Healthcare

  • Hypertension Pandemic? High BP Patients People Double Since 1990

    Compared to 1990, the number of people suffering from high blood pressure (BP) increased to 127.8 crore in 2019. Of these, 62.6 are women and…

  • "Mystery Illness" In UP Killing Children

    Undiagnosed "Mystery Illness" Has Claimed Lives Of 70 Children In Uttar Pradesh. Experts Have Linked It To Various Causes.

  • Budget 2021: Key Takeaways From Nirmala Sitharaman's Speech

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday delivered her third Budget speech and India's first digital Budget in the Parliament, stating that this Budget will be “like never…

  • India Spends Mere 1.29% Of GDP On Health, Public Hospitals Running Without Doctors

    The Manmohan Singh government had set a target to increase health spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2017. But statistics show that this goal…

  • Covid-19 Deepens Healthcare Nightmare For Adivasis

    By - Sushmita (thethirdpole.net) As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world and employment opportunities dried up, in many countries including India, indigenous people returned to their intergenerational, ancestral…

  • Delhi’s Healthcare System Crumbles Under COVID Onslaught, Kejriwal Urges Centre To Increase Beds

    Over the past few days, the cases of coronavirus in the national capital have been spiking at a "mind-boggling" rate, along with the COVID-19 fatality…

  • UP: 42 Coronavirus Patients Go ‘Missing’ In Ghazipur, Manhunt Underway

    42 coronavirus patients are missing in Eastern UP’s Ghazipur district. The Chief Medical Officer of Ghazipur has written a letter to the district ADM saying…

  • SC Asks Centre to Ensure Doctors and Nurses Get Salary on Time

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to pass orders to all states and Union Territories to ensure that healthcare workers get salaries on…

  • On Assam’s Biggest River Island Healthcare Is Far Away

    By Varsha Torgalkar/thethirdpole.net “Many blisters as big as poha [an Indian rice dish] appear on my hands and feet when I come into contact with…

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