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• Institutional deliveries in public facilities have increased from 18 to 52 pc: Patel

  Patel was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on 'Women's Health Challenges, Access and Prevention' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

  

• Cancer more than doubled in India over last 26 yrs, breast cancer most common: Report

  The Breast Cancer Landscape in India, a white paper by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which aims to provide insights regarding status and challenges in breast cancer care will be released Thursday by Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel.

  

• Madurai will turn into medical hub: Health secretary

  Radhakrishnan said that while many facilities like super-speciality hospital at Rs 135 crore and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – funded modern operation theatre complex at Rs 375 crore are coming up in Madurai, AIIMS would be like icing on the cake.

  

• Draft Medical Devices Rules seeks to improve quality, spur local production

  The draft would serve as an interim regulation for medical devices in the country even as the government continues its efforts to bring a separate legislation for the sector.

  

• Pharma sector hiring likely to see 20% growth in 2016: Report

  Pharmaceutical and healthcare sector is likely to witness an over 20 per cent growth in hiring this year and expected to generate around 1,34,000 jobs this year.

  

• Kerala to become India's healthcare hub in five years

  With greater number of hospitals getting accredited and receiving recognition, and greater awareness on the need to develop their quality to meet international standards, Kerala is preparing itself on a five year mission to become India’s healthcare hub, said Dr Harish Pillai, CEO of Aster Medcity.

  

• 25% of Indians may die of lifestyle diseases before they are 70: Study

  With increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases in India, one out of four Indians is at risk of dying from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cardio-vascular ailments or cancer before the age of 70, according to estimates of various global and domestic organizations.

  

• Kerala to host international conference on health tourism

  The two-day event, beginning on October 30, is envisaged to create awareness and getting the stakeholders together to promote Kerala as the hub for medical tourism.

  

• Chandigarh CCI launches health education programme in association with Dr Reddy's Foundation

  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chandigarh Council in association with Dr Reddy’s Foundation for Health Education (DRFHE) has launched Awareness for Life.

  

• Canada to introduce cheaper drugs in India

  India will be the first country where Canada will soon conduct clinical trials for 800 antibodies to produce cost-effective drugs that can effectively treat various forms of cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmunity.

  

• Drug companies see no business value in raw material production

  Several drug makers and trade body representatives want the government to focus on attaining self-sufficiency in producing key raw materials which go into making just about 15 essential medicines.