Health Agency

Despite claims made by the government, basic healthcare facilities in urban India continue to be dismal.

Apparently bowing to pressure from groups campaigning for aggrieved Indian doctors, Britain has given the medicos some relief by agreeing to keep in abeyance new immigration rules that went against them for the first round of recruitment to the National Health Service.

Drug maker Matrix Laboratories Ltd said on Friday three Merrill Lynch units acquired a further 0.77 per cent in the company, raising their stake to 5.43 per cent.

Pratap Reddy-led healthcare major Apollo may evaluate a bid for UK-based Abbey Hospitals, which is on the block, sources said.