Tag: hospitals

It’s Foolish to Choose a Hospital Based on Its Fancy Looks

How do you evaluate a good hospital? Is it the nice building, front elevation, or the grand interiors that make a good hospital? Are these things important? Not at all. The most attractive doctor is not the most competent doctor.…

Government Constitutes SRC to Provide Security to Hospitals

13 May 2011: To review the security system in government teaching hospitals and medical colleges, the government has constituted Security Review Committee, which will formulate the measures to provide all round security. The committee will take advices from the experts…

Govt. Hospitals to Treat More Arogyasri Patients

23 April 2011: Responding to the reports from Planning Commission on Arogyasri scheme, the state govt. has increased the share of patients getting treated at government hospitals, under this scheme, from 22% to 40%. The Planning Commission has reported that…

New Act to Make Minimal Standards Mandatory for Every Health Care Provider

22 April 2011: According to Clinical Establishments Act, every healthcare provider, right from single doctor to tertiary hospitals needs to have minimal standards in infrastructure. The National Accreditation Board for Healthcare Providers (NABH) in association with Union Ministry of Health…

Private Medication to Cost More with Increase in Service Tax

The Union budget for the year 2011-2012 has imposed an extra 5 percent of service tax on all the medical services and diagnostic tests provided by all the hospitals which are air conditioned and have more than 25 beds. This…

A New Blood Bank with Hi-Tech Equipment in City

A new blood bank with capability to isolate different components of blood like platelets, plasma and packed cell, was recently inaugurated in Hyderabad at St.Theresa’s Hospital, Erragadda. This blood bank provides facility like blood cell separator by using hi-tech medical…

EMD in Osmania General Hospital

Medical facilities are growing in Hyderabad during the recent times. As a part of the development, in the first quarter of 2011, Osmania General Hospital has provided the India’s first Emergency Medicine Department which is recognized by the Medical Council…

Seven Area Hospitals to Provide Latest Facilities

Government is said to develop seven area hospitals in the district equal to corporate hospitals. Recently Hyderabad district collector revealed this news. They will provide special wards for children, pregnant women and ENT with latest facilities in these area hospitals…