Health Care

Bayer Foundation India (BFI) has set up 28 ‘Phygital’ telemedicine centres in villages of 8 states to provide easy access to quality medical care. It is also conducting health camps for early diagnosis of breast cancer, hypertension and diabetes.

Unsung heroes Dr Sadanand Raut and his wife Pallavi Raut of Narayangaon have saved the lives of 6,000 snakebite victims in rural Maharashtra.

An IIT Guwahati team, led by Professor Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, has developed a device that detects the glycemic index in food items in minutes. This will help diabetics manage their blood sugar levels.

Late detection remains a primary contributor to the high mortality rate associated with cancer in women. Here are five remarkable initiatives that can significantly aid women in their battle against cancer.

Battled depression, obesity, diabetes and a toxic marriage, Mugdha Pradhan finally found joy in healing others through functional medicine, after it worked for her.

Aditya Chaudhury has scaled success when it comes to his innovations. He is now building a platform that helps other student innovators with the same.

Dr Anoop Kumar AS, critical care specialist in Kozhikode, was part of the teams that were able to diagnose Nipah virus with their quick thinking and swift action.

Dr Swaminathan C from Madurai is running a programme called 'Doctors on Wheels', which brings affordable and easy-to-reach healthcare to many elderly people in the city. Here is how the initiative works.

Developed by Prasad Phadke and his team based out of Ahmedabad, the Eco BioTrap is a 'Made in India' device, which is more affordable than electric vapourisers, mosquito repellents, and coils. It effectively disrupts the mosquito breeding cycle, helping prevent diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, zika etc.

Madurai-based Dr Swaminathan C runs a Doctors on Wheel programme to take affordable and accessible healthcare to thousands of senior citizens in the city. He shares why he left his life in Canada to start this.