Visakhapatnam: 11-year-old allegedly raped by uncle Visakhapatnam: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in Paderu in the district, police said on Saturday.

According to police, the girl's uncle Killo Rambabu (35) had asked the minor to accompany him for some work last evening. However, he took the girl to an isolated place and raped her there.

After the crime, the accused dropped the victim at her residence, police said.

"The girl did not say anything about the incident to her parents last night, but told them about it this morning after she started suffering from health problems," Inspector of Paderu, Sheik Gafoor said. ...more    
10:46 PM, Jun 15, 2013

Delhi: 11 government hospitals have no fire clearance
by IANS
New Delhi: A total of 11 government hospitals in Delhi do not have no-objection fire safety (NOC) certificate, Delhi Health Minister AK Walia said in New Delhi. "We have 39 hospitals out of which 11 hospitals do not have fire safety (NOC) certificates," Walia said here. However, he said, the remaining hospitals will get the No-Objection fire safety certificate by June 10. "Out of 11, six hospitals have already applied...  
02:06 AM, May 30, 2013

Government hospital doctor arrested for taking bribe
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Jaipur: A senior doctor at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Udaipur district was arrested on Friday for taking bribe of Rs 500 for treating a breast cancer patient, police said. Dr Suresh Kumar Dangayach, the head of radio therapy department at Maharana Bhupal Hospital in Udaipur, 300 km from Jaipur, was trapped by the state police's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). According to Additional Superintendent of Police Bhupal Singh Chudawat, Shyam Sundar...  
04:41 AM, May 04, 2013

Tamil Nadu: Woman worker suspended for demanding bribe Salem: A woman sanitary worker at the government hospital has been suspended for allegedly demanding money from a pregnant woman to get herself treated. The 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer from Andhra Pradesh was unable to pay Rs 1000 bribe was reportedly assaulted by her and later delivered the baby at a bus stand in Salem. The sanitary worker was suspended after District Collector Magarabhusanam paid a surprise visit to the...  
02:05 AM, Apr 17, 2013

Delhi to have 12 more government hospitals
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The Delhi government is set to build 12 new hospitals with a total bed strength of 2,900, Health Minister AK Walia said on Friday. ...  
10:34 PM, Mar 29, 2013

Government hospital wardboy rapes a two-and-half-year-old girl A two-and-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a wardboy of the government hospital at Kanad town, about 30 kms from Shajapur, police said. The incident took place yesterday when the girl was at the hospital with her mother, who had been admitted there for delivery, they said. ...  
04:55 AM, Mar 16, 2013

J&K: Doctor, 2 others suspended for killing day-old baby Jammu and Kashmir state government suspended the government doctor involved in the killing of the day-old infant in Kupwara. A chargesheet has been filed against the doctor and two others. ...  
10:42 AM, Dec 15, 2012

Day-old baby murdered for being born out of wedlock In a shocking incident, a government doctor and two others were charged with murdering a one-day-old infant only because it was born out of wedlock. ...  
07:26 AM, Dec 14, 2012

Delhi ventilator snag: Families of victims seek justice Mahendra Sahu is just 17 but he now knows he has to take care of his three siblings and father. His mother Rajkumari who was the only earning member of this family of six died on Tuesday morning at the Sushruta Trauma Centre after the oxygen supply was cut off. ...  
09:06 AM, Dec 07, 2012

FTN: Are ICUs becoming causes of death?

Five patients at the Intensive Care Unit of Sushruta Trauma Centre in Delhi died after the oxygen supply to their ventilator was allegedly stopped. ...
11:59 PM, Dec 05, 2012

Delhi ventilator snag: Death toll rises to 5 The death toll has risen to five after another patient died on Wednesday in a Delhi government hospital due to medical negligence after the oxygen supply was cut off while carrying out repair work. ...  
01:58 PM, Dec 05, 2012

Delhi: Ventilator snag cuts off oxygen supply, leaves 4 dead In a shocking case of medical negligence in a Delhi government hospital, four people died after their oxygen supply was cut off while carrying out repair work. ...  
07:38 AM, Dec 05, 2012

Infant kidnapped from Jammu government hospital Jammu: A newborn boy was on Wednesday kidnapped from a government hospital in Jammu. This is the second case of child theft from the same hospital in the last three days. It is shocking that in spite of CCTV cameras in the hospital premises, no footage of the kidnapping was recorded. The hospital administration suspects the involvement of an insider. In a similar case an infant was kidnapped from the...  
06:34 AM, Nov 15, 2012

2000 kids die every year at Delhi govt hospital New Delhi: Delhi government's hospital for children - Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital - is turning into a horror zone with almost six children dying every day. An RTI document has revealed that over 2000 out of the 24,000 kids admitted every year die at the hospital. This is due to inadequate facilities and unhygienic conditions. Over four kids are allotted the same bed due to a shortage of beds. Nine...  
10:13 AM, Oct 23, 2012

UP government orders sting operations in hospitals New Delhi: In a bizarre order, the Uttar Pradesh government has said it will carry out sting operations in government hospitals across the state. These orders have been issued by Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Ahmed Hasan. Sting operations are to be conducted to check the status of medical facilities in government hospitals. The operations will also aim at curbing the practice of government doctors in private hospitals. The state government...  
01:21 PM, Oct 08, 2012

TN: End of the road for gang of baby lifters Salem: Police arrested five members of a gang that lifted a newborn from Salem Government Hospital five months ago. After the arrests on Wednesday, police said that the 25-day-old boy, weighing 900 gm at birth, was taken from his mother Gomathy who was nursing him at Salem hospital, in March. The kidnapped baby was later offered for adoption at a price by Chitra (28), a resident of Gnanamoorthy Nagar in...  
08:15 AM, Aug 23, 2012

Andhra Pradesh: 6 infants die at govt hospital Tirupati: Slight tension prevailed at Ruia Government Hospital in Tirupati after six infants died on Wednesday. The parents staged a protest at the hospital alleging negligence. However, no police complaint has been filed against the hospital authorities as yet. The hospital authorities insist the infants who died were admitted in a critical condition. The hospital was in news last month also after lack of adequate oxygen supply was reportedly cited...  
08:01 AM, Aug 16, 2012

UP: Sweeper turns doctor at a Kannauj hospital New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's healthcare system stands exposed once again. After Bulandshahr, Ballia, Kushinagar and Meerut, another incident of sweeper performing a doctor's duty has come to light and this time, it is in Kannauj, where a man was caught applying injection to a patient. In Meerut, a wardboy was caught on camera carrying out a postmortem in a government hospital. The Health Minister, however, insists that doctors are always...  
11:05 AM, Jul 14, 2012

Bulandshahr hospital shocker: Hospital staff stage protest

The Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital in Bulandshahr, Shishir Kumar, has been shifted out. ...
02:25 PM, Jul 12, 2012

UP hospital CMS shifted, ward boy suspended New Delhi: The Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital in Bulandshahr, Shishir Kumar, has been shifted out. A ward boy has also been suspended. The action comes two days after the ward boy was caught on camera giving stitches to a patient and a technician was giving another patient an injection. Meanwhile, the hospital staff has gone on a strike. The staff is protesting, shouting slogans against the media...  
12:23 PM, Jul 12, 2012