Government Hospitals

Maharashtra cabinet to introduce bill for reservation of seats in medical colleges; move aimed at addressing scarcity of doctors in govt hospitals

Maharashtra cabinet on Monday decided to introduce a bill for reservation of certain seats in medical colleges of government and municipal corporations, in the legislative assembly

Arvind Kejriwal called for more powers to government hospitals to provide better health facilities to people

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called for more powers to government hospitals to help them provide better health facilities.

Health services affected in Rajasthan as over 10,000 govt doctors go on mass casual leave, patients left in lurch

Medical services were crippled in government hospitals and district community centres across Rajasthan as around 10,000 doctors went on mass casual leave

Delhi government proposes to hire private security contractors to guard hospitals, army veterans' future hangs in balance

Around 2,000 army veterans, employed as security guards in Delhi government-run hospitals, are staring at uncertainty owing to a proposal to replace them

As Delhi battles toxic haze, health ministry directs government hospitals to stock equipments to meet exigency

Health ministry on directed all the central government-run hospitals to take measures to deal with increasing number of patients in wake of a severe air pollution in Delhi

Over 74 percent people feel corruption in procurement of supplies in govt hospitals is common, says survey

Seventy-four percent of respondents in a recent set of polls said that corruption related to procurement/supplies is a common at government hospitals

Mumbai's health infrastructure remains dismal even as city struggles to contain dengue

Despite a massive annual health budget of Rs 3,312 crores for 2017-2018, the MCGM is not only struggling to contain the rise of dengue in the city, but has also failed to create health infrastructure to support the rising population

Maharashtra doctors' strike: 4000 doctors go on mass leave; demand for safety

Over 4,000 resident doctors in Maharashtra's government hospitals stayed away from duty on Monday to protest the incidents of attack on their colleagues, affecting the public healthcare system, an official said.

Mumbai doctors' strike: 4,000 medicos go on mass leave protesting attacks by patients' kin

Medical services in 17 government hospitals were disrupted on Monday when over 4,000 resident doctors went on a mass Casual Leave.

Fewer rural women opting for private healthcare: Study shows increased access to government hospitals

There was a 24 percent rise in rural women accessing public healthcare between 2004 and 2014, according to a new report by Brookings India, a think tank, significant in a country where half the rural population uses private healthcare, which is four times costlier.