As per the 1998 Rules, waste generated from healthcare facilities needs to be segregated at source into infected and non-infected components. Data suggests that Jharkand has just one
Expenditure on education as share of GDP has fluctuated between 3.55% and 4%, falling short of the 6% of GDP promised by successive governments. Nonetheless, over the last
With increased 4G and 3G penetration, the number of Indians using the Internet is expected to reach 600 million by 2020, from 343 million currently, even as several
Doctors with MBBS and MD degrees will undergo a revalidation exercise by way of taking stringent examinations every three to five years. This is part of a slew
With increasing penetration and affordable smartphones, learning is no longer restricted to classrooms. Of late, the education sector is undergoing tremendous changes, and the e-learning market has been
Source: K. Sujatha Rao, former union health secretary, ‘Do we care: India’s health system’ Most countries treat medical education as a public good. The US doesn’t, which is
While more seats in the government colleges are welcome, it should not be at the cost of quality. That would be a disservice to society. In the private
Despite having the most number of medical colleges in the world, and about 9,29 lakh doctors enrolled in the Indian Medical Register, India is much behind in achieving
India has seven doctors for every 10 000 people, half the global average, according to WHO The Indian Medical Association shows the country needs more than 50,000 critical
At a panel discussion organised as a part of the sixth edition of TechSparks in Bengaluru, it was discussed that at a country of over 150 dialects, only
