hospital safety

Patiala, April 2 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh suspended an employee at the Government Mata Kaushalya Hospital here on Thursday for allegedly misbehaving with a patient at the OPD registration counter on April 1.The minister expressed concern after a purported video that surfaced online...

Kolkata, March 25: Investigations into the elevator death at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have revealed that the same elevator malfunctioned just seven days before the tragic incident.According to the Kolkata Police, the elevator in the Trauma Care unit developed technical...

Kolkata, March 23 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday regarding the death of a resident of Dum Dum after he was trapped in an elevator at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The petition alleges negligence and seeks a CBI investigation into the...

Kolkata, March 21 The mother of the doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, alleged on Saturday that the death of a man following an elevator malfunction at the facility showed that the authorities were still negligent on safety issues.Arup...

Kolkata/New Delhi, March 21 – A 40-year-old visitor died in a freak elevator accident at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday morning, raising concerns about administrative lapses and criminal activity that allegedly affect services at even West Bengal's reputable public...

Kolkata, March 21 A man died after allegedly being trapped in a lift at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata on Friday, sparking a political storm ahead of the Assembly elections. The opposition BJP has alleged negligence and demanded a murder investigation...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 Members of the opposition BJD and Congress created a commotion in the Odisha assembly on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling over the death of 12 patients in a fire at the state-run hospital in Cuttack two days ago.The members of the...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 The Odisha government announced on Monday the formation of a single-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the tragic fire at the Trauma Care ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, which claimed the lives of ten patients.According to a...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 The Odisha government on Monday appointed retired district judge Laxmidhar Biswal to lead the judicial inquiry into the devastating fire at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, in which at least 10 people died and 11 others suffered burn injuries.The panel is...