4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (476+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST But most State governments chose to pay them an honorarium instead of a salary and identified them as volunteers instead of workers. This means that in all these decades, the labour of these women has not been…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (737+ words) Published: Dec 06, 2025 16: 56 IST - 13 MINS READ "Earlier, this clinic served as the answer to all our problems. Now we would rather travel 2 kilometres to a private clinic and spend our own money than seek treatment here," said Manisha Kumari, a resident…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (669+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST Work occupies a significant portion of human life, yet its profound impact on health and well-being remains poorly understood in India. According to the ILO, more than two million workers die each year globally from work-related accidents…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (176+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST - 11 MINS READ Today, the Indian healthcare sector presents a picture of major technical advances. Metro cities boast "5 G-enabled" hospitals that rival the technological sophistication of the best hospitals in the world. We are told about AI reading…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (695+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST - 13 MINS READ A few years later, when the 77-year-old Mali was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, with similar complaints, the doctors were aghast that four stents had been used previously…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1257+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST - 13 MINS READ I encountered this first hand a year ago when I rushed someone I care for to a hospital in Bengaluru. The insurance company, HDFC Ergo in this case, rejected the claim on the ground of…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (871+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST On June 26, 2025, a surprise inspection of an old age home in Noida, Delhi's satellite township in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, uncovered a shocking tale of utter neglect of the elderly. The police raided the facility with members of…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (735+ words) Published: Apr 15, 2026 08: 00 IST - 12 MINS READ Doctors who do not prescribe a certain number of tests are less likely to rise in the system. While medical personnel receive fixed salaries, their pay package includes a component similar to what is called…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (644+ words) Published: Apr 11, 2026 17: 03 IST - 11 MINS READ Correlating this gender inequality with health infrastructure, public health amenities, and social development, the study came to the expected conclusion that socio-economic factors such as poverty, lack of education, and access to public health amenities…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (449+ words) Published: Apr 01, 2026 17: 57 IST - 9 MINS READ He also indicts the wider ecosystem: doctors who prescribed flawed drugs knowingly, the regulatory body, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which often looked away and scientists who covered up inconvenient results. Harris estimates that…...