Blame game starts after cricketer Ankit Keshri's tragic death
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe Nightingale Hospital in their medical bulletin said Keshri's pulse rate was low and he had a brain swelling (edema) that caused the cardiac arrest.
AMRI verdict: India could cease to be a medical tourism destination
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIt is no small mercy that the court rejected the ambitious claim of Rs 9.25 crore towards loss of victim's future earnings on the ground that the only plausible proof adduced regarding her income at the time of death was $30,000.
Anuradha Saha case: Does SC judgment bring hope?
Roy • 12 years agoBut the record damages imposed on the AMRI hospital in Kolkata by the Supreme Court in a 210-page judgement on Thursday at least gives some hope that we are not at the mercy of a medical establishment that both plays God and Shylock, trying to extract every pound of flesh from its patients but remaining completely unaccountable at the same time.
SC to AMRI hospital: Pay Rs 5.96 cr to NRI doctor for negligence
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in 2011 had awarded Rs 1.73 crore to the doctor whose wife Anuradha Saha died in 1998 following faulty treatment.
Promoters unsure of AMRI hospitals reopening any time soon
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe promoters of AMRI Hospitals at Dhakuria are unsure when it would be allowed to reopen after its closure following a fire in December 2011 that led to the death of over 90 patients
Two years after a fire killed 95 patients, AMRI set to reopen
Apoorva • 12 years agoAfter two years of extensive renovations, the fire department checked AMRI hospital last week, signalling that the hospital's reopening might not be far
Not just Surya Sen, most Kolkata markets are fire hazards
Roy • 12 years agoFire brigade personnel said what happened at Surya Sen was not surprising at all according to ABP Ananda. It was a sitting duck. And it's not the only market in the city in this state.
AMRI fire: National Insurance Corp to begin probe
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPost AMRI episode, the NIC had decided to make special investigations for cover of Rs 50 crore, down from Rs 100 crore practised earlier.
Corporate lobby up against government: Mamata
Fp Archives • 13 years agoWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that a section of corporate houses, who also run media businesses, was criticising her government on different issues as they wanted her to lift the urban land ceiling.
AMRI hospital fire: Two more arrests
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAMRI, vice-president, administration, Pritha Banerjee and a staff member Sajid Hussain, who were in charge of the hospital on the night of the fire, were arrested.