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eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: 26 August -01 September 2008 Vol.II Issue XXXXIX  
 
TOP STORIES
    HLL, IL&FS ink MoU for medical park
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Hindustan Latex (HLL)has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) for developing... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Technology can deliver cheaper healthcare, says Intel chief
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Intel chief Craig Barrett has drawn his attention to an Indian organisation, Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI), to bring home the point ...Read more
 
 
 
 
    Omaxe to develop medical college and hospital at Saharanpur
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Omaxe Infrastructure & Construction Private Ltd(OICPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaxe Ltd has received a Letter of Intent for the construction of Allopathic Medical College... Read more
 
 
 
 
    General Atlantic to buy 20% in Wockhardt Hospitals
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US-based private equity (PE) major General Atlantic is learnt to be final stages of talks with Wockhardt Hospitals to invest around USD 140-150 million ... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Ardentia, E3 together offer health IT services in Middle East
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Healthcare intelligence specialist Ardentia has extended its operations into the Middle East, signing a partnership agreement with Dubai-based healthcare specialist E3 ... Read more
 
 
 
 
GOVERNMENT NEWS
    Gujarat, GE Healthcare ties up to upgrade med tech
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Global healthcare equipment maker GE Healthcare, an arm of General Electric Company (GE), and the Gujarat government have tied up in a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Centre weighs special drug stores for poor
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The government plans to launch special drug stores that will sell generic medicines as part of its efforts to provide affordable medicines to poorer sections of the society... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Govt asks NPPA to collect data on price of medical devices
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In a move to bring expensive medical devices such as stents, catheters, orthopaedic implants and heart valves under the price negotiation, the government has asked the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority... Read more
 
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
    Hospital robot expands doctors’ reach
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Physicians and surgeons at Rochester General Hospital have used a robot to conduct about 500 remote exams at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital since October 2007 ... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Firm with novel brain clot buster seeks venture funds
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An Indian-American engineer is gearing up to make a mark in the lucrative medical equipment market with his blood clot busting device that can be used inside the human brain... Read more
 
 
 
 
    A new ambulance communications system
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A new communications system between a moving ambulance and its hospital base allows the simultaneous transmission of bandwidth-hungry video and ultra-sonic images... Read more
  
 
 
 
    Thomson Reuters, CareEvolution develop innovative EMR system
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Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution are working together to deliver an alternative to the chronological medical record — an application that groups patient data ... Read more
 
 
 
 
                
  

 
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