Health Minister urged not to handover Udupi Government Hospital to private sector
Udupi, Sept 29: Citizens Union has urged the Health and Family Welfare Minister Shivanand Patil to not to hand over the Haji Abdullah women and children's government hospital in Udupi to the private sector.
The Haji Abdullah Hospital has outsourced the daily maintenance of 200 beds to The Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Hospital and 400 beds to the Center of Excellence Hospital of BRS. When the government did not give a positive response to the protests conducted by the citizens, they had filed a petition at the Udupi Court seeking action against the government.
While the matter was before the court, the Health and Family Welfare Commissionerate completely suspended the services at Haji Abdullah Government Hospital on September 22, 2018, and shifted the patients to Kusamma Shambhu Shetty Hospital.
It has been mentioned in the petition that “with the intention to provide free health services to the poor, Khan Bahadur Haji Abdullah Saheb had donated the land to build a government hospital. But making a one-sided decision, the previous government gave the land donated by Haji Abdullah to build a new private hospital. This is an insult to donor Haji Abdullah.”
“Therefore, measures must be taken to provide free treatment at the Kusamma Shambhu Shetty Women and Children's Hospital constructed by the BRS Institute and at the upcoming Center of Excellence Hospital. The orders issued by the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare recently should be withdrawn,” the citizens urged.
MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat, Union leaders Psychiatrist Dr. P.V. Bhandari, Yogish Shet, Haji Abdullah’s relative Iqbal Manna and others were present.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
