June 1, 2026 4:37 PM

ESIC launches nationwide online patient feedback system to strengthen patient-centric healthcare

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has launched a centralized online patient feedback system across all its hospitals and dispensaries nationwide, aimed at improving service quality, enhancing transparency, and ensuring more patient-centric healthcare delivery. The new digital platform enables insured persons and beneficiaries to share their healthcare experiences, raise concerns, and provide suggestions directly to the administration...

April 10, 2026 2:45 PM

Lebanon’s hospitals may run out of vital medical supplies within days, WHO warns

Some of Lebanon's hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past day, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The life-saving trauma kits include bandages, antibiotics and anaesthetics to treat patients who sustained war-related injuries, the WHO stated. "Some of the trauma management supplies were in short (supply) and we may run out in a few days," Dr Abdinasir ...