K. K. Talwar appointed as the chairman of MCI

The new Board of Governors for the Medical Council of India (MCI) has appointed Cardiologist Dr. K.K. Talwar as the Chairman.

Fortis to give Punjab its first cancer hospital

Fortis Health Care Limited has submitted a detailed plan to the Punjab government to set up a Cancer Institute and Research Centre on a plot close to the company

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

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

News Review

Chandigarh launches telemedicine project

The Chandigarh Administration has launched a telemedicine project to provide critical healthcare advice and right treatment, thereby eliminating unnecessary travelling of patients for high quality medical services.

Indias Tryst with Telemedicine : Jagjit Singh Bhatia, Mandeep Kaur Randhawa, Harpreet Kaur Khurana, Sagri Sharma

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

Telemedicine can bridge the existing divide in terms of healthcare between the urban and rural India.