The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Union Health Secretary and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital on a complaint alleging that more than 8,200 children died at the institution in the last five years. The notice was sent on the basis of an RTI query which revealed that of the 18 ventilators available for children in the hospital, five were not functional. ...
07:21 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Narayan Sai, the son of religious guru Asaram Bapu, on Sunday deposed before the commission which is probing the mysterious deaths of two children studying at Asaram's Gurukul at Motera in Ahmedabad in 2008 and claimed it was a part of a conspiracy to defame his father. "I believe that...who was a teacher at Gurukul at that time, is the suspect and he had done that as a part...
11:32 PM, Nov 11, 2012
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
