Delhi Budget: AAP hikes health budget; plans to add 10,000 news beds at hospitals, open 1,000 'Mohalla Clinics'

Delhi government on Monday said it will add 10,000 new beds at the hospitals run by it and also open 1,000 'mohalla clinics' as it earmarked Rs 5,259 crore for the health sector in its 2016-17 budget, a hike of close to 10% over the allocation last fiscal.
Presenting the budget in the Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the public health sector will continue to be the focus of developmental work undertaken by the AAP government in the coming financial year.

He said there is a jump of 9.86% in the 2016-17 health budget over last year's allocation of Rs 4,787 crore.
Talking about its "three-tier public health roadmap", he said the government is processing tenders for setting up 1,000 'mohalla clinics' by the end of this year which will form the first tier of its public health system.
The second tier comprises polyclinics and Delhi government said it proposes to establish 150 of these out of which 20 are already operational.
The third tier will be hospitals and these are being re-modelled even as new institutions are to be set up. These reforms would provide an additional 10,000 hospital beds in Delhi over the next two years, said Sisodia.
"Today, on the one hand, one has to stand in long queues at hospitals for minor health issues like cough and cold while specialist doctors and facilities remain held up as they handle these minor cases.
"The aim of the government is to make the first two tiers (mohalla clinics and polyclinics) handle the minor cases so that the burden on hospitals is reduced and resources are properly channelised," said Sisodia.
Such a move would decongest hospitals and also improve the efficiency of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, he added.
The deputy chief minister said the government has finalised the contours of a sector-wide, comprehensive Health Information Management System (HIMS), including a unique health card for citizens, which would supply patient information online and ensure seamless flow of data.source-dnainda

Pediatric Cardiology Researcher-Scientist at Stanford Children’s Health Honored for Lifetime of Contributions

a pediatric cardiologist at Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and the Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, will give the 2016 J. Burns Amberson Lecture at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco on May 15.

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The lecture honors the late Dr. Amberson, an international authority on chest disease and tuberculosis, and recognizes “a career of major lifetime contributions to clinical or basic pulmonary research and/or clinical practice.”
Known for research and scholarly contributions throughout her long career, Rabinovitch has had a major impact on understanding the pathogenesis and management of life-threatening forms of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. Results from her research are regularly translated into new clinical treatment paradigms.
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, was one of 10 national and international health-care leaders nominating Rabinovitch. “We’re ecstatic that Dr. Rabinovitch is receiving this much-deserved award,” Wu said. “It’s a fitting salute to her extraordinary career of achievement and overall contributions to the field of pulmonary medicine.”
“This is truly an overwhelming honor,” said Rabinovitch, who has long been an active member of the society. “I share this with all the young scientists who have worked so hard in our laboratory and with colleagues whose work has both challenged and inspired us. In addition, I am thankful for the collaborating basic scientists who have facilitated our ability to apply cutting-edge methodology and have been generous in helping us interpret our results, and with clinical scientists who are bringing our discoveries to clinical trial.”
Rabinovitch received her bachelor’s and medical degrees from McGill University in Montreal. She did her post-doctorial training in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver and her fellowship at Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Prior to joining Stanford in 2002, she was an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and then became the Robert M. Freedom Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Toronto. In addition, she was director of cardiovascular research at the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

In addition to the Amberson Lecture Award, Rabinovitch received the 2015 Mentor Award of Excellence from the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine. Other significant recognitions have included the Judith Pool Mentoring Award from the Northern California Chapter of American Women in Science; the Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases from McGill University; the Scientific Accomplishment Award from the American Thoracic Society; and the Basic Research Prize and Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association.

“In her extraordinary, 30-year career, Dr. Rabinovitch has made incredible contributions to our understanding of congenital and acquired pulmonary hypertension,” said Hugh O’Brodovich, MD, the Adalyn Jay Physician-in-Chief at Packard Children's and professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine. “She is recognized throughout the world of pediatric and adult cardiology as an amazing scientist, teacher and clinician. Through the Amberson Lecture, she will no doubt bring great inspiration to current and future leaders in this field, and we are extremely proud to call her one or our own.”source--in.finance

Community Health Systems Announces Acquisition of Fayetteville, Arkansas Hospitals

Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has acquired an 80 percent ownership interest in 20-bed Physicians’ Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Physicians’ Specialty Hospital is located in the Arkansas region served by Northwest Health, a CHS-affiliated network with three hospitals, four convenient care centers and associated outpatient clinics.
Commenting on the announcement, Wayne T. Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of Community Health Systems, Inc., said, “The addition of Physicians’ Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville deepens our network of facilities in northwest Arkansas, one of the fastest-growing markets in the U.S. The physicians and providers of this hospital have established a strong reputation for quality care, and we look forward to working with them as we coordinate and strengthen clinical services for the region.”
About Community Health Systems, Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States and a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in communities across the country. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 198 affiliated hospitals in 29 states with an aggregate of approximately 30,000 licensed beds.
The Company has announced plans for a spin-off transaction to create a new, publicly traded company, Quorum Health Corporation, with 38 affiliated hospitals and related outpatient services in 16 states, together with Quorum Health Resources, LLC, a subsidiary providing management advisory and consulting services to non-affiliated hospitals. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2016.
The Company’s headquarters are located in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYH.” More information about the Company can be found on its website at www.chs.net.
Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this news release regarding expected operating results, acquisition transactions or divestitures and other events are forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. Actual future events or results may differ materially from these statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Community Health Systems, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, current reports on Form 8-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These filings identify important risk factors and other uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.source -healthnews