Age group of 25-35 taking highest insurance claims: Policybazaar Report

The company said that the corporates are increasingly customising age-specific health benefits, such as higher maternity coverage for female employees and wellness benefits for their workforce.

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WHO includes traditional medicine in its health framework, ensures official documentation

The Ayush Ministry said this update follows the successful year-long testing and deliberations after the launch of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 TM-2 in January last year for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine for country implementation testing.

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Two more GBS deaths in Maharashtra, India toll at 21

Maharashtra health department on Monday listed the death of a 34-year-old resident of Wagholi in Pune at Sassoon General Hospital on Saturday evening as a GBS fatality. With this, nine people have died in Pune since the outbreak of the rare neurological disease in the city on Jan 5.

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Five bn globally lack access to medical oxygen, poor nations most affected: Lancet report

The report by the Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security is the world's first estimate of how unequally medical oxygen is distributed, gaps in coverage of patients in need, along with costs required to bridge these gaps.

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2 Guillain-Barré Syndrome patients die in Kolhapur, Pune reports zero new cases for first time in over a month

Kolhapur health authorities said they will now investigate the Shahu Mill neighbourhood to determine what caused GBS in the 65-year-old resident. "We will be testing water samples too. More details will also be sought from CPR hospital. But most of the GBS patients admitted in the city are from rural areas," said Prakash Pavara, Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's chief health officer.

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AP reports first death due to GBS; 16 cases in hospitals across the state

Another four patients are undergoing treatment for GBS in GGH, Guntur, while another 12 patients diagnosed with GBS admitted to different hospitals in the state. Health minister Satya Kumar said that they have kept sufficient stocks of immunoglobulin for providing best treatment to the GBS patients.

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Karnataka on alert for Guillain-Barré syndrome after rise in diarrhoeal cases

Amid possible outbreak of GBS in Karnataka, health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao acknowledged a few cases as well. "But these were not fulminant and there is no evidence of an outbreak till date," Rao said, while adding that there's no cause for concern as the health department is fully geared to tackle any emergency.

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