'For free supply of drugs and medicines itself, almost Rs 20,000 crores would be required.'
The Delhi High Court has issued noticed to AIIMS, Medical Council of India and the Centre on a petition filed by the doctors.
Later, the Central Bureau of Investigation took over the probe and found that the two women were never raped or murdered.
Adivasi teacher and alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori was admitted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday afternoon. AIIMS had refused to admit Soni Sori on Tuesday, in spite of directions to do so by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail till July 11 to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.
Senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Harsh Vardhan's sister was tricked into having several sleeping pills, allegedly by her daughter-in-law, and abandoned outside AIIMS in an unconscious state, police said on Tuesday. Reena, 28, was arrested recently following investigations into a missing person report filed by Asha Singhal herself on August 24, a senior police official said. Reena is married to Parag Singhal, Asha's son.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered four new cases in connection with the rigging of answer-sheets and results related to entrance examinations at the undergraduate level and for three post graduate courses in AIIMS. The agency registered the first case in connection with the post graduate exam held in January 2010 where answer-sheets of seven students were allegedly interpolated.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter Shweta Nanda on Sunday visited Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he is undergoing treatment for urinary tract infection and wished him speedy recovery.
Rao, 83, was admitted to the hospital's gastro ward on June 16 after he complained of loss in appetite.
Three experts from Western Coal Fields, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, camped at the Silkyara tunnel site from November 20.
Shah was arrested on July 25, 2017 with six others, facing trial in an alleged terror funding case probed by the NIA.
The 66-year-old, who had been appointed to the post on July three, 2003, for a five-year-term came to his office in the AIIMS barely hours after the Supreme Court verdict came out and reassumed charge. Venugopal was accompanied by resident doctors and faculty members who have supported him all along in his tussle with Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss.
Some videos of the incident surfaced on social media showing the fire with intermittent explosions taking place at the site and people running to save themselves.
Between 1993 and 2003, AIIMS did not hold its regular selections because of agitations and litigation by the faculty objecting to reservations for SC, ST and OBC candidates in faculty selections
The strike called by All-India Institute of Medical Science doctors in protest against the passage of a bill restricting the retirement age of its director at 65 years saw muted response with the medicos backing institution head P Venugopal abstaining from work while those opposing him attending OPD and other services.
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday met the family of the five-year-old rape victim at All India Institute of Medical Sciences and enquired about her health.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought the reply as both AIIMS and Venugopal filed their appeals against the High Court order.
The SLP filed by AIIMS assailed the judgement on the ground that the High Court had committed a grave error by declaring that there was no upper age limit for the director.
"I am Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's friend; no police can act against me." This is what some harassers told the family of the Sikar gang rape victim, who has just undergone her 20th operation in 17 months.
The 93-year-old leader was admitted to the hospital on June 11.
The Lok Sabha contest in Thiruvananthapuram is shaping up to be a significant battle involving key candidates like Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Panniyan Ravindran. This three-cornered fight highlights the political dynamics in Kerala's capital city, with each candidate bringing their own vision and promises for the region's development, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.
Stepping up its attack on the Union Health Minister over the removal of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Chief Vigilance Officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday called for the immediate sacking or resignation of Harsh Vardhan.
Researchers found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading countries in Asia in terms of number of new cases and deaths, where they say cancer has become a more significant public health threat with 94 lakh new cases and 56 lakh deaths in 2019.
George Fernandes undergoes neurosurgery at AIIMS
The DCW chief in her complaint to police alleged that the man who was driving a white-coloured car stopped the car near her and "made indecent gestures" at her.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer dictatorship in case his party wins the upcoming polls.
The government on Thursday night decided to set up six AIIMS-like institutions in 'under-served' states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal at a total capital cost of Rs 1,992 crore.
The RJD president, who has been suffering from multiple health problems, was advised a kidney transplant.
The Balasore district hospital and Soro hospital, where the injured have been rushed after a triple train accident, are bursting at their seams as the huge flow of patients has crammed up every room, with patients spilling onto corridors.
The Delhi HC on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a fresh application which challenged the appointment of Dr Shyam Prasad as member of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences' body on the ground that he was handpicked by the Health Minister.
Ram Vilas Paswan was no fool. He knew very well about the ownership tussle going on beneath this veneer of congeniality. At all costs, he wanted to keep the lid on the family drama. He did not want it to come in the way of his son's coronation.
Repeatedly violating the ceasefire in the last 36 hours, Pakistani troops opened fire at forward posts along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring a Border Security Force jawan.
Rattan Lal, a sweeper, was arrested following interrogation of the five accused arrested earlier, police sources said.
The former prime minister has a history of heart problems.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre's petition seeking review of its order quashing the health ministry's move to fix 65 years as the upper age limit for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences director -- which led to the premature retirement of P Venugopal last year.
The Indian council of Medical Research had earlier raised the issue of medical ethics.
The father of a six-year-old girl has alleged that a doctor at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital removed both her kidneys during surgery.
The recent study suggested that nearly 35 per cent of the cases were stillborn, 29 per cent were born alive and 36 per cent were born before the period of viability.
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