Category: Healthcare

ICMR has been at the forefront of biomedical research, and playing a pivotalrole in addressing some of the most critical health challenges. It met thechallenges of combating infectious diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, andCOVID-19. The Department of Health Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research(DHR-ICMR) hosted the DHR-ICMR Health Research Excellence Summit 2024 atSushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi in November 2024. This milestone eventmarked ICMR's 113th Foundation Day and celebrated over a century of theinstitution’s commitment to advancing biomedical research in India. The Summit featured distinguished leaders in the healthcare and research sectors,including the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Jagat PrakashNadda, the Minister of State for Healt...

Ayurvedic medicines have huge growth potential in the global market, especially in the post-pandemic period. Amiable export promotion for Ayurvedic products and healthtourism can make India a healthcare sanatorium of the world. The indian traditional medicines have huge export potential in the post-pandemic world market. Naturally, the prevailing climate offers India's AYUSH products and services huge export opportunities all over the world. The Ministry of AYUSH, in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has proposed to set up an ExportPromotion Council (AEPC) for medicines and products of Ayurveda, Homoeopathic, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Unani systems and services. The government has given the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) the responsibi...

India has several big hospitals across the country equipped with world class facilities and eminent cardiologists with sufficient experience. In recent years, the number of angioplasty with stents has tripled as it is safe, effective and non-surgical procedure (no scar on the chest, no anesthesia) and just one day hospital stay has made it more popular option. However, the prohibitively expensive stents made it difficult for the poor and lower middle class people to go for this. Ordinary citizens could not afford to foot the bill in corporate hospitals due to whopping cost of the drug eluting stents (DES) which are considered to be far better than bare metal stents (BMS). The cost of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has been anywhere between Rs 80,000 and Rs 1.20 lakh, which inc...