Delhi Mohalla clinics under scanner for ‘fake’ pathological tests; BJP reacts
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Mohalla clinics under scanner for ‘fake’ pathological tests; BJP reacts

Hindustan Times  

Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Thursday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the allegations of fake diagnostic tests prescribed by the Delhi government-run mohalla clinics, reported PTI, citing sources. Delhi Mohalla clinics under scanner for ‘fake’ pathological tests This comes days after the governor ordered a similar probe into the alleged procurement and supply of spurious and non-standard drugs, including some life-saving medicines. Delhi BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party government over the new alleged scam saying, “The so-called 'Mohalla Clinics' provided the facility for pathological testing. State BJP president Virendra Sachdeva also hit out at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that the then health minister Manish Sisodia and the current minister Saurabh Bharadwaj were aware of the alleged pathology scam.

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Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain opposes mohalla clinics’ closure, calls it a ‘blow to capital’s healthcare’
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain opposes mohalla clinics’ closure, calls it a ‘blow to capital’s healthcare’

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Former Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday strongly criticised the reported plan of the BJP government in Delhi to shut down 250 mohalla clinics, calling it a move that would paralyse the city’s healthcare infrastructure. Addressing a press conference, Jain urged the government to increase rather than reduce the number of neighbourhood clinics, which were introduced by the …

Mohalla Clinics Row Intensifies In Delhi As BJP, AAP Clash Over CAG Report, Govt Plans To Close 250 Clinics
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Mohalla Clinics Row Intensifies In Delhi As BJP, AAP Clash Over CAG Report, Govt Plans To Close 250 Clinics

ABP News  

The controversy over Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics has escalated, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party trading sharp barbs. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva attacked former health minister Satyendar Jain over alleged irregularities highlighted in the Comptroller and Auditor General report, while AAP leaders slammed the BJP government’s pan to shut down 250 Mohalla Clinics. AAP leaders cited …

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare
Trending News
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare

India TV News  

Delhi government to shut 250 mohalla clinics, AAP calls move a setback to healthcare The Delhi government has announced the immediate closure of 250 mohalla clinics, citing financial irregularities as part of its 100-day healthcare revamp plan. The Delhi government has announced the immediate closure of 250 mohalla clinics, calling them a hub of financial irregularities. According to AAP, over …

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare
1 month ago

Mohalla clinics without toilets, hospitals without ICUs: Key highlights of CAG report on Delhi healthcare

Live Mint  

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General report on ‘Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services’ in the Delhi Assembly. According to the 208-page CAG report, the AAP-led government in Delhi ‘grossly’ mismanaged the COVID pandemic in the national capital using only ₹582.84 crore of the total ₹787.91 crore released by the central …

Patients receive consultation for less than a minute at Mohalla Clinics, reveals CAG report
1 month ago

Patients receive consultation for less than a minute at Mohalla Clinics, reveals CAG report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The CAG audit has revealed alarming deficiencies in Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics. The audit also found that many of the clinics were lacking essential medical equipment, including pulse oximeters, glucometers, X-ray viewers, thermometers, and blood pressure apparatus. The audit also noted that inspections of the clinics were grossly insufficient, with only 2% of the clinics in the selected districts …

Delhi’s rented Mohalla Clinics to be shut down
1 month ago

Delhi’s rented Mohalla Clinics to be shut down

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi government is moving to close down Mohalla Clinics currently operating from rented premises amid allegations that many of these properties are linked to individuals associated with the Aam Aadmi Party. According to sources, 177 of the city’s 523 Mohalla Clinics — nearly 34 per cent — are functioning in rented spaces, with suspicions that the rent …

CAG report on liquor policy in Delhi Assembly. What are the other reports?
1 month ago

CAG report on liquor policy in Delhi Assembly. What are the other reports?

