Another COVID-19 patient dies by suicide in Patna AIIMS
4 years, 4 months ago

Another COVID-19 patient dies by suicide in Patna AIIMS

India TV News  

A 21-year-old COVID-19 patient, who was apparently depressed, died by suicide in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, where he was admitted, an official said on Saturday. This is the second suicide case in the premier hospital involving a coronavirus infected patient in just over a month. Rahul Kumar, a resident of Bihta in Patna district, jumped from the third floor of Indoor Patient Building in the hospital on Friday evening, the facility's COVID19 Nodal Officer Dr Sanjeev Kumar said. This is the second suicide case of a COVID-19 patient in AIIMS, Patna and third in the state.

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Two including a NIT student dies by suicide in separate incidents
3 months ago

Two including a NIT student dies by suicide in separate incidents

Hindustan Times  

Two students, including a second-year student of B.Tech computer electronics and a native of Andhra Pradesh, allegedly died by suicide in separate incidents at Patna and Jamui in the last 24 hours. The AP student committed suicide by hanging herself on a ceiling fan in her Kadambini hostel room of the under-construction NIT campus located at Sikandarpur in Bihta, adjacent …

NIT Patna student found hanging in hostel, suicide note found
3 months ago

NIT Patna student found hanging in hostel, suicide note found

India TV News  

A student committed suicide last night in the girls hostel in the under-construction NIT campus located at Sikandarpur in Bihta, adjacent to the capital Patna following which students created a ruckus. The police have found a suicide note which says that she took the extreme step due to personal and family reasons. After the death, ruckus started in Bihta NIT …

19-year-old NIT-Patna student from Andhra dies by suicide; probe underway
3 months ago

19-year-old NIT-Patna student from Andhra dies by suicide; probe underway

New Indian Express  

PATNA: A 19-year-old girl student of the National Institute of Technology -Patna reportedly died by suicide at her hostel room in Bihar’s Patna district on Friday. The incident came to light when the victim Pallavi Reddy, a second year student of B.Tech computer electronics and native of Andhra Pradesh, didn’t turn at the mess for dinner. The students alleged that …

MP: 20-year-old MBBS student commits suicide in Ujjain
3 months, 1 week ago

MP: 20-year-old MBBS student commits suicide in Ujjain

Hindustan Times  

A 20-year-old MBBS student died allegedly by suicide at his home in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city on Thursday, a police official said. Madhya Pradesh: 20-year-old MBBS student commits suicide in Ujjain {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Pranshul Vyas was in the second year of his medical education at the state-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, about 50 km from …

AIIMS Neurosurgeon Found Dead in South Delhi House
4 months ago

AIIMS Neurosurgeon Found Dead in South Delhi House

News 18  

A 34-year-old neurosurgeon at AIIMS allegedly committed suicide in his south Delhi house on Sunday, police said. Raj Ghoniya, a resident of Rajkot in Gujarat, died due to a suspected overdose as used vials of medicines and syringes were found in his house in the Gautam Nagar area, police said. ”At around 2 pm on Sunday, a PCR call was …

34-year-old AIIMS doctor found dead in south Delhi home; suicide suspected
4 months ago

34-year-old AIIMS doctor found dead in south Delhi home; suicide suspected

Hindustan Times  

A 34-year-old neurosurgeon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences was found dead in his South Delhi residence on Sunday in a suspected case of suicide, according to police. The doctor, identified as Raj Ghoniya, a resident of Rajkot in Gujarat, allegedly died from a suspected overdose, as used vials of medicines and syringes were discovered in his home …

20-year-old B Tech student dies by suicide in Ghaziabad
4 months, 1 week ago

20-year-old B Tech student dies by suicide in Ghaziabad

India TV News  

Ghaziabad suicide: A 20-year-old B Tech second-year student allegedly took his own life on Sunday by jumping from the platform of a rapid rail station in the Muradnagar area, police said. AIIMS doctor ends life with drug overdose Earlier in the day, a 34-year-old neurosurgeon at AIIMS Delhi allegedly died by suicide today. Dr Raj Ghonia, a resident of Rajkot …

