Fortis Hospital: News
05 Dec 2024
DelhiDelhi schoolboy dies after 'scuffle' with classmate over shoulder touching
A 12-year-old boy, identified as Prince, died at Delhi's Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Vasant Vihar on Tuesday morning after a scuffle with a classmate of the same age.
29 Sep 2024
Bhagwant MannWhat's leptospirosis, bacterial infection Punjab CM has been diagnosed with
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been diagnosed with leptospirosis, a bacterial infection commonly linked with tropical fever.
16 Jun 2023
JaipurDoctors allegedly leave scissors inside body during surgery, patient dead
A 74-year-old man in Rajasthan's Jaipur died after doctors allegedly left surgical scissors in his body, reported IANS.
19 May 2023
Bollywood LifeAyushmann-Aparshakti's dad P Khurana passes away; last rites details out
Astrologer Pandit P Khurana is no more!
03 Jul 2021
DelhiDelhi hospitals report cases of dehydration, vomiting amid rising mercury
Soaring temperatures in Delhi have led to city hospitals getting patients with complaints of dehydration and vomiting.
02 Jul 2021
Apollo HospitalsTwo Delhi-NCR hospitals start administering Sputnik V; over 3K vaccinated
Private hospital chains Fortis Healthcare and Apollo Hospitals have started administering Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at two of their hospitals in Delhi-NCR, officials said on Thursday.
31 May 2021
Coronavirus72-year-old COVID-19 patient given 'antibody cocktail' in Mohali
A 72-year-old COVID-19 positive man was administered the monoclonal antibody cocktail therapy at Fortis Hospital in Mohali on Sunday, days after the treatment was given to two similar patients in Delhi and Gurgaon hospitals.
28 May 2021
CoronavirusActivist compiles list of breast milk donors for motherless infants
In a novel initiative, an activist is compiling a list of women willing to donate their breast milk for infants who have lost their mothers to coronavirus. The move comes after many such requests for breast milk were received on social media.
12 Feb 2020
Delhi PoliceShots fired at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav's convoy, volunteer killed
Hours after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was rewarded a historic mandate in Delhi, a worker of the party was killed on Tuesday.
10 Oct 2019
IndiaFormer Ranbaxy promoter Shivinder arrested in Rs. 740cr fraud case
Former promoter of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy Laboratories, Shivinder Mohan Singh, was arrested by the Economic Offenses Wing of the Delhi Police, on Thursday.
04 May 2019
Delhi PoliceDelhi engineer and girlfriend arrested for killing his wife
The Delhi Police has arrested a 32-year-old mechanical engineer, Rahul Kumar Mishra, and a 33-year-old woman named Padma Tiwari for allegedly killing the former's wife, Pooja Rai (26), in Southwest Delhi's Kishangarh on March 16.
10 Feb 2019
Madhya PradeshDelhi: 'Depressed' IES officer found hanging at home in Munirka
A 25-year-old Indian Engineering Services (IES) officer allegedly committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in his room in Southwest Delhi's Munirka area.
18 Dec 2018
Navi MumbaiFormer Vice-President of tech company loots to fund 'rich' lifestyle
A man in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, who was once a Vice President in a leading tech company, was arrested last week on accounts of car-jacking and chain snatching, along with an accomplice.
30 Nov 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Delhi traffic-police creates green corridors to help 2 critically-ill patients
The Delhi Traffic Police provided special 'green corridors' to shift two critically-ill elderly patients to hospitals from the airport, police said yesterday.
09 Nov 2018
Consumer CourtConsumer Forum: Alcohol in limited quantity isn't poison, but sugar-content
A Chandigarh Consumer Forum observed alcohol taken in limited quantity wasn't poison but sugar content while directing insurance companies to pay Rs. 1.93 lakh to a Mohali resident.
21 Oct 2018
Safdarjung HospitalDelhi: 15-year-old, tries to foiled snatching bid, gets shot at
A 15-year-old boy was shot at by miscreants on Friday morning after he tried to foil a snatching bid in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area.
05 Sep 2018
National Company Law TribunalFortis' co-founder Shivinder Singh sues elder brother, snaps business ties
Co-Founder of Fortis Healthcare, Shivinder Mohan Singh filed a lawsuit against his elder brother Malvinder Mohan Singh on Tuesday on grounds of "oppression and mismanagement" in their joint businesses: RHC Holding, Religare and Fortis.
24 Aug 2018
MumbaiMarathi actor Vijay Chavan, known for comic roles, passes away
Veteran Marathi actor Vijay Chavan, known for his comic roles, passed away this morning at Fortis Hospital in Mumbai's Mulund suburb after a prolonged illness, a hospital official said. He was 63.
23 Jul 2018
Health & WellnessThis Gurugram eight-year-old had 100+ tapeworms in her brain
For six months, this eight-year-old had been suffering from severe headache and epileptic seizures.
13 Jul 2018
IndiaMalaysia's IHH Healthcare to invest Rs. 4000cr in Fortis healthcare
Cash-strapped Fortis Healthcare today said its board has unanimously accepted a binding offer from Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Berhad to invest Rs. 4,000cr in it by way of preferential allotment at Rs. 170/share.
02 Jun 2018
GurugramGurugram: Doctors remove 9kg tumor from Iraqi patient's chest
Doctors at Gurugram's Fortis Hospital removed a tumor weighing nine kilograms from the chest of a 41-year-old Iraqi patient, giving him a new lease of life.
