09-Apr-17 Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai Enterprise, has opened its newest facility in India, Richmond Road, spread over 15,000 sq ft, housing 10 core specialties with state-of-the-art equipment and diagnostics, offering multi-disciplinary care. Dr K Ravindranath, Chairman & Founder, said, “Our new hospital at Richmond Road is a significant addition to our ongoing efforts in medical excellence.” [image: ET Healthworld]

08-Apr-17 Japan's health ministry plans to build a computer network that will let every medical institution share the medical records of all their patients. The network should be in place by 2020, using an existing ID system for social security. [image: Reuters]

08-Apr-17 Indian online doctor discovery and healthcare tech platform Practo has laid off 150 employees following its annual appraisal. The company said “this is a combination of performance and natural redundancies that emerge as we evolve our businesses and integrate our five acquisitions. We continue to rapidly grow our consumer and enterprise businesses and will continue to hire talent across the board”. [image: Times of India]

07-Apr-17 According to data from Amazon.in, the healthcare category has grown 150% year on year with some of the top selling products in the category are blood glucose monitors, fitness trackers, and blood pressure monitors. The younger generation are driving these purchases that include for self-use and gifts for parents and grandparents. [image: ET Retail / Amazon]

06-Apr-17 Natali, Israel's largest private healthcare provider, became a subsidiary of China's Sanpower group in 2014. Since then they have implemented their eHealth/TeleHealth technologies in the Chinese market, amassing 120,000 Israeli subscribers and over 4 mn in China. When asked about the Chinese healthcare market, Nimrod Altman, CEO of Natali Healthcare Group , noted "Barriers are collapsing". [image: PRNewsFoto / Natali Healthcare Group]