TATA Steel hosts Lifeline Express

Tata Steel is hosting the 14th Lifeline Express at Nazareth Railway Station in Tuticorin district.

Railways to expand telemedicine network

Taking medical facilities to far-flung areas, the Indian Railways have decided to expand their telemedicine network across the country.

Indian Railways to expand telemedicine network

The Indian Railways has decided to expand telemedicine network across the country. Currently, the facility is available in 18 places including Rangia, Badarpur, Guwahati, Sonpur, Ratlam, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Vadodara and Rajkot.

IT services accessed by rural poor

The Common Service Centres are ICT-enabled Kiosks having a PC along with basic support equipment like Printer, Scanner, UPS, with Wireless Connectivity as the backbone and additional equipment for edutainment, telemedicine, projection systems, etc.

For Indian doctors, PG now a long and rustic journey

Doctors will have to have a rural stint for a year before getting their masters degree in medicine. Beginning next academic session, doctors will have to undergo a mandatory additional one-year rural internship as part of their post graduate (PG) degree in medicine. At present, PG in medicine is a three-year course, which most doctors pursue to specialise in niche areas.

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

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Project Franchise Lab – Healthcare at the bottom of the pyramid : Shibaji Mandal,Director – Healthcare, Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra, Usha Martin

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

The massive yet unexplored rural healthcare market is drawing the attention of many today.

Jharkhand plans e-health network

Patients in remote villages of Jharkhand will soon have access to specialists without having to travel long distances for an examination.

US launches INR 580 mn health initiative in India

The US on Thursday launched a INR 580 million initiative to improve maternal and child health in India, with a focus on Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

Universalising healthcare through telemedicine

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

Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?

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

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Healthcare vouchers for the poor for high-end hospital treatment

The financially-weaker section of the society may hope to get better healthcare facilities from privately-run hospitals such as Escorts, Max and Apollo in the future. The government is planning to issue healthcare vouchers to the poor who could use it as a currency in private hospitals. Hospitals, in turn, may get full refund from either the government or accredited insurance companies.

Railways helps expand telemedicine network

The Indian Railways are planning to take medical facilities to far-flung areas, in a bid to expand their
telemedicine network to 23 more places across the country.