Thoughts of a private practioner from MYSORE.............. As we come out of the graduation we all take Hippocratic Oath, is that just for the sake of guideline or passion…. They are few doctors who really put their entire life for the community, make sure that they are healthy and think that I am here to... Continue Reading →
THE WEST BENGAL CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENTS (REGISTRATION, REGULATION AND TRANSPARENCY) ACT, 2017
Excerpts from the Act .. WHEREAS it is expedient, in the public interest, to provide for registration, regulation and transparency in the functioning and activities of clinical establishments licensed under this Act, to preserve minimum standards of facilities and service to be provided by them to the service recipients..... (4) It shall apply to all... Continue Reading →
70% Of India’s Farm Families Spend More Than They Earn–Debt Main Cause of Suicides
Devanik Saha, June 27, 2017 Farmers stage a demonstration in New Delhi in June 2017. Apart from meagre farm income, rising healthcare costs increase farmer debt–now the primary reason in more than 50% farmer suicides in India. Nearly 70% of India’s 90 million agricultural households spend more than they earn on average each month, pushing them... Continue Reading →
Dr. Sudarshan Ballal’s article – Conflict of interest
Dr. Sudarshan Ballal’s article in Deccan Herald published on the 28th of June 2017 calls for a counter. He talks about controversy and mistrust being generated between the medical fraternity and the state government by the introduction of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill – 2017. While it is somewhat ironic that patients and... Continue Reading →
Why Karnataka’s draft law regulating private health care is important for citizens
KARNATAKA PRIVATE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACT June 23, 2017 Akhila Vasan Government, Health 0 Pic: PixabayIt was in the year 2015 that reports of unwarranted hysterectomies in Kalburgi district of Karnataka began to appear in several media. A number of private hospitals in Kalburgi wilfully provided unscientific misinformation and instilled fear of cancer and pushed thousands of poor Dalit women... Continue Reading →
THE KARNATAKA PRIVATE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 2007
These clauses are already in the 2007 Act 8. Local Inspection Committee.- (1) The Registration Authority of each district may constitute one or more Local Inspection Committee for each district consisting of such persons as it may specify for the purposes specified in sub-sections (1) of section 7 and sub-section (2) of this section. (2)... Continue Reading →
Private hospitals up in arms against KPME Act amendment
KARNATAKA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BENGALURU, JUNE 15, 2017 00:44 IST They call Bill ‘draconian’; it allows govt. to fix rates for procedures Upset over the amendments to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act, 2007, under which the government will fix rates for various procedures in private hospitals and penalise those flouting it, associations of private medical... Continue Reading →
Talk on Regulatory vacuum and absence of framework for justice in the Private health sector in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QDb8E-FBto Karnataka Janaaroyga Chaluvali Secretariat E. Premdas Pinto, Research Scholar, Centre for Social Medicine and community Health, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, shares his insights on the issue.
Maharashtra and Odisha FDA Reports showcase huge profits in medical devices
Posted on June 29, 2017 | Leave a comment In a widely celebrated move that was expected to benefit heart patients, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped the prices of coronary stents in February 2017. Unfortunately, prices of all other medical devices with the exceptions of condoms and IUDs remain unregulated. Given that medical devices are critical,... Continue Reading →
KPME-yake? 