New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) India stands out as one of the Asia‑Pacific region’s most AI‑ready healthcare markets, with 78 per cent of consumers using generative AI (GenAI) to better understand diagnoses and treatment options, a report said on Wednesday.The report from Bain & Company said 73 per cent of Indian consumers use it to prepare for appointments, and 72 per cent use it to navigate the healthcare system.Gen Z’s are driving digital health adoption, with 66 per cent of Gen Z resp…

Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, another child has died from the symptoms of the disease on Friday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 643 since March 15 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death was reported in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning.The latest death from the disease was identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB reported.Repor…

Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) Telangana’s Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has raided a medical shop at a village in Karimnagar district, which was operating illegally without a drug license, an official statement said on Thursday.Medicinal drugs worth Rs. 5.51 lakh, stocked for sale at the unlicensed premises, were seized during the raid, a DCA release said.Officials of the DCA, acting on credible information regarding the illegal sale of medicines, raided the medical shop in Choppadandi village,…

New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) on Wednesday issued an advisory calling on media organisations, institutions and the public to exercise responsibility and ensure factual accuracy while making statements about Homoeopathy and registered homoeopathic practitioners.In an advisory issued through a circular, the Commission called upon media organisations, healthcare institutions, professional bodies and social media users to ensure factual accuracy before makin…

Ahmedabad, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth around Rs 18,800 crore in Surat, marking one of the largest infrastructure investment programmes undertaken in the city in recent years. The projects included a 220-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Surat, strengthening Gujarat’s ESI healthcare system and also highlighting government’s sustained efforts in ensuring quality…

Ahmedabad, May 31 (IANS) Ahmedabad Civil Hospital provided free haemophilia treatment worth more than Rs 17 crore to 669 patients during the 2025-26 financial year, Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said, describing the initiative as a reflection of the state government’s commitment to ensuring access to life-saving care for patients suffering from the rare bleeding disorder.Pansheriya said the state government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has undertaken a ded…

Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Food and Civil Supplies Minister P. Venkataramanan on Saturday called for greater public participation in the fight against tobacco addiction and in ensuring transparency in the Public Distribution System (PDS), urging citizens to directly report ration shop irregularities and assuring swift action against the hoarding or diversion of essential commodities. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a tobacco awareness rally at Marina Beach to mark World No Tobacc…

Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Frontline health workers in Pakistan continue to operate in one of the world’s most violent security environments, complicating efforts to eradicate polio from the country. They have been frequently targetted during polio vaccination campaigns. In once such attack last month, one police personnel was killed and four others injured after their vehicle escorting polio vaccinators was attacked in Hangu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. “The attack ca…

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Reaffirming the Central government’s fight against tobacco and nicotine addiction, Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Friday launched the pilot version of the Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI) Application.The Health Secretary said that the ToFEI app is a digital initiative aimed at strengthening implementation and monitoring of tobacco-free norms across schools and colleges in the country.Speaking at an event to mark World …

Ahmedabad/Bhuj, May 29 (IANS) A newborn girl born with a rare and life-threatening congenital defect was successfully treated at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital after doctors performed a complex surgery to restore her breathing, Gujarat health officials said on Friday.The infant was born through normal delivery on May 1 in Naliya town of Kutch district to the family of labourer Anmol Nod.The baby weighed 2 kg at birth and developed severe breathing difficulties immediately after delivery. She was initi…