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The culture change would need to permeate to every corner of the health system, beginning with the training of healthcare providers and ensuring high-quality primary care for every citizen (Representational image/Wikimedia Commons)

India has made great strides in healthcare, challenge now is to improve service quality

January 27, 2026 6:52 pm

Lancet Commission on India suggests reforms ranging from training of healthcare providers to financing and governance of health system

Year after RG Kar tragedy, healthcare reforms continue to languish in India

August 12, 2025 4:05 pm

A National Task Force promised safety for doctors -- but delivered piecemeal solutions that do not address systemic failures or gender-based violence

This doctors’ day, a look at what Indian healthcare needs

July 02, 2025 6:57 am

Doctors require the space to innovate and freedom to grow

People visit the newly inaugurated Ayushman Arogya Mandir for health checkups and infant inoculation at the Tis Hazari, which was inaugurated by the Delhi CM Rekha Gupta earlier on Monday in New Delhi.

‘Mohalla clinics promoted corruption, not public health’: Delhi CM at launch of 33 Arogya Mandirs; AAP hits back

June 18, 2025 12:23 pm

The AAMs will provide comprehensive healthcare under 12 service packages, including vaccinations for pregnant women, antenatal and postnatal care, mental health services and elderly care

In Karnataka, addressing the elephant in the healthcare room

February 06, 2025 8:54 pm

Lonely, excruciating deaths in ICUs, stretched out over weeks, have been normalised in India. The Supreme Court offered a way forward with its 2023 judgment on the right to die with dignity.

Tier 1 cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chennai have recorded 22,000 job postings

60% of healthcare job postings aimed at women in the last three months

November 20, 2024 9:04 am

The report states that this increase in demand for female healthcare professionals is largely driven by expanded government spending on public healthcare.