FM SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE - digital edition

Aggarwal, Cardiologist.
The Union Health Minister
also conferred Life Time
Achievement Awards to
practicing nanogenerians,
including Dr. J.S. Guleria, Dr
G.P. Seth, Dr. M.G. Abbott and
Dr. M.L. Dang.
DocOnline
expands base
to Karnataka
Hyderabad-based
DocOnline expanded
its base into Karnataka
by starting operations in
Bangalore.
The telemedicine startup
will offer online doctor
consultations in Kannada
language, besides English,
Hindi, Telugu and Tamil,
according to a company
statement.
The online
healthcare platform
offers unlimited
doctor consultations
for the entire
subscribed
period, and has
a customer base of about
200,000. DocOnline also
offers tailor-made solutions
to corporates and B2C
customers of Karnataka.
DocOnline delivers
consultation on nonemergency/preventive
healthcare through a digital
technology platform, enabling
interaction to users anywhere
and at any time with certified
and experienced general
physicians via telephone,
video and chat facilities.
Health ministry -
IGNOU tie-up on
manpower
The Union Health
Ministry has signed
a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with
Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) to scale
up short-term healthcare
courses through its available
platform.
The ministry, together
with IGNOU, will create a pool
of trained personnel in the
healthcare sector and set up a
dedicated cell for developing,
implementing and certifying
the skill-based programmes of
the open varsity.
As per the MoU, the
health ministry will provide
financial assistance to IGNOU
for establishing the structure
and initiating the programmes.
The courses will be started in
a phased manner across the
country.
Initially, four courses
will be launched across the
country; namely, Home Health
Aide, Geriatric Care Assistant,
Phlebotomist and General
Duty Assistant. This will be
followed by the remaining
six skill-based curriculum
as standardised by the
Health Ministry - Diabetes
Educator, Dietetic Aide, EMT-
Basic, Dispensing Optician/
VT and Medical Equipment
Technology Assistant.
The health ministry has
identified IGNOU to scale up
the skill-based courses in
healthcare sector and train
14 lakh people by 2025. The
signing of the MoU is under
the existing framework of
‘Skills for Life, Save a Life’
initiative, under which ten
short-term course curricula
were formally released by
the Ministry in June 2017
in association with Ministry
of Skill Development and
Future Medicine to be a game changer in medical news: Reddy
Dr. Pratap C Reddy launches Future Medicine in New Delhi
Future Medicine, the first-of-its-kind
medical science and news magazine
aimed at clinicians and healthcare
fraternity in India, was launched at the
hands of Dr Pratap C Reddy, founder and
chairman, Apollo Hospitals, at an august
event in New Delhi on July 28.
The magazine, conceived and crafted
by a team of senior journalists, scientific
writers and and doctors, aims to be
an indispensable tool for healthcare
practitioners who wish to keep themselves
abreast of the latest developments in
medical science and research from across
the world.
“Future Medicine is a uniquely
positioned medical science and technology
news magazine for Indian doctors that not
only enriches knowledge about emerging
scientific trends from across the world,
but also provides a great platform for
doctors, researchers and medical students
to discuss and debate the hottest topics of
the day in medical science,” said Dr Reddy.
The magazine will help in driving
greater awareness and provide access to
the very latest information, , something
that is critically missing in our country.
“I am sure this will be a game changer,”
Reddy added.
While unveiling the magazine in
Kochi on 14 of August, Dr Azad Moopen,
Chairman of Aster DM Healthcare Group
and Aster MediCity, Kerala said, “There’s
clearly a space existing for such a media
platform and it will be very helpful in the
Indian medical scenario.”
Future Medicine is owned and
published by NextGen Science Media, a
healthcare-focused startup media venture
that recently raised its first round of
funding from Singapore-based Emerge
Ventures, Kerala-based DC Books and
individual investors. The magazine has
been launched in print and online
formats and will soon be available in
a specially designed mobile app for
the quick reference of doctors on the
consultation table.
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