New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Over 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created, while more than 29,000 hospitals have been empanelled till June under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, providing healthcare benefits to thousands in the country, Union Health Minister JP Nadda told the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) About 12,121 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres (AHWCs), now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Ayush), under Ayushman Bharat are functional in the country, with the highest in Rajasthan, Minister of State for Ayush, Prataprao Jadhav, informed the Parliament.
Shimla, Aug (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 20 locations across Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh in connection with a case involving the alleged creation of fake Ayushman Bharat AB-PMJAY ID cards and violations of the scheme by several hospitals.
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the economic outfit wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has thanked the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for making mandatory the display of nutritional information on foods labels in bold.
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court will, on Friday, pronounce its judgment containing detailed reasons for not cancelling the NEET-UG 2024 exam amid the allegation of paper leak and other irregularities.
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) A team of doctors at a city hospital saved the life of a 11-year-old girl using the cutting edge e-CPR (extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation) method.
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government is all geared up to provide world-class health services to the devotees attending the Maha Kumbh-2025. The state government has earmarked a significant investment of approximately Rs 125 crore allocated for 18 health-related projects.
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) India is witnessing a significant increase in the incidence of head and neck cancers, with projections estimating 2.1 million new cancer cases by 2040, healthcare experts said on Saturday.
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Union Budget has increased expenditure for the National Health Mission (NHM) by about Rs 4,000 crore and also proposed digital public infrastructure (DPI) at a population scale.
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Biocon and Biocon Biologics Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, welcoming the removal of Customs duty on three cancer drugs in the Union Budget 2024-25, on Tuesday said the government needs to consider GST exemption for all cancer drugs.
