Striking nurses cry for govt intervention
THE HINDU | Kerala | Alappuzha |JANUARY 23, 2018 19:20 IST Nurses have been staging indefinite strike and dharna in front of KVM Multi Specialty Hospital in Cherthala for the past 156 days.
Max hospital infants death: Medical Council refers case to disciplinary panel
The Indian Express | New Delhi | Published: Jan 24, 2018 2:21 am The hospital had come under scanner after it handed twins — one of them stillborn — to the parents in polythene packets, declaring that both were dead. On the way to the crematorium, the family found that one of them was alive. The child […]
Centre proposes law to protect hospital patients’ personal information
Livemint | Thu | Oct 05 2017. 12 12 AM IST Draft National Patient Safety Implementation Framework will protect hospitalized patients’ Aadhaar details, medical history and current health conditions
Demand to implement Private Hospital Employees Act in Kerala
Economic Times | TNN | October 07, 2017, 12:23 IST The Kerala State Private Hospital Employees’ Federation, the organization under the CITU, has said the State government should implement the Private Hospital Employees Act to put an end to the exploitation in the sector.
Notice served on SP Fort Hospital
TNN | Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 00:04 IST Thiruvananthapuram: The city corporation on Sunday issued notice to SP Fort Hospital for careless dumping of bio-medical waste in the open space.
Delhi High Court sets aside order to cancel hospital’s registration
RICHA BANKA | Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 07:45 AM IST, DNA The hard disks of the machines have still not been scrutinized which is hampering the functioning of the hospital.
Woman dies after bariatric surgery
THE HINDU | CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 23:53 IS Two-member team conducts inquiry into incident Two separate complaints of medical negligence were reported to the police from relatives of patients, who died in two leading hospitals in Kilpauk on Saturday. The Kilpauk police registered cases of unnatural death under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code […]
Kidney scam: More trouble for Hiranandani hospital, doctors?
The Times of India | Mumbai | TNN | Jan 4, 2017, 07.44 AM IST MUMBAI: Fresh trouble is likely for Hiranandani Hospital in Powai where the police unearthed an illegal kidney transplant carried out in July last year. The Mumbai police is now awaiting a nod from the state health department to register another couple of cases of illegal transplants against the […]
Blood wastage: BMC hospital doctor gets notice
Times of India | Mumbai | TNN | Updated: Sep 27, 2017, 05:44 IST Mumbai: In a first, a medical officer from the BMC-run Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General (Shatabdi) Hospital in Kandivli has been asked to explain why hundreds of blood units could not be utilized within their shelf life under his watch between 2009 and 2016.
Mumbai Gynaecologist Who’s Helping Six Women’s Plea For Abortion
Abortions in India are allowed only upto 20 weeks of pregnancy. NDTV | September 7, 2017 Mumbai: They didn’t pop open boxes of sweets or send out excited phone messages when their first child was born at public hospital on a rainy Mumbai night in July.