Delhi: 34-year-old AIIMS doctor ends life with drug overdose, police recover suicide note
4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi: 34-year-old AIIMS doctor ends life with drug overdose, police recover suicide note

India TV News  

Delhi news: A 34-year-old neurosurgeon at AIIMS Delhi allegedly died by suicide today. Dr Raj Ghonia, a resident of Rajkot in Gujarat, died due to a suspected overdose as used vials of medicines and syringes were found in his house in the Gautam Nagar area, police said. "At around 2 pm on Sunday, a PCR call was received at the …

Bihar: Child dies of Covid in Rohtas
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar: Child dies of Covid in Rohtas

Hindustan Times  

A four-year-old boy has died of Covid in Bihar’s Rohtas district, doctors said. The family had come to participate in a marriage ceremony at their native village Torni under Kargahar police station of Rohtas district about five days back, officials said. “His family brought him to Sadar Hospital at Sasaram,” civil surgeon Dr KN Tiwary said, adding that doctors referred …

Bihar Student Dies by Suicide in Karnataka As He Was Afraid of Ongoing Exams
10 months ago

Bihar Student Dies by Suicide in Karnataka As He Was Afraid of Ongoing Exams

News 18  

A 20-year-old student died by suicide at Manipal University in Karnataka because he was afraid of the ongoing exams in the college, reported news agency ANI. In a recent case, the body of a 16-year-old IIT JEE aspirant was found on Monday night stuck between two trees on a rock in a forest area in Rajasthan’s Kota, police said. He …

Raigad: Medical student ends his life at college hostel due to harassment
1 year ago

Raigad: Medical student ends his life at college hostel due to harassment

Op India  

According to reports, a 19-year-old medical student named Harshal Mahale from a private institution in the Raigad district of Maharashtra killed himself. On 1st December at around seven o’clock in the evening, the first-year MBBS student of Dr NY Tasgaonkar Institute of Medical Sciences in Karjat, Raigad, reportedly took his life by hanging himself from the ceiling of his dorm …

Delhi: Safdarjung Hospital resident doctor found dead, suicide note recovered
1 year ago

Delhi: Safdarjung Hospital resident doctor found dead, suicide note recovered

India TV News  

New Delhi: A 25-year-old resident doctor of Safdarjung Hospital allegedly died by suicide at his South Delhi home, police said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chandan Chowdhary, said a PCR call was received at the Hauz Khas police station at 3.55 p.m. on Friday informing about a person found hanging. Police said that a suicide note has been recovered …

23-year-old IIT student dies by suicide at home in east Delhi, third case in 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

23-year-old IIT student dies by suicide at home in east Delhi, third case in 2023

India TV News  

New Delhi: A 23-year-old Indian Institute of Technology Delhi student died by suicide at his home in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area, police said on Wednesday. No suicide note was recovered Delhi Police said that Panav's body was found by his parents at about 9 pm on Tuesday upon returning from their evening walk. Previous suicide incidents Earlier in September, …

Gangster attempts to die by suicide in police custody in Gurugram
1 year, 2 months ago

Gangster attempts to die by suicide in police custody in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

Gangster Kaushal, 38, attempted to die by suicide while in police custody at the crime investigation agency office in Palam Vihar on Monday, police officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday. On August 26, 2019, the special task force of the Haryana police had arrested Kaushal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. A case under Section 309 …

40-year-old Man Dies by Suicide at Delhi's AIIMS Metro Station
1 year, 4 months ago

40-year-old Man Dies by Suicide at Delhi's AIIMS Metro Station

News 18  

A 40-year-old man died on Friday after he allegedly jumped onto the tracks at the Delhi Metro’s AIIMS station here, police said. The incident took place around 10 am, a senior police officer said. Further investigation is underway, they said The situation at the spot is normal, crime and forensics teams have been called and proceedings under section 174 of …

MP: Man dies by suicide after threat from person accused of abetting daughter’s suicide
1 year, 5 months ago

