3 years, 11 months ago

25 patients die due to oxygen shortage: Jaipur Golden Hospital to Delhi HC

The Jaipur Golden Hospital told the Delhi High Court on Saturday that 25 patients admitted to its critical care unit died late Friday night, allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. Dr DK Baluja, Medical Director, Jaipur Golden Hospital, told India Today TV, "The oxygen supply will last only half an hour now. "The news of the death of several patients due to lack of oxygen in Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi is extremely tragic. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the acute shortage of oxygen supply across the city.

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1 year, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 8 patients die in a hospital, relatives say deaths happened due to lack of oxygen

Op India

A shocking incident has surfaced from a Government General Hospital in Nellore city of Andhra Pradesh, wherein 8 persons have passed away. The relatives of the deceased have alleged that the deaths occurred due to a lack of oxygen at the hospital. Six of the eight patients, according to the information, were admitted to the hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit …

3 years, 7 months ago

'No Death Caused Due To Oxygen Shortage In Jaipur Golden Hospital': Delhi Police Tells Court

Live Law

The Delhi Police has told a Delhi Court that no deaths were caused due to oxygen shortage in the Jaipur Golden Hospital in the intervening night of 23rd and 24th of April where several patients allegedly lost their lives due to oxygen shortage.The status report has been filed by the Police in a plea seeking registration of FIR for the …

3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital: Families Seek Early Hearing In Plea Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation For Families

Live Law

An application has been moved in the Delhi High Court for early hearing in the plea moved by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to them.Notice was issued on the …

3 years, 7 months ago

Implementation Of Compensation Schemes To Families For Deaths Due To Oxygen Shortage: Delhi High Court Asks Centre, Delhi Govt To File Reply

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the Delhi Government to file reply in the plea moved two minors, who lost their sole bread-earning parent to Covid-19 allegedly due to deficient supply of oxygen at Jaipur Golden Hospital seeking directions to expeditiously implement proposed schemes of compensation for the families of victims who lost their lives due …

3 years, 8 months ago

Why those Covid-19 deaths do not figure on 'oxygen shortage' list

India Today

Covid death or no death, accounted or un-accounted death, reported or under-reported figures, controversy is going around in the country since first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. A former Indian Medical Association president and owner of a private hospital in East Delhi, said how could one write shortage of oxygen as the cause for death when the patient passed away …

3 years, 8 months ago

Oxygen mess gets political again: Sisodia lashes out at Centre

Hindustan Times

Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday accused the Centre of “lying” in Parliament that no deaths were caused due to a shortage of oxygen during the second wave of Covid-19 infections in the country. Dr Sudhanshu Bankata, executive director of Batra hospital, on May 1 said in the Delhi high court: “We have lost lives,” when asked about …

3 years, 8 months ago

After denying Delhi govt admits people had due to oxygen shortage

Op India

Months after submitting in the Delhi High Court that there had been no deaths due to shortage of oxygen in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday lashed out at the central government after it informed the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by States and UTs during the second …

3 years, 8 months ago

Completely false, says Delhi Health Minister on Centre's 'no oxygen deaths' claim

India TV News

Completely false, says Delhi Health Minister on Centre's 'no oxygen deaths' claim On Tuesday, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were “specifically reported” by states and union territories during the second COVID-19 wave that hit the country. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said there have been many deaths due to …

3 years, 9 months ago

Jaipur Golden Hospital Deaths: Delhi Court Seeks Police's Response In Plea Seeking Registration Of FIR For Murder Against Management

Live Law

A Delhi Court on Friday sought response of Delhi Police in a plea seeking registration of FIR for the offence of murder against the management of Jaipur Golden Hospital for the deaths of patients who had allegedly lost their lives due to oxygen shortage. Filed through Advocates Sahil Ahuja and Siddhant Sethi, the plea has been moved on behalf of …

3 years, 9 months ago

10 of 52 Uttar Pradesh hospitals wasted oxygen: IIT report

India TV News

10 of 52 Uttar Pradesh hospitals wasted oxygen: IIT report The report claims that of the 52 hospitals from various districts, 10 were found to be wasting oxygen or using more than the required amount per patient. The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has submitted a report to the state government on the oxygen wastage in hospitals across Uttar Pradesh …

3 years, 9 months ago

Jaipur Golden Hospital Oxygen Shortage: Minors Who Lost Parent Move Delhi High Court For Compensation

Live Law

Yasmin & Ruben Kataria, minors who lost their sole bread-earning parent to Covid-19 allegedly due to deficient supply of oxygen at Jaipur Golden Hospital in the national capital, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions to governments to expeditiously implement proposed schemes of compensation for the families of victims who lost their lives due to oxygen shortage, or due. …

3 years, 9 months ago

HC seeks Centre and Delhi govt’s responses on plea for CBI probe in deaths at Jaipur Golden hospital

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday sought the stand of the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the death of 21 Covid patients at the Jaipur Golden Hospital in north Delhi’s Rohini on April 23-24. HT Image Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to Union ministries of …

3 years, 9 months ago

COVID Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital: Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, Delhi Govt In Plea Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to such families. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Rekha …

