Private Hospitals

Ensure Free Basement Parking In Malls, Private Hospitals: Bhupender Gupta

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 31, 2017

SDMC's Standing Committee Chairman Bhupender Gupta has asked civic authorities to ensure free parking for people in the basement of malls and private hospitals located in the civic body's jurisdiction.

Section Of Doctors In Private Hospitals Stay Away From OPD Work

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 26, 2017

A section of doctors, affiliated to the United Doctors Voice of Bengal, stayed away from work at Out-Patients' Departments (OPDs) in several private hospitals in the city today to protest the alleged attacks on doctors by outsiders.

80,000 Kerala Nurses To Go On Indefinite Strike From July 17

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 14, 2017

Functioning of private hospitals in Kerala is likely to be affected with an estimated 80,000 nurses today deciding to go on indefinite strike from July 17 demanding higher wages.

Delhi, Free Surgery In Private Hospital If Wait Is Long, Says Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday July 9, 2017

Delhiites in need of urgent surgeries at government hospitals need not worry about dates anymore as they can get them done sooner and for free at 48 listed private hospitals in Delhi-NCR. The bills will be sent to the Delhi government.

Free Surgery In Private Hospitals If Waiting List Long: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 8, 2017

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that Delhi residents will not have to wait much for life-saving surgeries in government hospitals as they can get them done for free in private ones.

5,000 Nurses In Private Hospitals Strike In Kerala, Demand Wage Revision

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Friday July 7, 2017

Around 5,000 nurses working in private hospitals across Kerala are protesting, demanding wage hike. Kerala has 1,275 private hospitals, with around 50,000 trained nurses working in them.

Private Hospitals In Jaipur On strike Over 'Attack' On Doctor

Jaipur News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 27, 2017

Services in around 450 private hospitals and 2,000 nursing homes in Jaipur were affected today as they observed a strike to protest the alleged attack on a doctor at a private hospital in Barkat nagar in the city.

Private Hospitals Under Government's Health Scheme May Have To Display C-section Figures Soon

Press Trust Of India | Monday May 15, 2017

New Delhi: Concerned over a drastic rise in caesarean deliveries, the government may make it mandatory for private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to make public the number of such surgeries they conduct. A senior Central Government Health Scheme official told PTI that under a new process to be completed in a ...

Hospitals Can't Hold Patients Hostage For Unpaid Bills: High Court

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 27, 2017

Hospitals cannot hold patients "hostage" to extract money for unpaid bills, the Delhi High Court today told a premier private city hospital for allegedly withholding custody of a patient over outstanding dues.

Doctors' Protest Spreads With Face-Off Between Maharashtra, Medical Association

India News | Reported by Ankita Sinha, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday March 22, 2017

Maharashtra government's join or lose six month's salary ultimatum has set it on a collision course with the state's doctors. Affronted, the Indian Medical Association or IMA, the top body of doctors, has called a strike. With over 40,000 doctors from IMA going on strike, patients of not only government hospitals but private hospitals too, will be ...

Delhi Government To Pay Bills For Acid Attack, Road Accident Victims In Private Hospitals

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 11, 2017

Delhi government will bear the expenses for treatment of road accident, burn and acid attack victims in private hospitals.

Sharp Rise In Caesarean Deliveries, Doctors Say Women Who Ask For It Unaware Of Risks

| Friday March 10, 2017

New Delhi: Over the last decade, there has been an alarming rise in the caesarean deliveries in India. The private hospitals, especially, have shown a significant increase as oppose to the public hospitals that registered a dip in the number of caesarean deliveries. According to National Family Health Survery-4, the private hospitals saw 40.9 per c...

Mamata Banerjee Cracks Down On Private Hospitals, School Fees Next

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday March 3, 2017

Mamata Banerjee, also West Bengal's health minister, today passed a bill in Assembly that laid down the law for private hospitals - there will be no more 'extortion' by them. Opposition says old wine in new bottle and that it is sure to be legally challenged.

Kolkata Apollo Hospital CEO Out, Bill To Police Private Clinics Tomorrow

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday March 3, 2017

A top official of a prominent private hospital in Kolkata resigned today, a week after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cracked the whip on such hospitals for fleecing patients.

In Mumbai’s Private Hospitals, Marked Increase In Caesarean Deliveries, Shows RTI Reply

Press Trust Of India | Wednesday March 1, 2017

Mumbai: An RTI query has revealed that the proportion of Caesarean deliveries in the private hospitals in Mumbai increased substantially between 2010 and 2015, compared with the government hospitals. OnlineRTI.com, an organisation which is supporting Mumbai-based researcher Subarna Ghosh, who recently initiated an ‘online petition’ on Change.or...

