The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to extend the term of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Director P Venugopal and dismissed the plea of a patient's mother seeking his extension by six months to help her son receive final treatment under him. The court also pulled up the petitioner, whose nine-year-old son's heart ailment is allegedly being treated by Venugopal, for filling such petition. The AIIMS director is retiring today.
The complainant has further alleged that a large amount of money was lying deposited in illegal accounts maintained by accused persons in violation of the AIIMS Act.
The hospital has said that he will continue to be in intensive care till he is completely out of danger.
Health officials said dengue was on a decline and expressed hope that the disease would disappear by the end of the month.
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Dr Ramadoss also played down the controversy over AIIMS Director P Venugopal.
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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.
The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday sharpened its attack on Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal demanding her suspension by the Lieutenant Governor for a fair police probe of her alleged molestation charges.
Pleading the court for better treatment, Shahabuddin had even prayed for mercy killing.
The team, comprising a specialist and two anesthetists, will fly to Srinagar by a special aircraft, official sources said.
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"Quite apart from this fact, they (Ministry) should make it clear in the rules that the age of retirement for director should be 62 years. Venugopal has crossed it," he said.
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Anuj Chauhan, one of the two persons injured in Thursday's BMW hit-and-run case in New Delhi, succumbed to his injuries at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday. Chauhan and his friend Mrigank Srivastav, who were riding a motorcycle, were hit by a BMW in the wee hours of Friday, when they tried to overtake it at the Moolchand Hospital flyover.The BMW was being driven by Utsav Bhasin, the son of an influential businessman, who was reportedly inebriated.
Communist Party of India general secretary A B Bardhan, who was taken ill while on way to flood-hit Saharsa and Madhepura districts in Bihar, was flown to the national capital on Monday where he was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
The process of cremation of unidentified bodies of the train accident which began on Tuesday evening was completed at about 8 am on Wednesday, BMC Mayor Sulochana Das said.
Geelani's statement was recorded at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he is recuperating.
Rattan Lal, a sweeper, was arrested following interrogation of the five accused arrested earlier, police sources said.
The sources refused to give details of the opinion. The Commission had earlier heard the arguments of both complainant Omesh Saigal, a retired IAS officer, and Ramadoss.
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