Diagnostic centers/Pathological labs/Sample collection centers: An Unchecked Scenario
The evaluation of the status of healthcare sector would be incomplete without analyzing the working and status of pathological labs and sample collection center. Ample of these centers are coming into existence as the business is profoundly aggressive and cost driven. One of the leading newspaper has now exposed certain details of these centers in […]
Non Adoption of Clinical Establishment Act by States – Finding bliss in ignorance
Till now, Only 11 states ( Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Assam and Haryana) and all Union territories except Delhi have adopted the Clinical Establishments Act, notwithstanding continuous persuasion by the central Health Ministry to the States to adopt it. As per Article 252 of the Indian Constitution, the Act has to be adopted […]
National Clean Air programme launched
As per the report of Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR), Air pollution has caused one in eight deaths in India last year, besides lowering the average life expectancy by 1.7 years. As per WHO report, Air pollution in India has led to over 1 lakh child deaths in 2016. Considering the menace, Government of […]
Updated categorization of Green and White categories of industries by UPPCB
Directions was issued by CPCB to all States and Union territories under Sec 18 (1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to publish the expanded list of Green and White categories of industries incorporating new or leftover industrial sectors which are being […]
