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Online registration soon to ease rush at OPD counters
Man kidnaps baby to settle a score
Woman ends life at Metro station
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DPCC urges Chief Secy to restore old age pension
Rs 7-cr heist: Gang leader in police net
CEO reviews LS poll preparedness
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Online registration soon to ease rush at OPD counters
New Delhi, March 3 Senior government officials said that a software application is being developed for the online registration, a move which is expected to reduce the huge rush at OPD counters in the hospitals. "The decision has been taken in view of overcrowding at OPD counters," said a senior official of the Health Department. Taking action to improve the services and prevent malpractices on the premises of the hospitals, the department has formed inspection teams which will visit hospitals on periodic basis. "The visit is still on and 15 hospitals have been inspected," said the official. For inspection in dispensaries, a team has been set up by the Directorate of Health Services involving the Chief Medical Officer in the districts. Orders have been issued to all the hospitals to evict and ban the entry of any kind of unauthorised persons, including touts, medical or lab representatives and vendors, on the premises. "The hospitals have been asked to maintain a strict watch on unauthorised elements to curb illegal practices," the official said, adding that the Medical Superintendents have been directed to take round of all the public interface areas during OPD timing and to ensure that staff have no access to outsiders. The hospitals have also been directed to install CCTV cameras, especially at registration counters, pharmacy, diagnostics, emergency, help desks, maternity wards, labour rooms and other areas having public interface. "All the hospitals will have CCTV cameras which will be then linked centrally to the Directorate of Health Services and Secretariat," he added. Besides, help desks for assisting and facilitating poor patients in availing hospital services have been set up. Patient Welfare Officers manning these desks have also been briefed to keep an eye on malpractices. |
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Man kidnaps baby to settle a score
New Delhi, March 3 Raju, alias Totla, who is girl's neighbour and is allegedly responsible for the kidnapping, is at large. He is a labourer and lives in a room adjoining the girl's house. On March 1 about 8 am, the girl was playing outside her house. After a while, her mother Neetu could not find her. Neetu then reported the matter to the police in the evening. The police began their search in the border areas of UP. They also made public announcements of the girl's kidnapping through the Resident Welfare Associations and religious places. Investigators learnt that Raju had also been missing after the kidnapping. "He took the girl to Brijghat with his associate Geeta and stayed at Santosh's house there," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Northeast District) V.V. Chaudhary. The police conducted a raid at Raju's home at Bulandshahr. After discovering more clues, they found the girl allegedly with Geeta at Brijghat. Santosh and Geeta were arrested. According to the police, Geeta sells biscuits, while Santosh is a cloth hawker. The police are searching for Raju. "Geeta said the motive for kidnapping was revenge after a minor quarrel between the girl's mother and Raju," said Chaudhary. |
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Woman ends life at Metro station
New Delhi, March 3 The woman has been identified as Omwati. She is unmarried and lives at Raghubir Nagar in West Delhi with her father, a security guard, and two brothers. The body was handed over to the family after the postmortem. She left her home at 9 am today, telling the family that she was going to her office. She reached the Rajouri Garden Metro station. According to the police, she wandered at platform number one. She jumped in front of an oncoming train at 10.13 am, even before the passengers on the platform could rush to stop her. The train driver applied emergency brakes, but she was stuck into the train and dragged to some distance. When the train stopped, she was removed from the tracks and rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. |
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DPCC urges Chief Secy to restore old age pension
New Delhi, March 3 The delegation included Ramesh Kumar, MP, Congress Legislative Party leader Haroon Yusuf and ex-MLA Mukesh Sharma. Lovely accused the former Aam Aadmi Party government of stopping old age pension to over 30,000 people. The step to include new people in the old age pension scheme was not being properly implemented by the officials. The leaders told the Chief Secretary that the 181 helpline for women has stopped working. "We pointed out the slow implementation of the Annshree Yojna in Delhi and demanded that the 17 lakh forms received should be expedited in a fixed timeframe," he said. |
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Rs 7-cr heist: Gang leader in police net
New Delhi, March 3 The man identified as Pradeep, alias Machhender, is among 11 accused, including a juvenile and a Gurgaon policeman, who have already been arrested. Pradeep is allegedly involved in several robberies and dacoities in Delhi, said a police officer. Two other accused, Amit and Arjun, who were with Pradeep during the encounter with the police, managed to escape. The special cell of the Delhi police was tipped off that Pradeep, Amit and Arjun would come to Sultanpuri in an Innova car to meet a contact. The police laid a trap in the area and waited for the accused. When the police saw the car they signalled it to stop, but the accused allegedly fired at them. The police chased the accused and fired at their car's tyres, forcing it to stop. The police intercepted the vehicle and caught Pradeep while Amit and Arjun fled away. On searching the vehicle, the police found a pistol and some cash. |
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CEO reviews LS poll preparedness
New Delhi, March 3 Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev asked the senior officers of different departments of Delhi government and its local bodies to be ready to meet the challenge of conducting the general elections in the national Capital. A number of points were discussed in the meeting which include enforcement of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), action plan for prevention of defacement of public property and availability of Basic Minimum Facilities (BMF) at polling stations. Dev said that since the announcement of elections will soon be done by the Election Commission of India, the MCC will come into force with immediate effect and all the officers will have to ensure its implementation. "After the implementation of MCC, no advertisements, hoardings, electronic billboards, ads on bus queue shelters should be allowed. Those existing will be removed immediately," said Dev. The Directorate of Information and Publicity, the land-owning agency and the departments with whose funds advertisements are issued will be responsible and will take immediate action in this regard. |
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