A 62-year-old woman became a cadaveric multi-organ donor at Delhi Hospital after her son and daughter decided to donate her organs once she was declared brain dead on January 15.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday ordered the immediate constitution of an inquiry committee headed by the Secretary of Health in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of outsourced workers at Burari Hospital.
After Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena sought a probe into the quality of drugs supplied in Delhi hospitals, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj questioned the delay in addressing the concern raised by him a month ago regarding negligence of an official in monitoring medicine quality.
"These drugs, procured by the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) under Delhi Health Service (DHS) were supplied to Delhi Government Hospitals and may also have been supplied to the Mohalla Clinics.... these have failed and are categorized as 'Not of Standard Quality'," the LG said.
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi ordered the suspension of the medical superintendent of MCD's Hindu Rao Hospital over alleged infrastructural irregularities at the facility, officials said on Monday.
This comes after a person on Tuesday brought the issue to light and posted on X, "Toilets are overflowing, and full of filth, this is how the hospitals of Delhi are, the picture is of the largest GTB hospital across Yamuna, where patients, attendants and staff have to pass through the toilet
With the arrival of winter, the national capital is once again witnessing a deteriorating quality of air. On Thursday, the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 343, which falls in 'very poor' quality for the fifth consecutive day, triggering the risk of health emergency.
"Snake bite cases are more reported in remote areas, we usually see one or two cases of snake bite in Delhi during the rainy season," said Dr Akshay Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, AIIMS, Delhi.
All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, conducted a specialised in-house teaching session for the MCh (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery) residents on August 19 and 20, 2023, at its Burns and Plastic Surgery Block
The police said that on Wednesday, information was received regarding the molestation of a woman in Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital, Tahirpur by hospital staff.