Shailaja, a mother of two was left in a near vegetative state three years ago after her doctors botched up her surgery and then refused to take responsibility for it. Shailaja's husband had turned citizen journalist to get help for his wife. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Two days after CNN-IBN highlighted her plight due to medical negligence, the Bangalore hospital that botched up Shailaja's surgery has been forced to act. It is expected to submit its relief plan for the victim to the government on Monday. ...
08:21 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas said on Saturday that criminal proceedings will be initiated against the hospital that provided treatment to a woman who has been in near vegetative state for three years post a botched surgery. The hospital has been given time till Saturday evening to respond on how they will provide compensation to Shailaja's family. ...
03:15 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas on Saturday met the family of the woman who was left severely incapacitated because of a botched surgery in a Bangalore Hospital. The minister had earlier promised quick action after a CNN-IBN Citizen Journalist campaign exposed the hospital's negligence during the victim's treatment. ...
01:52 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas's representative on Saturday met the family of the woman who was left severely incapacitated because of a botched surgery in a Bangalore Hospital. The representative conveyed to the family members that they could meet Ramadas at his office on Saturday. ...
01:08 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Even as the entire world celebrates Women's Day on March 8, there are several people in India who have no qualms in killing a girl child or aborting a female foetus. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 08, 2013
There was an urgent need to overcome the male-biased sex-ratio in the country through a combination of strategies, including new laws and advocacy, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday. ...
12:46 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Rajini's birthday speech won many hearts, as he spoke of the bad effects of smoking and promised to quit. ...
02:25 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Chennai: When the Health Minister said that he would ensure that he cleaned up every state-run hospital in Tamil Nadu, even if it meant inspecting every one of them personally, he certainly wasnt speaking in jest. Continuing his clean-up drive, Dr V S Vijay visited the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG), which is attached to the Madras Medical College, and conducted his fourth surprise inspection in the past few...
02:10 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Patna: Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey has urged doctors from Bihar living in Britain to donate one pound every day to help build a super speciality health centre in the state. The minister made the appeal at a function organised by the Bihar-Jharkhand Medical Association at Doncaster in South Yorkshire Monday, said a health department official here Tuesday. Choubey also requested the doctors from Bihar to help the state utilise...
03:47 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Srinagar: Concerned over rising number of deaths of devotees en route the cave shrine of Amarnath this year, a team led by Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma visited pilgrim camps to review medical facilities provided to them. Sharma, accompanied by his deputy Javid Ahmad Dar and Chief Executive Officer of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) Navin K Choudhary, visited camps at Nunwan, Sheshnag, Panjtarni, Holy cave and...
12:02 PM, Jul 17, 2012
VISAKHAPATNAM/HYDERABAD: The war of words between chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and health minister DL Ravindra Reddy refuses to die down even as Delhi keeps advising them to bury the hatchet and work as a team to lead the party to victory in the ensuing byelections.He (Ravindra Reddy) does not have any work and so do you (media). You had better ask Ravindra Reddy why he has said so...
11:39 AM, May 07, 2012
Payi Gyadi turmed Citizen Journalist to expose how Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Atum Welly's children secured government jobs on fake university degrees. ...
09:53 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Acting on the CNN-IBN's report on rising cases of encephalitis, Uttar Pradesh health minister has called a meeting of all concerned departments of health, water and rural development to a review of the prevailing situation. Meanwhile, the state government has released Rs 18 crore for a 100-bed ward for Gorakhpur patients. It has also sanctioned 300 deep borewells in the area. The deadly encephalitis, a water or mosquito...
09:33 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Congress Telangana MPs on Thursday met Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and demanded that the consultation process within the party on the contentious statehood issue be completed within the stipulated time of three months. The MPs met Azad, who is also the general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, and conveyed to him the sentiments of people of the region. "We told him that despite tendering...
08:42 PM, Aug 25, 2011
New Delhi: Giving clarification on his controversial comments on homosexuality, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that the Media has misquoted him and he didn't use the words 'homo' or 'gay'. Speaking at an AIDS conference in New Delhi on Monday, Azad said, "The disease of 'Men having Sex with Men' (MSM), which was found more in the developed world, has now unfortunately come to our country and...
07:32 PM, Jul 05, 2011
Jaipur: Fifteen women have died so far after childbirth, in a Jodhpur government hospital. Even after three weeks, authorities are still clueless about the cause of deaths. Preliminary reports have suggested contaminated IV fluid behind cause of the deaths. A panel sent by the Central Government to probe the deaths has also pointed towards other factors. The factors include untrained doctors administering IV fluid and lack of hygiene in operation...
09:18 AM, Mar 11, 2011
New Delhi: India's health industry was crippled back in 2008, when the then Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss decided to shut down three public sector vaccine units — to give contracts to a private firm. Two years back when the three public sector vaccine units were shut down, it led to a shortage of critical vaccines like BCG, DPT and Anti TB vaccines in India. CNN-IBN has accessed the probe report,...
09:52 AM, Oct 19, 2010
Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi says farmers are injecting vegetables with Oxytocin to make them grow fast. ...
09:53 PM, Jul 28, 2010
A sticker with HIV positive written on it was pasted on woman's forehead. ...
12:51 AM, Jun 22, 2009
