healthcare sector Current Affairs, GK & News

September 17: World Patient Safety Day

September 17, 2022

World Patient Safety Day observed on September 17, 2022. Key points The objective of the World Patient Safety Day is to raise global awareness about different safety measures that need to be taken to ensure patient safety. It aims to increase public engagement in patient safety and create action plans to address issues that cause ..

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Decline in Per Capita Government Spending on Healthcare

September 13, 2022

According to the recently released National Health Accounts 2018-2019, public spending of health has declined to 1.28 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Key Facts The National Health Accounts 2018-2019 revealed that the public spending on healthcare has fallen from 1.35 per cent in 2017-18 to 1.28 per cent in 2018-19. This is ..

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Telangana Government and WEF to launch Drone Delivery Project

July 20, 2019

The State Government of Telangana and World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Network announced the launch of drone-delivery project called ‘Medicine from the Sky’. The Telangana government, World Economic Forum and Health Net Global signed an agreement for project to be supervised and managed by leaders in field of medicine, technology ..

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