MP: Man dies by suicide after threat from person accused of abetting daughter’s suicide

Hindustan Times  

A man allegedly died by suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha after he was threatened by another man, who is the prime accused in sexual harassment and abetment of suicide of the former’s daughter, police said on Saturday. The man’s daughter, 18, had died by suicide one-and-half month ago over after accusing six men of sexual harassment, leading to a case …

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases
1 year, 8 months ago

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases

The Hindu  

The spurt in the number of suicides witnessed in the immediate wake of the COVID pandemic due to job loss, poor health, and uncertainty about the future, has relented a little, declining by 14% from 889 in 2021 to 758 in 2022. As per the data procured from the police department, 709 persons died by suicide in 2019 with the …

Infected by Covid, 70-year-old Bihar woman dies of heart attack
1 year, 8 months ago

Infected by Covid, 70-year-old Bihar woman dies of heart attack

Hindustan Times  

In the first reported death arising out of Covid-19 in Bihar over the last three months, a 70-year-old woman of Makdumpur village in Jehanabad district died of heart attack at the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital on Friday evening, health officials said on Saturday. As soon as we got her RT-PCR report, we immediately referred her to the Covid …

11 dead in blaze in Covid ICU ward in Ahmednagar
3 years, 1 month ago

11 dead in blaze in Covid ICU ward in Ahmednagar

Hindustan Times  

At least 11 elderly Covid-positive patients, including four women, admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the civil hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district died in a fire on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at 11 am in the ground floor of the hospital where 17 patients were admitted, at least 15 of whom were on ventilator or oxygen support. …

In Wake of Ahmednagar Blaze Tragedy, a Look at Fire Disasters at Covid Hospitals That Wrecked States
3 years, 1 month ago

In Wake of Ahmednagar Blaze Tragedy, a Look at Fire Disasters at Covid Hospitals That Wrecked States

News 18  

Another fire tragedy hit Maharashtra as ten Covid-19 patients died in a blaze that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of the Civil Hospital in Ahmednagar on Saturday. Bharuch Covid Hospital Fire At least eighteen persons including 16 COVID-19 patients died in a fire at a hospital at Bharuch in Gujarat in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. …

Chhattisgarh: Former Minister Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia commits suicide
3 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Former Minister Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia commits suicide

Op India  

Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia, former minister of Chhattisgarh from the Bharatiya Janata Party, has committed suicide on Sunday. According to the note, Bhatia committed suicide due to health reasons. In which, he wrote that he committed suicide due to his health conditions: Rajnandgaon Additional SP Pragya Meshram — ANI September 20, 2021 “Bhatia lived with his younger brother and his …

Chhattisgarh's ex-BJP minister found hanging at home, suicide suspected
3 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh's ex-BJP minister found hanging at home, suicide suspected

India TV News  

Former Chhattisgarh minister and senior BJP leader Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia was found hanging at his residence in Rajnandgaon district of the state on Sunday, in what police suspect is a case of suicide. Bhatia, 72, was found hanging at his house in Chhuriya town in the evening, a police official said. The three-time MLA from Khujji Assembly constituency of …

New Twist to Suicide Near Odisha Assembly As Mother of Deceased Alleges Murder; Police Register Case
3 years, 3 months ago

New Twist to Suicide Near Odisha Assembly As Mother of Deceased Alleges Murder; Police Register Case

News 18  

The death of a 30-year-old man who allegedly died by suicide by consuming pesticide protesting denial of treatment at SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack took a new turn on Friday as the police in Jagatsinghpur district registered a case of murder in this connection. Noting that negligence of treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital is not the lone factor …

Fearing complications, Covid infected couple dies by suicide in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

Fearing complications, Covid infected couple dies by suicide in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Fearing complications after showing symptoms of Covid-19, a couple died by suicide at Baikampady in Mangaluru on Tuesday, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said. In the audio clip, the couple purportedly said that they were showing symptoms of Covid-19 for the last seven days, and fearing complications, had decided not to seek treatment. “As we see people losing eyesight …