3 years, 9 months ago

HC Seeks Stands of Centre, Delhi Govt on Plea for CBI Probe into Deaths at Jaipur Golden Hospital

News 18

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the stand of the Centre and the city government on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the death of 21 Covid patients at the Jaipur Golden Hospital here in April allegedly due to oxygen shortage. The plea has alleged that the incident took place “due to deliberate inaction and failure of the …

3 years, 9 months ago

HC seeks stands of Centre, Delhi govt on plea for CBI probe into deaths at Jaipur Golden Hospital

India TV News

3 years, 10 months ago

COVID Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital: Families Move Delhi High Court Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation

Live Law

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to such families.Moved through Advocate Utsav Bains, the plea also prays for providing …

3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Govt Forms 6-member Panel to Assess Cases of Covid Patients Who Died Due to Lack of Oxygen

News 18

The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of Covid patients who died due to lack of oxygen recently in the national capital for grant of compensation, an official order said on Thursday. On April 24, 20 Covid patients had died at Jaipur Golden Hospital as the frantic hunt for oxygen continued while COVID-19 cases surged in …

3 years, 10 months ago

India's covid collapse, part 7: Why did we face an acute oxygen shortage?

India Today

One of the biggest lessons for medical institutions from the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic was that more than ventilators and ICU beds, what was essential was an adequate supply of oxygen in hospitals to treat critically ill patients. Nonetheless, when the second wave of the pandemic arrived earlier this year, India’s medical oxygen supply network collapsed. Though production …

3 years, 10 months ago

More than 70 patients die at Indian state’s biggest Covid facility because of oxygen shortage

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seventy-five patients have died at …

3 years, 10 months ago

Rajasthan's oxygen crisis

India Today

On Sunday, May 9, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was at the virtual foundation stone laying ceremony of medical colleges at Sri Ganganagar and Chittorgarh where he urged Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, who was also present, to ensure that Rajasthan gets oxygen from nearby plants instead of far off places such as Odisha and West Bengal which took almost …

3 years, 10 months ago

Mumbai vs Delhi: Why the capital is facing an oxygen crisis?

India Today

Delhi, accustomed to extremely polluted air, is now being made to gasp for medical oxygen due to negligent administrative management and poor Centre-state coordination, courtesy political acrimony. Malviya claimed Delhi, with little over 90,000 cases, was consuming 433.1 MT of oxygen per day and demanding 900 MT. Delhi with approx 90,000 cases is consuming 433.1 MT of oxygen per day …

3 years, 10 months ago

India’s gov’t eases hospital oxygen shortage as demand jumps

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Under order by the Supreme Court, India’s government on Thursday agreed to provide more medical oxygen to hospitals in the capital city of New Delhi, potentially easing a 2-week-old shortage that worsened the country’s exploding coronavirus crisis. The court intervened after 12 COVID-19 patients, including a doctor, died last week at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital when it …

3 years, 10 months ago

13 patients dead in Tamil Nadu hospital in one night, doctors protest against staff, oxygen shortage

Op India

As many as 13 people lost their lives on Tuesday night at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu, allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. According to the reports, 13 patients, aged between 40 to 85, died in quick succession due to the shortage of oxygen at the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital. The doctors who participated …

3 years, 10 months ago

As COVID Deaths Rise, Delhi’s Largest Cemetery Runs Out of Space

The Quint

42-year-old Azad Salmani said, “There is a paucity of oxygen everywhere, the deaths due to oxygen shortage is not a normal death. The central government should ensure Delhi government gets complete oxygen. The backdrop of the anger in people is the Centre and Delhi government being at loggerheads with each other in the Delhi High Court for over a week …

3 years, 10 months ago

Why Is India Running Out Of Oxygen?

NPR

Why Is India Running Out Of Oxygen? Enlarge this image toggle caption Stringer/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Stringer/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images "One percent of GDP is a pathetic state of affairs," Bal says. A children's hospital near the capital put out an SOS notice Saturday, warning that it was running out of oxygen and that six babies in critical care might …

3 years, 10 months ago

'Enough is enough, ensure compliance of SC order': Delhi HC to Centre over oxygen supply to city

India TV News

'Enough is enough, ensure compliance of SC order': Delhi HC to Centre over oxygen supply to city Pointing that the Supreme Court was assured by SG Tushar Mehta that Delhi will not suffer, the high court said that this assurance has not been fulfilled as "small and large nursing homes and individuals are running to us". The Delhi High Court …

3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Covid Pandemic: Why India is still facing acute shortage of oxygen

India TV News

India’s total number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 2-crore mark on Monday after 3,57,229 fresh cases were reported on a single day. Hospitals in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and other adjoining states continue to face critical shortage of oxygen, despite nationwide logistics for airlifting oxygen tankers and sending oxygen containers by railway. Monday’s worst news came from Chamarajanagar in Karnataka, …

3 years, 10 months ago

Can't Ascertain Oxygen Shortage as Cause of Death of 21 Patients at JG Hospital: Delhi Govt to HC

