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Need of the hour
1 Jan 2021 5:27 PMIn the pursuit of profit-making, we have drifted away from our real goals in health — it is time to change our priorities
Actions rather than thoughts
18 Jun 2020 5:23 PMAside from superficial displays of concern and respect, our healthcare workers require urgent Government intervention to ensure they their safety and...
Loud and clear
4 Jun 2020 3:05 PMThe current pandemic and adverse climate disasters that continue to follow are indicators that the healthcare and safety of humanity is inextricably...
Hunger games
31 May 2020 5:01 PMWith the crippling economic effects of the lockdown and barely sufficient ration provided by the PDS system, India’s most vulnerable sections are...
Heeding the clarion call
12 May 2020 6:11 PMThe current pandemic has revealed major gaps in India’s healthcare system — requiring dedicated effort to shore up shortfalls in the healthcare budget
Time for robust healthcare
30 March 2020 3:21 PMAlongside an economic stimulus package, the Indian Government’s COVID-19 response must include measures to ensure better health and nutrition outcomes...
Drawing a line
8 March 2020 3:13 PMImpeding the work of healthcare providers by violence is a crime against humanity
Unclear intentions
20 Jan 2020 2:37 PMPrime Minister Modi’s stance on unethical marketing practices by pharma companies sends mixed signals given government reluctance to institute uniform...
Differing priorities
12 Jan 2020 2:29 PMPrivatisation of district hospitals under NITI Aayog proposal is not the ideal solution for the problem of providing free universal healthcare
Deplorable actions
26 Dec 2019 4:27 PMPolice brutality inside the Mangaluru hospital paints the administration in poor light
Medicine: Science, not belief
15 Dec 2019 3:37 PMPolitical and scientific bodies should negate superstitious beliefs hovering in the Indian society and propagate scientific as well medical awareness
Violence in peacetime
26 Nov 2019 3:24 PMViolence adversely impacts any society’s public health and must be pacified by neutralising the factors that contribute to its eruption