22 May 2018
West BengalHeart travels from Bengaluru to Kolkata within four-hours, for transplant
In a historic achievement, a heart traveled 1,885 kilometres from Bengaluru to Kolkata under four hours for a successful transplant, saving a life.
02 May 2018
Health & WellnessDelhi woman lived with live-roundworms in bile-duct for six months!
Doctors at a Delhi hospital removed a whopping 14 live roundworms, each measuring 15-20cm, from a 38-year-old woman's bile-duct.
13 Apr 2018
GurugramTwo Fortis Gurgaon cardiologists arrested for gross medical negligence
Two senior doctors attached to Gurgaon's Fortis hospital have been arrested today for gross medical negligence that resulted in the death of a 51-year-old woman last year.
28 Mar 2018
IndiaTPG-backed Manipal Hospitals acquires Fortis Healthcare, SRL Diagnostics
To mark one of the largest acquisition deal in the health space, Fortis Healthcare Ltd. has announced that its board has approved demerger of its hospitals business with TPG Capital-backed Manipal Hospitals, along with the sale of 20% stake in diagnostics chain SRL Ltd., in a Rs. 3,900-crore deal.
28 Feb 2018
DelhiDelhiites, breathe easy! Medicine, tests to cost less soon
Last year, Fortis hospital in Gurgaon charged Jayant Singh Rs. 16 lakh for treating his daughter for two weeks, who eventually died of dengue.
22 Feb 2018
DelhiDelhi: 52-year-old woman weighing 200 kgs undergoes bariatric surgery
A 52-year-old Delhi woman whose weight was 200 kgs underwent bariatric surgery at a private hospital in December last year. After the six-hour surgery, she has lost 30 kgs and is recuperating.
18 Feb 2018
Education70% students don't sleep enough during exams. Follow these tips
Exams have been getting more stressful for students, so much so that over 70% don't even get the required amount of sleep, a multi-city Fortis survey has found.
09 Feb 2018
Delhi High CourtMalvinder and brother Shivinder Singh, Fortis founder-directors, quit
Billionaire Malvinder Mohan Singh and brother Shivinder Mohan Singh, founder-directors of Fortis Healthcare, have stepped down from their positions amid ongoing legal cases against them.
03 Jan 2018
Delhi PoliceMaking disadvantaged youth employable, courtesy Delhi police
Delhi police is using skill building and employment to cut down the National Capital's notoriously high crime rate.
26 Dec 2017
IndiaPopularity of party drugs in India has increased manifold
According to government data, use of synthetic party drugs have increased manifold in the last five years in India.
25 Dec 2017
India#WhatTheHealth: India's healthcare crisis- 70 years after independence, where're we?
Adya, a seven-year-old Delhi resident, diagnosed with dengue, died in September despite being given the best treatment, or so her parents thought.
16 Dec 2017
Health & Wellness#WhatTheHealth: Fortis charges Rs. 36 lakh for 42 days' treatment
There seems to be more trouble for Gurugram's Fortis Memorial Research Institute, as another complaint of overcharging has been lodged against it.
16 Dec 2017
Health & Wellness#WhatTheHealth: Fortis overcharged 7-year-old parents; earned up to 1700%-profit
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's probe into the death of 7-year-old dengue patient, Adya Singh at Gurugram's Fortis Memorial Research Institute revealed her parents were "grossly overcharged".
07 Dec 2017
Haryana'Fortis murdered 7-year-old Adya': Haryana govt panel finds hospital guilty
A Haryana government panel has found Gurugram's reputed Fortis Hospital guilty of medical negligence and unlawful conduct.
25 Nov 2017
IndiaAfter Fortis, Medanta charges Rs. 16 lakh for 22-day-long treatment
Medanta hospital in Gurgaon has charged Rs. 16 lakh for the 22-day-long dengue treatment of a seven year old boy. The boy, Saurya Pratap Singh, passed away on Wednesday.
20 Nov 2017
DwarkaRs. 16L bill at Fortis for 15-day stay of patient
That private hospitals often loot patients is no secret. A disturbing case has now surfaced from Fortis Gurgaon.
14 Oct 2017
MumbaiCongress' MPCC chief Mahadev Shelar commits suicide
Congress spokesperson and Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Advocate Mahadev Shelar reportedly committed suicide today; he was found hanging at his Mulund residence in Mumbai.
07 Sep 2017
MumbaiYoungest organ donor in Western-India gives life to three-year-old girl
A 14-month-old toddler from Gujarat's Surat has become the youngest organ donor in Western India after his heart was transplanted to a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from Navi Mumbai.
04 May 2017
DelhiDelhi: Surprise checks administered at 20 petrol pumps
The Delhi Government undertook surprise checks at 20 petrol pumps against their alleged illegal activities.
27 Apr 2017
MumbaiMumbai Police bust 'One Coin', an online scam
Mumbai Police has arrested 18 people in connection with 'One Coin', an online scam which promised people lakhs in return for an investment of Rs. 11,900. The arrest led the cops to 4 bank accounts from which Rs. 18.97crore was revived by them.
01 Feb 2017
IndiaMumbai hospitals under the scanner for overcharging
Lilavati Hospital, Asian Heart Institute, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Global Hospitals, Hiranandani Hospital and HN Reliance Foundation were found selling packaged commodities at prices far above the MRP.
19 Jan 2017
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