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New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Financial protection gap for critical illnesses is widening even as employers and insurers ramp up preventive care and cost sharing mechanisms to shield workers and families from rising treatment costs, a report said on Monday on eve of World Health Day.The professional services firm Aon said that employers in India are increasingly investing in preventive care, outpatient benefits, and digital health and wellness solutions, reflecting a broader shift toward proactive h…

Seoul, Feb 9 (IANS) South Korea could significantly strengthen the competitiveness of its bio-health industry by leveraging its abundant, high-quality bio data through artificial intelligence (AI), a central bank report showed on Monday.According to the report by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on measures to foster the advanced bio-health sector, South Korea lags behind leading countries in such areas as innovative new drugs and advanced medical devices, while the global market is expected to grow at a…

Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday termed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s ‘Mukhyamantri Sehat Insurance Scheme’ in Punjab as misleading, impractical and entirely publicity driven. Chugh claimed the biggest and most fundamental failure of the scheme was its rigid package capping, which exposes the Rs 10 lakh health coverage claim as hollow from the very beginning.“The reality is that the scheme provides actual insurance of only Rs 1 lakh p…

Chennai, Dec 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday inspected the ‘Stalin for Health’ medical camp organised at the Government Higher Secondary School campus in Kannagi Nagar, under the Greater Chennai Corporation’s Sholinganallur zone. The camp forms part of the State government’s flagship public healthcare initiative aimed at providing comprehensive medical services at the grassroots level.Speaking to reporters after inspecting the facilities, the …