Health - Page 4

In Assam’s Silchar, A Hospital Models Accessible Cancer Care For The...
Guwahati: Three years ago, 40-year-old Baby Begum Lashkar noticed a lump in her right breast. She lived with her husband...
In Battle Of Rights, SC Pits Mother Against Unborn Child
New Delhi: When the 27-year-old pregnant woman and her husband came to advocate Amit Mishra on October 2, they had...

Ageing India Needs Better Primary Care, Universal Health Coverage
Noida: By the year 2050, one in five Indians will be over the age of 60, twice the proportion in 2022. India’s average...

Why India Must Differentiate Between Normal And High-Risk TB Patients
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: In July 2023, Ramesh (name changed to maintain confidentiality), a 62-year-old farmer from Karur,...

AYUSH Doctors Fill In Public Healthcare Gaps By Providing Allopathic Medicines
Bhopal, Nashik and Mumbai: The hamlets of Vaviharsh and Deogaon, 49 km from Nashik city, have buildings meant to house a...

How Hospital Accreditation Can Help Improve Quality Of Care
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: When I needed to choose a hospital to get my father treated for cancer, I didn’t think twice...

Karnataka’s Muktha Centres Show How Govt Hospitals Can Support Domestic Violence Survivors
Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru, Karnataka: Twenty-eight-year-old Amruta smiled as she showed us the grainy photo of her two...

Community-Led Mental Health Interventions Could Make Therapy More Accessible
New Delhi: Most health systems consider mental health therapy as an individualised form of medicine, but community...
