In past three years 401910 people including 23145 students committed suicide in India.
Number of missing women has steadily risen from 61 million to 126 million between 1970 and 2010. This increase is faster than that of the world population, with China and India accounting for most of the deficit in women.
The WHO report says that treating cancer alone will not solve the crisis, and that governments need to implement early prevention strategies in order to combat the disease.
India produces 4 Lakh kg of medical waste every year, and this figure is growing every year, according to data from the Union Health Ministry
Mental health kills 760 people every day in India and the country accounted for more than 258,000 of the 800,400 suicide deaths worldwide, according to the latest available WHO data. That’s more than in any other country.
Drug monitoring centres help improve patient safety and cut down the risks of adverse medicines on health. But there are only 150 Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Monitoring Centres across the country which collects data about the different drug reaction cases.