This inoculation adds to Bharat Biotech's portfolio of vaccines currently being developed by it and are in several stages of clinical development, comprising COVAXIN- which is India's first indigenous vaccine against coronavirus

The financial assistance was announced first during a virtual meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and provided through a Treasury Bond sale to the State Bank of India, Male which has a tenure of 10 years for repayment

Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices is one of the largest suppliers to UNICEF for Auto Disable syringes for immunisation and is the first company in India to manufacture auto disable syringes for curative segment

False billing of patients for care that was never provided, differential care to patients paying hospital rates versus the government fixed rates, detaining patients until the bill amount is settled by the family are some of the other complaints

Evolving regulations and poor infrastructure are turning out to be pain points for the private healthcare sector, already struggling to manage the virus outbreak

Rising cost of disposables and consumables has made coronavirus treatment in private hospitals really exorbitant. The COVID-19 plans are expected to provide that much-needed support

IRDA has made changes in health policies for more transparency in products and prices. The low-down on what the changes mean for you

Arvind Kejriwal-led government had announced that in order to increase the number of beds each hospital has, nearby hotels would be turned into COVID-19 facilities if the number of cases in the national capital continued to grow

Coronavirus in Delhi: The hotels are required to provide regular hotel services including housekeeping, disinfection and food for not more than Rs 5,000 for the five star hotels and not more than Rs 4,000 for four or three star hotels

Coronavirus update: The survey, carried out among 50 private laboratories across 13 states, indicated that while the public sector is running at near full capacity, the private sector is being utilised only at 25-30 per cent

State public health expenditure is just 1 per cent of GDP. The time to invest in healthcare is now

FICCI hailed government's Atma Nirbhar Bharat stimulus measures that aim to augment public health infrastructure in the country but said these announcements would not provide respite from the immediate crisis arising out of the pandemic

According to the order, the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna beneficiaries being hospitalised in AIIMS and all centres will continue to get requisite benefits under the scheme as before

The Maharashtra government in a notification has prohibited hospitals \"from charging more amount than that applicable to lowest bed category irrespective of the availability of beds in the lowest category\"

Under complete lockdown less than a quarter of India's $2.8 trillion economy is functional. We are expected to lose over Rs 32,000 crore ($4.5 billion) every day during the lockdown

Although big players are expecting 50 per cent cut in earnings, they are still in a better position than smaller ones to raise bank loans. However, the uncertainty around how long the corona crisis will last will add to their problems

Twelve modern treatment methods such as immunotherapy, oral chemotherapy and robotic surgeries will also be covered under new policies

Passenger-less airlines have been busy criss-crossing the country and the world hauling essential and medical cargo

This year, the World Health Day brought gloom all over, but it's time to take resolve and recalibrate the 'healthcare ecosystem' in India

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that private labs should conduct coronavirus tests free of cost, observing they need to be philanthropic in the hour of national crisis