Healthcare

While leprosy is highly prevalent in India, 99 per cent of the people do not get it.

While the cost of this surgery in a private hospital is approximately 2 lakh. While the financially well-off can afford treatments and surgeries, the underprivileged are left out.

As many as 229 residents of Madathattuvilai have donated their eyes in last one decade—making it a trailblazer among cities and towns across the country.

Linked to no sewer systems or traditional flushing mechanisms, these toilets are modelled to look like any other pit latrines, but have biological agents to work the deed—tiger worms!

Leaving marks on the skin, SoaPen aims to promote thorough and regular hand-washing with soap among children.

Contamination of vegetables by E.coli and Salmonella bacteria are the most common causes of food poisoning. But how this happened was unknown – Till now!

“Each bus has western toilets, Indian toilets, washbasins, a diaper changing place and sanitary napkins for sale. It is powered by solar energy."

Apart from due representations from health experts, the states will also be represented on this Board on rotational basis. Read this to find out more. #NationalHealthAuthority

With the potential to help hospitals and clinics detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens, this development could be revolutionary for India’s public health sector! #Innovation #IIT #Health

"The dream of my childhood friend and close relative has come true. At Kidwai, the beds for poor patients were always filled up. We decided to build an 800-bed unit in two phases."