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Dr H K Sale, executive director of Noble hospital, said they received a bill of Rs 40 lakh from April to August. “There is a price cap on treating Covid patients. We have faced several issues like staff shortage, and have had to coax staff to stay on and assist with treatment. We cannot afford to pay such huge sums and will pay at the rate prior to the Covid pandemic,” Dr Sale said. According to Dr Madhur Rao, senior deputy medical administrator, KEM hospital, the hike was unfair. “We cannot sustain paying Rs 100 rate per kg at all; this is uneconomical,” he said. ....
Decline in female child births, Maharashtra tells officials to strictly implement PC-PNDT Act The fifth NFHS report shows female to male child ratio among newborns in Maharashtra had dropped by 11 points compared to the previous report that had come out in 2015-16. Updated: December 22, 2020 2:34:32 pm The state government believes that a 111-point drop over a five-year period could not be explained as a normal variation. A few days after the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) showed a significant decline in Maharashtra’s sex ratio, the state government has asked district health officials to ensure a more rigorous implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PC-PNDT) which prohibits sex-determination tests with the objective of preventing female foeticide. ....
Maharashtra takes serious view of decline in sex ratio at birth According to the NFHS-5 findings the number of children born in the last five years in Maharashtra has seen a drop by 11 points according to the findings of the National Family Health Survey 2019-20. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:02:10 pm In total, an estimated 140 million children will be born in 2021 and their average life expectancy is expected to be 84 years, the UN agency said. (Representational Image) After the NFHS-5 showed a decline in sex ratio at birth, the Maharashtra government has taken the findings very seriously and conducted a three day training of civil surgeons, corporation and district appropriate authorities from Dec 17-19 for strictly implementing the PC PNDT act. Advisory committee meetings have to be held before Jan 10 apart from initiating a drive to register genetic clinics and labs were among the key recommendations that were made during t ....
Top body issues notice to accredited allopathic hospitals: Refrain from engaging AYUSH doctors in clinical duties NABH has taken serious note of this matter and reiterated that deploying AYUSH doctors for writing independent orders and clinical work without supervision of allopathic doctors is not permitted. December 18, 2020 10:16:56 pm Medical officers across 18 medical colleges and hospitals run by the state government are wearing a black ribbon since January 1 as a mark of protest, citing delay in making their posts permanent. The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) has issued a cautionary notice for accredited allopathic hospitals on the issue of employing AYUSH doctors. ....
Maharashtra records decline in sex ratio at birth: NFHS-5 Prof Usha Ram at the department of public health and mortality studies, International Institute of Population Sciences, told The Indian Express that comparison of sex ratio at birth from CRS and NFHS would be incorrect as both have their own limitations December 18, 2020 1:01:55 am There are some districts that have shown a rise in sex ratio at birth. (Representational) THE NUMBER of children born in the last five years in Maharashtra has recorded a drop by 11 points, according to the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). The sex ratio at birth (SRB) stands at 913 girls/1,000 boys as against 924 girls/1,000 boys as per NFHS-4. ....