News 18

The AAP government has informed the Delhi High Court that oxygen shortage as the cause of death of 21 COVID-19 patients at Jaipur Golden Hospital here could not be ascertained by an expert committee which probed the matter. The Delhi government in its report to the high court referred to the findings of the expert committee which said, In view …

3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage

India TV News

COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were "at risk". Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, …

3 years, 10 months ago

24 patients, including Covid positive, die at Karnataka hospital due to oxygen shortage; govt denies

India Today

As many as 24 patients, including some Covid-19 positive, died at a hospital in Karnataka allegedly due to the shortage of oxygen. The district officials have, however, denied the allegations that all the patients died due to oxygen shortage at the hospital. GOVT DENIES CLAIM Chamarajanagar district in-charge Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is also the Primary and Secondary Education …

3 years, 10 months ago

India COVID crisis: ‘Lack of oxygen killed him, not the virus’

Al Jazeera

New Delhi, India – On Saturday afternoon, 12 coronavirus patients died at New Delhi’s Batra Hospital after it ran out of medical oxygen. ‘There came no help’ Batra Hospital’s Executive Director Dr Sudhanshu Bankata told Al Jazeera they raised the first SOS alarm at approximately 7am on Saturday, but “there came no help from anywhere”. We need 976 MT oxygen …

3 years, 10 months ago

Oxygen shortage: Delhi's Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital raises alarm, says 50 lives at risk

India TV News

Oxygen shortage: Delhi's Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital raises alarm, says 50 lives at risk An official of the in Malviya Nagar hospital said there are around 80 patients, including those suffering from Covid-19, at the hospital. Delhi's Madhukar Rainbow Children Hospital Sunday sounded an alarm about their dwindling stocks of oxygen, saying 50 people, including four newborns, are "at risk". …

3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi hospitals cry for help amid acute oxygen shortage as Covid cases surge

India Today

Battling an acute shortage of oxygen, some hospitals in Delhi on Sunday sent out desperate SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling stocks, with one healthcare facility even requesting the government to shift out its patients. Later, at night, the hospital said it will not take any admission which requires oxygen or ventilation support "due to inconsistent liquid oxygen …

3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi's Sant Parmanand Hospital sends SOS as oxygen supply runs low, around 80 critical

India TV News

Delhi's Sant Parmanand Hospital on Saturday flagged that it is dangerously running on low level of oxygen supply which can lead to a very serious adverse patient incident. The hospital has informed that there are 53 patients on liquid oxygen support which is left for just 2 hours while 25 patients are on D Type calenders which are also running …

3 years, 10 months ago

Oxygen Shortage: 8 Covid-19 Patients Die At Delhi’s Batra Hospital Due To Lack Of Supply For Over 1 Hour

ABP News

New Delhi: At least eight Covid-19 patients, including the HOD of gastroenterology department of Delhi’s Batra Hospital, breathed their last on Saturday due to oxygen shortage, officials said. “We are trying to revive five other critical patients,” PTI quoted Batra Hospital Medical Director Dr S C L Gupta as saying. Meanwhile, the Batra Hospital informed the Delhi High Court that …

3 years, 10 months ago

12 Covid patients, including a doctor, die due to oxygen shortage at Delhi's Batra Hospital

India TV News

At least 12 Covid patients including a doctor have lost their lives due to oxygen shortage in Delhi's Batra Hospital. Speaking on the matter, Dr SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Delhi's Batra Hospital, said, "we could not save them even after making effort from our end. Hospital officials told the Delhi High Court -- holding a 11th straight day of …

3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi's Batra Hospital Says 8 Patients in ICU Dead Due to Oxygen Shortage

News 18

At least 8 patients, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on Saturday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. According to reports, the hospital had run out of liquid medical oxygen supply around 12.30 pm and received an oxygen tanker only at 1.35 pm. On being asked if the lack of oxygen resulted in the deaths, the hospital’s medical …

3 years, 10 months ago

Oxygen shortage | 12 lives lost in Delhi's Batra Hospital

The Hindu

Twelve patients, including a doctor, died without oxygen at a hospital in south Delhi on Saturday as multiple hospitals in the national capital raised alarm bells over dwindling stocks of the life-saving gas. Sudhanshu Bankata, executive director of Batra Hospital, said the patients died due to “oxygen shortage and the hospital not receiving oxygen on time”. Dr. Bankata made a …

3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi: 12 patients die at Batra Hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen

India Today

The Batra Hospital in Delhi on Saturday told the Delhi High Court that it was out of oxygen supply for over an hour, which resulted in the deaths of 12 Covid-19 patients, including a doctor. "We ran our operation for almost an hour without an oxygen supply," said Dr. SCL Gupta, Medical Director of Batra Hospital. Later Delhi minister Raghav …

3 years, 10 months ago

Many Delhi hospitals grapple with oxygen shortage, seek urgent help

India Today

Several hospitals in the national capital reported a precipitous drop in their oxygen stocks on Saturday and sent out desperate messages of help on a day 12 Covid-19 patients died at the Batra Hospital here due to lack of the life-saving gas. Delhi government-run GTB Hospital said it has stock till 8 pm while Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital maintained …