AIIMS nursing student found hanging in her hostel room in Chhattisgarh; suicide suspected
3 years, 5 months ago

AIIMS nursing student found hanging in her hostel room in Chhattisgarh; suicide suspected

India TV News  

A 21-year-old nursing student of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel room, police said on Saturday. Police suspect the victim Shakshi Dubey, a first-year student of BSc in the AIIMS, committed suicide by hanging herself on July 2 evening, said Amanaka Station House Officer Bharat Bareth. Police recovered …

2 young girls and their father die by suicide in Bengaluru after losing mother to Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

2 young girls and their father die by suicide in Bengaluru after losing mother to Covid-19

India Today  

Two months after their mother succumbed to Covid-19, two young girls and their father died by suicide on Wednesday. Satish formerly worked with a private firm but had left his job around six months ago to become a farmer. Satish's wife and the girls' mother Asha was infected with Covid-19 and had succumbed at a hospital about two months ago. …

Fearing Covid, family of four commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool
3 years, 6 months ago

Fearing Covid, family of four commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool

India Today  

Fearing that they might get infected with Covid-19, a family of four committed suicide by consuming poison in the Vaddegeri area of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Pratap worked as a TV mechanic, his son Jayant was in high school, and daughter Rishita was a seventh grade student. A suicide note was recovered from the house, which revealed that the family was …

COVID-19: 3 deaths from Delta variant in MP's Shivpuri
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19: 3 deaths from Delta variant in MP's Shivpuri

India TV News  

A district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri has confirmed the death of three people who were infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in India. Due to the increasing number of deaths in the district, as many as six samples from COVID-infected patients were sent to Delhi's National Centre of Disease Control for genome sequencing testing. …

Patna HC says jump in Bihar Covid-19 toll a serious concern; hearing today
3 years, 6 months ago

Patna HC says jump in Bihar Covid-19 toll a serious concern; hearing today

India Today  

The Bihar government recently added 3,971 more deaths after data reconciliation, raising the Covid-19 toll in the state by 72.75 per cent. The state government revised the Covid-19 death toll after the Patna High Court had demanded an audit of casualties in April-May amid the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Now, after the rejig in Covid death numbers, …

COVID+ Man Dies Allegedly After Jumping From Safdarjung Hospital's Roof: Delhi High Court Seeks 5-Point Report From Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID+ Man Dies Allegedly After Jumping From Safdarjung Hospital's Roof: Delhi High Court Seeks 5-Point Report From Hospital

Live Law  

Dealing with a petition related to a case wherein a 23-year-old boy, who arrived from Australia at the Delhi Airport in March, 2020 and passed away shortly after being taken to the Safdarjung Hospital upon arrival, the Delhi High Court on Friday sought a five-point report from the Safdarjung Hospital.The Bench of Justice Rekha Palli directed the Medical Superintendent. Dealing …

Over 300 doctors died due to Covid during 2nd wave, at least 80 in Bihar: IMA
3 years, 7 months ago

Over 300 doctors died due to Covid during 2nd wave, at least 80 in Bihar: IMA

India Today  

The Indian Medical Association has said that over 300 doctors have died due to Covid-19 during the second wave of the pandemic in the country. The IMA said 329 doctors have succumbed so far during the second Covid-19 wave and 80 out of these casualties have been reported from Bihar, which now has the highest number of doctor deaths during …

Record No of Doctors Died in Bihar During Second Covid-19 Wave. Here's What is Plaguing its Healthcare
3 years, 7 months ago

Record No of Doctors Died in Bihar During Second Covid-19 Wave. Here's What is Plaguing its Healthcare

News 18  

As fatalities continue to reach record high in second disastrous wave of Covid-19, the health care workers remain at the risk of getting affected. The Indian Medical Association in its report on Tuesday said out 269 doctors who died in the second wave of Covid-19, majority of the deaths were reported from Bihar with 78 fatalities. In Patna’s Nalanda Medical …

