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“With ‘Health for All’ in the background, the present situation shows that the health condition of the country is not sizing up to the mark as it was expected, but it has not deteriorated either,” says Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. In this candid conversation, he discusses the role of Government of India for improving the healthcare condition.

Today, Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) has become a worldwide problem and is affecting many a lives. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Burden of Disease project, diseases of the kidney and urinary tract contribute to global burden with approximately 8,50,000 deaths every year.

The organ donation norms in India have become stringent after the Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994 was established. Though the Act brought along a few good regulations, it also in some ways has hampered …

it is essential to ascertain that fire safety norms are given due importance under all settings. In this context, hospitals can be most vulnerable and the reasons for that are not far to seek. In the US the fire code is aimed primarily at preventing fires, ensuring that necessary training and equipment will be on hand.

The medical world is changing everyday with introduction of new technology and new case studies. Healthcare is flourishing at a higher pace than the other sectors and to continue this upward graph, clinical audits should become an integral part of healthcare system.

Over the past decade medical tourism has increased rapidly in India. Today, people from across the globe choose to visit India to get medical aid. The increasing cosmetic surgery market in India goes hand-in-hand with the rising medical tourism market in the country. We discuss the impact and the growth pattern.

Today, getting under the knife is not limited to the elite class but the middle class as well is taking the advantage. The latest developments in the Indian cosmetic surgery market vis-à-vis the world are discussed here.

The clinical trial market in India has expanded its bandwidth over the years. We look into the the state of clinical trials in India.

Globally the clinical research industry has become a thrust area primarily for the development of new drugs. The fervor to invent increasing number of drugs has given rise to various advantages as well as disadvantages in the clinical research market. We weigh the challenges and opportunities the industry faces today.

There are many children suffering from various neurological disorders worldwide, and they require special attention as well as care. To provide the same, paediatric neurology as a speciality is fast catching up in developed nations, but is India working towards the same?