No Gurgaon hospital has permit to discard biomedical waste

THE TIMES OF INDIA, Gurgaon, TNN | Jul 2, 2015, 03.16 AM IST   GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said on Wednesday none of the 85 hospitals in the city have applied for authorization for disposing of biomedical waste (BMW). This includes the government-run General Hospital in Sector 10. “None of the […]

CMDA Seals Hospital Building in Triplicane

THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS, Chennai, Published: 03rd July 2015 03:39 AM   CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority on Thursday sealed a building on Triplicane High Road for converting an office building into a hospital, flouting development regulations. The NRK Towers, housing Vasan Eye care, was in contravention of the planning permission. It is learnt […]

Private hospitals told to follow treatment protocol

THE TIMES OF INDIA, Mangaluru, July 6, 2015 10:43 IST Minister’s direction comes after the death of three persons of dengue at a hospital in Puttur.   Expressing concern over the death of three people because of dengue at a private hospital in Puttur last month, Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader on Sunday […]

Fire at CNMC Hospital

THE TIMES OF INDIA, Kolkata, TNN | Jul 20, 2015, 01.32 AM IST KOLKATA: A fire broke out at Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital around 1pm on Sunday. The fire was first noticed at a sister’s room on the third floor of Raja Rammohan Roy block. It created panic as a ward, full of […]

New legal assistance booth opened at City Hospital

iamin, Berhampur, Friday, 24 July 2015 – 6:16pm IST | Ronalisa Parida   In order to provide legal advice and help to the needy patients, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in collaboration with the Berhampur City Hospital has opened a legal assistance booth at the City Hospital. This cell will run in the official hours […]

Non-compliance of biomedical waste: Now, People’s hospital under scanner

THE TIMES OF INDIA, Bhopal, TNN | Jul 25, 2015, 03.40 AM IST BHOPAL: Several loopholes and noncompliance of biomedical waste (BMW) rules were found at People’s Hospital in Bhanpur after National Green Tribunal (NGT) appointed committee on BMW conducted inspection on Friday. NGT had asked the committee to inspect compliance of bio-medical waste rules […]

Flouting norms: BMC serves notices to 15 pvt hospitals

THE INDIAN EXPRESS, Mumbai, Published:Aug 5, 2015, 1:04 The BMC notices have picked separate violations for prominent hospitals who now have to answer the civic body, The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has served show-cause notices to 15 private hospitals for flouting norms, amid allegations that infrastructure reserved for women and child care have been turned into multi-speciality […]

Licence of private hospital suspended

THE HINDU, New Delhi, May 10, 2015 05:34 IST The Delhi Government’s Health Department on Friday initiated action, including suspension of licence and imposition of hefty fine, against a private hospital in Rajouri Garden here for allegedly conducting illegal sex determination tests.

23 organs harvested in a day at Chennai hospital

Business Standard, IANS | Chennai May 6, 2015 Last Updated at 17:14 IST In a rare operation, the Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals has harvested 23 different organs from five brain-dead donors to give a new lease of life to needy patients, an official said on Wednesday.

Hospitals flouting norms of Karunya scheme warned

THE HINDU, Kochi, January 11, 2015 05:46 IST Stern action will be taken against those hospitals charging exorbitant amounts from patients for dialysis even after enrolling themselves in the Karunya scheme, Finance Minister K.M. Mani has said. Inaugurating the second State-level conference of the Fellowship of Organ Transplantees (FORT) in Kochi on Saturday, the Minister […]