Bihar: Death and deceit
3 years, 7 months ago

Bihar: Death and deceit

The Hindu  

Dr Smriti*, a senior resident atagovernment hospital in Patna, is on the front line of the tidal second wave of COVID-19 that has caught Bihar unawares. “As they are part of the community and as there is little else by way of health care in the villages, most of my patients have already sought treatment for the first six-seven days …

India COVID crisis: ‘Lack of oxygen killed him, not the virus’
3 years, 7 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 …

India COVID crisis: ‘We tried 15 hospitals before my mother died’
3 years, 7 months ago

India COVID crisis: ‘We tried 15 hospitals before my mother died’

Al Jazeera  

Despite having the money to pay for treatment, one family struggled to find a hospital bed for their 61-year-old mother who lost her life to the virus. “We knocked on the doors of at least 15 hospitals, tapped all our networks and contacts to organise treatment for my mother,” says Oberoi’s daughter, Vandana Paliwal, 38, a schoolteacher in West Delhi. …

Delhi doctor dies by suicide, was treating Covid patients in ICU for a month
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi doctor dies by suicide, was treating Covid patients in ICU for a month

India Today  

A 36-year-old doctor who had been attending to Covid-19 patients for nearly a month in the ICU of a private hospital in Delhi, has died by suicide. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one of Dr Rai's colleagues said he was on Covid duty for the past one month and was dealing with ICU patients. Despite efforts, not many would …

Two Covid-infected Tihar Inmates Die at East Delhi Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

Two Covid-infected Tihar Inmates Die at East Delhi Hospital

News 18  

Two coronavirus positive inmates, including a 41-year-old woman, of the Tihar jail died at a hospital in east Delhi on Thursday, officials said. "Murder convict Kamaljeet of central jail number 3, Tihar, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 16. "Kehkashan of central jail number 6, Tihar, was detected COVID-19 positive on April 17 and was admitted to the GTB Hospital …

MP Govt Hospital Declared Covid Patient Dead Twice Before He Actually Died, Family Claims
3 years, 8 months ago

MP Govt Hospital Declared Covid Patient Dead Twice Before He Actually Died, Family Claims

News 18  

A 58-year-old coronavirus patient was declared dead twice in a day before he actually died at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, his family claimed on Saturday. Goralal Kori, a railway employee and resident of Sultania village, was admitted to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Hospital here on April 12 after he developed coronavirus-like symptoms, his son …

15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital
3 years, 8 months ago

15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

India TV News  

A 15-day-old baby girl, who was born to a COVID-19 patient, succumbed to coronavirus at a hospital in Gujarat's Surat city, an official said on Friday. The infant was born with the infection on April 1, as her mother had also contracted the disease, a statement issued by Diamond Hospital said. While the child's mother was shifted to another hospital, …

RT-PCR Covid negative report mandatory for passengers travelling to Patna via flight from these 3 states
3 years, 8 months ago

RT-PCR Covid negative report mandatory for passengers travelling to Patna via flight from these 3 states

India TV News  

Passengers travelling to Patna from Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala will have to carry a Covid-19 negative report, in view of the rising cases of contagious diseases. Patna District Magistrate has issued the order that people from three states including Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kerala who are arriving at Jayprakash Narayan International Airport in Patna will have to carry an RT-PCR test …

All Four Members of a Family Hang Themselves in Rajasthan's Sikar District: Police
3 years, 10 months ago

All Four Members of a Family Hang Themselves in Rajasthan's Sikar District: Police

News 18  

A 45-year-old man along with his wife and two daughters died by hanging themselves in their home in Rajasthan’s Sikar district on Sunday owing to depression, a police official said. The incident occurred in the Udyog Nagar police station area, said Sikar Superintendent of Police Kunwar Rashtradeep, adding the family committed suicide due to depression after the death of their …

Five COVID-19 patients killed as fire breaks out at Rajkot hospital, PM Modi expresses grief
4 years ago

Five COVID-19 patients killed as fire breaks out at Rajkot hospital, PM Modi expresses grief