3 years, 10 months ago

Several Patients In Waiting For 1 ICU Bed: 76-Year Old Critical Covid-19 Patient Gets Relief From Delhi High Court

Live Law

The Delhi High Court was today informed by a major city hospital, on the plea of a 76-year old senior citizen critically ailing from Covid-19, that though the Covid-19 information portal of Delhi government was showing 1 ICU bed as being available, infact there were "several patients already in the waiting and hence no bed is available." While earlier the …

3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi HC summons oxygen suppliers tomorrow, asks them to get details of supplies to hospitals

India Today

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices to all suppliers of medical oxygen asking them to appear before it tomorrow. The high court also asked the Delhi government to adjust its allocation of oxygen for hospitals so that demands of patients recovering at home, but in need of oxygen, can also be met. Responding to this, the Delhi government …

3 years, 11 months ago

"We Have To Compensate People Dying Due To Lack Of Oxygen":Delhi High Court Directs Delhi Govt. To Provide Details

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Government of NCT of Delhi to file report with regards to deaths that have taken place at hospitals nursing homes due to shortage of oxygen. "We make it clear that in case any of oxygen refillers don't provide the data on the portal, strict action would be taken not just be delhi …

3 years, 11 months ago

First ‘Oxygen Express’ train arrives in Delhi as new Covid cases remain above 320,000 across India

The Independent

3 years, 11 months ago

India Today ground report: How Delhi is losing the battle of beds, one breath at a time

India Today

With rising Covid cases, Delhi is in a state of emergency. India Today TV visited several government-run hospitals across Delhi on Tuesday to understand what the situation is like on the ground. When India Today TV visited AIIMS, Delhi, the team found the emergency section of the hospital had been shut, just like other -- Centre, state-run -- government hospitals. …

3 years, 11 months ago

Oxygen crisis: Delhi government responsible for mess, Jaipur Golden Hospital tells High Court

India TV News

Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital has blamed the city government for the shortage of supply in oxygen for Covid-19 patients. Hospital's counsel said that the management is not even able to contact "our supplier of oxygen" and claimed that the Delhi government has created a mess. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, suggested that the Delhi government should have …

3 years, 11 months ago

8 Covid-19 patients die in Haryana hospitals due to oxygen shortage, probe ordered

India Today

Eight Covid-19 patients died at two hospitals in Haryana on Sunday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. 4 patients die in Rewari hospital amid oxygen shortage An official of the hospital in Rewari said, “Three patients died in the ICU, while one patient died in the ward. ‘Regular supply was given’ Narnaul Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar, who is currently officiating …

3 years, 11 months ago

Jaipur Golden Hospital doc says Delhi Govt assured oxygen but did not supply

Op India

Baluja, the MD at Jaipur Golden Hospital, has said during a television debate on Saturday that the Delhi Government made a false promise of delivering medical oxygen to them but the oxygen never came. Advocate Sachin Dutta, representing the Jaipur Golden Hospital, informed the Delhi High Court on Saturday that Delhi Government officials were unavailable for calls even as people …

3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi's LNJP hospital, left with just 2 hrs of oxygen supply, receives refill

India TV News

Delhi's LNJP hospital, left with just 2 hrs of oxygen supply, receives refill The Delhi High Court on Saturday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to coordinate on the issue of making medical oxygen available to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, observing that citizens cannot be left to die. Amid an acute oxygen crisis in the national capital, Lok Nayak …

3 years, 11 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Oxygen demand outstrips supply in India hotspots

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India’s medical oxygen shortage has become so dire that a Sikh house of worship began offering free breathing sessions with shared tanks to COVID-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed. After having largely tamed the virus last year, India is in the throes of the world’s worst coronavirus surge and many of the country’s hospitals are struggling …

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1 day, 16 hours ago

Bombay HC forms panel to review deaths in Nanded, Sambhaji Nagar government hospitals

The Hindu

The Bombay High Court on Thursday formed a five-member expert committee who can visit government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts of Maharashtra to recommend short and long-term measures to ensure patients do not die anymore due to lack of medical facilities. Karnik was hearing a suo moto Public Interest Litigation on the deaths of at least 45 …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

Oxygen crisis in Karnataka hospital after power failure, staff use manual pumps

India Today

An oxygen crisis hit Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Karnataka, leaving ICU patients gasping for breath due to a power outage. The incident occurred on Sunday evening when the hospital’s power supply failed, and the absence of battery backup led to a critical shortage of oxygen in the ICU ward. Hospital staff were forced to manually pump oxygen …

Karnataka Hospital Icu Power Cut

6 days, 3 hours ago

Patna: Private hospital director Surbhi Raj shot dead in her cabin

Op India

After the Director of a private hospital was shot dead inside her cabin a day ago, the father of the deceased demanded a high-level inquiry into the case, alleging a conspiracy in her death. Speaking to ANI, Rajesh Sinha, father of the slain Asia Hospital director, said, “I saw her only in the ICU. There seems to be a conspiracy…” …

