07-Jan-16 With the addition of 25,000 hospital beds and a 5x increase in health budget, the health sector in West Bengal is on the verge of a turnaround. Sick newborn care units have increased to 45 from six, medicines have been made free for the poor, and a number of fair price diagnostic centres have been set up. [image: Hospital Directory Asia]

18-Dec-15 There's been a lot going on in emerging markets in 2015. Here's a look back at 12 notable Medtech growth markets stories you may have missed, month-by-month, including "India’s medical devices sector opens up", "Telstra's investment in e-health tops AUD100 mn", "Brazil medical equipment consumption down 4%", "China’s private hospital sector believes in Digital Health" and more.

06-Jan-16 Welcome Cure, the Indian alternate medicine platform focused on homeopathic treatments, launched physical e-clinics in Dec-15. The company plans to open over 150 e-clinics across India over the next 18 months as a part of its expansion and to cater to the high Internet non-savvy population in the country. [image: Welcome Cure]

06-Jan-16 A new study in the Lancet’s special series on Antimicrobial Resistance shows that only 12.5% of India’s under-five children with suspected pneumonia are actually receiving treatment, resulting in 210,000 deaths every year. “Access to effective antimicrobials: A worldwide challenge” goes on to conclude that India could avert 80.7% of these deaths by universalizing access to antibiotics. [image: The Tribune]

06-Jan-16 The UK’s International Hospitals Group and China’s Wanda Group have unveiled a 10 year exclusive global hospital partnership that includes involvement in building and managing the new 200 bed IHG Qingdao International Hospital and future projects in Shanghai and Chengdu. [image: GOV.UK]