President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Mediclaim: Cashless row to be resolved in 10 days

Private hospitals will resolve their dispute with state-owned insurance firms and restore cashless treatment under Mediclaim policies within 10 days, Naresh Trehan, heart surgeon and member of a......

Are private hospitals ripping off customers?

While developing a methodology to work out pricing structures for various procedures is critical to avoid price gouging by some hospitals, insurance firms need to look at solutions like co-payment......

Insurance schemes are not in the pink of health

How do you provide health care to handloom weavers, who occupy among the poorest segments in the unorganised sector? There are 6.5 million of them scattered across the country and are not always......