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Micheal Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon Rya In February of this year, Irish Tanaiste, Leo Vardakar resorted to a well established Bolshevik tactic when he labelled a gathering of thousands of Irish people, who were marching through Dublin City in protest of the nation s farcical COVID lockdown policy, as bonkers . Doing so, Varadakar made it clear, in a roundabout way, that anyone who dissents against the government could be assumed mentally unwell, sectioned and placed in a looney farm. He had confirmed that the Stalinist ploy to rid the country of opposition by locking them up in mental asylums had been adopted by the sitting Fianna Fail/Fine Gael/Green Party, World Economic Forum-sponsored cartel. On pointing this out to the hypnotised normies of Europe s only fluoride-mandating nation, I was laughed at and fobbed off as a tin-hat wearing zany conspiracy theorist.
R2R managing director, Ralf Jahns
Germany is set to enter an era of digital health over next few years, making it a significant market for health tech solutions.
Digital health analysis and consultancy firm Research2Guidance (R2G) has published a white paper examining the challenges and opportunities, in light of Germany’s new digital health application (DiGA) fast track approval process.
To gain DiGA approval, providers must prove to the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), that their apps can improve patient care and meet specified criteria.
However, R2G’s report says that attaining DiGA status alone is not enough to ensure success in the German market and providers must also develop a comprehensive market entry strategy to drive adoption. It recommends measures such as providing high quality clinical evidence, selecting distribution channels and planning provider outreach.
Q&A: Rep. Donna Howard on reproductive health care in Texas
Share this: has served in the Texas Legislature for 14 years, working in numerous policy areas including women’s health and nursing policy. She previously worked as a critical care nurse and is a former president of the Texas Nurses Association. This session, she sits on the House Appropriations and State Affairs committees. She is also the Chair of the Women’s Health Caucus in the Texas House of Representatives.
In this Q&A, she speaks with State of Reform about her efforts to expand access to reproductive health for Texas women in the midst of the majority party’s attempts to do the opposite. She also discusses the benefits of establishing a state immunization registry and the necessity of protecting health care workers from workplace violence.
Delhi High Court last week asked the insurance sector regulator
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to explain on what basis it granted approval to such insurance policies that excluded mental conditions from full coverage.
The Bench of
Justice Prathiba M. Singh was hearing the plea of one
Subhash Khandelwal who submitted before the Court that he had purchased an insurance policy from Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited and that he also paid the insurance premium for the sum assured of Rs.35 lakhs on regular basis.
Importantly, he submitted that when he raised a claim with the insurance company in respect of his mental illness, he realized that