Private labs poach, overcharge patients from govt hospitals

Even after more than 150 years of its existence, the state government-run Sir JJ hospital in Byculla has failed to evolve into a full-fledged facility where patients can get all treatment under one roof. Besides, most of its important departments ...

Of the 166 people killed in 26/11, at least nine could have been saved if a pre-hospital trauma life support (PHTLS) system would have been in place. Doctors of JJ Group of Hospitals came to this conclusion after a two-year study on the injury ...

Despite more than 90 per cent amount outlay in previous years, the Mumbai District Planning and Development council (DPDC) has sanctioned just 20 per cent of the total amount for government hospitals as compared to the demands for the financial year 2014-15.

MUMBAI: For eight hours, a couple from Chembur knocked on the doors of several public hospitals across the city to get their three-day-old son admitted. The infant was gasping for breath due to a heart problem. He died on October 16, before he could ...

Following the collapse of the Babu Genu building on Dockyard Road, the KEM Hospital, in collaboration with the state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla, is helping to rehabilitate the victims who have suffered mental and emotional trauma too apart from the material ...

MUMBAI: The Rs 630-crore redevelopment plan of Sir J J Hospital and Grant Medical College has been given the go-ahead for an environment clearance. But the proposal may take a while to be sent to the ministry of environment and forests as the state ...

Arun Gawli, a gangster-turned-politician serving a life sentence for murder, is currently admitted at the state-run St George Hospital at Fort. Dr T.P. Lahane, dean of JJ group of hospitals said that Gawli is suffering from cerebral malaria. Arun Gawli was ...

MiD DAY survey of 11 leading hospitals in the city reveals that more than 95 per cent of the ICU beds, including those for pediatric and neonatal care, are occupied at present. Officials at all the hospitals plead helplessness Mumbai Anuradha ...

Labs at public hospitals close at 1 pm, so the only option is to get medical tests done from a private diagnostic clinic Mumbai : The Mazgaon crash has exposed a lacuna in public hospitals. No patient can be tested, and hence treated, after 1 pm.