-The Indian Express/ PTI inputs Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared Rs 2 lakh compensation each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to those injured. Surat: Fifteen people were killed early on Tuesday when a dumper truck ran over a group of migrant labourers from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh who were sleeping on a pavement on the Kim-Mandvi road in Surat. Six others, including the driver and cleaner of...
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Felled by fire: On newborn deaths in Maharashtra Hospital
-The Hindu To avert another Bhandara-like Hospital inferno, govts must address underlying causes The deadly fire that snuffed out the lives of 10 infants in the Bhandara District General Hospital in Maharashtra is a shocking reminder that safety norms in several medical facilities in India do not pass muster. The parents of the babies who perished in the sick new-born unit have been plunged into a lifetime of trauma. Some of the...
More »Only 59 patients undergoing treatment at world's largest 10,000-bed Covid centre
-ANI/ Livemint.com Officials also claimed that this is the first time since its opening that the number of patients has reached close to 50. As the total number of COVID-19 patients has crossed the 1 crore-mark, the world's largest 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID centre in Delhi's Chhatarpur area has just 59 patients currently undergoing treatment. According to the data compiled by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which is operating the centre, said that this...
More »CBI in Hathras rape: Accused ‘frustrated’ after victim rebuff -Amil Bhatnagar
-The Indian Express According to the chargesheet, the woman and Sandeep lived nearby and “he developed acquaintance with the victim two/three years back which gradually turned into love affair” The 19-year-old Dalit woman killed in Hathras was allegedly raped by four men after she rebuffed one of them, Sandeep, and this “change in their relationship” “aggravated his feelings” and “frustrated him”, the CBI has said in its chargesheet filed in the case. The...
More »Stopping the slide of health care in India -Satya Mohanty
-The Hindu Policymakers need to focus on the larger picture with steps being taken to reclaim the space under public care India’s health care is a dark echo chamber. It is 70% private and 30% public in a country where 80% people do not have any protection for health and the out-of-pocket expense is as high as 62%. With public spending at 1.13% of GDP and a huge shortage of health-care workers...
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