27-Mar-17 China’s healthcare sector has long been favoured by investors. However, a shortage of doctors could hinder growth and dent the country’s drive to reform its public healthcare system. “Large public hospitals are reluctant for doctors to leave their posts as they have spent so much time and resources to cultivate them,” said Li Bin, CEO of Ally Bridge LB Healthcare Fund. [image: AP / South China Morning Post]

27-Mar-17 Mobile Doctor, the korean developer of a pediatric fever management app plans to achieve a total of 1.5 mn downloads at home and abroad this year, with 500,000 of those downloads being in Korea and 1 mn abroad. The company’s data contain information on 670,000 antipyretic drugs, 220 mn pieces of body temperature information, and 90,000 fever symptoms. [image: Mobile Doctor]

27-Mar-17 Over the next five years, GE Healthcare will deliver affordable healthcare solutions across India, South Asia, and Africa. Terri Bresenham, president & CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions said working on solutions for the area such as “cost-effective CT scans and… affordable incubation facility for premature babies to reduce the infant mortality rate". [image: GE Healthcare]

22-Mar-17 The Indian National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) has issued new rules for the accreditation of medical tourism agents and has begun to certify some of the hundreds of medical tourism agents currently operating in India. The accreditation is currently voluntary and is valid for two years at a time. [image: IMTJ]

21-Mar-17 Olympus has launched a surgical system integration solution Endoalpha, designed to improve work efficiency of endoscopy units and operating rooms inside hospitals in South Korea. Endoalpha allows doctors and medical staff to control the main endoscopic device and supporting medical equipment such as the surgical lights and bed, on a single touch panel. [image: Olympus Korea]