Director Shot Surbhi Raj

1 week, 1 day ago

Baby’s death: DHO denies any negligence

The Hindu

While denying allegations of lack of oxygen availability in the ambulance that eventually led to the death of a newborn child, the Health authorities in Mysuru on Thursday said there was no negligence in treating the baby and the ambulance in which the baby was shifted from Nanjangud’s Government Women and Children’s Hospital to Cheluvamba Hospital in Mysuru was equipped …

Hospital Baby Mysuru Dho Nanjangud

1 week, 4 days ago

Devotee collapses while in queue at Rameswaram temple, dies

The Hindu

A 59-year-old devotee from Rajasthan died after he collapsed while standing in queue at Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram on Tuesday. Police said that C. Raj Das, who arrived at Rameswaram a few days ago, went for the early morning spadigalingam darshan in the Ramanathaswamy temple. This comes two days after R. Omkumar, a 50-year-old devotee from Karaikudi in Sivaganga district …

Temple Dies Devotees Died Hospital Rameswaram

1 week, 4 days ago

Ludhiana: Hours before Kejriwal, Mann’s visit, civil hospital plunges into darkness

Hindustan Times

Hours before the inauguration of a ‘renovated’ civil hospital by Aam Aadmi Party supremo and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and chief minister Bhagwant Mann, the district hospital plunged into darkness. According to the senior medical officer, Mother and Child Hospital, Dr Deepika Goyal, there was some problem in the transformer of the hospital which led to the power outage. …

Mann Kejriwal Hospital Plunges

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Medical equipment worth crores lying unused in Delhi hospitals: CM

Hindustan Times

New Delhi CM Rekha Gupta at an inspection of GTB Hospital. Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday alleged that medical equipment worth crores of rupees was lying unused in warehouses of many Delhi government-run hospitals. During a visit to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Gupta said, “Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the warehouse here has been completely filled. Even today, …

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta slams AAP's health model, calls it 'zero'

Trending News

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta slams AAP's health model, calls it 'zero'

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday attack the previous Aam Aadmi Party government's health model, calling it "zero" and alleging large-scale mismanagement at government hospitals during A's tenure. Delhi CM Rekha Gupta slams AAP's health model, calls it 'zero' During a visit to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Gupta claimed the facility has turned into a "dumping …

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1 month ago

No ICU in 14 Delhi hospitals, mohalla clinics without toilets: CAG report

India Today

The Comptroller and Auditor General report on Delhi's healthcare infrastructure has uncovered significant financial mismanagement, negligence, and a lack of accountability in the administration of the previous Aam Aadmi Party government over the past six years. Acute shortage of healthcare workers: Delhi hospitals face an alarming staff shortage, with a 21 per cent shortage of nurses, 38 per cent shortage …

Delhi Hospitals Hospital Healthcare Workers Report Crore Cent

1 month ago

CAG report paints grim picture of Delhi's public healthcare system under AAP rule

New Indian Express

A new report by the Comptroller and Auditor General has painted a grim picture of Delhi’s public healthcare system under the Aam Aadmi Party government. The findings, which are yet to be officially tabled in the Delhi Assembly, expose serious shortcomings in critical and emergency services at government hospitals, contradicting AAP’s claims of a healthcare revolution over the past decade. …

Delhi Services Cag

1 month, 1 week ago

Man admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital ends life

The Hindu

A 48-year-old man, who was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, ended his life late on Thursday night. Close to midnight on Thursday, telling his wife that he was going to the washroom, Kumar went to the fifth floor of the hospital and took his life. Accused ends life In another incident, a 40-year-old man who was accused …

His Life

1 month, 1 week ago

Respiratory & skin infections, cardiac distress reported most at Mahakumbh hospital

Hindustan Times

Amidst the ongoing Mahakumbh, the Central Hospital at the mela ground has been receiving a large number of devotees, with the most common cases being upper respiratory tract infections, fever of unknown cause, fractures, stomach ailments, skin infections and cardiac distress. According to chief medical superintendent of Central Hospital in Mahakumbh, Dr Manoj Kaushik, four out of 10 patients arriving …

Respiratory Hospital Devotees Mahakumbh Infections Mela Skin Infections

1 month, 1 week ago

Delayed ICU facilities in Sambalpur DHH lead to preventable deaths

New Indian Express

SAMBALPUR: Delay in creation of ICU facilities at Sambalpur district headquarters hospital coupled with shortage of critical care beds in VIMSAR, Burla continue to claim lives of patients in western Odisha. A 46-year-old woman reportedly died on February 15 after being unable to avail an ICU bed in VIMSAR, the premier healthcare institution in western Odisha. As critical care facilities …

Icu Dhh Sambalpur Barik Vimsar Sambalpur Dhh

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rajouri deaths: J&K chief secy conducts meet, reviews efforts towards safeguarding people

Hindustan Times

Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo chaired a meeting to review the efforts made to safeguard the lives of people from Rajouri’s Badhaal village here on Thursday, said an official spokesperson. J&K chief secretary Atal Dulloo All the concerned from health and police departments along with the representatives of nationally reputed institutions were present. Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar said that no food …

