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Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary. Parent agency. Government of Tamil Nadu. Website. tnhealth .tn .gov .in. The Department of Health and Family Welfare is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu and is responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in the state.
t. e. In the United States, health insurance marketplaces, [1] also called health exchanges, are organizations in each state through which people can purchase health insurance. People can purchase health insurance that complies with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, known colloquially as "Obamacare") at ACA health exchanges ...
Affiliations. Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. Website. psgimsr .ac .in. PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is a teaching hospital and research institute located in Peelamedu, Coimbatore. It was established in 1985 as a part of PSG Group. [1] It has NABH accreditation. [2] PSG Hospitals, a 1400-bed, tertiary care hospital ...
Public health. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1] [2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for ...
Healthcare in Chennai. Façade of the Government General Hospital. Catering to about 40 percent of domestic and 45 percent of international health tourists arriving in the country, Chennai is termed the Health Capital of India. Healthcare in Chennai is provided by both government-run and private hospitals. Chennai attracts about 45 percent of ...
Telemedicine offers a wide range of benefits, with the ultimate goal of better health outcomes. These benefits are also the reasons why so many people often opt for this type of care. The benefits ...
National Health Policy. The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002, and then again updated in 2017. The recent four main updates in 2017 mention the need to focus on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, the emergence of the robust healthcare industry, growing incidences of unsustainable expenditure due to healthcare costs, and ...
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum ...