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According to AIIMS director Randeep Guleria, the fourth industrial revolution is causing a "major transformation" in the healthcare industry. He also stated that digitalization is changing the way healthcare is delivered. On Wednesday, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria stated at an event held by Ambedkar University in Delhi that the fourth industrial revolution will radically transform the way "we live, work, and interact to one other." Guleria claims that the magnitude, scope, and complexity of the shift will be unprecedented in human history. While delivering the keynote talk at AUD's Shodhotsav 2022 research festival, Guleria said, "From the relationship between patients and caregivers to government and stakeholders, digitization is altering the way healthcare is given. In the fourth revolution, we will see new diagnostic methods of treatment and diagnosis, enhanced means of monitoring health care, new innovations in administration and organizati...

Healthcare and insurance startup Loop has secured $25 million in a round of funding. General Catalyst and Elevation Capital led the round. Loop has secured $25 million in a Series B round of funding. General Catalyst and Elevation Capital (formerly Saif Partners) jointly led the healthcare and insurance startup's funding round. Vinod Khosla & Khosla Ventures, Sierra Ventures, as well as a new investor, Optum Ventures participated in the round. The new funds will be used to fuel sales growth, product development, and strategic recruiting, according to Loop, in an effort to spread their innovative health assurance delivery model to millions of individuals across India. Mayank Kale, Ryan Singh, Amrit Singh, and Shami Raj created the Pune-based firm in 2018 with the goal of providing group health insurance policies from significant insurers to businesses, with virtual care experience as the frosting on the cake. Loop co-founder and CEO Mayank Kale, said, ...

Contractual healthcare employees have been at the forefront of the online and offline protest, claiming that some of them are being "removed from service." Workers hired during the second wave complain that the government is mistreating them "after they risked their lives at one of the most difficult times for the country." Many employees are now venting their frustrations on social media networks. Workers claim that since the number of Covid patients has reduced, many of those who were hired during the peak of the second Covid wave to treat and care for Covid patients have been "removed from service." Many of these workers demonstrated against the government's decision earlier this month.  The All India Central Council of Trade Unions' Delhi unit led the demonstration (AICCTU). Many others have come out in support of the medical health professionals, also known as Covid fighters, to seek "justice" for the workers. One...