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• 15 per cent salary hike granted to NHM contractual employees

  In its order, the state government agreed to a salary increase of 15 per cent for the total number of eligible beneficiaries working on a sub-contract basis, with 17,055 in number. With a 15 per cent hike, the total grant of Rs 5,796.21 lakh has been agreed to be issued. According to the guidelines, for NHM contractual medical officers with more than five years of service, a one-time increase of 15 per cent remuneration is agreed upon.

  

• 8 dead, over 4,000 infected: Mamata expresses concern over dengue cases in West Bengal

  Banerjee said most of the cases were being reported from North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts. Meanwhile, the BJP asked Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay to provide time for discussing the dengue issue in the House, and when it was rejected, they staged a walkout

  

• Shashi Tharoor demands law to check incidents of violence against healthcare professionals

  Tharoor said 75 per cent of all doctors have faced physical abuse of some kind and that the existing laws to deal with such incidents were weak. He noted that the government had introduced a bill in Parliament in 2019 to put a check on violence against health professionals, but was withdrawn later.

  

• Can explain with figures why Odisha's health programme is better than Ayushman scheme: BJD

  ​​The Centre had on multiple occasions urged the Odisha government to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme, but the state has so far resisted the move, contending that the homegrown programme was way more beneficial.

  

• Not 223, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 'Aapli Chikitsa' plan to cost Rs 86 per patient

  The BMC, however, had estimated around Rs 220 per patient as price for path lab's services. With testing rates now dropping to just Rs 86 for basic tests and Rs 344 for advance tests, the BJP has demanded that the BMC should now charge only Rs 10 per person for all tests.

  

• Country fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation: Scindia

  Briefing reporters here about the healthcare initiatives taken by the BJP-led central government since 2014, Scindia also expressed confidence that the country will achieve universal healthcare coverage. According to the minister, medicines have become more affordable and the out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines has come down.

  

• Centre ready with new Biodiversity Bill

  ET gathers that the environment ministry will bring in a clear definition of "codified traditional knowledge", linking it to the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, lay out the regime for 'certificate of origin' through the Biodiversity Management Committee, and pave way for foreign collaboration and investment in biodiversity research through the amended Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

  

• Infections & target pressure led to deaths: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan

  The governor on Sunday visited Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) to interact with the women receiving post-surgery care. “This should not have happened. It is unacceptable, target pressure could also be one of the reasons,” she explained.

  

• Delete 'illegitimate child' from adoption law, says Parl panel

  A parliamentary panel is learned to have recommended omitting the reference to "illegitimate child" from the adoption law, saying that no child is illegitimate whether born within or out of wedlock. The panel has also underlined the need to enact a single comprehensive law covering guardianship aspects of various categories of persons and applicable to all, irrespective of religion, sources said.

  

• 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres to be opened by December: Health Minister

  The minister said under this scheme, the government is converting all primary health centres into Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres. The central government is assisting states in this project.

  

• Rajya Sabha discusses private bill on 'Health For All'

  The Right to Health Bill, 2021, moved for consideration and passage by RJD member Manoj Kumar Jha, witnessed a spirited debate. The bill sought to make health a fundamental right for all citizens and to ensure equitable access and maintenance of a standard of physical and mental health conducive for a life in dignity.