Health Jammu Rajouri

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Govt Doctor Saved Life of Cardiac Patient in Flight

Deccan Chronicle

Nizamabad: Timely response by the government doctor saved the life of a woman patient in a flight coming from Vijayawada to Hyderabad. When travelling from Vijayawada to Hyderabad on January 30 in Air India flight, the staff of flight announced a medical emergency for a woman passenger. Anuradha, a cardiac patient suffered from a stroke and flight staff required medical …

Hyderabad Flight Doctor Prathima Raj

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mysterious deaths in J&K: AIIMS Delhi team meets patients, records clinical history

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: A five-member team of experts from AIIMS Delhi, including specialists in toxicology, has spoken to 11 patients who are undergoing treatment for a mysterious illness that has claimed 17 lives in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, and recorded their clinical history. The team would visit Badhaal village on Sunday where three families suffered casualties due to the illness, …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

From The Hindu, January 30, 1975: Woes of govt. hospitals are many

The Hindu

New Delhi, Jan. 29: Most Government hospitals in the country are in a bad state, beset with problems like overcrowding, shortage of staff and drugs, and paucity of funds, according to a UNI survey. The following are brief reports from different centres: Bombay: Government hospitals in Maharashtra have a total of about 30,500 beds which health authorities admit is inadequate. …

Hospitals

2 months ago

BJP steps up heat on West Bengal government over ‘expired saline’ case

The Hindu

The BJP has stepped up heat over the Mamata Banerjee administration regarding the alleged use of expired saline in State-run hospitals, with Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday taking the family of a survivor to the Governor’s residence at Raj Bhawan. The West Bengal government had recently suspended 12 doctors, alleging medical negligence in the ‘expired saline administration case’ …

State Bjp Expired Saline

2 months ago

Rajouri deaths: Leaves of doctors, paramedics cancelled to deal with mysterious deaths in J&K

The Hindu

Authorities have cancelled all leaves of doctors and paramedics in the wake of a medical alert following the deaths of 17 people from Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district due to a mysterious illness. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said the initial investigation conducted by the toxicology laboratory in Lucknow concluded that the cause was not any infection, …

Investigation Jammu Rajouri Mysterious Deaths Badhaal Village Badhaal

2 months, 1 week ago

Two Killed, 1 Injured After Gas Leak In Battery Recycling Plant In Ghaziabad

ABP News

Two people have been killed, while another person has been hospitalised after a gas leak at a battery recycling plant in the Sikandrabad area of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh. On January 21, at around 8.30 am, three people fainted due to gas leakage here and they were taken to the hospital, officials said. District Magistrate Shruti said three workers …

Officials Gas Leak Battery Recycling Plant

2 months, 1 week ago

‘Hell outside AIIMS!’: Rahul Gandhi meets patients staying outside hospital in Delhi, ‘rehne, khane, sone ki…’

Live Mint

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targetted the Centre and Delhi governments for the hardships of patients staying outside All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in national capital. ‘This is completely ridiculous’: Gandhi shares AIIMS Delhi patients' plight | Watch “This is completely ridiculous that people are here. The Leader of the Opposition of Lok Sabha shared the video and wrote, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Court directs Bengal government to submit report in expired saline death case

India Today

The Calcutta High Court directed West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to file a report on the case of alleged use of expired saline at a government hospital in the state. The case involves the death of a pregnant woman after she was allegedly administered with expired saline at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital on January 10. However, despite being …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Expired saline death case: Trainee doctors barred from surgery at Bengal hospital

India Today

The West Bengal health department on Tuesday barred the postgraduate trainee doctors of Midnapore Medical College from performing surgeries after a pregnant woman died, and three others were left in critical condition, allegedly due to being administered expired saline at the college. Taking note of the government's report on the incident, the health department said that disciplinary action would be …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trainees handled treatment: Bengal flags negligence in expired saline death case

India Today

Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Monday said that the Criminal Investigation Department had been given the charge of investigating the death of a pregnant woman due to the alleged administration of expired saline. A 21-year-old pregnant woman died, and three others were left in a critical condition after the administration of expired saline at a government hospital in West …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Three women remain critical after being given expired intravenous fluids in West Bengal

The Hindu

The health condition of three women who fell ill at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital allegedly due to the administration of expired intravenous fluids remains critical, and officials of the West Bengal Health Department decided to shift the patients to a Kolkata facility on Sunday. State Health Secretary N.S Nigam said that a report on allegations of expired intravenous fluids …

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Bengal hospital tragedy: Scuffle erupts as SFI protests death of pregnant woman due to ‘expired saline’

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal hospital tragedy: Scuffle erupts as SFI protests death of pregnant woman due to ‘expired saline’

Live Mint

West Bengal news: A scuffle broke out between police and the Students' Federation of India activists outside Midnapore Medical College and Hospital following the death of a pregnant woman and several critically ill patients after “expired saline” was administered to them. The pregnant woman died, and four others were left in critical condition after delivering babies at a state-run hospital …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal: One dead, 4 critical as pregnant women given expired injection at Midnapore Medical College Hospital

