In a shocking case, most of the 100 women in a semi-conscious state who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility. ...
07:05 PM, Feb 10, 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: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday summoned the 'abducted' Chief Medical Officer of Gonda, SP Singh. Singh was allegedly kidnapped by Minister of State for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Singh and roughed up by his goons for not including the name of his friends in the list of newly recruited doctors under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The harassed CMO somehow escaped to Lucknow. The Uttar...
12:27 PM, Oct 11, 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
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government is looking at replicating the rural primary health care centres in urban areas through a collaboration with private players. The idea mooted by Health Department at the recently concluded Emerging Kerala meet received good response from private players, including foreign, who are already present in the sector in other states. Such a model already exists in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi. It is the modern version of...
01:45 PM, Sep 18, 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: 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
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
Lucknow: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a chargesheet in connection with the murders of former Chief Medical Officers VK Arya and BP Singh on Tuesday accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. The investigative agency in its first chargesheet in the sensational murders of two CMOs is also likely to name a former Health officer in the criminal...
10:39 AM, May 29, 2012
Ghaziabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed the second chargesheet in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. According to the investigating agency, former senior Uttar Pradesh official S P Ram violated tendering rules to procure medical kits. Three others were named in the second chargesheet filed by the CBI. This came a day after the CBI filed its first chargesheet in connection with alleged...
07:34 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: As directed by the Prime Minister a meeting was held in PMO on Government's priorities in Health sector, particularly over the next 5 years. The meeting specifically focused on implementation of recommendations of the National Commission forMacroeconomics & Health (NCMH) and the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Health set up by PlanningCommission. The Prime Minister has emphasised the need for increased outlay on healthsector during 12thPlan so...
03:12 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Lucknow: The CBI on Saturday conducted fresh raids at 23 places across the state of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. The Raids are being conducted in cities including Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Jhansi, Meerut. The CBI sources have said that the residences of the Chief medical officers (CMOs) and deputy CMOs are being raided. Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI...
10:51 AM, Feb 25, 2012
When can a baby girl born in Madhya Pradesh expect to live as long and healthy as a baby girl born in Kerala, overcoming the six-fold higher risk of dying before her first birthday? When will a rural Indian have the same level of satisfaction about the healthcare he or she receives, as a foreign medical tourist featured in the brochures of corporate hospitals? Will the 40 million Indians, who...
10:17 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Lucknow: Sunil Verma, a project manager responsible for the upgradation of primary health centres under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), shot himself to death on Monday morning at his residence in Vikas Nagar. Verma is apparently the fourth official allegedly involved in the NRHM scam to kill himself. Three other UP government officials embroiled in the multi-crore scam - BP Singh, VK Arya and VS Sachan - are already...
09:26 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh which has pegged the irregularities to be around Rs 5000 crore while registering new cases in the scam. Agency sources said the detailed analysis by country's auditor will be helpful in ascertaining further losses to the exchequer. Based on the observations by Comptroller and Auditor General, the CBI will...
03:46 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Lucknow: The state of UP's health has been exposed by a CAG audit of the National Rural Health Mission. The final report, which is yet to be tabled in the UP Assembly, was submitted to the governor on Friday. The CAG has exposed some shocking details. According to it, over Rs 5700 crore are unaccounted for in the six-year audit period from 2005 to 2011. During this period, purchases were...
09:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
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04:42 PM, Jan 21, 2011
The health budget has gone up by nearly Rs 4,000,000,00,000 crore. ...
03:36 PM, Jul 09, 2009
Govt says in Budget it is committed to healthcare for all. ...
02:46 PM, Jul 06, 2009
