It's called a 'bamboolance' by locals - a makeshift ambulance in Nandurbar district in Maharashtra. For ailing villagers, it's the only mode to reach the nearest primary health centre which is a good 25 kilometers away. ...
08:57 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has cracked the whip in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), freezing the appointments of over 15,000 health personnel, including doctors, under the scheme. Health Minister Ahmad Hasan froze the appointments following complaints of anomalies in appointments and allegations of irregularities against Chief Medical Officers (CMO) in various districts. The whole recruitment process will be scrutinised. No appointment letters will be issued to candidates who...
09:30 AM, Oct 14, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the alleged abduction of the chief medical officer (CMO) of Gonda SP Singh by Minister of State for Revenue and Rehabilitation. "A two-member committee led by Additional Director Health has been set up to look into the matter and submit its report by tomorrow," Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ahmad Hassan said. Sources in the government said Chief...
12:04 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: In a bizarre case of kidnapping which shows why hooliganism is still a major challenge in Uttar Pradesh, a Samajwadi Party Minister allegedly abducted the Chief Medical Officer of Gonda in an attempt to force his friends names into the list of contractual doctors under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Sources say when the CMO told the minister Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh, that the appointment...
06:50 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its closure report in the Uttar Pradesh deputy chief medical officer Dr YS Sachan death case in the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday. The CBI has concluded that Dr Sachan's death is a case of suicide based on the forensic report and filed the report. The CBI closure report says that no evidence suggesting that the death was a...
12:20 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Lucknow/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its closure report in the YS Sachan death case in the Allahabad High Court on Friday. Sources say that the CBI has called it a case of suicide based on the forensic report. Sachan, the former deputy Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow, was found dead in a jail toilet last year. He was accused of involvement in the...
11:36 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Lucknow/ New Delhi: The mysterious death of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr YS Sachan was a case of suicide and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to file a closure report on it. Sources say the CBI is convinced that Sachan, who was found dead inside a Lucknow jail toilet in June 22, 2011, committed suicide based on forensic report submitted by a doctor at AIIMS....
01:01 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday registered new cases in the National Rural Health Mission scam (NRHM) scam of Uttar Pradesh. The FIRs are based on the following allegations - irregularity of Rs 2.4 crore in purchase of medicines, misappropriation of Rs 12.5 lakhs meant for district hospitals, fraudulent receipts meant for PSU pharma companies but payments were received in personal accounts. Raids are currently on in Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Agra...
07:32 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday conducted search operations at six places across Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in connection with the National Rural Health Mission scam after registering four new cases. CBI sources said the new cases registered are against unknown employees of Director General of Family Welfare office of Uttar Pradesh and other health officials related to alleged irregularities in the purchase of medicines. They said searches are being...
12:54 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam accused Babu Singh Kushwaha was apparently planning to invest the alleged bribe money received by him into an engineering college and had set up two trusts for the purpose, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources have claimed. Kushwaha, who is in judicial custody, had set up two Educational trusts in Kanpur and purchased two private companies to route the alleged illegal...
05:32 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday faced flak from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court after it submitted an oral report in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. Rejecting its report, the court directed the investigative agency to file a written status report within 24 hours. It also summoned the Principal Health Secretary to the court at 2.00 pm on Thursday. ...
11:23 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Jammu: Announcing an increase in central funds for the state under NRHM from 85 to 90 per cent, Union Health and Family Welfare minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday offered special incentives to doctors serving in rural areas in Jammu and Kashmir. Under the National Rural Health Mission, the share of central funds for the state has been increased to 90 per cent and the Jammu and Kashmir government will...
05:10 AM, Jun 24, 2012
Jammu: Announcing an increase in central funds for the state under NRHM from 85 to 90 per cent, Union Health and Family Welfare minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Satureday offered special incentives to doctors serving in rural areas in Jammu and Kashmir. Under the National Rural Health Mission, the share of central funds for the state has been increased to 90 per cent and the Jammu and Kashmir government will...
10:43 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday suspended 20 senior health officials after their names cropped up in an ongoing CBI probe into embezzlement of over Rs 10,000 crore of the National Rural Health Mission fund. "The government has suspended 20 doctors, including those having additional chief medical officer's rank, whose names were given by the CBI during inquiry into NRHM scam," Health Minister Ahmad Hasan said. Hasan said director...
11:18 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Keonjhar: While the National Rural Health Mission is under scrutiny in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha seems to have a success story. Udasi Sahu, 43, in Keonjhar district is helping provide healthcare to a population of 5,000. For Guramani Mahanta, Udasi Sahu is no less than a saviour. The 27-year-old mother-to-be was worried when the doctors advised her to undergo a caesarean operation, which is something she couldn't afford. Her last hope...
09:00 AM, Jun 05, 2012
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted raids in three places in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the NRHM scam. The raids were conducted at the residential premises of former UP health minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and Kanpur. ...
06:30 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted raids in three places in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the NRHM scam. The raids were conducted at the residential premises of former UP health minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and Kanpur. The action came after an FIR was filed by the CBI nearly two days ago in connection with the appointment of nearly 100 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs)....
08:48 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: The Rs 5,700-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam is now knocking on the doors of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources have told CNN-IBN that the Mayawati government split the Health Ministry to facilitate the appointment of 100 additional chief medical officers (CMO), who were tasked with just handling NRHM funds. CBI claims that the plan was...
03:28 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed another chargesheet in the Rs 5,700-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam of Uttar Pradesh. The chargesheet has been filed against former health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and BSP MLA Ram Prasad Jaiswal in connection with the alleged irregularities in the implementation of NRHM funds in the state. The matter pertains to Rs 13.4 crore allotted to Construction Design Services...
06:55 PM, May 31, 2012
Lucknow: The CBI on Tuesday filed its chargesheet in connection with the murder of two Chief Medical Officers of Lucknow accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. In its charge sheet filed before the special judicial magistrate, the agency has alleged that shooters Anand Prakash Tiwari and Vinod Sharma had murdered the then CMOs Dr VK Arya and BP Singh. The agency has...
04:46 PM, May 29, 2012
