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Ms Suneeta Reddy
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Apollo Hospitals promoters sell 3.6% stake to reduce pledges

October 18, 2019|Business | 1 Min Read

The promoter family of the Apollo Hospitals Group has issued a note to the press announcing that it has divested 3.6% holding in Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. bringing the promoter holding down to 30.8%.

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Ravi Menon, Senior Business Adviser at SKP
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Ayushman Bharat Boosting India’s Health Industry: Whitepaper

October 18, 2019|Business | 2 Min Read

A year after the launch of Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the medical devices and pharma industries in India are expected to benefit substantially, says a Whitepaper published by SKP – India’s leading provider of business consulting services.

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Mr Omar Sherief Mohammad
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Roche: OS Mohammad appointed India GM for Diabetes Care

October 18, 2019|Business | 2 Min Read

Roche Diabetes Care India, a pioneer in the development of diabetes management systems and services, has announced the appointment of Omar Sherief Mohammad as General Manager for its India business.

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Mr Himanshu Baid at Asia Health-2019 in New Delhi
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Govt. should bring single regulation for medical devices: CII

October 18, 2019|Business | 2 Min Read

The medical devices sector wants the Government to come up with a law for a single regulatory authority for the sector, says the medical technology division of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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Dr H Sudarshan Ballal, President, NATHEALTH.
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Healthcare Industry cheers slashing of corporate tax rate

October 14, 2019|Business | 2 Min Read

India’s healthcare industry has welcomed the government’s decision to slash corporate tax, and said rationalisation of tax structure will provide much-awaited booster dose to the sector. In a major fiscal booster, the Indian government has slashed effective corporate tax to 25.17 per cent inclusive of all cess and surcharges for domestic companies.

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Women humiliated during childbirth in Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar: WHO

October 14, 2019|Globe | 2 Min Read

A World Health Organization (WHO) study has revealed that its own guidelines have been violated by the healthcare facilities in Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar and Nigeria while providing treatment to women during childbirth.

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GTB docs call off strike, assured salary payment

October 14, 2019|Nation | 1 Min Read

The junior and senior resident doctors and interns of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTBH), Delhi, have decided that they would not go on strike as they have been assured by the principal of University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) on payment of two month pending salary on October 15, 2019.

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Mr Omar Sherief Mohammad
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Roche: OS Mohammad appointed India GM for Diabetes Care

October 14, 2019|Others | 2 Min Read

Roche Diabetes Care India, a pioneer in the development of diabetes management systems and services, has announced the appointment of Omar Sherief Mohammad as General Manager for its India business.

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Plastic free Delhi: DMA to organize plogging on Oct. 2

October 10, 2019|City | 2 Min Read

To create a plastic free environment in the national capital, the Delhi Medical Association will organize plogging, a kind of walk during which a person bends and picks plastic to make a plastic free environment during his or her morning walk. Plogging will be on October 2, 2019, the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendra Jain
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Delhi: Free accident treatment scheme has saved 3000 lives

October 9, 2019|Nation | 2 Min Read

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that three thousand lives have been saved in Delhi under the scheme that provides free treatment to road-accident, burns and acid attack victims.

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