India Today  

The Delhi Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes as the ruling BJP, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, tabled the CAG's audit report on the AAP government's liquor policy, which led to the arrests of several of its top leaders. RENOVATION OF DELHI CHIEF MINISTER'S RESIDENCE One of the CAG reports, accessed by India Today TV, will focus on the irregularities in …

BJP-led Delhi govt directs action plan on water, air quality; seeks report on mohalla clinics
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP-led Delhi govt directs action plan on water, air quality; seeks report on mohalla clinics

The Hindu  

A day after its formation, the BJP-led Delhi government headed by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed a summer action plan for water supply and air quality, and sought a report on mohalla clinics. Free bus service for women will continue Delhi's Health and Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh assured that the free bus service for women will continue under the …

Delhi government orders probe into Mohalla Clinic scheme, review of city buses
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi government orders probe into Mohalla Clinic scheme, review of city buses

India Today  

Newly-appointed Delhi Minister, Pankaj Singh, on Friday said that an investigation has been ordered into the former Aam Aadmi Party -led government's flagship Mohalla Clinic scheme, aiming to assess its operations and effectiveness. The BJP has been attacking the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government, which was in power in Delhi for the last 10 years, over alleged irregularities in several of …

Reality of AAP's Mohalla Clinics: What Patients Across 7 Locations Have to Say
2 months ago

Reality of AAP's Mohalla Clinics: What Patients Across 7 Locations Have to Say

The Quint  

Kripa Shankar, a 50 year-old salesman at bookstore, located at a distance of a km from the clinic, said he often visits the GK-1 clinic due to the proximity of the clinic to his workplace. If a medicine is not available an alternative is given.” Shankar, who is a resident of Shahdara also stated that the Shahdara Mohalla Clinic functions …

From ED custody, Delhi CM directs there should be no shortage of free medicines at Mohalla Clinics
1 year ago

From ED custody, Delhi CM directs there should be no shortage of free medicines at Mohalla Clinics

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 26 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued directions from ED custody to address shortage of medicines and diagnostic tests at mohalla clinics and hospitals in the national capital, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday. He said Kejriwal believes that even though he has been arrested, people of Delhi should not face any problem in getting …

Delhi govt’s Mohalla clinics conducted tests of 65,000 ‘ghost patients’ last year: Anti-Corruption Branch
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi govt’s Mohalla clinics conducted tests of 65,000 ‘ghost patients’ last year: Anti-Corruption Branch

India TV News  

Anti-Corruption Branch’s preliminary inquiry of the Delhi government has revealed that 65,000 ghost patients underwent pathological tests at the Mohalla clinics through private labs during 11 months of 2023, officials said on Saturday. This comes after Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena, last month, recommended a CBI probe into the reports of irregularities in lab tests conducted at the Arvind Kejriwal …

'Ghost patients' in Delhi Mohalla clinics, Anti-Corruption Branch's big claim
1 year, 1 month ago

'Ghost patients' in Delhi Mohalla clinics, Anti-Corruption Branch's big claim

India Today  

As many as 65,000 'ghost patients' underwent pathological tests at the Delhi government-run Mohalla clinics through private labs during 11 months of 2023, a preliminary investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Branch revealed on Saturday. "It also emerged that the Lab Management Information System, containing the name and mobile number of the patients, was also developed, operated and conveniently manipulated by …

'Matter Already Referred To CBI': Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Court-Monitored Probe Into 'Fake Lab Tests' In Mohalla Clinics
1 year, 2 months ago

'Matter Already Referred To CBI': Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Court-Monitored Probe Into 'Fake Lab Tests' In Mohalla Clinics

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking a court-monitored probe into the allegations of fake laboratory tests being conducted at the moholla clinics set up by the Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora rejected an application moved by social activist Bejon …

CBI to probe AAP’s flagship healthcare project ’Mohalla Clinics’
1 year, 2 months ago

CBI to probe AAP’s flagship healthcare project ’Mohalla Clinics’

Live Mint  

Crises loom over the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. On Thursday, Delhi's Lt Governor V K Saxena, who is also a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recommended a CBI probe into alleged fake lab tests and 'ghost patients' at mohalla clinics in the national capital. According to statement form LG's office, "grave" fraudulent …

LG calls for CBI inquiry into ‘fake tests’ at Delhi Mohalla clinics
1 year, 2 months ago

LG calls for CBI inquiry into ‘fake tests’ at Delhi Mohalla clinics

Hindustan Times  

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Thursday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged irregularities involving fake lab tests and ghost patients at Delhi government-run Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics, weeks after flagging concerns over drug samples collected from three government hospitals. The alleged irregularities relate to two purported scrutinies by the state’s vigilance and health departments last year into …

Delhi LG asks CBI to investigate mohalla clinics' "fake tests scam"
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi LG asks CBI to investigate mohalla clinics' "fake tests scam"

