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No specialist doctors to serve in India's rural areas

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21-Aug-15 Rural and small-town India is terribly short of specialist doctors, particularly surgeons. Close to 75% of sanctioned surgeon posts are vacant in the 30-bed community health centres (CHC) in small towns, which serve as referral points for patients coming from primary healthcare centres in the villages. [image: Deccan Herald]

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Indian startup aims to make e-health records available to patients

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29-Jul-15 A health tech start-up in India aims to provide affordable, patient-centric, centralised digital medical records. In 2014 there were 8,500 reported deaths in India due to adverse drug reactions, almost all of which could have been prevented if complete information about the patient’s medical history had been available. And that is what start-up KiviHealth aims to achieve.

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Parkway buys majority stake in India’s Global Hospitals

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05-Aug-15 Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Parkway Holdings, is reported to have acquired a 74% stake in Hyderabad-based Global Hospitals Group for an equity value of INR1,800 crore (USD277 mn). in March 2015 IHH acquired a 51% stake in Hyderabad-based Continental Hospitals. It also already owns a 10.5% stake in India’s Apollo Hospitals. [image: IHH Healthcare Berhad]

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New Delhi to get e-hospital portal

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05-Aug-15 With an aim of improving patient care and operational efficiency at its health centres, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has approached the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for configuration of e-hospital portal in its Health Care Units. The e-hospital software will be loaded on cloud services, for the first time in India. [image: NIC]

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Robotic surgery benefitting paediatric patients in India

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27-Jul-15 Chennai-based Apollo Children’s Hospital Surgeries is using robotics for surgeries. The technology provides a 3D view that helps doctors to navigate in a targeted manner and complete a procedure without affecting neighbouring cells and tissues, which is crucial in paediatrics. This in turn provides patients with advantages including quicker discharge time, minimal scarring, smaller incisions and less blood loss. [image: International Centre for Robotic Surgery]

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