That is why the recent notification making it a punishable offence not to report tuberculosis could be a game changerIndia has been engaged in TB control for the last 50 years. But Tuesday’s notification making it a penal offence...
Incidents of assaults against doctors happen regularly but fail to generate even a fraction of the present outrage
As the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash threatens to catapult Delhi into a political crisis of sorts, one group of...
Harvard professor's claim about coconut oil being "pure poison" has angered many IndiansLast month, claims by Dr Karin Michels, a Harvard professor that coconut oil is “pure poison” and “one of the worst things you can eat” triggered a...
One-off refunds do not make regulatory success. They are more signs of systemic failure
The Medanta refund to the family of the 7-year-old boy who died of dengue, at the behest of the health ministry sets a bad precedent at...
The first baby step towards Universal Health Coverage, PMJAY will be truly tested only in 2019
Whenever the journey of healthcare in India is chronicled, 2018 will feature as an important year. Because the year that has just a few...
When the Supreme Court delivered its landmark "living will" judgement earlier this month it too was acutely conscious of this reality
What started 45 years ago in 1973 with the rape of KEM Hospital nurse Aruna Shanbaug came to a...
As the government prepares to put an end to commercial surrogacy, what of the women who will be deprived of an income that probably sent their children to school?
Last week when the Lok Sabha passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill,...
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...
Forced sterilisations during Emergency - widely believed to be the brainchild of Sanjay Gandhi - have left an indelible mark on India's population control efforts
Emergency is a dirty word in Indian politics. It is an even dirtier word in...
As Atishi Marlena, advisor to education minister faces the axe, Medibulletin looks at a radical reform she anchored
Not every country judges itself by Gross National Happiness, like Bhutan does, instead of a Gross Domestic Product. But, the search for...
