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Organised by Keli Arts and Cultural Centre and Star Health Medical Centre, a Riyadh health camp provided free medical screenings for nearly three hundred expatriate workers to encourage regular health monitoring.
Kerala’s medical corporation slashed procurement costs for essential drugs like insulin and Risdiplam by bypassing intermediaries and negotiating directly with manufacturers, successfully securing massive public savings and ensuring uninterrupted hospital supplies.
The report provides a picture of how health has changed across countries and regions between 2000 and 2023, including trends in life expectancy, causes of death and disease burden
A four-year-old girl suffered severe skin reactions after expired medication was dispensed at Attingal Government Homeopathic Hospital. Hospital authorities admitted the lapse, and an investigation is underway.
A study found private hospitals significantly inflate prices on medicines and supplies, with markups of several hundred percent over actual costs.
Kerala is the third largest user of cardiac stents in the UK, implanting around 10,000 monthly, with drug-eluting stents being most common.
Diets heavily reliant on polished white rice and refined foods are high in calories but severely lacking in dietary fibre.
Kerala will legislate to regulate private hospital costs, ensuring transparent billing and itemised charges. A committee will consult stakeholders to draft the bill, aiming for affordable, quality healthcare.
The berries produced by these shrubs are packed with health-promoting antioxidants.
Health Minister Muraleedharan refuted claims of privatising public healthcare, blaming the previous LDF government for debt, low medicine stock, and mismanagement. He stated the current government is improving facilities and ensuring medicine availability.
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