14-May-15 India's Wockhardt Hospitals, part of the Habil Khorakiwala-promoted Wockhardt Group, has chalked out an expansion plan, looking at adding two hospitals every year, particularly in tier-I and tier-II cities. In 2014, the firm opened a 350-bed hospital in south Mumbai, its first in four years. [image: Mint]

12-May-15 India's government has come up with a scheme that will offer free diagnostic tests to people visiting public health centers. Under the scheme, private health service providers will collect blood samples, conduct analysis and provide reporting in locations where public infrastructure is lacking. CT scan services will also be developed at district level under public-private partnership. [image: Newsgram]

06-May-15 Taiwan’s Apex Medical Corp is foraying into India to tap the growing healthcare market and plans to sell ‘quality and affordable’ equipment to hospitals and nursing homes. “We chose India... because it has a huge population and a new government that is willing to make a big change,” Daniel Lee, CEO, Apex Medical Corp, told reporters. [image: Apex Medical Corp]

24-Apr-15 Patient data, medical education and public health information will be available at the click of a mouse in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's three medical colleges, five specialty hospitals, 18 peripheral hospitals, 28 maternity homes, 161 dispensaries and 168 health posts across Mumbai, within 6-8 months. [image: DNA]

16-Apr-15 Until a few years ago, home healthcare services did not exist in India. But organised players such as Portea Medical, Health Care at Home India (HCHI), India Home Health Care (IHHC) and Medwell Ventures now have pan-India ambitions and the necessary funding and technology to address the market, estimated at USD3 billion and growing rapidly. [image: BW Businessworld]