Tag: Agra

One doctor has 83 hospitals registered in his name in Uttar Pradesh

Agra: One doctor has around 83 hospitals registered in his name in Meerut, Kanpur and various other districts of western Uttar Pradesh.

This came to light during the verification of licence renewal applications of hospitals and clinics.

More details are awaited on the case. The authorities said that nearly 449 medical facilities in and around Agra have been found ‘illegally being served’ by 15 doctors.

Chief medical officer (CMO) Arun Kumar Srivastava said, “Notices have been sent to these doctors. The matter is being investigated in detail.”

According to sources, people who are not medical practitioners obtain a licence in the name of a doctor from the health department to operate hospitals, clinics and pathology labs.

The scam got exposed after the Uttar Pradesh government this year mandated that the process for renewal of licence be done online.

The list of accused medical practitioners includes physicians, cardiologists, paediatricians and surgeons.

As per the health department records, 1,269 medical centres were registered during 2022-23.

Of these, 494 were hospitals, 493 clinics, 170 pathology labs, 104 diagnostics centres, seven sample collection centres and one dialysis centre.

The health department has so far renewed the registration of 570 hospitals and clinics for the year 2023-24 after verification of the applications.

“In various cases, hospitals and clinics applying for renewal of licence have not provided the required details related to trained paramedical staff, compliance with fire safety norms and disposal of medical waste. Information provided regarding bed capacity and other facilities is also suspicious,” the official said.

President of Indian Medical Association (Agra), Dr O.P. Yadav said, “This is a serious issue. We condemn such practices and will support the health department in taking necessary steps. The government should also take strict action against such centres and medical practitioners associated with them.”

June 20, 2023
Fierce fire in loading auto full of people

Agra. A loading auto suddenly caught fire while walking on the highway in Agra. In no time the auto was completely gutted in the fire. The driver sitting in the auto somehow saved his life by jumping. At the same time, some passengers were also sitting in it. She too jumped before the fire broke out. The fire brigade that reached the spot somehow controlled the fire in the auto. According to the information, at around 8:00 pm on Saturday evening, a loading auto was taking passengers from Ramada Hotel towards Fatehabad. During this, about 7 to 8 passengers were sitting in the auto. As soon as the auto reached the Inner Ring Road located in Bamrauli Katra area. Suddenly smoke started coming out of it and soon it caught fire.
Seeing the auto being set on fire, the passengers sitting in it jumped and started running here and there and the driver who was driving the auto somehow saved his life by jumping. It is being told that the fire of the auto was so fierce that in no time the auto was completely burnt to ashes. The information about the fire in the auto was given to the regional police. After this, the police informed the fire department personnel about the incident. Due to which the fire brigade reached the spot and somehow controlled the fire in the auto.
Some videos of fire in loading auto are going viral on social media. In which you can see how the fire has engulfed the entire auto and explosions are also taking place continuously due to the fire in the auto. The way passengers are being carried in the district in loading autos used for commercial work. A bigger accident can happen anytime than that. Many times such vehicles have caused accidents and killed many people. But the district administration does not seem to be taking any action on such vehicles. Rules are being flouted by commercial vehicles carrying passengers.

June 4, 2023
Big disclosure in the name of dry fruits business

Agra: Big disclosure in the name of dry fruits business, big game done by opening farm fresh company, crores cheated in the name of trade of dry fruits, spices
Police busted the interstate gang, 6 arrested including master mind Saurabh Paliwal.
Dry fruits and spices worth more than one crore recovered, more than 100 firms have been swindled, fraud cases worth crores revealed, Tamil Nadu company had filed a case, Hariparvat police, SOG commissionerate disclosed.

May 12, 2023
Three children died after being hit by a car

Agra (IANS) | Three children were killed and three others were injured when a car hit them in Dauki area of Agra on Thursday morning. The incident took place in Bas Mahapat village where some children were waiting for their school bus.

Police sources said the children were standing on the side of the road when a car coming from Fatehabad Road mowed down six of them.

