London: Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been hospitalised with a bladder infection. Monday's announcement comes as the UK is celebrating the queen's Diamond Jubilee. On Sunday, Prince Philip joined the queen and senior royals on the River Thames in cold and blustery weather for a pageant in honor of Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. The palace said the prince, who will turn 91...
10:34 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Over 5,000 children, including newborns, died in the past three years while undergoing treatment at the government-run multi-speciality Safdarjung Hospital, an RTI reply has revealed. While 2,545 children died within 48 hours of admission, of which 914 were neonates (newborn), 1,833 died after that. In reply to an RTI query by Mumbai resident Ajay Marathe, the hospital revealed that in the past three years, starting from 2009, a...
11:49 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as dangerous as drinking and driving, according to a study from France, with drivers who were either drunk or sleepy at least twice as likely to cause a vehicle accident as their sober or well-rested counterparts. For the study, researchers under the direction of Nicholas Moore at the Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bordeaux analyzed information from 679 drivers admitted to a hospital...
12:43 PM, May 31, 2012
Bangalore: A team of gynaecologists in Bangalore have taken it upon themselves to upgrade a corporation-run maternity home. Dr Latha Venkataraman and her team of 15 specialists are improving the rate of institutional deliveries in their area. "I believe this hospital was functioning very well. I think it was started in 1962 and most of the people from this area used to come here. Unfortunately, as years went by the...
08:37 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: In what may prove to be more trouble for Nitish Katara's killers, CNN-IBN has accessed the Army Medical Board report on their medical records that questions their prolonged stays in hospitals using flimsy medical grounds and staying out of jail thus. In November 2011, CNN-IBN had reported how Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara, were regularly out of jail on flimsy medical grounds....
06:15 PM, May 28, 2012
Hyderabad: Nine people lost their sight after undergoing surgery at a private hospital in Ongole town of Andhra Pradesh. The victims, from poor families, were Sunday shifted to the government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital here. The doctors said the retinas were damaged and chances of their regaining eyesight were bleak. The victims underwent cataract operation three days ago in Ongole, about 340 km from here. Doctors here blamed infection for...
02:42 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the police to register an FIR against BJP MP Maneka Gandhi-run animal care and veterinary hospital where 36 animals died due to their alleged failure in performing the duties. The court also pulled up the investigating officer (IO) for taking up the matter "casually" and directed him to probe the case "expeditiously" against Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre (SGACC). "The SGACC is a...
06:30 PM, May 24, 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
Srinagar: The Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir is under pressure from the Centre over the infant deaths. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the GB Pant Hospital in Srinagar, which is the city's only paediatric facility. This is where around 360 newborns have died since January due to shortage of medical staff and equipment. Azad slammed the Omar Abdullah government claiming it had not spent funds from...
09:03 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: With over 360 infants dying in the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar since January, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday directed immediate recruitment of doctors and nurses there on an ad hoc basis till full-time arrangements were made. "There is no need to wait for Public Service Commission to fill up the posts. I have directed the authorities concerned (state health and medical education department) to conduct...
04:49 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: Another infant died on Saturday at the Srinagar's GB Pant hospital, taking the death toll to 360 in five months. Parents have alleged negligence by the hospital authorities. CNN-IBN had earlier reported on the shortage of medical staff and facilities at the hospital, forcing the state government to release funds for its upgradation. The death of yet another infant in the hospital has incensed people. "I have been here...
12:05 PM, May 19, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Preeti Surekha, a director of AMRI Hospital, where more than 90 patients died of suffocation in a fire mishap last year. A division bench headed by Justice Ashim Roy granted the bail prayer of Surekha, who was one of the three directors who could not be arrested after the fire at AMRI Hospital. All the directors of the hospital...
06:59 PM, May 18, 2012
Srinagar: After CNN-IBN's sustained reporting on the issue, the medical superintendent of the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar has been removed. Now the Opposition to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's government has demanded the Prime Minister's intervention. The PDP and an independent MLA have also demanded a CBI probe. As many as 359 infants have died in Srinagar's only paediatric hospital since January. CNN-IBN had reported how the...
09:30 AM, May 18, 2012
Srinagar: Another infant has died at the GB Pant Hospital, Srinagar's only paediatric facility, taking the death toll to 359 in five months. The infant died when the state's Medical Education Minister RS Chib was visiting the hospital on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's orders. The government acted after CNN-IBN reported on the shortage of the medical staff and facilities and has released funds for an upgrade. Speaking...
09:47 AM, May 17, 2012
Jaipur: As many as 27 passengers received burn injuries after a packet of firecrackers caught fire in a moving bus in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district. The private bus was on its way to Indergarh town from Sawaimadhopur city last evening when a packet containing firecrackers caught fire in the bus near Ravajana Doonger, injuring 27 people, police said on Wednesday. The injured were evacuated from the bus and rushed to a...
09:59 PM, May 16, 2012
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