-Cobrapost Press Release Cobrapost unearths a thriving racket in which all major private Hospitals hand out handsome commission to doctors and smaller Hospitals for referrals, at the expense of patients New Delhi: In a long investigation Operation White Coat spanning three mega-cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore and covering 20 major private multi-specialty Hospitals, Cobrapost has unearthed a racket of referrals in which these Hospitals offer commission ranging between 10 and 30...

-The Indian Express The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the state government seeking its report within six weeks on the deaths of infants. Ranchi: Amid Congress raising the issue of deaths of infants in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) in Jamshedpur, the District Judge on Tuesday visited the premises to carry out an inspection, taking suo motu cognisance on the issue. The National Human Rights...

-PTI A total of 290 children have died at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur this month, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh said. There have been 1,250 deaths since January this year at the Hospital, especially in encephalitis, infant and children's wards. Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College...

-Livemint.com The Gorakhpur tragedy must be seen against the larger backdrop of public health failure in Uttar Pradesh The recent tragedy of more than 85 children and newborns who died in Gorakhpur has, not for the first time, put the spotlight starkly on the country’s ailing public health system. The lack of all things important to human settlements—sanitation, disease surveillance, primary healthcare, tertiary Hospitals, resources, life-saving equipment, political will and public health...

-The Hindu Acne drug seen to provide cure for Japanese encephalitis in limited trials Weeks after several children died of encephalitis-related complications at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Gorakhpur, the Centre is looking to introduce a new drug, traditionally used for acne, to deal with the seasonal outbreaks of acute encephalitis. Last year the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said the drug did not appear potent enough to merit being...