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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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Kerala gov’t reserves 50% beds in hospitals for Covid patients, caps price for treatment
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Covid-19: UP’s local representatives present only in photos not district offices!
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Bodies, believed to be of Covid patients, found floating in Yamuna
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Drastic surge in Covid-19 cases, Himachal Pradesh HC issues directions
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The court stringently observed that some private hospitals are taking advantage of this crisis and charging exorbitant prices
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