Govt mulls medical devices price regulation Act

The Government would soon bring in a medical devices Act in a bid to regulate prices of healthcare equipment.

20 more biotech parks to come up in India: Sibal

Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal has announced 20 more biotech parks will be set up throughout the country for promoting research in the field of life sciences.

TATA Steel hosts Lifeline Express

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

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

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Estonia takes steps to e-health

The Estonian Government has approved of the package of regulations which paves the way to the introduction of digital health records.

SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent launch remote monitoring

French-based Alcatel-Lucent and SaskTel have launched LifeStat Remote Monitoring and Health Management, a service that records and transmits daily blood glucose and blood pressure readings, automatically creating confidential, easy-to-use reports that can be viewed online by the client, their caregivers and the client

Centre carves out new pharma dept

Considering the growth of the Indian pharma industry, the government has finally issued a notification for setting up a separate department of pharmaceuticals. The notification was issued on July 1.

Super-specialty eye hospital in Patna soon

Patna will soon have a super-specialty eye hospital. It will be an autonomous body and will have a separate cadre for doctors. Till its own building comes up in the phase-wise manner it will function at the existing Rajendaranagar Hospital in Patna.

ISO certification to be must for ESI hospitals

ESI hospitals providing healthcare facilities to workers covered under the Employees

JK govt to set up 300 allopathic and public health centres

Jammu and Kashmir government plans to construct 300 buildings for allopathic, Indian system of medicine and Public Health Centres (PHC) this year to further strengthen medical facilities in the state.

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

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Govt to set up pharma dept

Amid tough price regulation and hectic discussions to finalise a new drug pricing policy by the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, the government has decided to carve out a new department of pharmaceuticals from it. The proposed new department will function as a new entity under the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers along with the other two departments governing fertilizers and chemicals and petrochemicals.

Govt to provide INR 100 cr to pharma industry

With a view to promote research and development in the pharmaceutical sector, the government plans to provide soft loans of INR 100 crore to the industry in the current fiscal.