India TV News

Bengal: A woman died and four others were critical after delivery of babies at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, an official said on Saturday. The family members of the deceased woman alleged that Ringer's Lactate administered on the intravenous fluid had expired and it was responsible for her death. After the death of a woman and the deterioration in …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pregnant woman dies at Bengal hospital, family alleges expired saline administered

India Today

A 21-year-old pregnant woman died, and two others are critically ill after allegedly being administered expired saline at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal on Friday. The pregnant woman, identified as Mamoni Rui Das, had given birth on Wednesday but was moved to the Intensive Care Unit on Thursday after her condition worsened. The critically ill patients, …

Pregnant Woman Expired Saline

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi govt directs hospitals to stay prepared amid concerns over HMPV

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Delhi government on Monday directed all the hospitals in the capital to remain fully prepared to manage a potential surge in respiratory illnesses following the detection of two cases of Human Metapneumovirus in Karnataka. Delhi govt directs hospitals to stay prepared amid concerns over HMPV In a directive marked "Most Urgent", Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj instructed the …

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3 months ago

Manmohan Singh died due to THIS dangerous disease, know causes, symptoms and more

India TV News

Former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS hospital, where he breathed his last on 26 December. Not only this, Manmohan Singh was also suffering from respiratory disease. Difficulty in breathing Manmohan Singh had difficulty breathing due to respiratory disease. According to the World Health Organization, a lot of lives are lost due to these two diseases, …

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3 months ago

Jaipur tanker blast claims more lives, death toll reaches 19, three patients critical

Live Mint

Jaipur tanker blast: Days after a fire broke out following a collision between a truck and an LPG tanker on Jaipur-Ajmer national highway, it was reported that the death toll has risen to 19. A man admitted at Sawai Man Singh hospital, who suffered severe burn injuries in the incident, died on Thursday. The news about the man's death comes …

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Jaipur tanker fire: Death toll rises to 19; Three others on ventilator support

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3 months ago

Jaipur tanker fire: Death toll rises to 19; Three others on ventilator support

Hindustan Times

The death toll in a tanker-fire incident in Rajasthan has gone up to 19 with another man succumbing to his severe burn injuries at the Sawai Man Singh hospital here on Thursday. SMS hospital superintendent Dr Sushil Bhati informed that one more death was recorded on Thursday, taking the total number of fatalities in the horrific incident to 19. "Currently, …

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3 months ago

Jaipur tanker fire: Death toll rises to 19 as man succumbs to burns

The Hindu

The death toll in a tanker-fire incident in Rajasthan has gone up to 19 with another man succumbing to his severe burn injuries at the Sawai Man Singh hospital in Jaipur on Thursday. SMS hospital superintendent Dr. Sushil Bhati informed that one more death was recorded on Thursday, taking the total number of fatalities in the horrific incident to 19. …

Jaipur

3 months, 1 week ago

Jaipur LPG tanker crash: Death toll rises to 14; five bodies yet to be identified

New Indian Express

JAIPUR: The death toll in the LPG tanker accident on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway rose to 14 on Saturday, an official said here. Seven are on ventilator support," Dr Sushil Bhati, Sawai Man Singh Hospital Superintendent, said. A truck hit the LPG tanker on the highway in the Bhankrota area in the early hours of Friday, sparking a massive fire that …

Jaipur Lpg Tanker

3 months, 1 week ago

Jaipur gas tanker crash: 11 dead, 28 in hospital, locals face breathing difficulties— What we know so far

Live Mint

Jaipur accident: The death toll in the Jaipur gas tanker crash on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway rose to 11, with a total of 37 vehicles going up in flames. The incident occurred around 5:30 am on Jaipur-Ajmer highway when a CNG tanker, parked near a petrol pump, caught fire after a truck collided with several other vehicles. Five had succumbed during …

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Jaipur Accident: Death Toll Rises To 11 As Injured 'Very Critical', Police Reveal What Caused Gas Leak

ABP News

Jaipur Highway Fire: A deadly collision between an LPG tanker and a truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway in the early hours of Friday unleashed a massive fire, leaving 11 people dead and over 35 injured. Jaipur Police Commissioner Biju George Joseph explained that vehicles behind the tanker were immediately engulfed, with the blaze spreading to oncoming traffic, news agency PTI …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Jaipur: Several Students Faint After Suspected Gas Leak At Coaching Centre, 10 Hospitalised

ABP News

At least ten students were admitted to a hospital after they fainted due to suffocation after a suspected gas leak on the premises of a private coaching institute in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Sunday evening. According to media reports, nearly two dozen students fainted after poisonous gas leaked from a drain, which made them ill. "The students complained of difficulty in …

Coaching Students Gas Jaipur Icu Leak Coaching Centre

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brain-dead man's organs airlifted to Jaipur, Jodhpur to save 6 lives

