-The Times of India CHENNAI: Corporation of Chennai insists that private hospitals reserve 10 per cent of their beds for admission of poor patients free of cost according to the guidelines of the Nursing Homes Regulatory Act. It also mandates that private hospitals submit periodical monthly reports to the health officer to register a nursing home and hospital with beds in the city. Of the 700 private hospitals in Chennai, few, if...
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Five SC Orders Later, Aadhaar Requirement Continues to Haunt Many -Kedar Nagarajan
-TheWire.in New Delhi: Despite five Supreme Court orders since September 2013 stating that the Aadhaar card cannot be a mandatory requirement for access to government services or subsidies, the reality on the ground continues to remain very different. The point was underlined at a press conference in Delhi yesterday where, besides lawyers and experts, a resident of Yamuna Khadar, Delhi described how he was denied emergency treatment in two public hospitals...
More »Dengue cases could spike: Centre issues advisory to Delhi govt after showers, asks it to step up measures
-The Indian Express Over 1,800 people have been affected by the virus, according to the municipal corporation’s last report. Overnight showers in the capital has prompted the Union health ministry to issue an advisory to the Delhi government on Saturday to “intensify” measures to check mosquito-breeding, while warning of a further spike in dengue cases. The advisory stated, “In view of further rain predicted by the weather department, there is a possibility of...
More »Civic bodies under-reporting dengue toll, hospital data show -Anonna Dutt
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Dengue figures in the Capital may have been grossly under-reported, shows an analysis of data from various hospitals. Eight government hospitals have reported 13 deaths as on Saturday, but the municipal corporations have confirmed just five. Data from the civic bodies, which collate information from all private and government hospitals, clinics and nursing homes across the Capital, confirms just 1,872 dengue cases. This figure seems grossly low as data...
More »Dengue outbreak: Delhi corporations caught on wrong foot over data -Durgesh Nandan Jha & Mayank Manohar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Municipal corporations' claim that Delhi witnessed less than 2,000 dengue cases and five deaths as on September 12 is totally misleading. Records accessed by TOI show that AIIMS, Safdarjung, Lok Nayak, St Stephen's and Sir Ganga Ram hospitals alone have treated more than 2,400 dengue cases this season. These five hospitals have reported about 19 deaths, four times the number of dengue deaths being reported by...
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