Op India  

Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has requested that the Central Bureau of Investigation inquire into free laboratory examinations performed at Aam Aadmi Party government-run mohalla clinics. Thousands of “ghost patients who probably did not even exist” were reportedly recommended free laboratory tests as part of a random impact analysis that was carried out at seven mohalla clinics. An official …

LG Saxena orders CBI probe into 'fake' tests prescribed by mohalla clinics: Sources
1 year, 2 months ago

LG Saxena orders CBI probe into 'fake' tests prescribed by mohalla clinics: Sources

India TV News  

A day after Delhi LG VK Saxena granted permission for a Central Bureau of Investigation investigation against two officials of the Delhi government's Forests and Wildlife department, another probe has been ordered in 'Fake lab tests on ghost patients' in Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinics. On Wednesday, the CBI has registered a case against Parasnath Yadav and Alam Singh Rawat, the …

Delhi fake medicine row: BJP demands Saurabh Bharadwaj’s resignation
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi fake medicine row: BJP demands Saurabh Bharadwaj’s resignation

Live Mint  

The Delhi-unit of BJP on Saturday demanded the resignation of Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a CBI probe into the quality of drugs supplied in Delhi hospitals. In his defense, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said that he had already raised the quality issues around medicines in Delhi hospitals and pointed out the negligence of an …

Delhi CM opens 5 new Mohalla Clinics; says won’t let anyone stop the work of the people
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi CM opens 5 new Mohalla Clinics; says won’t let anyone stop the work of the people

The Hindu  

In a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he would not let anyone stop the work of the people of Delhi, as he inaugurated five new Mohalla Clinics in the city. But I assure every Delhiite that I will not let any work stop.” Announcing the opening of five new Mohalla Clinics, …

AAP hits out as K’taka minister first praises mohalla clinics, later calls them ‘overhyped’
1 year, 7 months ago

AAP hits out as K’taka minister first praises mohalla clinics, later calls them ‘overhyped’

Hindustan Times  

Hours after praising the Aam Aadmi Party government’s mohalla clinic, Karnataka health minister and Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao made a very sudden volte-face and called the initiative “overhyped”, saying he was left “disappointed” after visiting one such clinic in the Capital. Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at a Mohalla Clinic, in New …

Delhi mohalla clinic ‘overhyped’: Karnataka health minister ‘disappointed’ after visit
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi mohalla clinic ‘overhyped’: Karnataka health minister ‘disappointed’ after visit

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday called the flagship Mohalla clinics in Delhi ‘not a game-changer’ after he visited the Aam Aadmi Party government-run primary health centres in the national capital. “It is not like the way it is made out to be.” Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at a Mohalla …

Portable mohalla clinics envisioned for JJ colonies, dense areas in Delhi
3 years, 7 months ago

Portable mohalla clinics envisioned for JJ colonies, dense areas in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government is constructing two mohalla clinics inside portable shipping containers in the city's Shakurbasti area, which the authorities plan to replicate in dense cluster colonies where creating health infrastructure in a dedicated building is a challenge owing to space constraints. Mohalla clinics is one of the flagship initiatives of the Arvind Kejriwal government to boost the primary healthcare …

Uttarakhand orders probe against 9 testing labs
3 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand orders probe against 9 testing labs

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday ordered a probe into the operations of the nine private Covid-19 testing laboratories that conducted tests of the visitors during the Haridwar Mahakumbh, after one of them was found to have allegedly issued fake test reports for least 50,000 samples, said a state minister. The official said the CCO said a private laboratory informed the …

Plea To Ensure Operation Of All Non-Functional Hospitals & Mohalla Clinics in Delhi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt.
3 years, 9 months ago

Plea To Ensure Operation Of All Non-Functional Hospitals & Mohalla Clinics in Delhi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt.

