Blackstone-owned Health Platform Quality Care to buy KIMS Kerala

Quality Care India Limited (QCIL), a hospital platform owned by Blackstone, has agreed to acquire KIMS Health Management (KHML), Kerala's leading hospital chain, for ₹3,500 crore ($400 million). With this acquisition, QCIL will become the fourth largest hospital group in India, owning close to 3,800 beds.

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Kerala Health Minister denies allegations of corruption in drug procurement

The minister was responding to the allegations by the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly V D Satheesan, who on Tuesday had cited a CAG report and charged that certain medicines were procured without examining their quality and 26 hospitals were given medicines which were past their expiry date.

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UK online pharmacy Rightangled still selling diabetes drug Ozempic despite govt order

In July, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Britain's National Health Service declared a national shortage of Ozempic and all other drugs in a class called "GLP-1 receptor agonists" due to the soaring demand for approved and off-label use.

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WHO, dist health depts differ on filariasis drive coverage

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over a specific lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination push in Thane and Nagpur, two districts of Maharashtra, after noting lower coverage rates than the field teams had first claimed.

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Zoonotic diseases area of concern: Union health secretary

The limited knowledge and skill to identify zoonotic diseases, coupled with the limited diagnostic facilities at all levels has resulted in the neglect of the infectious diseases due to zoonotic pathogens.

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Italy to charge foreigners 2,000 euros a year for health service

The charge, part of the 2024 budget adopted by the cabinet, will apply only to citizens from outside the European Union, the economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry said there would be an unspecified discount for those with legal residency papers, as well as for foreign students and au pairs.

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India can address neonatal mortality burden via technology and infrastructure

India bears a substantial burden of preterm births, accounting for approximately one-third of all neonatal deaths in the country. EThealthworld engaged with some health experts on how the disparity in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) availability in tier II-III cities and remote areas can be addressed and some of the challenges that must be overcome to realise India's Child Health Mission goal of reducing neonatal deaths to less than 10 per 1000 live babies by 2030.

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