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A Wake-Up Call for My Patients: The Changing Face of Health in Mumbai Namaste. I am writing to you today because recent national data has confirmed what I see every day in my clinic here in Mumbai: the way we are getting sick is changing, and it is becoming increasingly expensive to ignore. While we are doing a better job of fighting off infections like malaria and diarrhea, our modern lifestyle is catching up with us. We are moving less, eating more processed food, and carry

Health insurance is meant to provide peace of mind, but many policyholders encounter pain and paperwork, writes Lijee Philip in the ET. It was a long night for 24-year-old Rohan Mehta from Mumbai. After five days of unrelenting fever, he was finally admitted to a hospital. The doctors couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong. He was tested for malaria, typhoid and dengue, but results proved inconclusive. As his temperature touched 103°F and fatigue set in, his physician had decided h

Docs decide method & line of treatment, not insurance firms: Court Jaideep.Deogharia@timesofindia.com writes in the Times of India today: Ghaziabad : Decisions on line and method of treatment are not the insurance company’s to make but the medical fraternity’s, the district consumer commission has ruled in a case related to rejection of a claim to a Covid patient. The order came while the panel was hearing a complaint against Star Health and Allied Insurance, which had denie