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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires

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Maharashtra: Is setting up medical institutes under public-private partnership a good route?

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Gujarat: Harvard-UCB study reports 16,000 excess deaths during Covid pandemic!

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One Day in a Ward in Kolkatta battling Covid-19

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The Bengal response to Covid

Bengal's response to Covid was more inclusive and sensitive

UP: 103 Covid warriors dead, only 41 families compensated

The CM apprised the Legislative Assembly that 103 health and sanitation workers have succumbed to the virus

Centre dodgy on oxygen deprivation deaths

After claiming no deaths due to oxygen shortage, Centre says “some” patients died due to insufficient oxygen supply in Andhra Pradesh; 23 people had allegedly died due to lack of adequate oxygen on May 10 at Tirupati’s Ruia Government General Hospital

Covid-19: Are Indians letting their guard down against a possible third wave?

States such as Orissa, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh have upped vigilance, surveillance already

4.7 lakh prisoners, but only over 22,000 fully vaccinated!

The Health Ministry has informed the Lok Sabha that all prisoners above the age of 18 are expected to be inoculated by December 2021

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