medical negligence

Kannur/Thiruvananthapuram, February 25 Kerala Health Minister Veena George is alleged to have been injured during a protest by activists of the Congress-led opposition's student group here on Wednesday.The incident occurred when the minister arrived at the Kannur railway station to board a...

Bengaluru, February 25 A case has been registered against a nurse, doctor, and the management of a private hospital here for alleged negligence after the finger of a six-month-old baby boy was partially severed during the discharge process, police said on Wednesday.According to police, in his...

Hoshiarpur, February 25 An undertrial died on Wednesday while being transferred from the central jail here to a government hospital, triggering a protest by his family members and acquaintances who staged a sit-in and blocked traffic for nearly two hours, police said.Munish Bhatti, a resident...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 Prominent Ezhava community leader Vellappally Natesan praised Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday, describing her as a capable and intelligent leader.Natesan, general secretary of SNDP Yogam, an organization of the numerically significant Hindu Ezhava...

Kochi, February 23 AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal alleged on Monday that inquiry committees appointed by the state government to investigate cases of medical negligence are merely attempts to "whitewash" such incidents.Venugopal made the remarks after visiting Usha Joseph, a native of...

Kochi, Feb 23 – Senior Congress leaders on Monday launched a strong attack on Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan government over recurring allegations of medical negligence, rejecting the state minister's contention that such incidents are "isolated cases".The criticism came after the Congress General...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 Police have launched an investigation after a two-and-a-half-year-old child died and her family alleged medical negligence against a private hospital in Kattakada here, officials said on Monday.The deceased has been identified as Aisha Fathima, daughter of...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday criticized the Centre, alleging that it had denied the state its due assistance and was showing hostility towards the state for not endorsing the BJP and the RSS.While inaugurating various development projects in...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 A prominent doctors' organization in Kerala has warned of a statewide agitation following the suspension of one of its members in connection with the death of a newborn at the Nedumangad district hospital.The district unit of the Kerala Government Medical...

Kannur (Kerala), February 22 CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Sunday said incidents of medical negligence, such as finding artery forceps inside a woman's abdomen after surgery, were "isolated cases" and should not be exaggerated.Such incidents were not regular occurrences, he said.He...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 22 A Kozhikode native, from whose abdomen a pair of artery forceps was discovered years after a caesarean section at the Government Medical College here in 2017, on Sunday termed Health Minister Veena George as a "failure" and said justice has not been done in her...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 22 A Kozhikode native, from whose abdomen a pair of artery forceps was discovered years after a caesarean section at the Government Medical College here in 2017, on Sunday termed Health Minister Veena George as a "failure" and said that justice has not been done in...

Kannur (Kerala), February 22 CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan said on Sunday that incidents of medical negligence, such as a surgical forceps being found inside the abdomen of a woman after surgery, were "isolated cases" and should not be exaggerated.Such incidents were not common...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 The Kerala SHRC has ordered an investigation into the recent death of a newborn during a C-section at a district hospital in the nearby town of Nedumangad, officials said on Sunday.Kerala State Human Rights Commission Chairperson Alexander Thomas directed the...

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Feb 21 A surgical error at a government medical college years ago sparked a political controversy in the poll-bound state of Kerala on Saturday, with Congress workers staging widespread protests against Health Minister Veena George, who in turn accused the opposition...

Kochi, February 21 – Usha Josephkutty (51), a native of Punnapra in the Alappuzha district, who had been living with a surgical instrument inside her abdomen for five years due to alleged negligence during a procedure at the Government Medical College Hospital in Vandanam, has successfully...

Kochi, February 20 The opposition in Kerala decided on Friday to put pressure on the state government over a recent incident of medical negligence in which a surgical instrument was found inside a woman's abdomen five years after she underwent surgery at Alappuzha Medical College.Senior...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 18 The Kerala government suspended a consultant doctor at a state-run hospital here on Wednesday following allegations of the death of a newborn after a C-section delivery.Dr Bindhu Sundar, who had been serving as a consultant at the gynecology department of the...

Gonda (UP), February 14 A private clinic in the Katra Bazar area here was sealed on Saturday following the death of a 21-year-old woman and her newborn baby due to alleged medical negligence, officials said.The victim, Soni, wife of Ghanshyam, a resident of Bhagariya Puremitai, had delivered a...

Jaipur, February 14 – Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash revealed on Saturday that storyteller Sadhvi Prem Baisa died due to a heart attack.According to the detailed report from the medical board, the primary cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest triggered by a serious lung condition...