A study reveals private hospitals in India, handling 60% of patients, have minimal research output. Top private hospitals without medical colleges averaged 242 publications, while those with colleges averaged 1,530, far below international benchmarks. The study suggests commercial priorities overshadow research in these institutions.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has formally cautioned a former healthcare worker at The London Clinic for deliberately misusing the Princess of Wales's private medical records and offering to disclose them for financial gain. The investigation followed a breach reported in March 2024.
A 30-year-old doctor, Vijay Kumar Giri, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman in a private hospital's operation theatre in Lucknow. The hospital has been sealed, and proceedings to suspend the doctor's license are underway.
The Li Ka Shing Foundation will subsidize liver cancer surgeries for 200 patients over three years, covering HK$210,000 of the HK$260,000 cost for histotripsy treatment, a non-invasive ultrasound procedure.
Spire Healthcare's board approves a £1bn buyout offer from Toscafund Asset Management at 250p per share, sending shares up 47% to 221p, amid a strategic review and previous failed talks with private equity firms.
Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country. Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the capital Colombo where he had sought treatment over the weekend amid an investigation into the alleged abuse of the 11-year-old girl in 2022. The crime is alleged to have taken place at a highly venerated temple in Anuradhapura, around...
Private hospitals in Kolkata are refusing or restricting admissions for Swasthya Sathi beneficiaries as they await clarity on the scheme's future under the new government. Hospitals cite concerns over the scheme's profitability and are unofficially suspending admissions, impacting patients seeking treatment.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will dip into its reserves to repay a HK$4 billion (US$510.9 million) government loan owed by its debt-ridden private hospital, the institution’s council chairman has said. The finances of CUHK Medical Centre were on the agenda of Friday’s Legislative Council health panel meeting, but the discussion was rescheduled because the time was used up for other matters. Speaking to media after the meeting, council chairman John Chai Yat-chiu said his...
At least five Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Tuesday, including nine-year-old Adel al-Najjar who was collecting firewood in eastern Khan Younis. Four men were killed in a separate strike on a car in Gaza City. Since the October ceasefire, Israeli forces have killed at least 818 Palestinians, including 226 children and 179 women. Meanwhile, 81 sick and injured children were evacuated to Jordan for medical treatment.
