09-Jul-15 Private hospitalization in India is prohibitively costly, a survey by the National Sample Survey Organization has found. On average treatment at a private hospital costs over three times more than at a government facility. People go to private hospitals because government hospitals are so few and under so much pressure, according to the People's Health Movement. [image: Live Mint]

28-Jun-15 As part of the Make in India strategy, India's government plans to set up a INR5 bn (USD79 mn) fund to boost the domestic pharma industry and provide cheaper loans for manufacturing. It is also considering single window clearance for drug approvals, to help rejuvenate the local pharma sector and make medicines more affordable. [image: ET Healthworld]

25-Jun-15 Following a strike over working hours and safety at work by resident doctors in Delhi, the State Health Department has initiated steps such as deploying more Home Guards, ensuring availability of generic medicines and introducing more staff in all Delhi Government hospitals. [image: Deccan Herald]

12-Jun-15 In a string of measures to regulate the medical device industry the Indian government has recommended creating an autonomous body - the National Medical Devices Authority (NDMA). It may also announce a separate policy for regulating prices of certain medical devices and implement it through a separate medical devices control order. [image: The Times of India]

01-Jun-15 Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – is entering the China hospital market with a major investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. [image: Northwest Asian Weekly]