The government had last year increased the fee for undergraduate medical and dental courses by 15%. This year, in a blow to poor but talented students, the fee has again been raised by 15% to 25% for
N.K. Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, suggested that the government’s endeavour should be to enhance public spending on health to 2,5 % of the GDP from the current figure of less than 1%. Health infrastructure
Karnataka has the second highest Covid-19 positive healthcare workers in the country after Maharashtra, with a total of 12,260 healthcare workers contracting the infection so far, out of which 46 have died. This includes doctors, nurses, lab
Millions of adults have signed up for online classes in the past two months-a jolt that could signal a renaissance for big online learning networks that had struggled for years. Coursera added 10 million new users from
The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has trained healthcare professionals in clinical case management, psychiatric stress management, critical care, biomedical waste management and many others. The RGUHS took up this training with the help of
Karunashraya (‘abode of compassion’) set up in 1994, is providing peace and dignity to patients in their last days. This centre offers free palliative care of advanced terminally ill cancer patients. It is now celebrating its 25th
Only 2% of the students who got admission into government and self-financing medical colleges in Tamil Nadu had cleared the mandatory NEET exam without coaching, as revealed by the Tamil Nadu government. The data has bolstered the
NIMHANS is set to open four new specialised centres. One of them is the NIMHANS DIGITAL ACADEMY. A total of 387 mental health professionals have received certificates and 390 more will be completing various courses this year
In order to meet the demand for specialists, the state government is contemplating to sponsor the education of doctors and appoint them in government hospitals, said Health Minister B Sriramulu. The demand for specialists has turned into
A recent report by the US based Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) has made a shocking revelation. Terminally ill patients suffering from treatable diseases in India have no access to life saving drugs or
