DCW pulls up private hospital over ‘ill-treatment’, ‘discrimination’ of EWS patients

The DCW alleged that the hospital was segregating and categorizing EWS patients, placing them in an inadequate basement area without proper seating and air conditioning

AIIMS Delhi states Covid-appropriate behaviour for hospital staff

It advised extra safeguards for individuals who were at increased risk, such as elderly workers, pregnant workers, and those with underlying medical disorders

The inhospitable hospitals

Patients and visitors to municipal corporation hospitals feel forsaken as they face lack of basic facilities such as hygienic bathrooms, drinking water and adequate medical supplies

Delhi to soon get 11 new hospitals with 10,000 more beds

Recently, 70 isolation rooms have been set up across six hospitals in Delhi to tackle the monkeypox situation.

No room for treatment: Only 46 Covid-19 ICU beds in Delhi

Ganga Ram hospital shows 14 beds available on Delhi government’s Corona dashboard, but when Patriot calls to check – the officials say none are available, and claims 500 people on waiting list Delhi is facing an acute shortage of Covid-19 ICU beds. While the Delhi government has its website “Corona jantasamvad” where one can check […]

Shabby treatment

Though the Supreme Court passed an order that 54 private hospitals in Delhi must fulfil their mandate to provide free treatment to the poor, their managements are continuing to turn a deaf ear to the orders Ram, a middle-aged labourer, earns a meagre Rs 9,000 a month. Sustaining a family of four is not an […]