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.
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.
Amid the uptick in COVID cases in the national capital, a health expert has said that carelessness by the people is the main reason behind it and there is a need to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
As Delhi witnesses the third worst cold wave in 23 years, the hospitals are getting respiratory and more heart patients in emergencies and OPDs and the health experts said the risk of these diseases increasing because of the cold and air pollution.
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): A senior central government official has praised the facilities of the Safdarjung Hospital located in the national capital and asserted that a similar level of services and satisfaction should be available across all the hospitals in the country. The offi
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): On the initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, now the attendants of patients will get free food in six hospitals of Delhi. Birla will flag off the "Prasadam Rath" from his New Delhi residence on Monday.
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi with a total of 70 deaths reported since the last week of December 2021, all hospitals in the national capital are directed to issue necessary directions to ensure timely management of hospital admissions, satisfa
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Delhi hospitals are witnessing a surge in Dengue cases as the number of patients from the national capital and nearby areas, especially Uttar Pradesh, continue to go up.
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri handed over keys and flagged off five Ambulances worth Rs 42 lakh to four Hospital in Delhi.
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Dengue is becoming a cause of concern for public health authorities in Delhi as hospitals are reporting increasing cases of vector-borne disease.
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Delhi hospitals have been witnessing a sudden surge in flu and swine flu cases in the last few days. According to one of the official surveys, as many as 41 per cent of Delhi households were surveyed wherein one or more members of the family were suffer