A shot of life: Delhi Police drive expecting mothers to hospitals
4 years, 9 months ago

A shot of life: Delhi Police drive expecting mothers to hospitals

Hindustan Times  

Amid lockdown, Delhi Police has been successfully ‘delivering good news’ to city folks. Pankaj Kumar Sharma, a resident of Badarpur, who is now a father to a baby girl, says, “I dialled several helpline numbers when my wife started experiencing labour pain, but couldn’t get through any one of them. All mothers and babies are doing fine,” says Sharat Kumar Sinha, DCP, PCR, adding that during the coronavirus pandemic, when movement is restricted, people are looking up to the police for help. “When my sister-in-law started experiencing labour pains, we couldn’t think of anything and called the police. Read: Just 14 robberies as Delhi’s crime rate dips in lockdown Sometimes, the nearest hospital is only 15km far, and the police covers that distance rapidly owing to lesser traffic on the roads due to lockdown.

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UP Woman, En Route Delhi, Delivers Baby On Bus With Husband's Help
4 months, 1 week ago

UP Woman, En Route Delhi, Delivers Baby On Bus With Husband's Help

News 18  

In a bizarre case, a pregnant woman travelling from Kannauj to Delhi gave birth to a child on the bus itself. After the woman gave birth to the child on the Roadways bus, the driver of the bus took the Roadways bus to the district women’s hospital and both the mother and child were admitted to the hospital. After his …

Delhi infant deaths: Hospital owner, duty doctor sent to three-day police custody
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi infant deaths: Hospital owner, duty doctor sent to three-day police custody

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A city court on Monday remanded Dr Navin Khichi, owner of Baby Care New Born Child Hospital, where a fire broke out claiming seven newborns, to three-day police custody till May 30. Dr Akash, who was on duty during the incident late on Saturday night, was also sent to police custody. The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial …

Tragic fire at East Delhi’s children’s hospital; several newborns dead
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tragic fire at East Delhi’s children’s hospital; several newborns dead

The Hindu  

Seven newborn babies were charred to death after a children’s hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar caught fire on Saturday night. Vulnerable infants A medical officer working in the East Delhi Advance NICU Hospital told The Hindu that the newborns, wrapped in dupattas and towels, were rushed from the blazing hospital in cabs and scooters. The medical officer said that …

Delhi Kanjhawala case: Home Minister Amit Shah seeks report from Delhi Police
2 years ago

Delhi Kanjhawala case: Home Minister Amit Shah seeks report from Delhi Police

India TV News  

Delhi Kanjhawala case: Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday sought a report from the Delhi Police on the death of a woman who was hit by a car and dragged for 10-12 km on early Sunday morning in Delhi when she was driving her scooty. Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police said that investigation into the Kanjhawala death case …

Andhra Pradesh: Woman delivers baby on road in Tirupati after hospital staff deny admission
2 years, 1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh: Woman delivers baby on road in Tirupati after hospital staff deny admission

India TV News  

A woman delivered a baby on a road near a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati town on Tuesday. In the video, a man can be seen helping the woman deliver the baby while two other women can be seen holding a bedsheet to cover her. A man, said to be a worker at a primary health centre, helped the …

Woman Delivers Baby Outside Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital; 3 Doctors Barred from Duties, 5 Get Notices
2 years, 5 months ago

Woman Delivers Baby Outside Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital; 3 Doctors Barred from Duties, 5 Get Notices

News 18  

A woman delivered her baby outside Safdarjung Hospital’s emergency wing on Tuesday after she was allegedly denied admission, following which the Centre-run facility barred three doctors from duties pending inquiry and issued show cause notices to five others. Later, the hospital authorities barred two senior resident doctors and a junior resident doctor from duties pending inquiry. “It has been brought …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking COVID Specialized Maternal Care Centers In Hospitals For Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking COVID Specialized Maternal Care Centers In Hospitals For Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition for ensuring availability of COVID-19 protocol compliant specialized maternal care centres in all hospitals in the national capital for the benefit of pregnant women and lactating mothers.Justice Rekha Palli sought response of the Centre and the Delhi Government and granted two weeks' time to file counter affidavits.The plea has been …

Bihar woman delivers baby in ambulance as borders closed between Kerala and Karnataka
4 years, 9 months ago

Bihar woman delivers baby in ambulance as borders closed between Kerala and Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Kasaragod: A pregnant Bihari migrant woman in labour gave birth in an ambulance after the Karnataka police allegedly refused to allow the ambulance carrying her to cross the border road to Mangaluru to reach her hospital. As Karnataka police stopped the vehicle at the border in Talapady, saying no vehicle, including ambulances from Kerala, could be permitted to their state, …

Delhi violence | Father meets baby first time after riots
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | Father meets baby first time after riots

The Hindu  

“There was little warning,” said Shabana holding her newborn son, yet to be named. “There was no family around to even name my son,” she said as she recollected his birth on the night of February 24 at the Al-Hind Hospital in north-east Delhi ’s Mustafabad. Rescued and brought to the hospital by her Hindu neighbours after violence broke out …

Woman gives birth on state highway after ambulance fails to arrive
5 years, 4 months ago

Woman gives birth on state highway after ambulance fails to arrive

India Today  

A woman gave birth to a girl-child on a state highway in the district, after the 'Janani Express' ambulance allegedly failed to arrive for taking the pregnant woman to the hospital. She went into labour on the road and gave birth to a girl," said Chandra Bai, mother-in-law of the woman. When the ambulance did not arrive, the husband of …

Denied ambulance by Ghaziabad’s MMG govt hospital, newborn dies
6 years, 4 months ago

Denied ambulance by Ghaziabad’s MMG govt hospital, newborn dies

Hindustan Times  

There was a ruckus at the women’s hospital in MMG Government Hospital on Thursday after a three-day-old infant died for want of an ambulance to take the child to a private hospital. He immediately asked the doctors for help and also requested them for an ambulance with life support systems for taking the child to a private hospital. They asked …

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