India TV News  

At least five coronavirus patients killed after a fire broke out in the ICU of a designated COVID-19 hospital in Gujarat's Rajkot in the early hours of Friday. The fire broke out in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in Mavdi area, where 33 patients were admitted, around 1 am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his deep pain …

Covid-19 Positive Woman Jumps to Death from Hospital after 'Not Being Allowed to Fast' on Karva Chauth
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 Positive Woman Jumps to Death from Hospital after 'Not Being Allowed to Fast' on Karva Chauth

News 18  

A Covid-19 positive woman, admitted to Etawah’s Saifai Medical University, killed herself by jumping from the third floor of the university’s building on Wednesday. The Covid positive woman was admitted to Saifai Medical University on Wednesday when a section of Hindu women was observing a fast on the occasion of Karva Chauth, a festival when women pray for the health …

Junior doctor at govt hospital hangs himself in Madhya Pradesh
4 years, 2 months ago

Junior doctor at govt hospital hangs himself in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

A junior doctor attached to the state-run Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College and Hospital here allegedly committed suicide on Thursday evening, the police said. Bhagwat Devangan was pursuing a postgraduate course in orthopedics, said Garha police station's inspector Rakesh Tiwari. Devangan's family members called his friend as Devangan was not responding to their calls on mobile phone, he said. …

Odisha: 91-year-old man beats Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar
4 years, 3 months ago

Odisha: 91-year-old man beats Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar

India Today  

Amidst the gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic, a 91-year-old senior citizen has brought cheers to the medical fraternity of SUM Covid Hospital in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar by defeating the deadly virus. Dhirendranath Das, a former senior official with the Press Information Bureau and All India Radio, was admitted in the hospital on September 5 after he tested positive for Covid-19. …

Covid-19 Patient Ends Life by Jumping off Hospital Building in Bihar
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Patient Ends Life by Jumping off Hospital Building in Bihar

News 18  

A 46-year-old COVID-19 patient allegedly died by suicide by jumping off a hospital building in Bihar's Jehanabad district on Sunday, police said. The man, a resident of Kali Nagar Colony in Jehanabad town, allegedly jumped off the third floor of the GNM Nursing College building in Sadar hospital premises, Town police station SHO Nikhil Kumar said. Two COVID-19 patients, aged …

Odisha’s COVID-19 tally zooms past 70K with 2898 new cases
4 years, 4 months ago

Odisha’s COVID-19 tally zooms past 70K with 2898 new cases

New Indian Express  

37 warriors succumb to virus in State Bhubaneswar: Teachers dominated the Covid warriors who succumbed to Covid-19 while discharging their duty. According to Health department, maximum 29 Covid warriors, including 11 teachers in Ganjam, have lost their lives while serving the migrants and people infected with coronavirus. Though the Government had announced ex gratia of `50 lakh for the bereaved …

19 doctors died of COVID-19 in Bihar, 250 infected: IMA
4 years, 4 months ago

19 doctors died of COVID-19 in Bihar, 250 infected: IMA

The Hindu  

With the surge in COVID-19 cases in Bihar, the State has reported nine times more deaths of doctors than the national average, according to officials at the Indian Medical Association. “In Bihar, the doctors’ death percentage due to COVID-19 is 4.42% while the national average is 0.5%”, claimed Dr. Ajay Kumar, senior vice-president of the IMA, Bihar chapter. Till Sunday, …

Doctor dies by suicide at AIIMS Delhi hostel, fifth such death at hospital in 2 months
4 years, 4 months ago

Doctor dies by suicide at AIIMS Delhi hostel, fifth such death at hospital in 2 months

India Today  

A second-year medical student has died by suicide at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. This is the fifth case of death by suicide at India's premier medical institute since June 5. On July 10, a 25-year-old junior doctor had died by suicide at AIIMS-Delhi by jumping off the 10th floor of the hospital building. On July …

Ten dead after blaze at makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada; CM orders probe
4 years, 4 months ago

Ten dead after blaze at makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada; CM orders probe

Firstpost  

The PMO announced that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives At least ten are dead and several others feared trapped after a fire broke out at a private hotel that was being used as a makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh’s …

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