2017 in review: These three stories from the year show India’s apathy towards public healthcare

Scroll Staff

· Dec 31, 2017 · 02:30 pm

To fix India’s flailing public health system, health sub-centres need to be improved first

Kanika Sharma

· Dec 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Odisha: 46 people fall ill after chlorine leak in government-run hospital in Cuttack

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2017 · 11:00 pm

Odisha: 46 people fall ill after chlorine leak in government-run hospital in Cuttack

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· Nov 29, 2017 · 11:00 pm

North India has been in a state of air pollution emergency for years, says transport researcher

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 17, 2017 · 10:30 am

Rajasthan is trying to fix staff shortages at health facilities – but that’s creating other problems

Menaka Rao

· Nov 07, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India has imported millions of tonnes of GM food products in violation of food safety laws

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Oct 23, 2017 · 09:00 am

Looming crisis: How Bangladesh is desperately working to prevent disease outbreak in Rohingya camps

Tarek Mahmud

· Oct 22, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Privatising district hospitals: Health ministry, states, experts had little say in Niti Aayog plan

Menaka Rao

· Sep 06, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Readers’ comments: Will Gorakhpur deaths make authorities wake up and fix the public health sector?

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· Aug 23, 2017 · 10:30 pm

A new Indian Medical Service needs doctors as administrators of public health

T Sundararaman

· Jul 26, 2017 · 02:30 pm

16 people died in three weeks in a remote Andhra village – and the government still doesn’t know why

Menaka Rao

· Jul 24, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Niti Aayog and health ministry prepare model contract for privatising urban health care

Nitin Sethi Menaka Rao

· Jul 19, 2017 · 09:00 am

Fixing what isn’t broken: Why is Udupi’s well-run district hospital getting new private management?

Menaka Rao

· Jun 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Tamil Nadu makes vaccinations mandatory for school students, but parents still have safety concerns

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 12, 2017 · 02:30 pm

In Karnataka, revamp of medical regulations in the name of citizens is only hurting their interests

Vijayakumar Seethappa Akhila Vasan Vinay Sreenivasa E Premdas Pinto

· Jun 03, 2017 · 02:30 pm

WHO spends more on travel for its executives than many of its public health programmes: AP

Scroll Staff

· May 24, 2017 · 12:55 pm

In Assam, text messages are saving the lives of new mothers

Sarita Santoshini, IndiaSpend

· Apr 25, 2017 · 02:30 pm

In numbers: Maharashtra’s under-funded health services keep its junior doctors in the line of fire

Abhay Shukla

· Apr 01, 2017 · 02:30 pm

A new bill on public health emergencies allows for dubious restrictions of citizens’ liberties

Menaka Rao

· Mar 31, 2017 · 02:30 pm