New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court recently directed Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to constitute a medical board to give a report on the death of a two and half-year-old child in a private hospital.

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): With an aim to express his gratitude to doctors on Doctors Day, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Thursday approved the conversion of 128 temporary posts into permanent ones at various government hospitals in Delhi.

New Delhi Dec 31 PTI Resident doctors in Delhi who have been protesting over the delay in NEET PG counselling for two weeks on Friday called off their strike after receiving assurances from the government that their demands would be looked into their federation saidThe stir by the Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDAwas called off at 12 noon FORDA said in a statementPatient care had been affected at several major hospitals in Delhi in this period as resident doctors have been boycotting services to lodge their protestThe federation on Thursday had sought withdrawal of police cases lodged against some of their colleagues in the fraternity after a face off between medics and police personnel in the streets on MondayOn Thursday a series of meetings of FORDA representatives was held with multiple Delhi Police officials It was highlighted byDelhi Police that they have highest regard for doctors the federation said in its statementThey also assured that police complaints lodged against resident doctors will be taken care of as per the legal procedures FORDA claimedAvirtual meeting of FORDA members with all RDAs representatives was convened late in the evening whereby all the proceedings were conveyed all points of concern were discussed in details It was unanimously decided to call off the agitation on 31st December 2021 1200 pm considering various factors including patient care it saidIt was also decided that a national meeting with all RDAs representatives will be convened by FORDA on January 6 it addedResident directors of three Centre-run facilities Safdarjung Hospital Lady Hardinge Medical College RML Hospital and those of Maulana Azad Medical College and its attached hospitals and several other Delhi government-run hospitals had taken part in the stir hereTheir primary demand from the Centre was expediting of the NEET PG counselling process PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Dec 30 PTI A 19-year-old first year MBBS student of Maulana Azad Medical College was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel room on Thursday morning police here said Inquiry from her room partners revealed that the woman had failed two exams whose results were declared on December 29 police said The woman was under depression since then they added The MBBS student was found hanging in room number 64 of the old girls hostel which was unoccupied they said The room was bolted from inside and was forced open by the staff of the hostel A note for her family was found in the register of the deceased a police official said The student was residing in room number 62 on the second floor of the hostel police said Authorities at the college or the hospitals attached to it could not be immediately reached MAMC comes under the Delhi government and is currently in news for a protest being held its resident doctors along with others for the past several days The protest held under the banner of Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA is being waged to demand the expediting of the NEET PG counselling process The mobile of the woman has been seized for forensic examination and her body was handed over to her father after post mortem police said Proceedings under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code are under progress they said PTI KND NIT VN VN

New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A medical student has died by suicide at Delhi's Maulana Azad Medical College, informed the Delhi Police on Thursday.

New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Modi government for the police action against resident doctors in the national capital who took to the streets to protest the delay in NEET-PG counsellingShowering of flower petals from PR public relations in reality it is raining injustice I stand with CovidWarriors against the tyranny of the central government the former Congress president said on TwitterIn times of Corona these young doctors supported the citizens of the entire nation by staying away from their loved ones Now is the time to stand with the doctors and wake up Narendra Modi ji who used police force on them and ignored their demands Doctors need respect and what is their right not false PR AICC General Secretary Priyanka Vadra said on TwitterResident doctors of government-run hospitals on Monday intensified their stir over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling and took out a march from Maulana Azad Medical College in central Delhi to the Supreme Court However the protesters were stopped by the police leading to scuffles At least 12 protestors were detained by the police and released later The Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA has been spearheading the protest for the last several days The government had showered flower petals on doctors and healthcare workers during the nationwide lockdown last year as a gesture of gratitude for their contribution in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic PTI SKU ANB ANB

New Delhi Dec 18 PTI Patient care services were affected for the second consecutive day on Saturday as resident doctors of three Centre-run hospitals boycotted all services including emergency as part of a nationwide protest called by FORDA over NEET-PG 2021 counselling delay Resident doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Safdarjung and Lady Hardinge hospitals had resumed the strike on Friday saying the government allegedly made a fake promise They pointed out the acute shortage of resident doctors across the country as the counselling of NEET-PG 2021 batch has already been delayed by eight months On December 9 the resident doctors had said they were suspending the agitation called by the Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA for a week following the health ministrys assurance to expedite court hearing and subsequently fast-track the counselling process However on Wednesday FORDA wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informing him that it was resuming the strike from December 17 The plight of overburdened and exhausted resident doctors seems to have fallen on deaf ears of the authorities who do not seem to be concerned about the shortage of healthcare workforce due to non-admission of fresh batch of resident doctors With the threat of third wave of COVID-19 looming large the best the authorities could have done was to expedite the counselling and subsequent admission process - instead there is inaction and lack of urgency in the matter it said Hence as informed earlier resident doctors are left with no choice but to go for withdrawal from all services routine as well as emergency in healthcare institutions 17th December 2021 onwards The onus of this unfortunate situation affecting healthcare services is on the authorities FORDAs letter read FORDA president Dr Manish said the three Centre-run facilities and resident doctors of Maulana Azad Medical College MAMC have resumed the protest and an appeal has been issued to other RDAs across the country to again join the stir Meanwhile in a statement FORDA alleged that doctors in multiple healthcare institutions are being threatened in various ways to abstain from the agitation Akash Yadav vice-president Resident Doctors Association of Delhi government-run MAMC on Saturday said resident doctors of the hospital too had resumed their stir from Friday morning and boycotted all routine and emergency services affecting patient care services Loknayak Jaiprakash Hospital GB Pant Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Centre are attached with MAMC LNJP is the biggest facility in the city run by the Delhi government and the nerve centre of its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic PTI PLB KND SRY

New Delhi Sep 26 PTI Gangster Jitender Mann alias Gogi who was shot dead inside the Rohini courtroom here by two assailants was cremated on Sunday at his village in outer Delhis Alipur area amid heavy security officials saidGogis postmortem was conducted on Sunday at the Maulana Azad Medical College here The autopsy report is awaited they saidGogi was shot dead inside a Rohini courtroom on Friday by two assailants who were also killed in police retaliatory fireAccording to the officials adequate police personnel had been deployed at Gogis village since Friday after he was killedThe body was brought to the village amid heavy police presence and adequate personnel were deployed at his village Gogi elder brother Ravinder lit the pyre officials saidA senior police officer said Cremation was done by his Gogi family members amid heavy police presence and a company of CRPF was also deployed to prevent any untoward incident Security arrangements will continue to remain in Alipur area The situation will be reviewed again on Monday police saidWe have police dominance in the entire Alipur area as of now But we will review the situation on Monday and will proceed accordingly he saidThe postmortem of Rahul and Jagdeep -- the two assailants who killed Gogi -- will be conducted on Monday most likely in the same hospital police said A turf war broke out inside a crowded Rohini courtroom Friday between two rival gangs in which Gogi and his two assailants posing as lawyers were killed in the dramatic shootout that also saw police fire bullets in retaliation officials saidVideo footage of the incident which exposed security lapses in the system showed policemen and lawyers rushing out in panic as gunshots rang out inside courtroom number 207The two gunmen dressed as lawyers were suspected to be members of rival Tillu gang PTI AMP TDS TDS