AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPediatric care funding: Hoola Health, a Bengaluru-based child healthcare startup, raised $5 million led by Peak XV’s Surge to expand its clinic network and scale its integrated platform for vaccinations, growth tracking and specialist access. Traditional medicine push: AIIMS Mangalagiri inaugurated an AYUSH department to bring Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy under one roof, with Ayurveda pharmacy and Panchakarma services planned; UP also approved five new integrated AYUSH medical colleges and hospitals across Gonda, Mirzapur, Meerut, Agra and Basti. Infectious disease alert: A man in Kozhikode tested positive for Nipah virus in initial lab tests and is in ICU, with samples sent to NIV Pune for confirmation. Public health in focus: Delhi gastroenterologist Dr Shubham Vatsya debunked gut-health myths like lemon-water “detox” and clarified that daily bowel movements aren’t mandatory for everyone. Food safety crackdown: Mumbai’s FDA ordered closure of Mulund’s Gupta Chana Bhandar after finding unhygienic conditions and missing mandatory labels, seizing 114.2 kg of products. Climate-health link: A TERI School prototype “climate tower” using azolla pools won Rajasthan’s Green Innovation Challenge runner-up spot, aiming to cut air pollution and emissions while improving degraded land.
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