“The issue, surrogacy could be a gift of life and for millions of childless parents calls for a further debate involving the regulators, media, ethicists, jurists, health care professionals, civil society members and patient representatives. The society needs to debate on this,” says Dr Sudarshan Ballal, President, NATHEALTH.
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India accounts for the third highest number of breast cancer and second highest number of ovarian cancer cases among women, globally. Also, three times more cases of familial breast and ovarian cancers are recorded in India, as compared to western countries. It is projected that cancer incidence in Indian women will increase to 190-200 cases per lakh by 2025 (Globocan, 2018; ICMR, 2012). Mortality to incidence ratio is worst in India for breast and ovarian cancers with one in every 28 women likely to develop it during her lifetime and one in every two women diagnosed with it succumbs.
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Lack of in-depth knowledge of the legal provisions often leaves women believing they cannot legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy
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In order to equate the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) qualifications with MD/MS degrees for the purpose of teaching in medical colleges, the new Board of Governors (BoG) of the MCI had recently issued a gazette notification amending the Teachers' Eligibility and Qualification guidelines. While this has brought cheers to the DNB holders who had for long demanded this amendment, an unexpected controversy has erupted due to its misinterpretation.
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Artificial Intelligence adds value to the healthcare industry beyond diagnostic accuracy, with better connectivity, transparency and remote diagnosis; thus improving overall patient experience.
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Despite India growing economic clout and growing stature in the world, we have been left far behind as far as healthcare for the citizens in concerned.
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Medical Technology, often referred to just as medical devices, is a critical pillar of advanced healthcare delivery throughout the world. In India till recently, medical devices had not gotten appropriate attention from policy designers. Currently however, medical devices have come into mainstream policy-making, albeit often with the absence of deep understanding about the domain, or without an adequately nuanced approach to factor for its hugely diverse range or spectrum.
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