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News Scan{tws_advt=54}CIC awards Rs 50,000 compensation to poor patient
The Central Information Commission has criticised the Delhi government and asked it to pay a patient compensation of Rs 50,000 for delays in providing him information on free treatment at private hospitals. The case represents the failure of delivery systems to the poor, it said More... Diabetics spend from their personal savings: studyDiabetics spend from their savings, take high-interest loans or sell property to pay their medical bills says a new study on the financial burden of diabetes in India More... Mumbai’s malaria menaceDespite official claims, the number of malaria cases in Mumbai continues to climb taking the authorities completely by surprise More... WHO downgrades pandemic status for swine fluInfluenza experts met on August 10, 2010, to assess whether the H1N1 outbreak should be downgraded from its pandemic status More... Erwadi tragedy: Mental health organisations to light candles, remember deadThe Schizophrenia Awareness Association and the Centre for Advocacy in Mental Health will light candles in 25 different cities to remember the 25 people who lost their lives in the coastal hamlet of Erwadi in Tamil Nadu More... Indian fruits and veggies contain toxic chemicalsIndian farmers are injecting hormones into their vegetables and fruits to make them ripen sooner More... Scores hospitalised after gas leak in MumbaiOver 100 people, including four firemen and a police constable, were hospitalised after they inhaled chlorine gas that leaked from a cylinder at a Mumbai Port Trust godown in Sewri More... Children found HIV+ after blood transfusionIn a medical case that showcases lack of will and shocking negligence, three children in Jodhpur have tested positive for HIV because they were given infected blood. The government-run Umaid hospital in the city provides blood at no cost for children who are thalassemic and require regular blood transfusions More... Assam contemplating study on conflict and heart ailmentsDispur is concerned as many children found with cardiac problems at a recent screening camp were from districts where conflict and violence are severe. But doctors say there is no scientific basis to the belief that mothers living in conflict zones give birth to children with cardiac problems More... Civil rights groups unhappy with Communal Violence BillMembers of civil rights groups are unhappy with the UPA government for rushing to finalise the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill through a so-called consensus by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council More... Arsenic in water poisoned 77 million Bangladeshis: studyTens of millions of people in Bangladesh have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from drinking contaminated groundwater, putting them at risk of an early death, say US researchers More... |
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