A blast occurred near Gate 1 Red Fort Metro station in the national capital, and eight people died before reaching the hospital, while seven are injured, three of them seriously, a senior Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital official told ANI on Monday.
Multiple casualties have been brought to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital after the explosion near Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi, sources told ANI.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurated three major healthcare initiatives at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, which aim to strengthen the capital's public health infrastructure.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Tuesday said that Delhi Minister Atishi has been admitted to hospital adding that the latter is not fighting for herself, she is fighting for the people of Delhi for water.
Speaking to ANI, Medical Director, LNJP Hospital, Suresh Kumar said, "There was an electric short circuit in the emergency block. All the patients are safe. There was no need to shift any of the patients from their wards."
An anti corruption branch team on tuesday, raided the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital over alleged procurement and supply of spurious and non-standard drugs in government hospitals.
A man was injured due to a rod impaled on him at Shastri Road Highway area in Delhi after falling into a pit made for the construction of a highway pillar, police said.
During the inquiry, police said it learned that the deceased was mixing masala in the mixer grinder on the second floor when he apparently suffered an electric shock.
Upon receiving the information the police reached the spot and found that the injured person had been taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
Amid the looming concerns of the H3N2 virus in the country, the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital in the national capital has prepared an isolation ward of 20 beds for the infected patients with all the necessary facilities, an official said on Tuesday.