Astha Saxena

“My 19-year-old brother-in-law worked at the factory and his father called to say he had received news his son was dead. I was clueless about where to go, and by the time I realised his body was at Lok Nayak Hospital, it was already night,” said Haq.

“Bhaiya khatam hone wala hoon aaj main. Time kam bacha hai, bhaagne ka rasta nahin hai (Brother, I am going to die today. There is little time and no way to escape)..."

As the death toll mounted, relatives rushed from Bihar, Jharkhand and UP. But with a dozen bodies still unidentified, the day ended with uncertainty, anxiety

The woman, who died at 11.40 pm following cardiac arrest, had suffered more than 90 per cent burns, most of which were facial and inhalation injuries.

Shortage of OT essentials such as laparoscopic sets, OT tables, patient transfer trolleys, post-operative ICU beds, OT ceiling lights and C-arm were red-flagged by the department last month.

Sharda Tyagi (75), a former MLA from Kharkhoda area of Meerut, was in Delhi for the treatment of her daughter who has been diagnosed with a tumour in the intestines.

“The scheme is already implemented in some private hospitals and the government has entered into an agreement with around 40 of them,” Health Minister Jain told The Indian Express.

The study, published in the International Journal of Healthcare Education & Medical Informatics, was done among 101 third-year medical students to assess their knowledge and practice of physical activities, using a predesigned standard questionnaire.

“There were seven categories of disabilities under the Act earlier, but the new Act has extended the number to 21. This committee will monitor all kinds of research being conducted on disabled persons,” Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajender Pal Gautam said.

Funded by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development under the initiative Sakhi, the centre will provide both emergency and non-emergency services — medical, legal, psychological, counselling and temporary shelter — to women so they don’t have to run pillar to post for help.

In 2018, around 500 men were sterilised while around 17,000 women opted for a tubectomy in the capital.

The patient was suffering from Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), which causes renal failure and requires renal replacement therapy in the form of dialysis and renal transplant.

The helpline is meant for patients and their relatives/attendants at government hospitals to report any kind of lapse in policies of providing free medicines, tests, and surgeries.

The Central Institute Body (CIB) of the six AIIMS, in an order, has suggested a review of the tuition fee and user charges and asked all HoDs and chiefs of the centres to submit the details by November 25.

Saurabh Sharma suffered a pulmonary embolism — a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs. Doctors said it was caused by a non-stop eight-hour drive wearing tight-fitting denims.

As a pilot project, the state health department will move a proposal to start computerised post-mortem reports.

The clinic was sealed last month after a central investigation team raided it.

“Of these 100 new clinics, some are on sites provided by land-owning agencies while others will be set up on rented accommodations... The rent agreements are being finalised,” said a senior health official.

According to AIIMS data, in India, around 1.5-2 lakh patients require kidney transplant annually, but only 7,500-8,000 receive it. Around 75,000-80,000 patients require liver transplants annually but only around 1,800 such surgeries are performed.