Surgery In Torchlight

Guided by mobile torchlight and candles, surgeons at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna sterilised nearly 35 women because there was no power and the backup generator was not working, officials said.

The National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of 32 cataract patients allegedly operated upon under torchlight at a primary health centre in Unnao, even as the opposition ridiculed the Uttar Pradesh government for its failure to provide electricity to a state-run hospital.

The Uttar Pradesh government today removed the topmost medical officer of Unnao district, about 65 kilometres from state capital Lucknow. An inquiry has also been ordered after visuals emerged of 32 cataract patients being operated upon under the light of torches on Monday night at a government-run community health centre, or a hospital. The footag...

At a state-run health clinic, guided by torchlight, surgeons in Jharkhand sterilised nearly 40 women because there was no power on Wednesday night. The women were then moved out of the operating theatre and made to lie down or sit on the ground in a corridor. There were no stretchers or blankets; no attendants to offer any post-operative care.

Guided by mobile torchlight and candles, surgeons at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna sterilised nearly 35 women because there was no power and the backup generator was not working, officials said.

The National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of 32 cataract patients allegedly operated upon under torchlight at a primary health centre in Unnao, even as the opposition ridiculed the Uttar Pradesh government for its failure to provide electricity to a state-run hospital.

The Uttar Pradesh government today removed the topmost medical officer of Unnao district, about 65 kilometres from state capital Lucknow. An inquiry has also been ordered after visuals emerged of 32 cataract patients being operated upon under the light of torches on Monday night at a government-run community health centre, or a hospital. The footag...

At a state-run health clinic, guided by torchlight, surgeons in Jharkhand sterilised nearly 40 women because there was no power on Wednesday night. The women were then moved out of the operating theatre and made to lie down or sit on the ground in a corridor. There were no stretchers or blankets; no attendants to offer any post-operative care.