Mumbai: Injured Toddler Turned Away By 7 Hospitals, Dies After 5 Days

Mumbai News | Rupsa Chakraborty, mid-day.com | Tuesday February 7, 2017

Five days after mid-day reported how one-and-half-year old was turned away by seven hospitals, toddler succumbs to accident injuries; state health dept orders inquiry into private hospitals violating SC ruling to accept critically ill patients even if they can't cough up deposit

Most Indians Dependent On Private Healthcare, Finds Study

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday December 5, 2016

New Delhi: Households across India still overwhelmingly depend on private providers for healthcare services over public healthcare, a recent study has found. Senior Fellow at Brookings India, Shamika Ravi, found in her study “Health and Morbidity in India: 2004-2014” that as much as 75 per cent of out-patient (OPD) care in India was exclusive...

Baby Food Industry Violated Laws on Breast Milk Substitute

Press Trust of India | Saturday December 3, 2016

The baby food industry has violated the Infant Milk Substitutes Act (IMS) that bans promotion of breast-milk substitutes at least 54 times between 2008 and 2016, according to an industry watchdog.

Most Indians Dependent on Private Healthcare: Study

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday December 3, 2016

Households across India still overwhelmingly depend on private providers for healthcare services over public healthcare, a recent study has found.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Asks Private Hospitals To Accept Old Currency Notes

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 24, 2016

Amid reports that common people are made to run from pillar to post by some private hospitals for currency notes, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday appealed to them to cooperate with the patients seeking urgent medical attention and accept the old higher value notes.

Private Hospitals In Delhi Directed To Accept Cheques, Demand Drafts

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 18, 2016

Delhi government has issued strict instructions to all private hospitals to accept cheques, demand drafts and online payments from patients.

Rs 2,000 Notes In ATMs From Tomorrow, Says Government: 10 Latest Developments

India News | Agencies | Monday November 14, 2016

New Rs 2,000 notes will be available in some ATMs from tomorrow, the government said today amid a nationwide scramble for cash. Old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, scrapped last week in a sudden announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be accepted for 10 more days at government hospitals, private nursing homes, petrol stations, and as power an...

Allow Use Of Invalid Notes In Private Hospitals: Akhilesh Yadav To PM

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 11, 2016

With the aim of ensuring medical facilities to poor, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance minister Arun Jaitley to allow Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 invalid notes at private hospitals and medicine shops till November 30.

Jayalalithaa Has Passed Critical Stage, To Be Moved To Private Room, Says Party

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 4, 2016

Health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa is under control and she will soon be moved out of the critical care care unit or CCU to a private room, said a senior AIADMK leader on Friday.

Delhi Government Begins Fire Safety Audit Of City Hospitals

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 22, 2016

The Delhi government has begun a fresh fire safety audit of city hospitals starting with the inspection of two major hospitals, in the wake of the fire incident at a private medical facility in Bhubaneswar which left at least 23 people dead.

Denied Treatment, Chhattisgarh Woman Carrying Dead Foetus Dies

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 21, 2016

In an appalling incident, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, carrying a dead foetus, died of infection in Chhattisgarh's Korba district allegedly after doctors at various private hospitals denied to attend her as she was unable to pay their fees.

Over 4,000 Visit Karachi Hospitals Due To Overeating On Eid

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 15, 2016

Over 4,000 people went to private and government hospitals due to ailments linked to overeating on Eid-ul Azha in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

Hire Private Security Guards To Protect Doctors, If Needed: Bombay High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 2, 2016

Citing the death of a traffic constable after being assaulted by an erring bike rider, the Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to hire private security guards to protect doctors at public hospitals, if needed.

Delhi Government Puts A Cap Of Rs 600 For Dengue Test

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 27, 2016

With the spurt in dengue cases, the Delhi government has decided to continue with the cap of Rs 600 for the test to diagnose the vector-borne disease and Rs 50 for ascertaining the platelet count in private hospitals in the national capital.

Doctors Operate On Wrong Leg Of 24-Year-Old In Delhi Hospital

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday June 23, 2016

In an alleged case of medical negligence, the wrong leg of a 24-year-old youth was operated upon in one of the city's prominent private hospitals, family members of the patient have alleged. An FIR has been registered against the hospital.