Death of patient discharged on request, lynching of healers highlight healthcare gaps in Gadchiroli

Death of patient discharged on request, lynching of healers highlight healthcare gaps in Gadchiroli

Some cases of witch-hunting in the tribal pockets of Maharashtra appear to be linked to a term for patients in medical records — DOR, short for ‘discharged on request’. Doctors and other medical staff at primary health centres and hospitals in Gadchiroli, one of the State’s most underdeveloped districts, which borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, say … Read more

Madani discharged from hospital in Kozhikode

Madani discharged from hospital in Kozhikode

Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Abdul Nasir Maudani was discharged on Wednesday from a private hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday. Hospital sources said Mr. Maudani was under the care of K.A. Abdul Salam, neurologist at Baby Memorial Hospital, where he sought treatment for stroke. He was accompanied by his wife Sufiya and … Read more

Chlorine gas leakage in Jangaon: affected persons discharged from hospital, air samples collected

Chlorine gas leakage in Jangaon: affected persons discharged from hospital, air samples collected

All the 20 persons, who were hospitalised, after inhaling chlorine gas that leaked from a cylinder at an overhead water tank in Jangaon town on Thursday night, were discharged from the hospital on Friday morning. Dozens of residents of the areas near the sub-jail complained of irritation in respiratory tract and breathlessness after inhaling the … Read more