Live Law  

Hearing a plea filed seeking a direction to the Delhi Government to take necessary steps to ensure operation of all non-functional hospitals and Mohalla Clinics in the NCT of Delhi, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Delhi High Court.Issuing the notice to the Delhi Government, the Bench of Justice Rekha Palli posted the matter for further hearing …

Delhi Govt Directs Mohalla Clinics to Start Covid-19 Testing on All Working Days to Ramp-up Response
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Govt Directs Mohalla Clinics to Start Covid-19 Testing on All Working Days to Ramp-up Response

News 18  

Mohalla clinics in the city have been instructed to start COVID-19 testing with immediate effect as part of the Delhi government’s strategy to ramp up testing amid a surge in coronavirus cases here. According to an order issued on September 10 by Dr Shalley Kamra, state nodal officer of the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic, tests will happen on all working …

How AAP govt lied to a Washington Post columnist to get a positive news report in the US publication
5 years, 1 month ago

How AAP govt lied to a Washington Post columnist to get a positive news report in the US publication

Op India  

In 2016, columnist Vivek Wadhwa wrote an article in Washington Post wrote titled “What New Delhi’s free clinics can teach America about fixing its broken health care system” where he heaped praises on AAP’s Mohalla clinic. The article quoted Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain claiming that he came up with the idea of a ‘mohalla clinic’ as he “believed that …

Delhi gets 100 new mohalla clinics
5 years, 5 months ago

Delhi gets 100 new mohalla clinics

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated 100 newly-constructed mohalla clinics, a primary health service aimed at providing medical facility to people in their neighbourhood. Speaking at an event in Wazirabad here, the chief minister said that next month, 100 more mohalla clinics will come up and the AAP government plans to set up such health facility on every …

Mohalla clinics served 16.24 million people in four years: Delhi health minister
5 years, 6 months ago

Mohalla clinics served 16.24 million people in four years: Delhi health minister

Hindustan Times  

For 15-year-old Sia Saini, the mohalla clinic in her neighbourhood is proving to be of great help. The mohalla clinics have provided outpatient department services to more than 16.24 million people in four years since the launch of the first clinic in July 2015, Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday. Aimed at providing primary healthcare to Delhi residents, …

Delhi's mohalla clinics: Here are the medical tests of which one can avail at these medical centres
5 years, 8 months ago

Delhi's mohalla clinics: Here are the medical tests of which one can avail at these medical centres

Firstpost  

Mohalla clinics are neighbourhood clinics set up by Delhi government in 158 locations across the city that provide high-quality primary healthcare at an extremely low cost to previously unserved communities Mohalla clinics are neighbourhood clinics set up by Delhi government in 158 locations across the city that provide high-quality primary healthcare at an extremely low cost to previously unserved communities. …

Delhi HC Notice To AAP Govt On Illegal Path Labs Across Delhi, NCR [Read Petition]
6 years, 6 months ago

Delhi HC Notice To AAP Govt On Illegal Path Labs Across Delhi, NCR [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to AAP government on a PIL seeking closure of all unauthorized pathological and diagnostic laboratories being run by un-qualified laboratory technicians in the national capital.The PIL has been moved by Bejon Kumar Misra wherein he also sought directions to the government to formulate a “robust policy in the interest of patients …

Delhi HC Notice To AAP Govt On Illegal Path Labs Across Delhi, NCR [Read Petition]
6 years, 6 months ago

Delhi HC Notice To AAP Govt On Illegal Path Labs Across Delhi, NCR [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to AAP government on a PIL seeking closure of all unauthorized pathological and diagnostic laboratories being run by un-qualified laboratory technicians in the national capital.The PIL has been moved by Bejon Kumar Misra wherein he also sought directions to the government to formulate a “robust policy in the interest of patients …

Delhi govt's Mohalla Clinics hit another roadblock; parents write to L-G against using schools, parks
7 years, 5 months ago

Delhi govt's Mohalla Clinics hit another roadblock; parents write to L-G against using schools, parks

Firstpost  

The All India Parents Association has submitted a letter to the Lieutenant Governor urging him to restrain the proposed Mohalla Clinics in schools and parks The Mohalla Clinic project in Delhi faces another hurdle with parents objecting to the Delhi government’s decision to set them up in government schools and parks. Only a fortnight ago, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government …

Absent doctors? No medicines? Now volunteers will monitor AAP’s mohalla clinics in Delhi
8 years, 1 month ago

Absent doctors? No medicines? Now volunteers will monitor AAP’s mohalla clinics in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The AAP government will recruit volunteers from the community to monitor the workings of the mohalla clinics in their neighbourhood. The requirement for applying to be a volunteer is “passion for serving the society without remuneration,” the government pamphlet says. “The volunteers will be a part of the management committee of the mohalla clinic in the neighbourhood and will be …

AAP’s Mohalla Clinic another scam in the making?
8 years, 1 month ago

AAP’s Mohalla Clinic another scam in the making?

