13-Jun-17  Economic improvements in India are resulting in a "dual-disease burden", a rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable diseases, that cost the government USD81 bn in 2013 and are projected to grow at 17% to 2020. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17 India's Portea Medical has partnered with Physitrack to develop a solution for its physiotherapy patients to access customised video-based exercise programs, physiotherapists, educational content, clinical questionnaires, as well as consult with physiotherapists via an online portal. [image: ET Healthworld]

10-Jun-17 India's Northeast region can become a healthcare hub for Southeast Asia, Minister Kiren Rijiju said, "we can create a medical hub for our neighbours... Myanmar people want to come to North East for medical treatment". [image: ET Healthworld]

07-Jun-17 In 2016 Google announced it had trained image recognition algorithms to detect diabetes-related eye disease roughly as well as human experts. Work has now begun on integrating the technology into a chain of eye hospitals in India. [image: Cole Wilson / Wired]

07-Jun-17 Sri Lanka and China have signed an MoU to construct a hospital for kidney patients in Sri Lanka. The hospital will consist of 200 beds, 100 blood dialysis machines and modern surgery complex. [image: ColomboPage]