15-Apr-15 India is planning two national centres for ageing, in New Delhi and Chennai. 12 regional geriatric centres will also be set up in medical colleges across the country. A need was felt for setting up these centres as there is no specialisation in geriatric medicines in the country currently. [image: The Indian Express]

08-Apr-15 Ho Chi Minh City will build a second Oncology Hospital at a total cost of nearly VND5.9 trillion (USD274 million). The 1,000 bed hospital will be specialised in high quality tumour treatment, applying state-of-the-art medical technology. [image: VNA]

08-Apr-15 According to a survey conducted by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Fudan University, local residents identified long queues, unnecessary tests and expensive prescription medicines as the biggest problems with the city’s health services. [image: Shanghai Daily]

07-Apr-15 Laos' health network extends throughout 90% of the country with 130 district hospitals and 16 provincial hospitals. By 2020, the Ministry of Health aims to improve staffing at district health centres both in terms of quality and quantity, and to provide enough nurses, midwives or birth attendants for pregnant women in rural areas. [image: Lao Voices]

04-Apr-15 Jakarta residents have welcomed warmly the city-wide inauguration of 15 type D hospitals, which can provide more advanced healthcare than they could when their status was community health centers (Puskesmas) at district level. [image: Jakarta Post]