01-Oct-15 The Delhi government has approved the creation of “Delhi Healthcare Corporation” to provide centralised support services to its health department, such as procurement of drugs, consumables, equipment, sanitation services and nursing orderlies, among others. [image: Mail Online India]

04-Oct-15 Cygnus Hospitals, which operates a chain of super speciality units in Delhi and Haryana, aims to add another 40 hospitals in north India in the next three years. The Delhi-based group currently has 10 hospitals in Delhi, Sonepat, Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra. [image: Cygnus Hospitals]

01-Oct-15 The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) is calling on the Commonwealth Government to collect and provide more timely and local health data, and to keep affordability and access to primary health care in mind as it makes changes to the health care system. [image: Univerity of Queensland].

29-Sep-15 With International Hospitals Group’s support, Wanda Group will build, equip and commission a new 200 bed international standard hospital in Qingdao over the next three years. IHG will then operate the hospital under a 20 year lease until 2038. [image: PR Newswire]

27-Sep-15 Philippines Vice President Jejomar Binay lamented the Aquino administration’s failure to deliver and distribute P4.63 bn (USD100 mn) worth of medicine and equipment that could have prevented the spread of deadly diseases, such as dengue, malaria, pneumonia, tuberculosis and hepatitis. “It is time to review the DoH health programs and realign the budget towards preventing diseases,” Binay said. [image: The Standard]