Healthcare
US set to slash funds for battle against global epidemics
02 Feb 2018
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries as funds run out, but India is among the countries that will continue to get priority
First in Asia: Gujarat doc uses robot to treat heart patients
05 Jan 2018
In a development that could transform heart treatment in India, Gujarat-based interventional cardiologist Dr Tejas Patel has developed robotic technology for coronary intervention, a first in Asia
Dengue death: Fortis charged over 1,700% margin on consumables
16 Dec 2017
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has found Fortis hospital in Guragon had charged massive margins on consumables like gloves and syringes as well as on drugs officially under price control
