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Hospital fire in Delhi: More than 25% of the 1,183 unlicensed nursing homes in Delhi
The Baby Care New Born hospital in Vivek Vihar, East Delhi, had a big fire that killed six newborns and injured five more. The hospital’s licencing expired on March 31, two months ago, but it’s not the only one that’s still in operation.
Out of the 1,183 registered nursing homes in the capital, data from the Delhi government’s health department reveals that 340 (28.74%) have had their registrations expire, some of them as long as six years ago. West and Northwest Delhi are home to the greatest concentration of these facilities operating with expired permits. There are two of them at Vivek Vihar, the location of the incident; nine more are located nearby.
According to the status report, the permits for eight more establishments expired in March 2019 and the licences for two, Ardent Ganpati Hospital in Mundka and Indra Clinic & Test Tube Baby Centre in Patel Nagar, expired in March 2018. When contacted, a few of the institutions offered the typical justifications: bureaucracy, financial difficulties stemming from Covid, absence of a fire NOC, which is a need for acquiring licences, and a review of their renewal process.
Of the 288 nursing homes in West Delhi, 33.3% (or 96 units) have expired in terms of their registration. Northwest has 194 licences, 48 of which are expired (24.7%). There are 94 nursing facilities in East Delhi, with 25 violators (26.6%); 102 in Southwest Delhi, with 29 expired licences (28.4%); and 94 in South Delhi, with 25 (26.6%) of their permits having expired.
The situation is better in Central and New Delhi, where there are 63 and 23 nursing homes, respectively, of which 17 and 2 have expired. A senior health department official verified the information on condition of anonymity, and HT has seen a copy of the status report that contains the data.
Citing that “more than quarter of nursing homes in Delhi are operating without valid registration” and that “even those nursing homes with registration may not be meeting the safety and regulatory standards,” Delhi LG VK Saxena on Tuesday ordered an investigation by the anti-corruption bureau into the registration process of nursing homes in the city.
The Delhi Nursing Home Registration Act, 1953, governs the registration and management of the operations of the city’s nursing homes by the directorate general of health services (Delhi government)’s nursing home cell. It is required of the cell to register these units and renew their registration every three years.
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According to the May 7, 2024 report from the nursing home cell, at least 119 additional nursing homes, including the Vivek Vihar facility, had permits that expired on March 31, 2024, two months ago. Additionally, 133 nursing homes have registrations that expired in March 2023. And 65, whose permits came to an end in March 2020.
These nursing homes range in size from tiny establishments with two beds to larger ones with seventy beds, which would practically convert them into hospitals. The study also states that 98 of the 340 permit holders whose licences have expired still have to pay the renewal or cancellation fees.
The AAP government in Delhi cited the bureaucracy of the city-state, which answers to the LG.
According to Saurabh Bhardwaj, Minister of Health, the Secretary of Health has not yet reported for work. The information is available with the department and is not directly available to me, thus I am unable to offer it, he continued.
When asked for reaction, the health secretary remained silent.
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An employee who answered the phone at Aggarwal Charitable Hospital in Shakti Nagar, North Delhi, stated that they were unable to renew the registration due to a lack of a NOC (no-objection certificate) from the fire department. The hospital’s license expires in March 2020. “We don’t have an active license because the hospital building is very old and was constructed before the current fire policy was established, and fire NOCs are now required for license applications submitted after 2020.”
“We are in contact with the authorities,” he continued, adding that they lacked the resources to rebuild in accordance with the new guidelines.
A doctor who wished to remain anonymous answered the phone at Satayanand Medical Centre in Tagore Garden, whose licenses expired four years ago, and stated that the “licence was under review and documentation work was underway”.
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A doctor at the Sharad Nursing Home in Nangloi stated that the facility was inspected by DGHS around six months prior. The facility’s license expired in 2020. The physician blamed the Covid epidemic for the absence of rejuvenation. “We possess all the paperwork required to operate the facility. We were severely impacted by COVID, and at one time we had to close our nursing home before reopening it when things improved,” he stated.
The license of the Temple Nursing Home in Daryaganj, which expired in 2020, is currently being reviewed, according to a representative who answered the hospital’s phone. She continued, “We have applied for a license renewal because we are a very old hospital.”
Lastly, a physician at Ashok Vihar’s Maharaja Agarsain Hospital (Charitable) contested the report’s stated status. “We shouldn’t be on this list because we have all the necessary licenses in place.”
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Monday night’s meeting to assess the security situation in Manipur will be facilitated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This is the first high-level gathering of its kind held by the central government since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was re-elected earlier this month.
