Tamilnadu is proud to have many hundreds of ultramodern hospitals and many thousands of petty clinics, nursing homes and minor hospitals. To meet the needs of 60,000,000 public the number hospitals and health care centers are inadequate. Around 63% are literate in that 130058 sqkm area. Railways str…

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America has become a very litigious society from my point of view. Instead of admitting incompetence, many citizens just sue when something goes wrong. Although lawsuits could be considered out of control in the U.S., could you spot the right instance when suing your physician would be appropriate?
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Health insurance and the lack of it are being talked about quite a bit in this already very active presidential election campaign. The war in Iraq and the economy may be bigger issues, but the health care does occasionally make headlines. It will today.

Sen. Hillary Clinton will announce her plan…

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Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a new website in anticipation of the 2008 presidential election. Health care is the top domestic political issue and Kaiser’s Health08.org includes:

Analysis of health policy issues, summaries of health reform proposals, and basic facts and info approxima…

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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has an optimistic spin on the effects of smoking:
“The cigarette tax is a proven strategy to protect thousands of kids from tobacco addiction,” said William V. Corr, Executive Director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. “A higher cigarette tax…

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I’ve posted the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Stephanie Sulger from Medical Tours International at MedTripInfo.

Stephanie and many of her colleagues at MTI are nurses, and she told me approximately how she’s translated her nursing perspective into how MTI cares for its custom…

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Check out the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review blog carnival, hosted nowadays at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.

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I spoke recently with Dr. Steven Tucker, an oncologist who is Medical Director of the West Clinic Singapore and President of the worldly Medical Travel organization.
Dr. Tucker spoke with me approximately what it’s like to practice medicine in Singapore, how medical tourism and medical travel are …

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China executed the former head of its Food and Drug Administration in a sign of how serious it takes the threat to its reputation from recent scandals. While Zheng Xiaoyu headed the agency it approved fake drugs and permitted other abuses.
Here’s a question: Were his organs harvested for trans…

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Check out Grand Rounds, the best of the week’s medical blogging, at Aetiology.

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This is a transcript of my interview with medical tourism entrepreneur Patrick Marsek of MedRetreat. You can listen to the audio here.
David Williams: that is David Williams, CEO of MedTripInfo.com. Patrick Marsek is Managing Director of medical tourism operator MedRetreat, which has helped nearl…

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