Interviews

  Our healthcare system is at present going through a phase where shortages of doctors and specialist doctors are exceedingly interfering with delivery of healthcare. The GP (General Practitioner) Doctor to specialist ratio is dismal. The crisis gets further compounded by lack of standardization in under graduates (UG) and post graduates (PG) training of doctors. […]

Dr Girdhar Gyani, is widely recognised as founder of healthcare quality in India. During his tenure as Secretary General, Quality Council of India (2003-2012), Dr Gyani played pivotal role in formulation and operating of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), for the first time in the country.  He was Principal Coordinator in […]

Like the lotus, emblem of creation in many mythologies, Dr S Padmavati the first female cardiologists of the country has been the force behind many developments in the field of cardiology in India, discovers M Neelam Kachhap War changes your life. The frail figure seated at the modest office in Delhi tells me between bouts […]

The University of Chicago Center in Delhi invited Dr Satyanarayan Hegde a pediatric pulmonologist for an interactive session on building bridges from ‘Bench to Bedside and Bedside to Bench in Healthcare Delivery’. He spoke to M Neelam Kachhap during his India visit and later about innovations that will solve healthcare problems of the future. An […]

Dr. K. Sarat Chandra, Consultant Cardiologist, Indo US Superspeciality Hospital, President – CSI speaks to IndiaMedToday about the status of Heart Failure management in India What are the significant advances in the management of heart failure? Like other areas of cardiology, heart failure also has seen great strides in management. We have a number of evidence […]

What is the market for the digital healthcare platform in India? Digital healthcare platforms which combine the benefits of electronic health records, mHealth, Telemedicine, video consultations, telecare and the like have already seen good appreciation in the last few years. The telemedicine sector which was worth 100 million USD in 2011 has seen four times […]

William Morris Leonard (Leon) Neethling is a well-known personality in cardio-vascular tissue engineering. Prof. Neethling’s experience is spread over 5 decades beginning in 1981 from University of Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa where he started his career in adult cardiac surgery and later obtained his PhD in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1984.  He was the […]

Do you remember Nokia’s tagline ‘connecting people’? Nokia is back with a bang and is poised to connect people on many levels. The technology company is now focusing on networks, 5G, the Internet of Things, telecommunications, and other business-to-business (B2B) solutions. Surprisingly! connected healthcare ranks high on Nokia’s priority. Nokia’s foray into digital health began […]

Critical Care Unified is an organization that provides comprehensive services in Home Healthcare, with primary focus on Critical Care. Rajiv Mathur founded the company in December, 2016 in New Delhi. Prior to Critical Care Unified, Rajiv has held various leadership positions in prominent organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, ICIM, DCM group and HCL. Rajiv’s vision of […]

Sayre Therapeutics specializes in innovative treatments and medical devices commercialization in South Asia. Vandana Subramanian, Chief Business Officer & Co-founder, Sayre Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd says Sayre accelerates product access to patients in South Asia by partnering with global companies having limited or no commercial footprint in South Asia. Kindly comment on the rising cost of […]