Senior representatives from the federal government, state governments, including chief minister N Biren Singh, the army, and other security agencies are anticipated to attend the meeting at 4 p.m., according to people with knowledge of the development.
Manipur has seen fighting between the Kukis and Meiteis communities since May 3 of last year. The fighting has resulted in at least 225 deaths to far and the displacement of almost 50,000 people, the majority of whom are still living in relief shelters.
The previous few weeks have seen new acts of violence in the northeastern state, including the burning of a school facility close to Moreh and the discovery of the beheaded body of a missing individual.
In the Kangpokpi district last week, armed terrorists assaulted the vehicle of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s enhanced security team, injuring a security officer and a civilian driver.
Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), stated on June 10 that Manipur has been waiting for peace for a year and that this problem has to be given priority.
Bhagwat emphasised the importance of putting aside political hyperbole and concentrating on the issues confronting the country.
Dattatreya Hosabale, the general secretary of the RSS, called the current violence in Manipur “painful” and “worrisome.”
The Sangh, according to a statement, feels that the only way to solve any issue is “through mutual dialogue and expression of brotherhood in a peaceful atmosphere.”
In an attempt to mediate peace, Shah had earlier travelled to Manipur last month and convened nine talks with leaders of the Kuki and Meitei groups. Despite this, the violence has not decreased.
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Varanasi, his home district in the Lok Sabha. This will be his first trip to the sacred city since taking office as the nation’s third prime minister.
At the historic Kashi Vishwanath temple, PM Modi is expected to engage with farmers and take part in Ganga Aarti.
What is currently known regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi is as follows:
For 4.5 hours, Prime Minister Modi will be in Varanasi. At roughly 4 p.m., he will touch down at Babatpur’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.
Prior to releasing the 17th installment of the Samman Nidhi, which is intended to benefit 2,76,665 farmers in Kashi, PM Modi will attend a “Kisan Samelan.”
In order to commemorate the farmers in the area, PM Modi will meet with 21 of them at the Kisan Samelan and evaluate their products. BJP party officials are preparing for the visit.
The visit of Prime Minister Modi is a source of pride for the people of Varanasi, according to BJP president Dilip Patel. “We are all proud that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the oath of office three times—once as the nation’s prime minister and once as a member of the Varanasi assembly.”
Following his meeting with the farmers, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to attend the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, the CEO of the Kashi Vishwanath temple, stated in an interview that they have a process for the Prime Minister’s visit. PM Modi is anticipated to spend about twenty-five minutes inside the temple.
Ajay Rai, Modi’s previous opponent for the Varanasi seat, criticised him, claiming that Modi was displacing natives with Gujaratis by handing all employment to them. Regarding the purported dearth of factories and development in the city, he questioned Modi.
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Sunita Kejriwal is requested by the Delhi High Court to remove Arvind Kejriwal’s court footage from social media.
The wife of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sunita Kejriwal, has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to remove a video of her husband speaking to a Delhi court from her social media accounts. The social media companies have also been ordered by the court to remove posts that contain links to the video.
In addition, the high court has sent notices to all parties involved in the PIL, which was filed by lawyer Vaibhav Singh, alleging that Kejriwal’s appearance before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on March 28 violated the court’s regulations regarding video conferencing.
Among the five people requested to remove the social media posts is Sunita Kejriwal.
The court has set July 9 for the hearing.
On March 28, Arvind Kejriwal personally addressed Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja after being brought before the court a second time after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.
Sunita Kejriwal reposted the images after the audio and video recordings of the speech went viral on social media.
When films with comparable content are brought to their attention, the Delhi High Court ordered X, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram to remove them.
The notice on the PIL filed by the Delhi-based attorney Vaibhav Singh was issued by a division bench made up of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Amit Sharma.
After he disregarded nine summonses from the Enforcement Directorate, Arvind Kejriwal was taken into custody on March 21 in relation to the excise policy fraud. Subsequently, the Delhi High Court affirmed the agency’s decision.
Later, Arvind Kejriwal petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn his arrest.
In order to enable Kejriwal to campaign for his Aam Aadmi Party during the Lok Sabha elections, the Supreme Court granted him temporary release in May for a period of 21 days.
On June 2, he turned himself in to the Tihar Jail officials per the Supreme Court’s directive.
The former bureaucrat Sunita Kejriwal had spent a great deal of time campaigning for the AAP during the Lok Sabha elections. But the party was unable to secure a single seat in the nation’s capital.
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