Some children who ran away after saving their lives informed the villagers about the incident.

Angry villagers blocked the road.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fatehabad, Saurabh Singh said that three children died in the incident.

Three more children, who received injuries, have been admitted to the hospital, he said. Efforts are being made to remove the blockade.

–IANS

May 11, 2023
ferocious dogs attacked 10 year old girl

Agra: A 10-year-old girl was attacked by ferocious dogs on Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Agra’s Sanjay Place. Tore the flesh from his leg. The bleeding girl was horrified by the attack. Hearing the noise, the people present around reached and saved the girl’s life.
Raju, a resident of Gihar Basti, has a tea shop in the Sanjay Place parking lot in front of Surasadan. Around 2 in the afternoon, his 10-year-old granddaughter, studying in class 2, came to give food to Baba. He also had a younger sister with him. Suddenly five-six dogs attacked the girl while passing through the market in front of the parking lot. Tore the flesh from the leg. Hearing the screams, people ran from the parking lot. Saved the girl’s life from the dogs. Raju told that there are some meat shops in the market. There is a pack of ferocious dogs sitting around. If any person passes through there, the dogs catch him. He told that four children and one person have been bitten by dogs here in the last seven days.
taken to hospital for treatment
Raju told that in an injured condition, the girl was taken to the emergency for treatment. Where the wounds were bandaged. Nisar Ali, a 7-year-old daughter of Farin, a resident of Wazirpura, was injured by the dogs. Apart from this, the dogs also bitten Deva, the 12-year-old son of the glasses seller. Five incidents of dog bite have happened here in seven days.
Municipal corporation does not have arrangements
On one hand there is terror of dogs from busy market, monument, railway station to hospital and commercial places, on the other hand Municipal Corporation has no arrangement to prevent dog attacks. Municipal Corporation’s animal welfare officer Dr. Ajay Kumar says that dog bite incidents are not our responsibility. Dogs are sterilized on the basis of complaints received. There is a cart to catch the dogs. Every day 100 dogs are caught for sterilization.
Sterilization scheme running on contract
The Municipal Corporation is spending around Rs 1100 on sterilization of a dog. There are more than 60 thousand dogs in the city. More than Rs 1.50 crore has been spent on sterilization of 17 thousand dogs. The Municipal Corporation has given the dog sterilization scheme to three organizations on contract.

April 21, 2023
Terror of stray dogs in Taj Nagri

Agra (IANS) | Several people have died in the frequent violent attacks by stray dogs in Taj city and surrounding districts. Citizen groups in Agra, Mathura, Firozabad have demanded action to stop the growing menace. Already the city is facing the menace of monkeys.

The Agra Municipal Corporation estimates that there are over 60,000 stray dogs in the city. 500 cases of dog bites are reported every day. Over 10,000 dogs have been sterilized in the last six months. Animal Welfare Officer Dr. Ajay Singh said that the target is to sterilize 60,000 stray dogs.

Family members of the victims said that the dogs had become aggressive and violent. People are feeling terrorized and are scared to even walk on the streets. Recently, a two-year-old girl was brutally mauled to death by dogs in Malpura area.

A pack of dogs mauled a doctor while he was out on his morning walk in Aligarh.

The university administration has constituted three teams of dog catchers from the Aligarh Municipal Corporation. More than a dozen dogs were caught.

Dr. Abedi said that the dog catching teams carried out their operation in areas covering Sir Syed House, RCA Hostel, Department of Wildlife Science, MM Hall and Medical Colony. He said that the municipal authorities have assured that dog catching drive will be conducted from time to time in the university campus and all possible help will be provided to the university administration.

While animal rights activists oppose action against stray dogs and appeal people to feed them regularly.

This issue is being raised loudly in the campaign for the ongoing local body elections.

Social activist Mukta Gupta says that the cities in the Taj Trapezium zone are facing the menace of dogs and monkeys. The problem is compounded when there is a shortage of anti-rabies injections in district hospitals. Municipalities must wake up to the looming threat, says Mukta.

–IANS

April 18, 2023