Hindustan Times

Vital organs of a brain-dead man were airlifted from Jhalawar to Jaipur and Jodhpur on Sunday to save at least six lives, marking a significant milestone in organ transplantation efforts in Rajasthan. Following his family's consent for organ donation, his organs were sent to save the lives of at least six patients. Sawai Man Singh Hospital Superintendent Dr. Deepak Maheshwari …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ballari hospital deaths: BJP demands resignation of Health, Medical Education Ministers

The Hindu

Taking serious exception to the deaths of five lactating mothers in the State-run district hospital attached to the Ballari Medical College and Research Centre in Ballari, R. Ashok, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, demanded the resignation of Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao and Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil. Taking moral responsibility for the deaths, Health Minister Dinesh …

Karnataka Deaths Hospital Medical Education State Health Minister Ballari

4 months ago

Chhattisgarh woman, newborns die in ambulance, kin allege oxygen shortage

Deccan Chronicle

Korba: A woman and her two newborn babies died in the ambulance while being transferred to a hospital in Korba district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, officials said. The newborns were weak," said Dr SN Kesari, Chief Medical and Health Officer Korba. Meanwhile, Bihari Lal Rathiya, the husband of the deceased Kanti Rathiya, claimed that his wife and newborn babies died …

Korba Kartala Woman Newborns

4 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra gas leak update: 3 dead, 9 hospitalised after inhaling ammonia fumes

Live Mint

A blast in a reactor at a fertiliser plant in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Thursday killed three people, including two women, and left nine others injured, officials said. An official informed the news agency PTI that the explosion happened at the Myanmar Chemical Company in Shalgaon MIDC of Kadegaon tehsil in the Sangli district around 6.30 pm on November 21. …

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Rajasthan: Man declared dead wakes up before cremation, 3 doctors suspended

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4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan: Man declared dead wakes up before cremation, 3 doctors suspended

Deccan Chronicle

Jaipur: A 25-year-old deaf and mute man who was declared dead by medicos in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district regained consciousness moments before his cremation, following which three doctors were suspended. Jhunjhunu District Collector Ramavtar Meena, taking note of the alleged medical negligence, suspended Dr. Yogesh Jakhar, Dr. Navneet Meel and PMO Dr. Sandeep Pachar on Thursday night. However, as the body …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan man declared dead found alive during cremation, dies 12 hours later in Jaipur hospital; three doctors suspended

New Indian Express

JAIPUR: A 25-year-old man, mistakenly declared dead by doctors in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu, was found alive during his cremation but tragically succumbed to his condition 12 hours later while being treated at SMS Hospital in Jaipur. Following the incident, the district administration suspended three doctors from BDK Hospital, citing gross negligence. They are Dr. Yogesh Kumar Jakhar who was the first …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi pollution: Asthma drugs ineffective, doctors warn of ‘health emergency’

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The city woke up to a “health emergency” as dense smog, the worst of the season, engulfed the capital on Monday. Doctors report that this year’s pollution levels have exacerbated health issues more than in previous years, with patients presenting severe respiratory symptoms, cardiovascular problems, and conjunctivitis. The dangerously poor air quality has rendered medications ineffective for asthma …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi govt directs hospitals to constitute teams of specialists to provide respiratory disease-related care

India TV News

Delhi pollution: The Aam Aadmi-led Delhi government has directed its hospitals to constitute teams of specialists to provide respiratory disease-related care owing to heavy pollution. Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Monday, leaving people gasping for breath with itchy eyes and sore throats as the Air Quality Index stood at 494, the second-worst in the last six years. …

Delhi

4 months, 1 week ago

Twin negligence: The Hindu Editorial on the Jhansi hospital fire

The Hindu

The fire in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, where 10 newborns died on November 15 night, underscores the fatal intersection of severely neglected sectors in government budgeting and planning — health care and fire safety. Established in 1968, the Jhansi hospital is the main health-care facility serving Bundelkhand, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Jhansi Hospital fire: Rescued infant dies due to critical illness

Hindustan Times

A newborn, who was rescued from the blaze in the NICU ward at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi on Friday night, died due to a critical illness on Sunday. Charred ward of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after a fire at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, in Jhansi. Medical college principal Dr Narendra Singh Senger said that …

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4 months, 1 week ago

We're getting poisoned: Richa Chadha slams lack of action over Delhi air crisis

India Today

Actor Richa Chadha has raised her voice over two major national crises, criticising both the health sector’s ongoing accountability issues and the alarming air pollution in North India. We Indians must have really low self esteem, really low sense of hope and justiceâæ that all over North India the air quality is so so so bad, year after year, and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Power outage in Chennai hospital leave 419 patients in dark

India Today

A major power outage at Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai on Saturday evening left 419 patients in the dark for almost two hours. However, the 15 patients admitted to critical care units with ventilator support remained unaffected as they operated on a separate power line. The power disruption occurred after an electrical fire damaged the main power line …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Jhansi hospital fire: CM Yogi announces ₹5L aid for bereaved parents

Deccan Chronicle

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced an assistance of Rs five lakh each to parents of the newborns who died in the fire incident at Maharani Laxmibai Medical College Hospital, Jhansi.The UP government has also announced Rs 50,000 each to the families of the injured from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.CM Yogi Adityanath has also directed the …

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