trauma care

Hyderabad, April 7 In a move aimed at improving cancer care in the state, Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha announced on Tuesday that cancer would be classified as a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry.Expressing concern that approximately 55,000 to 60,000 new...

Sultanpur (UP), March 30 Additional Director General of Police (Lucknow zone) Praveen Kumar visited the site in Sultanpur where a police inspector was injured by a gunshot, officials said on Monday.Inspector Arun Kumar Dwivedi, stationed at the Akhandnagar police station, sustained a gunshot...

Kolkata, March 23 Family members of a patient at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here alleged that he died on Monday due to a lack of a wheelchair, as he was forced to walk despite his critical condition.Biswajit Samanta, a resident of Nimta, was brought to the hospital's...

Kolkata, March 21 Police arrested three elevator operators and two security personnel on Saturday over the death of a man who allegedly got trapped in an elevator at the state-run R G Kar Hospital a day earlier, a senior officer said.The five individuals were detained on Friday evening after...

Kolkata, March 20 A middle-aged man died, allegedly after being trapped inside the lift of a state-run hospital in north Kolkata on Friday, an official said.The man, in his early 40s, was bleeding from his nose when taken to the emergency unit, the senior hospital official said.Family...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg to submit a report on the devastating fire at the government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, which has claimed 12 lives.While hearing a complaint lodged by Manoj Jena...

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 At least 10 patients died after a major fire broke out in an ICU at the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack early Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.He said that around 11 hospital staff members sustained burn injuries while...

New Delhi, March 16 Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the tragic fire at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, which reportedly claimed the lives of at least 10 patients and left several others injured."I am deeply saddened by the...

New Delhi, March 16 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his distress over the loss of lives in the tragic hospital fire in Cuttack, Odisha, on Monday, and announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of the deceased.The incident...

New Delhi, March 16. President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Monday expressed deep distress over the loss of lives in a tragic fire incident at a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, and extended her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 – In a tragic incident, at least 10 patients died and several others sustained serious burn injuries after a major fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the trauma care center at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, in the early hours of Monday...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Ten people were killed after a major fire broke out in an ICU at the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in the early hours of Monday, officials said.Around 11 hospital staff members suffered burn injuries while evacuating patients to safety...

Jaipur, March 13 A 35-year-old man attempted suicide by self-immolation by pouring petrol on himself near the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on Friday, according to an official.Police personnel present at the scene extinguished the flames and rushed him to...

New Delhi, March 9 Public health experts, clinicians, administrators, and representatives from state governments called on Monday for strengthening pre-hospital emergency response systems, integrating the 112 Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) with ambulance services and hospitals to...

Chandigarh, February 24 – In a powerful example of justice being served outside of courtrooms, the costs and penalties imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on defaulting parties are bringing renewed hope to some of the most vulnerable patients at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical...

Kolkata, February 24 – A man was critically injured in a shootout in the Beniapukur area of Kolkata, West Bengal, on Tuesday, police said.According to police, a personal dispute between two individuals escalated into a shootout. Approximately five to six shots were fired at one person in the...

New Delhi, February 21 A couple and their 26-year-old son sustained severe burn injuries from a suspected gas cylinder explosion at their house in southeast Delhi's Madanpur Khadar early on Saturday morning, officials said.The injured were identified as Jagdish (52), who suffered around 80 per...