The Delhi High court on Monday reserved an order on a plea of a woman seeking permission for medical termination of pregnancy of a 33-week foetus suffering from cerebral deformity.

New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Delhi government on Tuesday announced to provide ex-gratia assistance of Rupees 10 lakhs each for kin of the victims of the Farash Khana building collapse and rupees 5 lakhs for the deceased minor's family.

New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Managing Director of the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) confirmed the 8th case of Monkeypox in Delhi, on Friday.

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI The Chamber of Trade and Industry CTI on Tuesday appealed to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA not to impose coronavirus restrictions merely on the basis of positivity rate The traders body in a letter to the DDMA also requested it to make it mandatory to wear masks in public if the situation demands The request from the traders body comes a day before a crucial meeting of the DDMA where it is likely to discuss the mandatory use of face masks and hybrid mode of offline and online teaching for schoolchildren in view of rising number of infections in past many days The DDMA meeting chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal will also review the COVID-19 situation in the national capital In a letter written to the DDMA the CTI said that coronavirus is completely under control in Delhi at present and there is no need to impose more strictness in right now CTI Chairman Brijesh Goyal said the news of increasing coronavirus cases in the capital has created an atmosphere of fear among the traders Now the marriages have also started and somehow the business is getting back on track If there is any restriction the business will suffer Decision regarding restrictions should not be taken only on the basis of case escalation and positivity rate but the rate of hospitalisation and bed occupancy and effectiveness of the variant should also be considered Goyal said On Monday 501 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the national capital with a positivity rate of 772 per cent and zero deaths Goyal said many medical experts opine that though the cases are increasing they are not dangerous as the hospitalisation rate is low Genome sequencing done at LNJP Hospital showed that the XE variant was not found in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also said the coronavirus situation is being monitored and no one needs to panic he said If necessary the DDMA should make it mandatory to wear a mask but the penalty should not be Rs 2000 Goyal said Earlier this month the DDMA had withdrawn Rs 500 fine for not wearing a mask at public place The CTI said that Graded Response Action Plan GRAP restrictions formulated earlier by the DDMA were chalked out in view of the dangerous condition of the Delta variant but Omicron isnt that dangerous Goyal said that according to the health bulletin of the Delhi government there are 9735 Covid beds in the hospitals of which only 81 are occupied It is clear that the cases of coronavirus have increased but they are not fatal or dangerous The CTI urges that there should be no strictness on the markets and business activities right now The DDMA should take a decision only after considering all these aspects Goyal said PTI AKM CK

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday inaugurated a hi-tech medical equipment at LNJP Hospital that can can detect urinary bladder problems through a camera and thus help children with urological and gastrointestinal diseases The minister took to Twitter to announce the inauguration of a first-of-its-kind video-urodynamic system at the largest facility of the Delhi government This advanced equipment can detect urinary bladder problems through a camera and thus help children with urological gastrointestinal diseases It is further equipped to provide therapy as well he tweeted The first case of Covid-19 in Delhi was reported in March 2020 and since then the LNJP Hospital the largest facility of the city government has been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic in the national capital having treated domestic patients as well as those from foreign countries in three successive waves the last being fuelled by the Omicron variant Jain recently had tweeted that for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 LNJP Hospital did not have a single patient of coronavirus admitted at the facility and all such patients had been discharged One of the key hospitals in Delhi built during the British-era it is located in central Delhi and has 2000 beds PTI KND RCJ RCJ

New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital of Delhi conducted a study on the Omicron variant which shows that the virus is mutating but the disease severity is mild.

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has allowed a female to undergo medical termination of 28 weeks pregnancy after taking note of medical opinion which clearly suggests that the foetus is suffering from a rare chromosomal disorder.

New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): As many as 410 air passengers have arrived at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP Hospital) from December 1, 2021, till the date of which 185 passengers tested positive for Omicron variant of COVID-19.

New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): In view of the rising cases of COVID, the Delhi government made operational once again the Shehnai Banquet Hall as COVID care centre opposite the LNJP Hospital.

New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): As many as 20 healthcare workers of Delhi's LNJP hospital tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of LNJP Hospital on Thursday.