Reports said the hospital had hidden deaths between April 25 and May 12 (Representational image)
DEHRADUN: A day after reports that the Covid care centre run at the Doodadhari Burfani Hospital in Haridwar had hidden the deaths of 65 patients between April 25 and May 12, kin narrated horrifying stories about what they went through.
Brijesh Kumar, whose wife lost her life at the centre on May 3, told TOI on Sunday that he was shocked when he saw her body lying on the floor of the hospital where he had admitted her barely 24 hours ago.
“She was not given even a single medicine. Her file that we got from the hospital was blank with no treatment details. When I fought with the hospital staff to know about her condition and subsequently barged into the Covid ward when I did not get a response, I found her body on the floor,” Kumar said, sobbing.
The forest minister has appointed Madhu Chauhan to the post of secretary.
DEHRADUN: By averting a series of decisions made by the Trivendra Rawat government, the present forest minister Harak Singh Rawat has showcased his place in the BJP. Among those averted are some of the national-level controversial issues such as Laldhang-Chillarkhal and removal of an official, Dipti Singh, from the post of secretary of the labour board who was deployed by former CM. The forest minister has appointed Madhu Chauhan to the post of secretary.
He also revoked the suspension order of 38 contractual workers of the labour board. In addition, the forest minister has brazenly gone ahead with the construction of Laldhang-Chillarkhal road for which clearances were still awaited and got funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore released for its construction. He also got Rs 20 crore funds for a super speciality hospital in his constituency, Kotdwar, which had been turned down by Trivendra Rawat a few months ago.
Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat with Usha Negi, chairperson of child rights body at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday
DEHRADUN: Ripped jeans paves the way for societal breakdown and is a result of the “bad example” parents set for children, which also leads to substance abuse, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat said at a workshop on substance abuse on Tuesday.
“Kyanchi se sanskaar (culture by scissors) showing bare knees, wearing ripped denim and looking like rich kids these are the values being given now. Where is this coming from, if not at home? What is the fault of teachers or schools? Where am I taking my son, showing his knees and in tattered jeans? Girls are no less, showing their knees. Is this good? All of this, in a mad race of westernisation. While the western world follows us, doing yoga … covering their body properly. And we run towards nudity,” the newly-appointed chief minister said at the inaugural session of the two-day workshop organised by
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PITHORAGARH: Tara Devi, 52, and her 8-year-old granddaughter Latika were swept away on Sunday in the Kali river that separates India and Nepal in Pithoragarh.
The girl, who had come with her family from Khatima to Jhulaghat to attend a ceremony, went down to the river to drink water and fell into the water.
Seeing her slip, her grandmother jumped in to rescue her but was swept away herself. The state disaster response force (SRRF) and police, with the help of local residents, continue to search for the duo.
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