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The affected urological endoscopes include cystoscopes, ureteroscopes, cystourethroscopes and ureterorenoscopes, used for viewing and accessing the urinary tract.
This action will now make a second booster dose of these vaccines available to other populations at higher risk for severe disease, hospitalisation and death.
The request includes $3.7 billion in budget authority – including an increase of $356 million, and $3 billion in user fees – an increase of $153 million. It also includes $1.6 billion in mandatory funding to support the FDA’s ability to prepare for future pandemics.
The Indian vaccine jointly developed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and private vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will now be recognised by other countries with this listing.
The DCGI has approved about 443 new test kits in the country. Of these, 288 are imported ones and almost one third of these foreign kits are from China and only the rest belong to all other 30 countries put together.
The meeting, held under the leadership of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, also brainstormed about synergies between the ministries for supporting Integrative Cancer Care Centre at NCI, Jhajjar, and recognizing household as 4th Tier Health Care level as well as integration of Ayush in new and upcoming AIIMS.
The mandatory internship for MBBS students proposed by National Medical Commission (NMC) in AYUSH streams has drawn sharp reactions from allopathic practitioners and students of modern medicine.
The long-pending demand for Indian Medical Services (IMS) along the lines of all India civil services such as IAS and IPS has received a major boost with a parliamentary committee recently recommending the formation of the same.
With the union government moving ahead with its plan to integrate all systems of medicine, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest body of allopathic practitioners in the country, is planning to oppose the move tooth and nail.
Even as National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) envisions a unique personal health ID for every Indian citizen, digitized health records and a national registry of doctors and health facilities, Indian Medical Association (IMA) has expressed strong reservations over National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) published recently.