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Asha Kiran shelter home: Man died of head injury caused by blunt force in July, documents in HC reveal
October 01, 2024 6:19 am
The petitioner-NGO, in a fresh set of documents submitted to the HC, has annexed the details of the postmortem examination reports of both the deceased.
Asha Kiran deaths: Lack of hygiene, drinking water, staff crunch flagged 8 times over a year by CMO, Delhi HC told
August 14, 2024 9:08 am
Since March, the CMO in-charge Dr Jyotsna Bharti highlighted, 15 new cases of TB among male inmates, and two new TB cases among female residents were detected.
Vacancies at Asha Kiran filled, Delhi govt informs high court; MCD asked to hand over nursing college building to decongest shelter home
August 12, 2024 7:31 pm
The Delhi High Court ordered that a new status report on Asha Kiran be filed within two weeks and scheduled the next hearing for September 30.
Delhi High Court directs city government to inspect Asha Kiran shelter home, test water quality
August 05, 2024 2:00 pm
A majority of inmates who died at Asha Kiran, which is run by the Delhi Social Welfare Department, were aged between 20 and 30.
Asha Kiran shelter row: Saurabh Bharadwaj accuses L-G of inaction in hiring staff; his office says ‘press conference minister looking for alibis’
August 05, 2024 2:27 pm
Saurabh Bharadwaj said he had requested the L-G to hire doctors on a contractual basis to meet the shortage of doctors and specialists in several government-run hospitals.
Six doctors, 17 nurses for 1,000 patients: Delhi’s Asha Kiran shelter reels under ‘severe staff crunch, overcrowding’
August 04, 2024 2:59 am
In response to this, L-G House officials said the Social Welfare Department has not had a Minister ever since Raaj Kumar Anand, who has since joined the BJP, resigned.
Life inside Asha Kiran shelter home in Delhi
April 12, 2019 11:17 am
In February 2017, the death of 11 inmates within two months had thrown the spotlight on Asha Kiran. A year on, little has changed — over 1,000 inmates live where 500 are supposed to, staff shortage is a perpetual worry, and rehabilitation remains an uphill task. Sourav Roy Barman takes stock
Will Be Able To House 600, To Take Burden Off Asha Kiran Home: In the offing, a new facility for the mentally disabled
March 06, 2018 3:05 am
Once the AAP government came to power, the architectural plan of the proposed complex was sent to the then social welfare minister Sandeep Kumar. But Kumar was sacked over an “objectional CD”, and the secretary, too, was transferred.
51 died at Asha Kiran home last year: RTI reply
January 11, 2015 2:42 am
This is a 76 per cent increase in deaths from 2013 at the government-run home for the mentally challenged .
Nurses at Asha Kiran home go on strike
May 21, 2014 2:46 am
Representatives of the nurses’ union met the OSD to Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday and submitted a memorandum of demands.
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