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 The orders issued by the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare recently should be withdrawn,” the citizens urged.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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After disruptions in Middle East, Air India Express to resume Muscat operations From March 3
New Delhi (PTI): Air India Express will restart flights to and from Muscat on Tuesday after suspending services in the wake of the Middle East conflict.
The airline's services to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE will remain suspended until 2359 hours IST on March 3.
In a statement on Monday, the Tata Group-owned carrier said it would resume operations to and from Muscat starting Tuesday (March 3), with scheduled services to Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai, and Tiruchirappalli.
The first Air India Express flight from Muscat will operate to Tiruchirappally, departing at 1025 hours local time, it added.
Many airspaces in the Middle East are closed due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, as a result of flight operations have been impacted.
