FIR lodged against Ganga Ram hospital
New Delhi: An FIR has been lodged against the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for allegedly violating Covid-19 regulation norms, after Delhi government registered a compliant in this connection. The complainant is a senior official of the Delhi health department.
An FIR has been lodged against the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) for allegedly violating Covid19 regulation norms, after Delhi government registered a compliant in this connection.
According to the FIR, the complainant is a senior official of the Delhi health department.
There was no immediate reaction from the authorities of the SGRH, a leading private hospital with 675 beds. It was on June 3 declared a Covid-19 facility by the city government, and told to dedicate 80 per cent beds for Covid-19 patients.
The FIR has been filed against the medical superintendent of SGRH under
New Delhi, June 5: Delhi heath minister Satyendar on Friday said reports that there is a “shortage of beds” for coronavirus patients in city hospitals were “misleading”.
“The truth is, there is absolutely no shortage of beds in Delhi at the moment,” he was quoted as saying in a statement.
In the last three days, more than 1,000 patients have been admitted to various hospitals in Delhi. If beds were not available, this would have not been
the section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of possible, he said.
"There are some misleading reports that there is shortage of beds for Covid patients in Delhi because a few private hospitals are refusing admissions,” Mr Jain said.
Even now we have close to 5,000 vacant beds. So, clearly the issue is that some hospitals are ‘not updating the data on Delhi Corona app on time or misrepresenting actual data when patients call,” he added. the IPC for allegedly violating directions issued under Epidemic Disease Covid-19,
Regulation 2020.
According to the complaint, the hospital was allegedly not using RT-PCR app while collecting Covid19 samples. As per the guidelines, it is “mandatory” for labs to collect samples through RT-PCR app, it said.
The official has alleged that the “violation” on part of the hospital is in adhering to Covid-19 regulation norms, as specified under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897.
The FIR said, “The CDMO cum mission director central has mentioned that Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is still not using RT-PCR app even till June 3, which is a clear violation of directions issued under Epidemic Disease Covid-19 Regulation 2020 Act”.
Delhi recorded 1,320 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday taking the Covid19 tally in the city to over 27,000-mark, and the death toll due to the disease jumped to 761, authorities said.
The highest spike in fresh cases — 1513— was recorded on June 3.
A total of 2,41,693 Covid 19 tests have been conducted till date, the Delhi health department said in its bulletin on Friday.
Seeking to streamline the testing process, the Union halth ministry had launched a dedicated RTPCR mobile-based app for labs to fill the data at the point of sample collection.
Following the directives, Delhi government had made it mandatory for all lab collection and testing centres to download the app.