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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh: Doctor receives transfer letter after 13 days of death

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

On the day of his “terahvi” (13th day after his death), a 55-year-old government doctor from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh who had been assigned to Chitrakoot received his transfer notice over WhatsApp.

He had requested a move to Prayagraj, his homeland, for the last two years, citing a chronic illness, but his request wasn’t fulfilled till after he passed away.

Due to a liver infection, Dipendra Singh, a district hospital employee in Chitrakoot, was seriously unwell for a protracted period of time.

According to his relatives, Singh had asked to be sent to Prayagraj for medical reasons.

Singh passed away on the evening of June 17.

He was, however, moved from Chitrakoot to Prayagraj in accordance with the transfer list made public by the State Health and Family Welfare department on June 30.

Ironically, on the day when his ‘terahvi’ procedures were being carried out, his family received the transfer list on his WhatsApp number.

Singh’s younger brother, Hemendra Singh, said, “My brother was suffering from a severe liver infection and was requesting a transfer for the past two years, but all the requests failed to make any impact on the State Health department.

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He was on leave for the past three months and finally breathed his last on the intervening night of June 17-18. We have now got his transfer orders.”

Chief Medical Superintendent, Motilal Nehru Divisional hospital, Prayagraj, Indu Kanojia, said, “I have not received any written order of Dipendra Singh’s transfer to this hospital. However, in the transfer list, which was released on social media, he was transferred to this hospital.”

Dipendra was posted 11 years ago as a senior consultant in Joint District hospital, Chitrakoot.

He applied for a transfer to Prayagraj so that he could get his treatment under the supervision of his family members.

Singh is survived by his wife Abha Singh, who is a gynaecologist and lives with two minor sons.

Singh’s wife said, “Seeing the transfer order after his death, we don’t know how to react.”

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Maharashtra

Consumer panel exonerates gynaec of medical negligence after 22 years

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

After setting aside the State Commission’s ruling and clearing a Mahim hospital and its senior gynaecologist of the charge of medical negligence, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission determined that there was no evidence of willful negligence more than two decades after a pregnant woman and her unborn child died while she was being admitted for her second delivery.

In 2015, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered Surlata Hospital and Dr. Sharad Gogate to compensate the deceased Sunita Shate’s husband Sarasheej Shate and their little daughter with Rs. 20 lakhs.

President Justice RK Agrawal and member SM Kantikar of the National Panel said in their ruling that the state commission had erroneously relied exclusively on the testimony of a doctor named MD Gupta who had determined that Dr. Gogate had engaged in egregious negligence. It said that because the doctor was not a gynaecology expert, his advice was not trustworthy.

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The medical board of AIIMS was consulted by the committee, who concluded that there was no proof of medical malpractice. It also reviewed relevant medical literature and came to the conclusion that Caesarean deliveries are linked to an uncommon disease that occurs during delivery.

It said the condition was not within the control of any doctor to anticipate or prevent and there is no evidence of willful negligence or breach of the duty of care.

On September 21, 2000, Sunita was induced due to labour pains. Shate said before the state commission that the doctor left her in the hands of the nurses and “aayas” while telling them to wait for a “normal birth” even though she needed a C-Section. He claimed she began vomiting the following day, her health deteriorated, and she passed away.

Both the hospital and the physician had disputed this. The doctor said he had delivered 5,500 babies during his 28 years of practise and that the accuser had omitted a number of details. He said that the husband had asked him to cause labour pains because they lived far away in Mulund, and that was the reason he had provided labor-inducing medications. In addition, when the medication did not work, a procedure was carried out, and the patient and her family were advised that it may produce vomiting but that they need not be alarmed.

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Andhra Pradesh

Doctor quits job to treat the unprivileged in native village of Prakasam district

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

A doctor from the Prakasam district named Pagadala Lakshmi Reddy recently left his position with the government because he felt compelled to aid the people in his home area. Lakshmi was described as smart and intelligent when she was born to farmer couple P Chinna Venkata Reddy and Subbamma. She never showed much interest in traditional textbook education. He was instructed to take care of the family’s more than 30 cattle after failing the SSC examinations on his first try.

