Context:
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has proposed a revised version of the National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), which enumerates the minimum number of tests that should be available at various levels of healthcare facilities in the country.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), one of the oldest and largest organizations of medical research in the world. It is financed by the Department of Health Research and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- Established
- 1911
The National Emergency Diagnostics List (NEDL)
The National Emergency Diagnostics List is a well-defined national tool that has been generated for healthcare-orient in itself, right from the village level, primary, and secondary to tertiary levels. It draws from the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative (FDI) and other diagnostic undertakings of the Health Ministry, which include an expanded basket of tests in multiple levels of the public health system.
