Union Health Ministry approves rural medicine course

Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has approved the Bachelor for Rural Medicine Course (BRMC), giving all states the […]

Union Health Ministry approves rural medicine course

[This article was published in the August 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has approved the Bachelor for Rural Medicine Course (BRMC), giving all states the choice to adopt it. Minor changes are being made in the proposed course and the proposal has been sent to the Medical Council of India (MCI).

Health ministry to finalise rural medical course soon

The health ministry will soon finalise the syllabus for the proposed short-term medical course for training doctors especially for rural areas, according to a report.

Doctors and NGOs together come forward for patients rights

Medical practitioners and NGOs have joined hands for safeguarding the patients rights.

Indian Medical Association disapproves short term medical course proposed by the centre

Indian Medical Association has gone against the decision of the centre to introduce short term medical course in the undergraduate level in the country to meet the demand of rural doctors.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

TCG Lifesciences has been conferred excellence award by Institute of Economic Studies

Hospitals in Chandigarh to be snychronized

Jolting the health department in Chandigarh out of its slumber, the recent case in PGI where a patient died for being admitted to ICU allegedly due to bed shortage, has once again raked up the issue of synchorinzing all hospitals.

IMA seeks subsidised loans for doctors

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said that the government must provide support to doctors in the form of subsidised loan rates for purchasing equipment .

eHealth Asia 2008

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

eHealth Asia 2008� – the second annual Asian conference presented by eHEALTH magazine was recently concluded in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Held between 11-13 November 2008, at the magnificent Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Mobile telemedicine service soon in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (India) Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has announced that mobile clinics will tour villages and telemedicine would be introduced through the

Slow but Steady; Telemedicine Making a Big Headway in India : Swarnendu Biswas

[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum, held in Mumbai from February 7-9, provided eHealth the opportunity to interact with many experts, who are working in the field of ICT applications in healthcare.

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The Government of India, in collaboration with the World Bank, began an initiative in 2004 called the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), a network that would connect government hospitals, medical colleges, state headquarters, and district surveillance units to a central database.