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As the lockdown relaxes, healthcare facilities slip further into the red, with no immediate fiscal relief, while Vocal for Local…

India's abysmal doctor/nurse-patient ratio is set to get worse as the toll of COVID-19 positive healthcare workers rise. However,…

A week into the 21 day lock down, are we more confident of confronting the coronavirus?  


India's policymakers will have to tread a fine line between collaboration and compromise. Coordination and collaboration between…

On January 31, the WHO finally declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which originated in Wuhan city, China…

Ironically, if the regulations caused strife in the last two years, the main fillip in the next two years is expected to come from…

Doubts on the cost effectiveness of government-sponsored health schemes, both at the state and central level, continue to raise…

Without POC AMR diagnostic tests, doctors are literally shooting in the dark

A balance will need to be struck between cost, choice and clinical standards

Do we have the required regulatory manpower, with the relevant technical skills, to implement the proposed bill? Or will it remain…