2 years ago
Court asks hospitals to set up patient grievance panel
New Delhi, Feb 6 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed all government hospitals to constitute a grievance redressal committee to look into all complaints from patients. A division bench of Chief Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Reva Khetrapal directed the hospitals to constitute the committee within four weeks' time. 'The committee's primary function would be to examine the complaints by pati ... read more

2 years ago
Male elephants get 'photo IDs' from scientists
Asian elephants don’t carry photo identification, so scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and India’s Nature Conservation Foundation are providing the service free of charge by creating a photographic archive of individual elephants, which can help save them as well. The researchers have developed a unique “photographic capture-recapture” survey method that identifies individual male ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Delhi court pulls up hospital administration
New Delhi, Aug 8 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday summoned Delhi's principal health secretary and the medical superintendent of the government-run Guru Tegh Bahadur - Hospital to explain why its order on improving patient care was not implemented.A division bench headed by Chief Justice M.K. Sarma asked the top officials to appear in person before it on the next date of hearing Sep 10 as the autho ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
Food-in-toilets firm sent packing
New Delhi, May 16 - A catering contractor caught storing food packets in the toilet of a train has been sent packing, the central government told the Delhi High Court Wednesday.The embarrassing case came up before the court in response to a public interest litigation filed by a lawyer, Varun Goswami. As evidence, he sent a compact disc with footage of food packets stored in the toilet of a commute ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
High Court warns against ambulance misuse
New Delhi, May 2 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday held that the misuse of ambulances of government hospitals by medical staff would be viewed seriously, stressing that their services be availed of only by patients.A division bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice S.N. Agrawal said: 'No ambulance of any of the hospitals of both state and central governments would be used by the medical staff for ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
McDonald's canteens soon on two Delhi railway stations
New Delhi, Feb 7 - Passengers at New Delhi and Old Delhi railway stations may soon begin their journey with a sumptuous meal of nans and chicken butter masala from canteens run by city's famed Nirulas' chain of restaurant; and if time is short, they can just bite into McDonanld's burgers before boarding the train.The appetising revelations were made Wednesday by Attorney General Milon Banerjee bef ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
Court concerned over poor hygiene in railway pantries
New Delhi, Nov 22 - Taking note of an inspection report on poor hygiene in pantry cars in trains, Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the railway ministry to inform it within four weeks about steps it was taking to improve the situation.A division bench comprising judges M.K. Sharma and Hima Kohli issued the directions after going through an inspection report by a court-appointed four-member commi ... read more

New Delhi | 3 years ago
Court questions government on unhygienic train food
New Delhi, May 4 - Delhi High Court Thursday asked the government, the railway ministry and the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp - to reply to a petition accusing them of supplying unhygienic food to rail passengers.A division bench comprising judges M.K. Sharma and Reva Khetrapal issued notice to the respondents to file their replies by July 19.The bench had directed IRCTC, entrusted with ... read more