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TopicNegligence

Topic: negligence

Surajkund swing fell despite ‘daily checks’. Visitors flag ‘loose bolts, lack of proper safety belts’

After tsunami swing collapse at Surajkund craft festival in Faridabad, police complaint & park visitors allege negligence regarding swings installed. SIT probes matter, 2 arrested.

Rajkot gaming zone fire: Bodies being returned to kin as spotlight remains on negligence

FIR says proprietors never filed for fire NOC, AC wires not covered or insulated. Proprietor Dhawal Thakkar is currently absconding.

NHRC holds meeting on patients’ and doctors’ rights, discusses medical negligence

Other dignitaries present on the occasion included eminent doctors, senior health officials, representatives of various government departments, and members of the National Medical Commission.

‘Difficult to define gross negligence’ — IMA urges govt to clarify doctors’ prosecution under new laws

IMA has written to home ministry stating that jail term for doctors charged with causing death by negligence should be considered only when probe officer is ‘satisfied of recklessness’. 

IMA welcomes lower jail term for medical negligence, but it’s fighting for total ‘decriminalisation’

Before Parliament passed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Indian Medical Association wrote to Home Minister asking for death by medical negligence to be treated as civil, not criminal, matter.

Srinagar govt office apathy killed my brother, says sister of teen with acute muscle condition

Sumaiya Khan said personnel at the Srinagar District Medical Board kept her brother Suhaib, who suffered from muscular dystrophy, waiting for hours over a certificate. 

UP child rights panel asks Agra DM to probe death of boy refused treatment by 6 hospitals

UP protection of child rights commission member Sakshi Baijal says he has taken note of ThePrint report on the 12-year-old’s death and asked the Agra DM to submit action taken report after probe.

Fortis made a 108% profit on the treatment of the child who died of dengue

Health minister Anil Vij says FIR will be lodged against the hospital administration and doctors under relevant sections of the IPC.

On Camera

India must take advantage of Iran crisis, shift gears from fuel to organic waste management

Operation Epic Fury has disrupted and broken down global supply chains, and the tremors are being felt all over the world due to a systemic breakdown of trade, logistics & input flows.

India eyes Venezuelan, Iranian crude as supply crunch looms amid West Asia crisis & Hormuz disruption

Up to 7-8 million barrels of Venezuelan oil is expected to arrive in India over the next month while US waiver also opens window for stranded Iranian crude oil.

Iran launches missile at US and UK’s Diego Garcia base, reveals new striking capability

New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation that has surprised the world, Iran attempted two missile strikes on a US-UK joint military base in the...

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.