Healthcare

India’s Neuberg Diagnostics launches its first Laboratory in US Neuberg Diagnostics, a global laboratory testing group, announced the start of its clinical laboratory operations in North Carolina in the USA. The laboratory, known as NCGM, Inc. (Neuberg Centre for Genomic Medicine), will focus on genomic and molecular testing based on new generation sequencing techniques. It also runs an extensive network of labs in India, South Africa, and the UAE as...

Maharashtra starts electrical inspection of Covid hospitals In the wake of recent fire incidents in hospitals, Maharashtra’s energy department has started safety inspections and audit of electrical installations in government as well as in private Covid hospitals, an official statement said. It adds, “The major area of the inspection and safety audit would be ICUs, AC system and lifts.” Taking cognisance of recent fire incidents in hospitals, the state energy minister...

India to setup 16 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients manufacturing plants The Indian government on April 13 approved Rs 350 crore to set up 16 manufacturing plants for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in the country under the production-linked incentive scheme. According to the Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry, the government will invest the funds in the setting of these plants which will make the country self-reliant with respect to these bulk drugs. The commercial...

Siemens Healthcare India names Vivek Kanade as MD Siemens Healthcare Private Limited (SHPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Siemens Healthineers AG, named Vivek Kanade as the Managing Director effective 1st April. Vivek will continue to lead the business for Siemens Healthineers India including, manufacturing, sales and distribution, strategy for “Zone India”, comprising of neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. During his association with Siemens for over 27 years, he has...

Danfoss introduces Climate Solutions segment; announces merger of its heating & cooling verticals Danfoss has introduced Climate Solutions segment while announcing merger of its heating and cooling verticals. The new segment called Danfoss Climate Solutions will focus on developing integrated energy efficient solutions to engineer a better and sustainable future. “The merger is backed by the company’s strong growth in 2020, despite Covid-19 challenges, with a bullish approach and high investment...

Firstsource partners with IntelliH to deliver turnkey telehealth solutions RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company Firstsource Solutions, a provider of Business Process Management (BPM) services today announced that IntelliH, a multi-disease, patient engagement and remote monitoring company, as its technology partner to deliver turnkey remote patient monitoring solutions to health plans and provider organizations in the U.S. The combined offering will focus initially on areas of critical need, including proactively managing Congestive Heart...

Philips, openDoctor team up for radiology scheduling Philips announced a partnership with US-based openDoctor to deliver an integrated radiology patient engagement platform that leverages openDoctor’s real-time online appointment scheduling services as part of Philips’ newly launched Patient Management Solution. With the combined offering, Philips Patient Management Solution and openDoctor enable a transformation in patient radiology scheduling, contactless registration and automated communications and education, all from the convenience of any connected mobile...

Indigital launches Kribado, a hand-held screening machine for healthcare Indigital Technologies has announced the launch of Kribado, a hand-held screening device that will assist healthcare practitioners in treating patients by implementing a pre-admission level. Kribado is a non-invasive screening device that right-away analyses the patient condition and provides a risk score while the patient is in the waiting room. Clinics as well as hospitals are using this screening machine to...

ISK-SODEX 2021 to be held in Istanbul on 29 Sep - 2 Oct ISK-SODEX 2021, the international exhibition on HVAC&R, insulation, pump, valve, fitting, water treatment, fire prevention, pool and solar energy systems, will be held on 29 Sept to 02 Oct at Tuyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey.  Since ISK-SODEX 2021 will be the first international meeting of the Eurasia Region after a long time, the whole sector...

Blue Star expands its Commercial Refrigeration footprint Air conditioning and commercial refrigeration major, Blue Star Limited, today announces the launch of a new range of commercial refrigeration products and solutions which are ideal for storing vaccines. These comprise specifically designed, temperature controlled refrigerators and transporters, which are integral for building a robust ecosystem for vaccine distribution in India. The company has launched Ice Lined Refrigerators (+2°C to +8°C) which is ideal...

Philips completes acquisition of BioTelemetry Royal Philips announced that it has completed the acquisition of BioTelemetry, Inc., an U.S.-based provider of remote cardiac diagnostics and monitoring. BioTelemetry’s financial results will be consolidated as part of Philips’ Connected Care business segment as of February 9. The acquisition of BioTelemetry is a strong fit with Philips’ cardiac care portfolio, and its strategy to transform the delivery of care along the health continuum with...

Top predictions for healthcare in 2021 I Satyaki Banerjee, Trivitron Healthcare talks to mojo4industry Healthcare sector experienced a “sea change” in 2020 worldwide. Satyaki Banerjee, CEO - Medical Imaging, Trivitron Healthcare identified his top predictions and trends that will drive the healthcare industry and the technology that will be most impactful in 2021.

Budget brings a major impetus to health care reform The health care proposals in the 2021 Union budget, aligned with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, have given a major impetus to health care reform in the country. It reflects the emphasis on three major aspects of prevention, healing and well-being involving primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare, which in turn will generate more jobs. Undoubtedly, the 138% increase of health and well-being...

“Focus on healthcare infra is a positive step” The FY22 Budget is in line to support recovery of Indian economy while keeping the overall policy stability and fiscal discipline in perspective. COVID 19 pandemic is an unprecedented time and has brought importance to healthcare in India. The focus on healthcare infrastructure in FY22 Budget is a positive step towards growth with a 137% increase in allocation to the sector at...

“Enhanced healthcare allocation augurs well for India” The Finance Minister has accorded special attention to the Healthcare Sector, increasing the overall outlay to health and wellbeing to nearly Rs.2.25 lakh crore, an increase of over 135% over last year. The enhanced allocation, along with the plan to look at healthcare wholistically – including nutrition, sanitation, clean drinking water and pollution control, certainly augurs well for the country. The allocation of...