Op India  

AAP had started Mohalla Clinics in order to provide Delhi citizens with a near the home cure for simple aliments. Now these clinics have come under the Vigilance Department’s scanner after they received complaints that the Mohalla Clinics’ doctors were seeing a very high number of patients during their stipulated clinic hours, which was practically not possible. It is reported …

Two years of AAP govt: Are mohalla clinics a game changer in Delhi?
8 years, 1 month ago

Two years of AAP govt: Are mohalla clinics a game changer in Delhi?

Hindustan Times  

Over five months, 110 mohalla clinics have treated 8 lakh patients, as per the government data. With, only around 110 mohalla clinics functional, the AAP government has sought to take refuge in its infamous tussle with the lieutenant governor and Centre. Apart from routine out-patient clinic, we provide immunisation to children, DOTS centre for TB treatment and counselling for male …

Delhi L-G clears 300 mohalla clinics on govt school premises
8 years, 1 month ago

Delhi L-G clears 300 mohalla clinics on govt school premises

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s lieutenant governor Anil Baijal has cleared the AAP government’s project to set up 300 mohalla clinics on the premises of Delhi government schools. “These mohalla clinics will be open to general public only after the school hours and the entrance for them will also be separate,” said a Delhi government official. The 300 clinics are a part of the …

Mohalla Clinics: Kofi Annan praise fine, but will Delhi govt fix these 4 issues?
8 years, 2 months ago

Mohalla Clinics: Kofi Annan praise fine, but will Delhi govt fix these 4 issues?

Hindustan Times  

Kofi Annan’s praise for AAP government’s Mohalla Clinics sent Twitterati in tizzy. Read: Delhi’s mohalla clinics popular among locals: Lancet report Annan also suggested some steps to reform the project. His recommendations include — undertaking a formal evaluation of the Mohalla Clinics programme, improving management information systems for maintaining patients’ records and better monitoring, and scaling up preventive and community …

Delhi’s mohalla clinics popular among locals: Lancet report
8 years, 3 months ago

Delhi’s mohalla clinics popular among locals: Lancet report

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government’s ‘mohalla clinics’ scheme, which aims to provide better primary care coverage in the national capital, is proving to be “popular” with residents, offering “key advantage” to the beneficiaries, according to a report published in The Lancet journal. Read: Eight lakh treated in five months at Delhi mohalla clinics “We get patients from nearby areas, about 100 to …

Merchants of death? How Delhi's mohalla clinics battle against 40,000 'jholachap' doctors
8 years, 6 months ago

Merchants of death? How Delhi's mohalla clinics battle against 40,000 'jholachap' doctors

Firstpost  

The only hope Delhi has against quacks, as the doctors suggest, is the dissemination of healthcare information from the Mohalla Clinics in the slums. It is a daily battle waged by doctors in the Mohalla Clinics opened by the Delhi government in the poverty stricken areas of the city – to educate uninformed patients about the dangers of being treated …

AAP's mohalla clinics are proof that healthcare in India doesn't need to be a luxury
8 years, 7 months ago

AAP's mohalla clinics are proof that healthcare in India doesn't need to be a luxury

Firstpost  

The Mohalla Clinic is a revolutionary project by the Delhi government, that aims to provide free primary healthcare to all by opening 1000 such clinics. The mohalla clinic in Laxmi Nagar is only one part of a revolutionary project by the Delhi government, that aims to provide free primary healthcare to all by opening 1000 such free clinics throughout the …

Eight lakh treated in five months at Delhi mohalla clinics
8 years, 7 months ago

Eight lakh treated in five months at Delhi mohalla clinics

Hindustan Times  

Almost eight lakh patients were treated in five months at the 105 mohalla clinics opened by the AAP government, says out-patient data data released on Wednesday. These neighbourhood clinics were set up as a pilot project for the 1,000 clinics that the government had promised to open by the end of the year to improve primary healthcare and reduce the …

Delhi govt to set up panels to monitor health schemes | India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Delhi govt to set up panels to monitor health schemes | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to set up committees to monitor the implementation of health schemes in the national capital, especially Mission Indradhanush, which was launched by the Union Health Ministry to immunise children against vaccine-preventable diseases. "Also, the recently launched programme Mission Indradhanush, which is aimed at immunizing children against seven vaccine-preventable diseases will be thoroughly monitored," …

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