Dr. Rajesh Dey
Dr Rajesh Dey is a consultant, liver transplant and a hepatobilliary surgeon. He can be reached at: drrajeshdey@gmail.com
The scheme has received an allocation of just Rs 1200 crore
That India will have 1,53,000 health and wellness centres to strengthen the prevention arm of Ayushman Bharat has been repeated many times since the Union Budget in February.
Interestingly there...
The new Hepatitis B vaccine schedule can be completed in one month rather than the present 6 month schedule
A new Hepatitis B vaccine that was approved by the USFDA last year and has now been recommended for use in...
The disease burden for malaria has been steadily going down but global reports say only a fraction of cases may be currently addressed
One look at the India's malaria figures since 1995 and there is no doubt that the country...
Mayo Clinic Research shows why people who receive livers need far less immunosuppressive drugs than those who receive other solid organ transplantsTransplanted livers can bring about physiological changes in the body of the donor to reduce the chances of...
India made Hepatitis B a part of its universal immunisation basket in 2014It has been almost three and half years that India made hepatitis B vaccine a part of its universal immunisation programme after the countrywide rollout of pentavalent...
Stress is a known risk factor, as is a work day of more than 9 hours, six days a week
* Ahmed (name changed) was 46 years old. It was a normal afternoon in the office of the media organisation...
India has the highest incidence and deaths in the world of rabies yet public awareness is poor. The recent death of a young boy in Mumbai showed it once moreMr Roy, sitting in his posh Bandra apartment read the...
At an estimated premium of Rs 1082 per family per year, the National Health Protection Scheme is expected to cost Rs 12000 crModicare - as the proposed National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) is being referred to within the government...
The Rs 2000 crore allocation for a Rs 5 lakh health cover for 10 crore people cannot possibly fool anyone. If this government puts its money where its mouth is, health may become one of the lasting legacies of...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a distinct hepatic condition and one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease globally
Mr Ganguly is a 42 year executive working in an MNC in Bandra. He regularly gets his annual...
