Week That Was 30 September - 6 October | Page 8

55,000 central health centres to come up across country: Ghulam Nabi Azad Over 55,000 central health centres are being set up across the country at a cost of Rs 1.10 lakh crore, Union Health and Family Welfare minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today. The ayurvedic department is setting up 100 diabetes, cancer and cardiology check-up centres in the country and out of this, four will come up at Bathinda, Mansa, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur districts in Punjab. Also, some 100 hospitals for old-aged-persons are also being set up and of this. Apollo Hospitals launches 'BP Clinics’ Apollo Hospitals Group today announced the launch of 'BP Clinics' -a comprehensive institutional set- up to provide expert care to individuals affected by high blood pressure. Sangita Reddy, Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals Group and Dr K Hari Prasad, CEO (Central Region) Apollo Hospitals Group said. "Around Rs 10 crore will be invested in setting up these clinics in the initial phase, we will expand further after reviewing the outcomes," Himachal Pradesh High Court stays Drug Controller General of India's order on combination drugs The government's efforts to weed