New Delhi: Reflecting the sorry state of healthcare in two government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, ward boys, pharmacists and sweepers have been found administering injections and stitching wounds of patients. The UP government on Wednesday ordered a Director General-level inquiry into the incident. After a technician doubled up as doctor in Bulandshahar, a sweeper is now caught on camera attending to patients in the emergency ward of a government hospital...
09:35 PM, Jul 11, 2012
After Bulandshahr, a sweeper at a Ballia government hospital was caught on camera attending to patients in the emergency ward. ...
01:15 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Ward boy plays doctor in UP hospital, tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor discusses with a panel of experts, do Government hospitals need shock treatment?
12:57 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's healthcare system stands exposed. After Bulandshahr, it is now a government hospital in Ballia, where a sweeper was found attending to patients in the emergency ward. The sweeper, Rajkumar, was found administering stitches to patients in the emergency ward. That's not all. Even the pharmacist was injecting patients. And there was no sign of a doctor anywhere. When asked, all the Chief Medical Superintendent would say...
07:34 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Some of the patients at the government in Bulandshahr said that the ward boys at times treated them. ...
04:08 PM, Jul 10, 2012
The ward boy of a UP government hospital was caught on camera administering stitches. ...
03:55 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Bulandshahr: The Chief Medical Superintendent of the Bulandshahr government hospital has defended the action saying that no janitor or sweeper administered injections as reported by the media. The hospital CMS Shishir Kumar said, "The person in the footage is an Operation Theatre assistant and it is a part of his job to help out with this under the doctor's supervision." He defended the incident saying that it was a case...
01:23 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: The poor state of healthcare services in a government hospital in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh has been exposed. Class 4 employees have been caught on camera performing the duties of doctors. The hospital has 23 trained doctors but a sweeper was caught giving stitches to a patient. The video also shows a ward boy administering tetanus shots to another patient. What's more shocking is that all this took...
07:25 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Washington: US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney raised more than $100 million in June, his best month yet, a Republican official said on Thursday, putting pressure on President Barack Obama who could become the first incumbent to be outspent in a re-election run. The run-up to the November 6 election is poised to be the most expensive election in US history, as both campaigns rely on outside spending groups with...
12:02 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Washington: GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in US history. The agreement, which still needs court approval, would resolve allegations that the British drugmaker broke US laws in the marketing and development of pharmaceuticals. GSK targeted the antidepressant Paxil to patients under age 18 when it was...
09:54 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama is carving out a clear lead in swing states that are key to the November 6 presidential election, even as national polls show him neck-and-neck with Republican rival Mitt Romney. Helped by the White House's recent loosening of immigration rules, Obama leads Romney in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University survey on Wednesday. An NBC/Wall Street Journal national poll showed Obama ahead of...
01:03 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has hit out at doctors who claim his show 'Satyamev Jayate' has tarnished their image. After highlighting social issues affecting Indian society, Aamir Khan, in the fourth episode of his show, turned the spotlight on healthcare and malpractices in the medical profession. He highlighted unethical practices, corruption and scandalous revelations in medical treatment. Soon after, an umbrella body of 21 medical institutions had asked...
07:34 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav earlier on Wednesday in Lucknow. The focus of the meet was on healthcare, which the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gates's office had met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh meeting. Gates reportedly presented a five-point programme that his...
06:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state. The 56-year-old Gates is likely discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gate's office has met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh...
03:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty gave birth to a baby boy at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Hospital in suburban Khar this morning. Husband Raj Kundra said on Twitter: "God has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. Both mother and baby are fine. I am thrilled to bits." Shilpa and Raj have been married for three years, and this is the couple's first baby. "A big thank you to my wife...
10:32 AM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Drugmaker Piramal Healthcare is buying a US-based healthcare data provider for $635 million to boost research and development, in the biggest outbound acquisition by an Indian company in over six months. Mumbai-based Piramal Healthcare, controlled by billionaire Ajay Piramal, has been looking to expand its R&D portfolio after it sold its India formulations business to US-based Abbott Laboratories for $3.7 billion in 2010. Piramal Healthcare aims to close the...
10:27 PM, May 16, 2012
London: Patients left stranded on trolleys for hours and forced to have treatment in corridors is becoming a familiar scene in British hospitals, presenting a "worrying picture" for the authorities. Nurses in Britain say patients are being forced to have treatment in corridors partly due to the loss of hospital beds, the BBC reported. The Royal College of Nursing says feedback received from more than 1,200 staff paints a "worrying...
08:09 PM, May 13, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged non-resident Indians from the state to invest funds and expertise in upgrading healthcare. "I know most of these people love their country very much, I urge them to come and invest money and expertise in healthcare in West Bengal," Banerjee told a function. Stating that Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of 27 of 30 speciality hospitals have been completed, she said...
12:38 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and state governments for framing guidelines for hospitals, particularly private ones, to prevent them from retaining original certificates of nurses at the time of their employment. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia issued notices to Ministry of Health and Family Affairs and state governments on a PIL alleging that harassment and hostile attitude of the various...
05:44 PM, May 07, 2012
