State hospitals found in violation of PCPNDT Act
The Shillong Times, Meghalaya, June /17/2015 Enforcement of Prohibition of Sex Selection Act dismal SHILLONG: A four-member team from the National Inspection and Monitoring Committee (NIMC) which visited the State in March, has indicated that the appropriate authority in Meghalaya has not taken cognizance of various instances of violations of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques […]
Civic body to relax fire safety, parking norms for old hospitals
THE TIMES OF INDIA, Kolhapur, TNN | Jun 21, 2015, 05.52 AM IST KOLHAPUR: Old hospitals in the city can soon breathe a sigh of relief as the health department of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to relax fire and parking norms to facilitate renewal of their licences. In 2012, the KMC stalled […]
IMA Seeks Law to Protect Healthcare Staff, Hospitals
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, Tamil Nadu, Published:21st June 2015 06:00 AM PUDUCHERRY: The Indian Medical Association (IMA), Puducherry has mounted pressure on the Puducherry government for enacting a legislation, Medicare Service Personnel and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, through an ordinance for according immediate protection to healthcare workers […]
Naidu Hospital mess: Civic body pulls up its encroachment dept
Pune Mirror | Pune, Jun 23, 2015, 02.30 AM IST Furniture, equipment gathering dust since a year, all breeding ground for mosquitoes. Having failed to fumigate the city ahead of the rains, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has trained its guns on a different target: officials of its own encroachment department, blaming them for the […]
Co-payment in health insurance only after netting hospital discounts, says IRDAI
Business Standard, Mumbai, June 24, 2015 Last Updated at 00:23 IST The insurers and the TPAs have been asked by the regulator to mandate the hospitals to reflect such agreed discounts in the final hospitalisation bill of each claim The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has said in health insurance policies with […]
No Gurgaon hospital has permit to discard biomedical waste
THE TIMES OF INDIA, Gurgaon, TNN | Jul 2, 2015, 03.16 AM IST GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said on Wednesday none of the 85 hospitals in the city have applied for authorization for disposing of biomedical waste (BMW). This includes the government-run General Hospital in Sector 10. “None of the […]
CMDA Seals Hospital Building in Triplicane
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, Chennai, Published: 03rd July 2015 03:39 AM CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority on Thursday sealed a building on Triplicane High Road for converting an office building into a hospital, flouting development regulations. The NRK Towers, housing Vasan Eye care, was in contravention of the planning permission. It is learnt […]
Private hospitals told to follow treatment protocol
THE TIMES OF INDIA, Mangaluru, July 6, 2015 10:43 IST Minister’s direction comes after the death of three persons of dengue at a hospital in Puttur. Expressing concern over the death of three people because of dengue at a private hospital in Puttur last month, Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader on Sunday […]
Fire at CNMC Hospital
THE TIMES OF INDIA, Kolkata, TNN | Jul 20, 2015, 01.32 AM IST KOLKATA: A fire broke out at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital around 1pm on Sunday. The fire was first noticed at a sister’s room on the third floor of Raja Rammohan Roy block. It created panic as a ward, full of […]
New legal assistance booth opened at City Hospital
iamin, Berhampur, Friday, 24 July 2015 – 6:16pm IST | Ronalisa Parida In order to provide legal advice and help to the needy patients, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in collaboration with the Berhampur City Hospital has opened a legal assistance booth at the City Hospital. This cell will run in the official hours […]
