Amidst stories of the government trying to provide insurance cover to all and sundry, here's one story about a visually challenged individual being denied the same.
India needs an investment of up to INR 60,000 crore (INR 600 billion) over the next five years to meet demands in the healthcare sector alone, according to a consultancy firm Feedback Ventures.
The government is set to introduce Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a visionary national health insurance scheme, which provides INR 30,000 ‘in patient' health benefits at a premium of INR 600, which the government pays if you are poor.
The global financial crisis as well as the growing demographic crisis that is affecting Europe could be the catalyst for European governments to finally embrace electronic healthcare reforms, according to Esko Aho, former Prime Minister of Finland and leading thinker on innovation.
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced grants of more than USD 14 million to support partners working in Southeast Asia and Africa to help prevent the next pandemic.
In a bid to address the burgeoning cost of treatment, country's largest third party administrator MediAssist will tie up with various hospitals for developing a fixed reimbursement model for most illnesses.
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