-The Indian Express The mahapanchayat demanded that relatives of the deceased not be harassed by police in the name of investigation, and that the government work towards promoting a message of peace in the area by taking steps such as organising a “sadbhavana yatra”. Gurgaon: Over a week after 31-year-old Rakbar Khan alias Akbar was beaten to death in Alwar by a mob that suspected he was smuggling cows, a mahapanchayat was...
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Dads' drive after loss of kids -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Three fathers who lost a child each to alleged medical negligence and a patients' rights group have asked the Union health ministry to establish new mechanisms to address complaints of negligence. The existing institutional mechanisms to protect patients has failed and broken down, their letter to minister J.P. Nadda and health officials on Saturday said. The parents and the rights group, the All India Drug Action Network, have sought...
More »In Alwar, an NGO helps the comatose live with dignity -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Shantanu Lodh, a pioneer in performance arts, was in the prime of his career when he met with an accident two years ago which left him in a coma. When doctors couldn't get him out of it, and his friends failed to find someone to take care of him, they shifted him to Anandam rehabilitation centre in Alwar district of Rajasthan that provides 24x7 nursing...
More »Refund and a deeper malaise -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The father of an eight-year-old boy who died in a private hospital in Gurgaon last year from dengue complications said on Thursday the hospital had refunded the full billed amount of about Rs 15 lakh after appeals by an MP and the health ministry. Public health activists said the refund had been made on condition that Gopendra Parmar withdraw the police complaint of overcharging he had filed against...
More »Sharp rise in rape, molestation cases make women feel unsafe in Gurgaon -Anshika Tiwari and Shivika Jain
-Hindustan Times Till June, 2017, as many as 58 rape cases have been registered in Gurgaon. Women said they feel unsafe commuting to and from work With a spurt in rape, molestation and other crimes against women in Gurgaon, the women no longer feel safe in the city. Incidents of eve teasing and harassment have also raised concern over women’s safety in the city. “I don’t prefer going out alone after 9 pm. This...
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