YEH MERA INDIA
Denied admission Woman delivers & dies on roadside
Kolkata: Denied admission by two government hospitals, a woman died after giving birth to twins on the pavement, bringing the state-run medical setup under the scanner yet again for alleged negligence.
The West Bengal government has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
It was a night of horror for the 40-year-old pregnant woman who was refused admission despite possessing health cards.
The woman met a tragic end in the wee hours of the morning shortly after delivering the second baby on the roadside near the Maidan area after she was made to travel back and forth between the two hospitals with her husband.
The first of the twins born outside Chittaranjan Sevasadan was also with the couple when they approached the Sambhunath Pandit Hospital for help. The second baby was delivered on the pavement outside Sambhunath Hospital 90 minutes after the first child was born.
The Chittaranjan Sevasadan allegedly refused to admit the woman and later the Sambhunath Hospital also turned her away saying she should go to the first hospital where she had visited. An official of one of the hospitals said no case of a woman being denied admission has come to their notice.
West Bengal Health Director Biswaranjan Satpathy said a three-member inquiry committee had been formed to look into why the woman was denied admission to hospitals.
"The patient should have been admitted in the hospital and the incident will be inquired into," he said.
A relative of the woman said she delivered the first baby immediately after developing labour pains around 11-11.30 pm. The second child was delivered 90 minutes later.
Leader of Opposition Suryakanta Mishra, who was Health Minister in the erstwhile Left Front government, condemned the incident and demanded that Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio, give the responsibility of the department to some other person.
Transgender tests the waters in ‘Ram ki nagri’
Gulshan Bindu alias Bindu ‘kinnar’, as the name suggests, is a transgender who has made life difficult for the candidates in the electoral fray in Ayodhya. It is not known whether Bindu will contest the poll in ‘Ram ki nagri’ but she has certainly emerged as serious contender. Nobody is taking Bindu lightly, least of all the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Lallo Singh, who is said to be worried at the prospect of the "kinnar" causing a dent in the Ati Dalit voters who support him. The talk in Ayodhya now is the likely vote tally of Bindu after the first phase of polling. Aware of the strong connection of the temple-town with Lord Rama, Bindu, in her election speeches, has been quoting Rama, who is said to have told the ‘kinnars’ that they will rule in ‘Kalyug’.
Buying votes Goa style
Where there is a will, there is a way! And what better than to celebrate the traditional haldi-kumkum ritual to woo voters, away from the glare of the Election Commission. Self-Help Groups in the state and wives of many political workers are asked to conduct such rituals, whereby they get a chance to sneak in some hard cash to buy votes. The State political grapevine has it that while some tried to distribute Rs 5,000 each to women through tiffin boxes, given as a gift during the ceremony, others went to the extent of bribing woman farmers by giving a sack of chilly seeds containing Rs. 2000 packets in it. Next time you ask for a tender coconut, you never know you may be just lucky to get Moneywala instead of Paniwala!
Police register case of murder after court judgement
Mumbai: Following the judgement of the Bombay High Court, the Bandra police have registered a murder case of a 38-year-old man who had died in April last year. Back then, the Bandra police had registered an accidental death report following which the case was closed.
But, the brother of the deceased was not convinced and moved the High Court stating that his brother was murdered. Bandra police said, on April 12 last year, the deceased Rashid Shaikh was admitted to Bhabha Hospital by his friend after the former collapsed while walking on the road. Rashid died in the hospital while being operated following which his brother Sayyed Shaikh alleged foul play.
Sons & Relatives (Goa) Pvt. Ltd.
Panaji: Five political families from Goa have cornered nearly one-third of Congress tickets for the March 3 Assembly elections. And there’s more to come.
Two kin of Goa’s Cabinet ministers are likely to figure in Congress alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) ticket list, expected to be released.
Three Congress nominations have been given to the Alemao clan, namely Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao (Navelim), his brother and Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao (Cuncolim) and Churchill’s daughter, a political debutante Valanka (Benaulim).
Sources in the NCP say Joaquim Alemao’s son Yuri, also making his electoral debut, is the top contender for the party to the Sanguem constituency.
Tainted minister Atanasio Monserrate and his wife Jennifer have been granted the slips of paper to contest from St Cruz and Taleigaon constituencies respectively.
Former Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane and his son Vishwajeet will contest elections on the party ticket from Poriem and Valpol constituency respectively, while Home Minister Ravi Naik and his son Ritesh will contest from Ponda and Marcaim.
Ravi’s son Roy is also tipped to get the Mayem Assembly seat from the NCP.
Former transport minister and Congress legislator Pandurang Madkaikar has also been awarded the ticket to contest from Cumbharjua, while his brother Dhaku will contest from Priol.
Currently from 33 seats as per the Congress – NCP seat sharing arrangement the later is entitled to seven seats in the 40 member Assembly allotted, 11 have already been grabbed by the ‘families’, constituting nearly 33.33 percent of the total seats available to the Congress.
