Tender for 108 Ambulances will be called soon

A new technical team has been set up to monitor the new tender for 108 ambulance services, Department of Health and Family Welfare Services officials said. The Department of Health and Family Welfare Services have appointed a new technical team for  setting up a new tender process for the 108 ambulance service. The team will […]

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Migrant workers: Lost in Bengaluru’s healthcare system

Migrant workers find it difficult to avail the welfare board schemes in Bengaluru as waiting periods are long. Moreover, many labourers are unaware of the healthcare system in Karnataka and often resort to self-treatment. Bengaluru might be a medical tourist spot for the middle and upper class, but for the poor labourers migrating from in […]

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RCH portal technicalities still unresolved

ASHA workers have been protesting from May of this year and have yet to receive their salaries ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers from Bangalore Urban district and those under BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) complained that they are unable to receive incentive payments from the Central Government due to technical issues with the Reproductive […]

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BMRCL the only one to follow mask mandate

Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) strictly follows the mandate of wearing masks in public places. BMRCL is the only transport service to follow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) mandate of wearing masks in public places. BBMP, since June, has made masks mandatory in places like railway stations, bus stands, hospitals, schools, colleges and other […]

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Bengaluru returned to family doctors in third wave

In the third wave of the pandemic, general practitioners played an important role in the treatment of Covid patients due to extensive immunization and a milder version of the virus. In January, a 37-old general practitioner, sat at her desk, with a stethoscope around his neck. About 90 people arrived in one day in January, […]

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State of healthcare like medical students, up in the air

Private medical education remains largely unaffordable, students swarm to countries like Ukraine, while the healthcare system in India suffers. Sumy, Ukraine, is located 1500 kilometres (km) from Hungary, 1300 km from Romania, 1250 km from Poland, 700 km from Belarus, and 155 km from Belgorod, Russia. As of Monday, almost 700 Indian students remained stranded […]

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Portable ECG for bridging gaps in healthcare

Though portable ECG can be expensive for personal use their use at local PHCs can be beneficial. Health experts have recommended portable electrocardiographs (ECGs) at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and for personal use at home to enable timely monitoring. However, patients are unaware of these facilities and cannot afford them. Doctors are demanding that every […]

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