BRS Health and Research Institute clarifies, says Mother and Child Hospital not surrendered to Govt
Udupi: Refuting the claims doing rounds in local media, newspapers and social media, BRS Health and Research Institute Private Limited has issued a press statement adding that it has not surrendered the Haji Abdullah Mother and Child Hospital, Udupi to the Government of Karnataka and that they were being misquoted by the media and newspapers.
In the press release the organisation has stated that it had written to the government of Karnataka reminding them about the definitive agreement time and again and also had requested the permission for the 400 bedded hospital adjacent to the mother and child hospital which was being misquoted by the media.
“Unfortunately, even though it is more than two years since the hospital is functioning, the Karnataka government has failed to sign a definitive agreement with the BRS Group despite of repeated reminders, meetings and follow up. Neither have the local authorities permitted to constrict the 400 bedded super speciality hospital just adjacent to this mother and child hospital. The 400 bedded Super Speciality Hospital would support and help mother and child hospital to provide free treatment.
“The BRS Group had written to the government of Karnataka reminding them about the definitive agreement time and again and also requested the permission for the 400 bedded hospital on the site. Unfortunately this has been misquoted in some of the local media and newspapers by responsible citizen saying that BRS Group has surrendered the hospital, which is not true” the press statement added.
The hospital in built and managed by Dr. B R Shetty. The hospital provides free treatment including medicines, ab investigations, food, room charges etc and it probably the second hospital in the en tire country after Sathya Saibaba hospital wherein there is no billing department at all, the press statement added.
It further informed that BR Shetty is currently spending at least 3 crore rupees every month to run the hospital including the payment of all the staffs, doctors, paramedical staff and others, while the hospital has so far treated 1, 44, 000 OPD patients and has performed 6595 deliveries.
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Mumbai family deaths: FDA finds no watermelon vendor in area to check for affected stock
Mumbai (PTI): The Food and Drug Administration team probing the cause of death of four members of a family in south Mumbai's JJ Marg area have not been able to zero in on any watermelon vendor in the vicinity to check if the fruit had a role to play in the ill-fated incident, an official said on Thursday.
The Dokadia family, residents of Ghari Mohalla on Ismail Kurte Road, had hosted a get-together of relatives on the night of April 25. At around 1 am, hours after the guests had left, Abdullah Dokadia (40), his wife Nasreen (35), and daughters Ayesha (16) and Zaineb (13) ate pieces of a watermelon.
They suffered severe bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea in the early hours of April 26 and were rushed to a local hospital before being referred to the government-run J J Hospital where all four died during treatment.
"The FDA team visited the house of Dokadia and collected samples of chicken pulao and watermelon pieces. After two days, the leftover chicken pulao had developed fungus growth. The team also tried to locate watermelon vendors to check for any affected lots," he said.
But no vendors were found in the area for the past two days, preventing the FDA team from getting samples, the official added.
The FDA has requested the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to share the report on the food samples collected by them, he added.
A senior Mumbai police official said the force is waiting for FSL reports in the case, adding that questions on presence of sedatives etc in the fruit could be answered only then.
The statements of the kin of the deceased are being recorded to ascertain if it is a case of mass suicide, and it is being checked if the Dokadia family were in debt or distressed over some issue, the police official said.
