Health Bulletin 24/February/2024

Kakinada MP Vanga Geeta Viswanath told media persons at the hospital here on Thursday that the construction of the hospital was started in 2020 and completed on schedule despite the COVID epidemic and heavy rains lashing the area.

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PM Modi To Inaugurate Rs 114 Crore ESI Hospital At Kakinada On February 25

Fraudsters posing as investors swindle a doctor of Rs 56 lakh for hospital construction

A Nellore-based doctor has been duped of Rs 56 lakh under the pretext of constructing a hospital. The Delhi Police's Crime Branch has initiated an investigation into a doctor's complaint who informed the police about his plan to establish a dental hospital in his hometown.

According to the doctor, a family friend promised to facilitate a government grant for a 100-bed multispecialty hospital. However, the friend insisted on a payment of Rs 60 lakh to government officials to secure the grant.

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Doctor Duped Of Rs 56 Lakh Under Pretext Of Building Hospital

Consumer court awards Rs 10 lakh for newborn's skin peeling from hot water mishap

Holding a Hubballi-based private hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence while taking care of a newborn baby, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Dharwad has directed them to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the victim's family.

It was alleged by the complainants that the newborn suffered severe burns as the attendant dipped the baby in hot water while giving a sponge bath.

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Newborn's Skin Peels After Being Dipped In Hot Water: Consumer Court Holds Medical Negligence, Slaps Rs 10 Lakh Compensation

Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Jindal appointed as the new Executive Director and CEO of AIIMS Raipur

Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Jindal, former Director and Commandant of Army Hospital (Research & Referral), New Delhi on Monday joined India's premier medical and research institute- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur as Executive Director and CEO.

An army doctor who recently retired from the position of director of the army hospital possesses over 40 years of experience with leadership experience across multiple hospitals.

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Lt Gen Ashok Kumar Jindal Appointed As New Executive Director And CEO Of AIIMS Raipur

High Court Ruling: Delhi Government granted authority to take over UCMS from Delhi University

New Delhi: Vacating an Interim Order dating back to 2016, the Delhi High Court has now paved the way for the Delhi Government to take over the University College of Medical Sciences Block and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Complex (UCMSB-GTBH).

Several PILs had been filed before the HC bench by associations consisting of teaching and non-teaching staff of UCMS, who challenged various orders passed by the Central and Delhi Government and also the Delhi University to implement the Union Cabinet's decision dated August 25, 2005.

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HC Allows Delhi Govt To Take Over UCMS From DU