The Bengal government has constituted a special committee for each district to keep vigil on private healthcare establishments in rural pockets regarding wrongful turning away of patients under the Sw...
A 150-bed joint and brain care hospital has been launched in Sodepur, on the northern fringes of Kolkata, on Saturday for patients with orthopedic, neurological, gastroenterological and nephrological ...
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said in no uncertain terms that her government would act tough against private healthcare establishments who refuse to accept Swasthya Sathi cards of the healthcare scheme...
Modi: The ongoing war (in Ukraine) has disrupted global supply chains…. In this backdrop, it has become “aniwarya (inevitable)” for the Centre and the states to work together in the...
The private hospitals have alleged that many of the rates offered under the scheme are unviable. Association of Hospitals of Eastern India, the body of private hospitals, has formally written to the s...
The West Bengal government has engaged global consultancy firm EY to review its Swasthya Sathi scheme, an official said on Wednesday.
Swasthya Sathi, a medical insurance scheme launched by the govern...
Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged Darjeeling-based parties to work together for the development of the hills and keep aside political differences for at least 10 years.
While addressing a govern...
One big private hospital group has got a new investor, while a healthcare chain in the city is set to get a new owner.
Temasek, a Singapore-based investment firm, has invested around Rs 600 crore in ...
The third edition of the Duare Sarkar camps that started on February 15 is witnessing much lower footfall compared with the earlier editions, a development that has led the top brass of the state admi...
The West Bengal government is yet to formulate any definite regulation for private hospitals which are prescribing chemotherapy drugs to patients who were admitted at their establishments under the st...