Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Archives

K Sujatha Rao, former union health secretary

“A digitised card cannot solve problems of access and affordability in public health”

October 19, 2021 T R Gopalakrishnan

Q&A with former health secretary K Sujatha Rao on the state of public health infrastructure, government initiatives in the health sector and COVID.

Delhi: What happens if you have a heart attack in these times of COVID?

May 5, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

The nationwide lockdown that was meant to save lives, is taking a toll of non-COVID patients too. Hospitals are demanding COVID-negative certificates from critical patients as well.

Phased exit from lockdown: What does the Centre’s containment plan say?

April 10, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

As coronavirus positive cases near the 6000 mark, an immediate end to the nationwide lockdown on April 15th is very unlikely. Instead, states are looking at containment strategies to keep ‘hotspots’ under total lockdown. Here are the basic guidelines from the Ministry of Health that will drive such containment strategies.

How the Indian government is trying to stop the spread of novel Coronavirus in the country

February 11, 2020 News Desk

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, has issued a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha on the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease in China and the subsequent actions taken by the Government of India. Here’s what he said.

Coronavirus outbreak: Don’t trust social media ‘forwards’, here’s what you need to know

January 29, 2020 Dr Rifa Tazyeem Khan

The novel Corona Virus that surfaced in December in China has affected thousands in that country and claimed over a hundred lives. Confirmed cases have been reported from other Asian countries too. What is the reality in India? How can we protect ourselves?