New Delhi: The Delhi government is gearing up to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY) and is onboarding large corporate hospitals to help reach the Centre’s free health insurance scheme to more than 654,000 families. However, big corporate hospitals have raised concerns over delayed payments and low package rates. The…
“Sir, I don’t have the money for the test,” said Vijay, a low-income lung cancer patient from Hyderabad. His oncologist replied, “Without the money, he has only a few months left.” The test — a 12-gene next-generation DNA sequencing panel — could have guided a life-saving treatment plan. Genomics-informed precision medicine, or targeted therapy, offers…
New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) has asked eight states, including some of India’s top performers in terms of health indicators, to complete the registration of state-government run public health facilities on the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) platform by 30 September. Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Telangana and Delhi are…
The proportion of Indians living in multidimensional poverty has fallen substantially in the last 10 years—from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23—the government’s economic survey report 2023-24 released on Monday said. The number of people living under poverty has been reduced by more than half with significant improvements made in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar…