A year later, he was inspired to become a doctor and provide his services to the underprivileged in the Markapur region after visiting the K Ramachandra Reddy Hospital, which is known for offering free healthcare to the poor and is run by the family of the late great communist leader Puchhalapalli Sundaraiah.

That was a life-changing moment as he fell in love with books and ensured that in the next five years he qualified to pursue MBBS from Kurnool Medical College in 2005. He graduated from Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada and went on to become a general surgeon years later.

Becoming a doctor

Dr. Lakshmi Reddy is a native of the isolated hinterland of Malyavanthuni Padu in the Markapur mandal. Dr. Reddy began his career as a government doctor after completing his schooling and worked in a variety of locations, including Dupadu, Dornala, and Peddaraveedu. He spent three years working as a general surgeon at the Markapur district government hospital.

He carried out 230 major and 1,380 minor procedures while working as a government physician. He became the primary care physician for many of the area’s underprivileged residents because Markapur is his native mandal. Dr. Reddy saw to guarantee that his patients received medications and necessities throughout the most severe Covid-19 years. He obtained ’20 lakh for the same from well-known benefactors and his family. He was most recently sent from Markapur to Narasaraopeta Government Hospital in the Palanadu district.

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When he decided to serve

Dr. Lakshmi Reddy made the decision to stay put and submit his papers because of his strong emotional connection to Markapur and its residents. He just started a clinic and now bills each patient just $30 for a consultation. Along with that, he established the Dr. Lakshmi Reddy Charitable Trust, whose ultimate purpose is to build a super-specialty hospital for the needy inside the boundaries of Markapur.

“I was inspired by the life of Puchhalapalli Sundaraiah and, thus, decided to live like him throughout my life. My aim is to offer all medical tests with a nominal fee of `100 per test, just like what AIIMS-Mangalagiri is doing. My younger brother Chinna Lakshmi Reddy is a scientist and he is planning to establish a pharma unit here in Markapur to support my ideology towards giving free services to the poor. My parents, even my wife and daughter, also support my views.”

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New Delhi

Delhi Local Government changes 128 temporary doctor positions to permanent ones

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has authorised the conversion of 128 temporary doctor roles at several Delhi government hospitals to permanent positions, with the goal of providing physicians with the finest service conditions, work surroundings, and professional security possible. It will also increase hospital staffing, according to the LG office on Friday.
“The LG has cleared the conversion of 128 temporary jobs into permanent ones after previously approving 918 postings in various categories at the Indira Gandhi Hospital in Dwarka.”

This decision will result in permanent appointment on 76 posts in Dr BS Ambedkar Medical College, 40 posts in Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, nine posts in Maulana Azad Medical College, and three posts in Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, which have been vacant since 2011 and 2012, respectively,” the LG office said in a statement.

Assistant professor (orthopaedics), senior residents in radiology, surgeons, dental surgeons, junior resident, staff nurse, and clinical instructor are among the allowed roles. According to an LG official, more ad hoc positions may be turned into permanent positions in the future. The LG stated that the ideal way to honour the medical profession on Doctor’s Day is to eliminate adhocism and professional insecurity.

For these newly converted positions, new hires will be made through an open selection procedure. Those in the positions will not be eligible for permanent positions unless they participate in the open selections. According to authorities, the LG has directed responsible officials to expedite the filling of vacancies and upgradation that have been waiting for years.

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Kerala

Kollam: Three arrested for attacking medical staff at hospital

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

Three persons have been arrested for attacking the medical staff of Neendakara Taluk hospital in the Kollam district, informed state president of KGMOA, Dr G S Vikayakrishnan on Wednesday.

The arrests were made after the Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) staged a protest against the attack. According to Dr G S Vikayakrishnan, the protesting doctors had demanded immediate arrest of the people who attacked health officials (doctor, nurse) and the security personnel on Tuesday night.

