Hospitals Deny Treatment

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was being refused access to hospital treatment by prison officials after falling sick, in what his team called an underhanded attempt to kill him.

A seven-year-old boy, who was severely underweight for his age, and was denied surgical intervention by many hospitals for chronic pancreatitis, underwent a rare laparoscopic surgery at a private facility in Delhi, according to doctors.

Ashok Paswan, carrying the body of his 15-year-old daughter at Sadar Hospital in Nalanda district's Bihar Sharif on Sunday, alleged that lack of proper treatment led to the death of his young girl.

A family in Kerala's Ernakulam district has levelled allegations of negligence against a local medical college, saying their COVID-19 positive relative died under treatment in July, as he was not put on ventilator support on time. A police complaint has been filed over the matter, days after a contractual doctor on Covid duty at the facility spoke ...

A womanin Kerala's Malappuram, who had recovered from coronavirus and was discharged on September 15, lost her twins after she was allegedly refused admission by several hospitals last week.

A 38-year-old daily wage earner suffering from coronavirus died in Dehradun after allegedly being denied treatment by three hospitals which refused to admit him citing unavailability of ICU beds.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has directed officials to take action against hospitals that deny admission to COVID-19 patients "unnecessarily" as he stressed on prompt and quality treatment to bring down the number of deaths.

The AAP government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that prior COVID-19 test was not mandatory for admitting pregnant women in hospitals for in-patient interventions, including surgery and deliveries, and in emergent situations, treatment would not be denied for want of test results.

The Karnataka government on Saturday issued an order, directing private hospitals to not deny treatment to patients with coronavirus and those with COVID-19 like symptoms.

Action would be initiated against all CGHS empanelled hospitals designated as COVID and non-COVID facilities for denying treatment to coronavirus infected patients and to those suffering from other diseases, the Union Health Ministry said.

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to ensure no private hospital, which has been declared as COVID-19 hospital, charges the patients exorbitantly or deny treatment due to paucity of funds.

Targeting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his decision to reserve hospitals run by the city government and private entities for Delhiites only during the coronavirus crisis, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said the state will not deny treatment to outsiders as it cannot be "harsh" like the AAP supremo.

An eight-month pregnant woman died in an ambulance after a frantic 13-hour hospital hunt failed to find her a bed as over half-a-dozen facilities denied her treatment, her family claimed on Saturday.

An 80-year-old man, who had to approach the Delhi High Court this week after allegedly being refused admission at several hospitals for COVID-19 treatment, died before his case could be heard.

A woman has alleged that her COVID-19-positive father was not admitted in time by a Delhi government hospital and died on Thursday, a charge denied by authorities of the facility.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was being refused access to hospital treatment by prison officials after falling sick, in what his team called an underhanded attempt to kill him.

A seven-year-old boy, who was severely underweight for his age, and was denied surgical intervention by many hospitals for chronic pancreatitis, underwent a rare laparoscopic surgery at a private facility in Delhi, according to doctors.

Ashok Paswan, carrying the body of his 15-year-old daughter at Sadar Hospital in Nalanda district's Bihar Sharif on Sunday, alleged that lack of proper treatment led to the death of his young girl.

A family in Kerala's Ernakulam district has levelled allegations of negligence against a local medical college, saying their COVID-19 positive relative died under treatment in July, as he was not put on ventilator support on time. A police complaint has been filed over the matter, days after a contractual doctor on Covid duty at the facility spoke ...

A womanin Kerala's Malappuram, who had recovered from coronavirus and was discharged on September 15, lost her twins after she was allegedly refused admission by several hospitals last week.

A 38-year-old daily wage earner suffering from coronavirus died in Dehradun after allegedly being denied treatment by three hospitals which refused to admit him citing unavailability of ICU beds.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has directed officials to take action against hospitals that deny admission to COVID-19 patients "unnecessarily" as he stressed on prompt and quality treatment to bring down the number of deaths.

The AAP government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that prior COVID-19 test was not mandatory for admitting pregnant women in hospitals for in-patient interventions, including surgery and deliveries, and in emergent situations, treatment would not be denied for want of test results.

The Karnataka government on Saturday issued an order, directing private hospitals to not deny treatment to patients with coronavirus and those with COVID-19 like symptoms.

Action would be initiated against all CGHS empanelled hospitals designated as COVID and non-COVID facilities for denying treatment to coronavirus infected patients and to those suffering from other diseases, the Union Health Ministry said.

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to ensure no private hospital, which has been declared as COVID-19 hospital, charges the patients exorbitantly or deny treatment due to paucity of funds.

Targeting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his decision to reserve hospitals run by the city government and private entities for Delhiites only during the coronavirus crisis, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said the state will not deny treatment to outsiders as it cannot be "harsh" like the AAP supremo.

An eight-month pregnant woman died in an ambulance after a frantic 13-hour hospital hunt failed to find her a bed as over half-a-dozen facilities denied her treatment, her family claimed on Saturday.

An 80-year-old man, who had to approach the Delhi High Court this week after allegedly being refused admission at several hospitals for COVID-19 treatment, died before his case could be heard.

A woman has alleged that her COVID-19-positive father was not admitted in time by a Delhi government hospital and died on Thursday, a charge denied by authorities of the facility.