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Delhi Medical Association wants Max Hospital licence restored, warns of strike (Lead)

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New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Terming the Delhi government’s decision to cancel the license of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, “irrational and autocratic” after it erroneously declared a newborn dead, the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) on Saturday urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to revoke the order or else threatened to go on strike.

In the letter marked to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the DMA has emphasised the government should have waited for the report by Delhi Medical Council (DMC) into the issue before taking the stand against the hospital.

“We have written the letter to the Chief Minister and sought revocation of the licence cancellation order of Max Hospital. We also want the two doctors of the hospital to be reinstated before the report of the DMC comes out. If no action is taken on our demands than we will call for a strike of all the resident doctors of private as well as government hospitals in Delhi,” President Elect of DMA Ashwini Goyal told IANS.

There was also a protest outside the hospital by the patients, who burnt effigies of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

In the wake of the incident, the services of two doctors — A.P. Mehta and Vishal Gupta — were terminated by the hospital authorities.

According to the DMA, the DMC which is a statutory body has taken cognizance of the matter and will come out with its report in a few days.

In the cancellation order, which came after a three-member panel had submitted a report to Health Minister Jain, the government has stopped the hospital from admitting any more new patients and put a stop to all outpatient treatment services and laboratory testing on the premises with immediate effect.

The baby boy — 22-weeks premature — was declared dead by Max Hospital on November 30 and handed over to the parents in a plastic bag, along with his still-born sister. However, the baby started moving while being taken for burial. The baby was then admitted in north Delhi’s Agarwal Nursing Home but died on Wednesday.

According to the DMA, while the investigation against the concerned doctors was expected, the decision to shut down the entire hospital is too harsh.

“The decision to shut the entire hospital is irrational and autocratic. Private hospitals bear 80 per cent of the patient’s burden in Delhi. Action against the concerned doctors is expected but why should all other departments and the hospital suffer,” said Goyal.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) termed the cancellation of licence “too harsh a step”. It backed the hospital and said if all hospitals start facing such situations where patients die due to such mistakes then healthcare will come to a halt.

Meanwhile, terming the Delhi government order as harsh, Max Hospital said they were not given adequate opportunity to put forth their side of the story.

–IANS
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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