As per the KGMOA President, three “anti-social people” had attacked a doctor, security staff, and ambulance driver of Taluk hospital in Kollam with iron rods, due to which the nurse was admitted to a medical college as she sustained injuries to her scalp.

They claimed that everything transpired for no reason because they were irritated because of the complaint filed against them two days before for abusively threatening medical workers.

Notably, the accused took their mother to the hospital on Sunday, when they were instructed to wear a face mask and a large gathering was prohibited.

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“The hospital attack is a continuous story in Kerala. In the last two years, there is a significant increase in such cases in both the government and private hospitals. We staged a protest boycotting the outpatient and casualty services in Taluk hospital,” the president said.

“We demanded to arrest the culprits as such attacks affect the hospitals. The reason behind this attack was the lack of security personnel…We need trained persons as security otherwise it will affect our morale,” the president added.

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Maharashtra

IMA writes to Maharashtra’s health minister over ‘impractical’ changes to nursing home registration standards

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

Discontent is growing within the Indian Medical Association (IMA), with members throughout Maharashtra fiercely opposing the “impractical” modifications to the nursing home registration requirements, with a majority threatening to shut at least 90% of institutions. The IMA stated in a letter to Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on June 17 that the revisions are impracticable and hard to implement.

“There are roughly 25,000 small and major nursing homes in Maharashtra, and we have made multiple concerns since the notification was published last year in January,” Dr Mangesh Pate, honorary secretary of the Maharashtra IMA, told The Indian Express.

The fees for registration and renewal have been revised to Rs 5,000 for a Grade A nursing home (within municipal corporation limits), Rs 4,500 for a Grade B nursing home, and so on, according to the Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2021, notification issued on January 14, 2021.

Nursing facilities with more than five beds will be taxed for each extra bed in the council, nagar panchayat, and village panchayat, or any other rural region. Apart from the staffing pattern, minimum standard criteria for the physical construction of a nursing home have been specified in the notification.

“The government must consider the concerns and opinions of service providers.” On January 18, last year, we requested a meeting with the relevant authorities, but it was postponed owing to the epidemic. A meeting was conducted on April 6, this year, and we have asked another meeting with Health Minister Rajesh Tope on this matter,” stated Dr Suhas Pingle, Maharashtra IMA president.

According to Dr Sanjay Patil, head of the Hospital Board of India – Pune Chapter, there are so many conditions in the amendment notification that it would not be shocking if 90% of the hospitals closed down.

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While problems such as fire safety, bio-medical waste disposal, structural auditing, and other processes are important, they are unfortunately becoming associated with the nursing home registration process.

“Despite our repeated demands and representations, no efforts have been made to protect all hospitals in Maharashtra.” “We at the Indian Medical Association Maharashtra state feel obligated to withdraw healthcare services from all hospitals in the state if the government does not respond to safeguard the hospitals in the state,” the letter said, begging the minister to rescind the notice immediately.

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New Delhi

Fire breaks out at ICU of a Delhi Hospital

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

On Saturday, a fire broke out in the Brahm Shakti Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) unit in Rohini, Delhi. A patient is believed to have perished as a result of the fire.

All patients have been successfully retrieved, according to Delhi Fire Service Director Atul Garg, with the exception of one patient who was on a ventilator, who he claimed is thought to have died. To put out the fire, nine fire tenders were dispatched to the Brahm Shakti Hospital.

“A fire broke out at third (ICU ward) of Brahm Shakti Hospital in Rohini. nine fire tenders were rushed. All have been safely rescued except 1 patient who was on the ventilator and is suspected to have died. Fire has been completely doused,” Garg told ANI.

The cause of the fire is not known yet.

Further details into the matter are awaited.

 

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Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad girl suspected for monkeypox tests negative: Report

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

After monkeypox samples from a five-year-old child in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, were sent for testing, the suspected case was found to be negative on Tuesday.

The girl’s samples were transferred to the ICMR – National Institute of Virology in Pune for testing a few days ago. After the girl complained of itching and rashes on her body, the health department sent her samples.

