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TopicBRD Medical College

Topic: BRD Medical College

‘Because of Jawan & letter to Shah Rukh’— Dr Kafeel Khan says booked in fresh FIR over ‘BRD ghost’

Terming charges against him 'absurd', Dr Kafeel Khan says 'biggest pain Yogi govt gave him was to distance him from his kids' who live in Rajasthan, while he is in Chennai.

This is how Yogi govt pulled off a near-miracle in Gorakhpur with encephalitis deaths

It has taken six years for CM Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur to pull back from the worst era of encephalitis deaths. And it all came down to demonstration of priority and political will.

Even ‘Dr Kafeel Mishra’ or ‘Dr Kafeel Kumar’ would have done the same thing, Kafeel Khan says

'They made me naked, made me lie down, used batons and sticks to hit me… I couldn’t sit for so many days,' Dr Kafeel Khan tells ThePrint days after release from jail.

Faulty vaccination, late diagnosis, ‘fudged data’ – demons that still haunt Gorakhpur kids

Encephalitis immunisation is not handled by experts, rendering it useless. Doctors also say patients reach them too late, resulting in hundreds of deaths.

Children continue to die in scores in Gorakhpur’s killer ward. No outcry?

Not much has changed at BRD Medical College since the August horror. There aren’t enough doctors, ventilators and at least five children bundled up in a single warmer.

Kafeel Khan, the doctor jailed for the Gorakhpur child deaths tragedy, gets bail

Khan, who recently wrote an open letter, claims that he had been made a scapegoat for what was essentially an administrative failure.

Gorakhpur: Lapse in encephalitis vaccine programme could be the missing link

ICMR study points to low immunisation rate due to factors such as superstitions and lack of awareness among health officials.

Beyond oxygen supply

Scandals can be useful opportunities for systemic correctives. The Gorakhpur children’s deaths has been a scandal wasted. T.N. Ninan

Despite order, doctors of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College have thriving private practice.

The government says it's cracking down on doctors violating its rule on private practice, due to which many doctors might run into trouble.  Anshuman Kumar

Despite order, doctors of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College have thriving private practice

The government says it's cracking down on doctors violating its rule on private practice, due to which many doctors might run into trouble.  Kumar Anshuman in Gorakhpur

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.