Kolkata: Denied admission by two government hospitals, a woman died after giving birth to twins on the pavement, bringing the state-run medical setup under the scanner yet again for alleged negligence.
The West Bengal government has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
It was a night of horror for the 40-year-old pregnant woman who was refused admission despite possessing health cards.
The woman met a tragic end in the wee hours of the morning shortly after delivering the second baby on the roadside near the Maidan area after she was made to travel back and forth between the two hospitals with her husband.
The first of the twins born outside Chittaranjan Sevasadan was also with the couple when they approached the Sambhunath Pandit Hospital for help. The second baby was delivered on the pavement outside Sambhunath Hospital 90 minutes after the first child was born.
The Chittaranjan Sevasadan allegedly refused to admit the woman and later the Sambhunath Hospital also turned her away saying she should go to the first hospital where she had visited. An official of one of the hospitals said no case of a woman being denied admission has come to their notice.
West Bengal Health Director Biswaranjan Satpathy said a three-member inquiry committee had been formed to look into why the woman was denied admission to hospitals.
"The patient should have been admitted in the hospital and the incident will be inquired into," he said.
A relative of the woman said she delivered the first baby immediately after developing labour pains around 11-11.30 pm. The second child was delivered 90 minutes later.
Leader of Opposition Suryakanta Mishra, who was Health Minister in the erstwhile Left Front government, condemned the incident and demanded that Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio, give the responsibility of the department to some other person.
Transgender tests the waters in ‘Ram ki nagri’
Gulshan Bindu alias Bindu ‘kinnar’, as the name suggests, is a transgender who has made life difficult for the candidates in the electoral fray in Ayodhya. It is not known whether Bindu will contest the poll in ‘Ram ki nagri’ but she has certainly emerged as serious contender. Nobody is taking Bindu lightly, least of all the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Lallo Singh, who is said to be worried at the prospect of the "kinnar" causing a dent in the Ati Dalit voters who support him. The talk in Ayodhya now is the likely vote tally of Bindu after the first phase of polling. Aware of the strong connection of the temple-town with Lord Rama, Bindu, in her election speeches, has been quoting Rama, who is said to have told the ‘kinnars’ that they will rule in ‘Kalyug’.
Buying votes Goa style
Where there is a will, there is a way! And what better than to celebrate the traditional haldi-kumkum ritual to woo voters, away from the glare of the Election Commission. Self-Help Groups in the state and wives of many political workers are asked to conduct such rituals, whereby they get a chance to sneak in some hard cash to buy votes. The State political grapevine has it that while some tried to distribute Rs 5,000 each to women through tiffin boxes, given as a gift during the ceremony, others went to the extent of bribing woman farmers by giving a sack of chilly seeds containing Rs. 2000 packets in it. Next time you ask for a tender coconut, you never know you may be just lucky to get Moneywala instead of Paniwala!
Police register case of murder after court judgement
Mumbai: Following the judgement of the Bombay High Court, the Bandra police have registered a murder case of a 38-year-old man who had died in April last year. Back then, the Bandra police had registered an accidental death report following which the case was closed.
But, the brother of the deceased was not convinced and moved the High Court stating that his brother was murdered. Bandra police said, on April 12 last year, the deceased Rashid Shaikh was admitted to Bhabha Hospital by his friend after the former collapsed while walking on the road. Rashid died in the hospital while being operated following which his brother Sayyed Shaikh alleged foul play.
Sons & Relatives (Goa) Pvt. Ltd.
Panaji: Five political families from Goa have cornered nearly one-third of Congress tickets for the March 3 Assembly elections. And there’s more to come.
Two kin of Goa’s Cabinet ministers are likely to figure in Congress alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) ticket list, expected to be released.
Three Congress nominations have been given to the Alemao clan, namely Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao (Navelim), his brother and Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao (Cuncolim) and Churchill’s daughter, a political debutante Valanka (Benaulim).
Sources in the NCP say Joaquim Alemao’s son Yuri, also making his electoral debut, is the top contender for the party to the Sanguem constituency.
Tainted minister Atanasio Monserrate and his wife Jennifer have been granted the slips of paper to contest from St Cruz and Taleigaon constituencies respectively.
Former Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane and his son Vishwajeet will contest elections on the party ticket from Poriem and Valpol constituency respectively, while Home Minister Ravi Naik and his son Ritesh will contest from Ponda and Marcaim.
Ravi’s son Roy is also tipped to get the Mayem Assembly seat from the NCP.
Former transport minister and Congress legislator Pandurang Madkaikar has also been awarded the ticket to contest from Cumbharjua, while his brother Dhaku will contest from Priol.
Currently from 33 seats as per the Congress – NCP seat sharing arrangement the later is entitled to seven seats in the 40 member Assembly allotted, 11 have already been grabbed by the ‘families’, constituting nearly 33.33 percent of the total seats available to the Congress.
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