While the government has stated that the reports are “unnecessary alarm mongering” and that no cases of the illness have been detected in India thus far.

The Chief Medical Officer of Ghaziabad said the test was just a “precautionary measure” as the girl has no other health issues and did not have close contact with anyone who has travelled abroad in the past month.

“Samples of a five-year-old girl have been collected for testing for monkeypox, as a precautionary measure, as she had complaints of itching and rashes on her body. She has no other health issues and neither she nor any of her close contacts travelled abroad in the past month,” CMO Ghaziabad said.

The Union Health Ministry had also issued “Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease” to ensure advance preparedness across the country, in view of the rising reports of monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries.

A confirmed case of Monkeypox virus is defined as the discovery of unique sequences of viral DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or sequencing, according to the criteria.

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OMICRON
Tamil Nadu

12 cases of Omicron subvariants detected in Tamil Nadu

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

According to state Health Minister M Subramanian, 12 patients in Tamil Nadu tested positive with the novel COVID Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.

According to the Minister, 300 samples were forwarded to the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, with 12 of them testing positive for the subvariants.

“Today morning we got info from CDFD that BA.4, and BA5 variants of COVID cases have been detected. So far 4 persons tested BA.4 variant positive while 8 people tested positive for BA.5 variant,” he said on Sunday.

However, Subramanian said that all the patients are healthy and are currently under the Health Secretary’s observation.

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“Union Government officials will announce this information tomorrow. We are also observing the contacts of people who are all tested for new variants of COVID,” he said.

Meanwhile, since the subvariants of Omicron have been seen in India, Dr Tarun Kumar Sahni, an internal medicine and hyperbaric oxygen therapist at Indraprastha Apollo hospital, has explained that the BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages are “mild” because they behave like other COVID-19 mutants.

“The sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 are behaving the same as other mutants of COVID-19 variants. We have observed that it is quite mild. A few months ago, WHO said that BA.4 and BA.5 are variants of concern. The European countries have also recently called it a variant of concern,” Dr Kumar told ANI.

He went on to say that a variety of concern is a mutant that can convert fast and become more dangerous and progressing than other variants.

The health expert also emphasised the need of following COVID-19 standards, which include wearing masks.

BA.4 and BA.5 are Omicron subvariants that are propagating over the world. These were originally reported from South Africa early this year, and have now spread to a number of other nations. These variations have not been linked to increased illness severity or hospitalisation.

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Maharashtra

Mask ‘not mandatory’, Maharashtra Health Minister says amid Covid case surge

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

On Saturday, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope clarified the state’s position on the Centre’s letter to five states urging them to closely monitor emerging clusters of COVID-19 cases, maintain an adequate number of tests, and send samples from infected individuals for genome sequencing. He said that while they encourage people to wear face masks in closed places, they have not mandated it by imposing a penalty.

Tope while speaking to reporters here today said, “Masks should be worn in closed spaces like buses, schools, railways, and offices. This is not mandatory, therefore no fine is imposed. But I appeal to the Maharashtra public to wear masks.” “There has been a slight increase in positive cases in the limited cluster areas like Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and Palghar, due to which Maharashtra’s contribution in the active Covid-19 cases in the country is increasing. That’s why the Health Department of the Central government had sent a letter to the states observing a surge in Covid cases,” said Tope quoting the letter sent by the Centre.

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On Friday, the Centre sent a letter to five states, including Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu, advising them to follow a five-step strategy, namely test, track, treat, and vaccine, as well as follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, monitoring clusters of new COVID-19 cases, and adequate testing in accordance with the guidelines.

Appeal to wear masks

He further stated that the Centre had instructed the states to obey the “in-general Covid rules” that had been established.

“It is a part of in-general guidelines for the people to wear face masks in closed spaces like buses, schools, railways, and offices, and hence we appeal to wear face masks, however, we have not mandated it by imposing a fine on not wearing a face mask,” said Tope.

The state Health Minister’s comments come only days after Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar expressed alarm over the rising number of Covid cases in the state, emphasising the necessity for face masks to be mandated.

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