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Third Party Administrators (TPAs) are the intermediaries appointed by insurance companies who are licensed by the authority and engage in the provision of health services, thus acting as a liaison between the insurance company, the insured and the hospital.

The health insurance industry holds a huge potential in India, and the influx of private health insurance companies in recent years shows the growing awareness and demand of having a health cover among patients.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of blind people in India in 2000 was estimated to be 18.7 million, of which for 9.5 million blindness was cataract-related and for 3 million, refractive error-related.

Kolkata being the biggest city and the only metro in the eastern region is supposed to be the highest point of summation for all regional needs, including healthcare. Despite having ‘good’ private healthcare infrastructure (including some of the biggest brands) the city is ‘leaking’ regional patients to the other metros.

Terri Bresenham, President & CEO, GE Healthcare India and Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare highlights GE Healthcare’s business focus for the Indian market. Excerpts.

Euthanasia or mercy killing has become a much-talked about term and has a sense of ambiguity attached to it. Euthanasia is derived from the Greek word ‘euthanatos,’ which means good health. It is the act of painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or an irreversible coma.

A combination of three key factors – quality, availability and cost has been fuelling the phenomenal growth witnessed in the Indian medical tourism industry. About 60 per cent of doctors in India’s leading Indian hospitals have international qualifications, thus increasing the acceptance and comfort levels among international patients.

Donation of heart while a patient is brain dead and on a ventilator came forth only with the help of this Act. The Act laid down the various conditions in which one donor can donate his/her heart and also the conditions which enable a recipient to receive a heart.

India’s healthcare boom is unprecedented and undeniable but how much of it is trickling down to the rural India is highly questionable. Diagnostic market in rural India is still at a nascent stage, though there …

Surrogacy in India has been legal since 2002 and is considered as one of the best alternatives for infertility.he India Council of Medical Research has formed a few guidelines to provide a framework to IVF clinics, but as it is not a law, not all clinics follow the guidelines. To ensure regulation and safe practice of surrogacy, does India need a surrogacy bill?