent dialysis facility in Faridabad. The facility intends to meet the increasing need for superior dialysis services in the area. With 15 dialysis machines, the recently opened facility will provide services such…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (45+ words) What will these changes encompass? What steps must the government take for these changes to be possible? What about the private sector? What will these changes mean for the average family? Why is dignity and quality of life the most…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (300+ words) Having spent decades in public health policymaking, how do you see your policy and governance experience shaping your role at Practo? I see value in supporting such efforts. When ideas like these are built with scale and responsibility, they can…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (503+ words) Speaking to the media in New Delhi after attending a high-level scientific conference on Minimally Invasive Structural Heart Solutions, the experts said India is steadily emerging as one of the key global destinations for advanced structural heart care alongside the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (163+ words) India currently has more than 3. 3 million registered nurses, but the country only maintains 1. 96 nurses for every 1, 000 residents, thereby falling short of the WHO-recommended ratio of 3 per 1, 000. The main issue extends beyond numerical values, it is about the skills nurses need…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (156+ words) Abbott has announced the launch of the Tri Clip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system in India for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation (TR), a condition involving a leaky tricuspid valve. The study also reported that 98 per cent of patients remained…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (286+ words) The result? A system where efficiency metrics'bed turnover, ALOS (average length of stay), and ARPOB'take precedence over softer outcomes like patient trust or long-term wellness. As one doctor interviewee in a corporatisation study noted, hospitals have become "faceless, impersonalised and…...