Public Healthcare
-
In India’s backward states, health outcomes remain poor despite higher government spending
While the 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes, the increase is inadequate considering low health spending per capita.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
-
In rural Himachal Pradesh, some women have to walk for kilometres in snow to get maternal healthcare
India accounted for 12% of the world’s total maternal deaths in 2017, second only to Nigeria.
Kumar Divyanshu, IndiaSpend.com
-
Interview: ‘No nation has achieved equitable healthcare without spending on public health’
President of the Public Health Foundation of India K Srinath Reddy and president of the Centre for Policy Research Yamini Aiyar discuss the health budget.
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
-
CWG 2022: Here’s the full list of 61 medals won by India at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
-
Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail
-
Live
Nitish Kumar quits NDA alliance, marches to Raj Bhawan with Tejashwi Yadav
Live -
Kapil Sibal’s remarks that he has ‘no hope left in SC’ are contemptuous, says Bar Association
-
Podcast: What explains rising global authoritarianism? The history of constitutions has some answers
-
On key health indicators, West Bengal outperforms many states that offer PM’s insurance scheme
Data shows the reality is more complicated than the Centre’s claims on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com & Nileena Suresh, IndiaSpend.com
-
K Sujatha Rao interview: India must learn from Covid-19, boost public healthcare and surveillance
‘We wasted two months in March and April because we did not have coronavirus testing kits and laboratories’, says former Union health secretary.
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
-
Gujarat: At least 522 infants died between October and December in two civil hospitals
Between the months of October and December, a total of 269 children died in the hospital in Rajkot while 253 infants died in the Ahmedabad facility.
Scroll Staff
Video
-
Watch: Bus loses control in busy Chinese street, police officer gets in while it’s moving to stop it
-
Watch: Pharma students celebrate a birthday with party in Lucknow civil hospital, enquiry ordered
-
Watch: Young men caught on camera firing shots in the air in Madhya Pradesh
-
Watch this Muharram procession in boats on Kashmir’s Dal Lake
-
Caught on camera: Landslide hits National Highway 5 in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
-
Gujarat: CM Rupani ignores query about deaths of over 200 infants in Rajkot hospital since October
News reports claimed that as many as 1,235 infants died in the Rajkot civil hospital last year – the highest, 134, in December alone.
Scroll Staff
-
Bihar AES deaths: Nitish Kumar says ‘expressing grief not enough, matter is very serious’
The chief minister told the state Assembly that experts and doctors had been unable to reach a consensus on the possible reason for the disease.
Scroll Staff
-
Bihar: One more child dies due to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur, toll goes up to 154
The state health department’s data showed that 23 out of 40 districts were affected due to the outbreak.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
-
‘Delhi Crime’ season 2 trailer: Vartika Chaturvedi and her team are back on the crime trail
-
‘Thiruchitrambalam’ trailer: Dhanush plays a food delivery worker in Mithran Jawahar’s film
-
Start the week with a film: ‘Confidentially Yours’ is a delightful goodbye to cinema
-
‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
-
‘Victim – Who is Next?’ review: The films by Pa Ranjith and Chimbudevan stand out
-
Growing fear about vaccination (including in India) is bringing back eradicated diseases
India commissioned a study on vaccine hesitancy after diseases long prevented by vaccines, such as diphtheria, resurfaced in parts of the country.
Madhurima Shukla
-
Cabinet approves proposal for three new AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat
In Jammu and Kashmir, the facilities will be set up in Samba and Pulwama, while in Gujarat, the centres will be set up in Rajkot.
Scroll Staff
-
Chhattisgarh: Woman whose infant fell into hospital dustbin and died gets compensation of Rs 1 lakh
The National Human Rights Commission had ordered the state government to give her the compensation. The incident took place in March 2016.
Scroll Staff
The Field
-
Birmingham diaries: From cricket to hockey and the little things in between, my week at CWG 2022
-
Watch: Roger Federer fulfils promise and plays a match with young fan
-
Chess Olympiad: Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev & Bhakti Kulkarni give India A women’s team sole lead
-
Canadian Open: Serena Williams makes a winning return to hard courts
-
Watch: CWG 2022 – Sharath and Sathiyan bag gold and bronze in the men’s singles table tennis event