Amreli: Gujarat's Health Minister, Rushikesh Patel, has announced compensation for victims of a severe bacterial infection post-surgery at Amreli's Shantabaa General Hospital that happened 8 months ago. Patients who suffered from temporary and permanent loss of vision due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa infections during cataract surgery will receive compensation of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively. The hospital's ophthalmology operation theatres (OTs) were closed for investigation from No...Read More

Gandhinagar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked a report form the Gujarat Government about the action taken by them in the Amreli Cataract surgery case where the number of patients reportedly lost the vision after the operation. NHRC on December 24 asked that the the report shall be submitted in four  weeks, it is acting on basis of a complaint by human rights activist Kantilal Parmar. Around 25 patients had undergone cataract surgery at the government-run Shantabaa hos...Read More

Rajkot/Gandhinagar: Taking suo moto cognizance of the incident of death of a Dalit youth in Shapar-Veraval of Rajkot district, who was beaten to death under suspicion of him being a thief, the National Human Rights Commission has sought a report from the chief secretary of Gujarat about it. Notably, the youth was brutally beaten by owners of Radadiya Industries factory on May 19. He was admitted to the civil hospital Rajkot where he succumbed on May 20. Taking a prompt...Read More