Hospital in New Delhi draws ire over tweet on ‘havan’ in building
New Delhi: A photograph of a ‘havan’ (fire ritual) being conducted inside a hospital in the city has gone viral on social media on Sunday, drawing criticism from several users.
The photo, shared by Varghese K George, resident editor of The Hindu, shows a group of four priests performing the ritual with fire at what appears to be the lobby of a hospital, even as patients on wheelchairs can be seen at the entrance gates, reports NDTV.
George has tweeted, “God save us. Inside the centrally air conditioned @ManipalHealth Hospital in Dwarka, accompanying a patient with breathing trouble.”
His post garnered about 6,00,000 views. While some users questioned the hospital for permitting the ritual to be conducted on its premises, some others accused the hospital of also flouting fire safety norms and putting the patients’ lives at risk.
In addition, some users responded with a speculation that the hospital had disabled its smoke alarms for the fire ritual to be conducted.
One of the users also shared a similar image of a fire ritual, saying that it had been performed at the same hospital in 2021, even as India was battling the rise in Delta strain Covid cases.
It's a serious issue of compliance, they can't disable fire detection systems for this reason in Hospitals like this......
— ಎರ್ರಿಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಎನ್ (@n_yariswamy) March 25, 2023
that means they have disabled the automatic fire fighting system or else the havan's smoke would have triggered the desired response.
— rushi114 (@rushi1141) March 25, 2023
This is the same hospital in the middle of the Delta wave. Utterly ludicrous. https://t.co/bs6smvEjL1
— Aditi Agrawal (@Aditi_muses) March 25, 2023
Dear Varghese, we want to extend our sincerest apologies concerning all the issues that you have faced. Please DM us your contact details and our team will get back to you as soon as possible. Regards, Manipal Hospitals
— Manipal Hospitals | #TogetherStronger (@ManipalHealth) March 25, 2023
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Haryana Congress expels 13 for contesting assembly polls as independents
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana unit of Congress on Friday expelled thirteen party leaders for "anti-party activities" over their decision to contest as independent candidates against the party's official picks for the assembly polls.
They were being expelled for six years with immediate effect to curb indiscipline in the party, the Congress said.
Naresh Dhande (Guhla SC seat), Pardeep Gill (Jind), Sajjan Singh Dhull (Pundri), Sunita Battan (Pundri), Rajiv Mamuram Gondar (Nilokheri-SC), Dayal Singh Sirohi (Nilokheri-SC), Vijay Jain (Panipat Rural), Dilbag Sandil (Uchana Kalan), Ajit Phogat (Dadri), Abhijeet Singh (Bhiwani), Satbir Ratera (Bawani Khera-SC), Nitu Mann (Prithla) and Anita Dhull Badsikri (Kalayat) have been expelled as per a party order issued by Congress state unit chief Udai Bhan.
Notably, there were many party leaders who were upset over being denied tickets to contest the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls, but the party had later managed to pacify most of them.
For the Congress, senior leader and former minister Sampat Singh had withdrawn his nomination from Nalwa seat after filing papers while another leader Ram Kishen 'Fauji' also withdrew from the race from Bawani Khera segment.
From Ambala City, former MLA Jasbir Malaur withdrew from the contest against Congress's nominee and former minister Nirmal Singh.
However, Nirmal Singh's daughter, Chitra Sarwara, a Congress rebel, is contesting from Ambala Cantt seat. The party has already taken action against her.
