Hospitals
- Delhi, Global development, Global health, Hospitals, India, Narendra Modi, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Free medical cover has revolutionised healthcare in India. So why is it ailing?
Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme put hospital treatment within reach of tens of millions of Indians for the first…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Global health, Hospitals, India, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, Telecoms, World news
‘You feel omnipresent’: bringing city care to India’s country hospitals
With no intensive care available in remote areas, many patients died on their way to city hospitals. Now rural…
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Australian passenger on horror Singapore flight says airline has left him ‘in limbo’ – video
Keith Davis, a passenger on the deadly Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 which was hit by severe turbulence, say…
- Global development, Global health, Hospitals, Humanitarian response, India, Natural disasters, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India unveils ‘flatpack’ field hospital with mini x-ray for use in disaster zones
The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour…
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Family of Sikh activist calls for inquest into Midlands hospital death
Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British ColumbiaThe fa…
- Food poverty, Global development, Hospitals, India, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Caste out: how Kerala’s food parcel scheme tackles poverty and prejudice
In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create a…
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Fire breaks out in Beijing hospital wing housing critically ill people – video
People trapped in a Beijing hospital apparently tied bedsheets together and escaped by climbing out of windows…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Hospitals, India, Infectious diseases, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘£3k just to hold the bed’: Exorbitant Covid care costs push Indians into poverty
A struggling healthcare system and inflated prices mean hospital treatment can result in a lifetime of debt fo…
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‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTribu…
- Global development, Global health, Health, Hospitals, India, Kashmir, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Blood brother: the Kashmiri man who is India’s biggest donor
The ‘blood man’ of conflict-racked Kashmir has donated 174 pints of blood since 1980 but feels ‘crushed’ by hi…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Health, Hospitals, India, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Medics’ anger as Delhi orders most beds in private hospitals be reserved for Covid cases
Doctors say ‘absurd’ move, made as second wave surges, is unfair on non-Covid patients Coronavirus – latest up…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Doctors, Health, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan Covid-19 doctors witness black market deals in blood plasma
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest u…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Global health, Hospitals, Hotels, India, Infectious diseases, Medical research, South and Central Asia, World news
Delhi to transform 25 luxury hotels into Covid-19 care centres
Fearful hotel workers asked to take on role of hospital support staff as cases in Delhi riseCoronavirus – late…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Hospitals, India, Infectious diseases, Mumbai, South and Central Asia, World news
Patients share beds as coronavirus cases overwhelm Mumbai’s hospitals
As India’s pandemic continues, in some areas the healthcare system is close to collapseCoronavirus – latest up…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Health, Hospitals, Imran Khan, Infectious diseases, Pakistan, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan doctors beaten by police as they despair of ‘untreatable’ pandemic
Lack of equipment, dysfunctional government and conflicting messages are impeding country’s efforts against vi…