Archive for the ‘Healthcare in India’ Category

Vaatsalya selected as Inspring and Innovative enterprise at TiE Summit

Tie Summit 2009 showcases inspiring and innovative enterprising Indians and enterprises at the TiE Entrepreneurship Summit (TES), from December 21-23 2009, in line with the purpose of “Enterprising India: Changing the Nation, Leading the World”.
The showcased enterprises and entrepreneurs would be diverse, dynamic and distinctive, and they would open our eyes, engage our imagination [...]

CNN on Healthcare in India

Two million children die every year in India!

Guardian/Observer has an article published on sources from Save the Children. Very sad, but true. This has to change.

Nearly two million children under five die every year in India – one every 15 seconds – the highest number anywhere in the world. More than half die in the month after birth and 400,000 in their [...]

Aljazeera on Indian Healthcare Crisis

Via “Body Politics”
Interesting.

Future of Health Insurance

An insurance scheme for 300 Million people who dont have access to good quality healthcare, where each family is entitled to more than 700 in-patient procedures with a cost of up to 30,000 rupees per annum for a nominal registration fee of 30 rupees.
The scheme provides the participating BPL household with choice between public [...]