Safdarjung Hospital: News
20 Aug 2024
AfricaIndia on high alert as global monkeypox cases surge
India has heightened its vigilance at airports, ports, and borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan due to the rising global cases of monkeypox (mpox).
16 Aug 2024
DelhiFile FIR within 6 hours of violence: Centre to hospitals
The Union Health Ministry has directed all government hospitals, whether central or state-run, to file police complaints within six hours of any act of violence on their premises or against their staff and health workers.
24 May 2024
BadaunUP: Man cuts pregnant wife's stomach to check baby's gender
A father of five daughters was sentenced to life imprisonment for a gruesome act committed against his pregnant wife.
10 May 2024
DelhiDelhi man arrested for kidnapping, brutalizing minor for 24 hours
A man has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old girl and subjecting her to hours of brutality.
08 May 2024
DelhiCBI busts bribery racket at Delhi's RML Hospital, doctors arrested
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested nine people, including two doctors, in connection with a bribery racket at the government-run Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital in Delhi.
07 Aug 2023
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Fire breaks out at AIIMS Delhi, emergency ward closed: Report
A fire reportedly broke out on Monday in the endoscopy room near the emergency ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
22 May 2023
Satyendar JainJailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain taken to Safdarjung Hospital
Former Delhi cabinet minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, who is jailed in an alleged money laundering case, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital on Monday after he complained about his deteriorating health.
30 Mar 2023
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)CBI raids underway in corruption case involving Safdarjung Hospital doctor
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) allegedly conducted raids at numerous locations in Delhi on Thursday to expose an alleged corruption case involving Safdarjung Hospital doctors and middlemen.
31 Mar 2021
Fire AccidentsFire breaks out in Safdarjung Hospital, 50 patients evacuated
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the ICU of Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital following which 50 patients were evacuated, fire officials said.
02 Feb 2021
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Nirmala Sitharaman increases outlay for AIIMS by Rs. 310 crore
The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) took a bright spot in the Union Budget as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave it an additional Rs. 310 crore.
18 Dec 2020
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Hathras case: CBI charges four accused with gang-rape, murder
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday charged the four accused in the Hathras case with gang-rape and murder.
06 Oct 2020
Supreme Court Of IndiaTo avoid violence: UP government defends late-night cremation in Hathras
The 19-year-old gang-rape victim in Hathras was cremated late at night to avoid large-scale violence the next morning, the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court in an affidavit on Tuesday.
01 Oct 2020
Yogi AdityanathOn way to Hathras, Rahul Gandhi claims he was lathi-charged
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed Uttar Pradesh Police lathi-charged him and pushed him to the ground, just as he was on his way to meet the bereaved family of the Hathras gang-rape victim.
01 Oct 2020
DalitAfter Hathras, another Dalit woman gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh, dies
Just as the atrocities meted on the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras shocked India, another rape was reported from the same state — Uttar Pradesh.
29 Sep 2020
Times of IndiaUP: Gang-raped two weeks ago, 19-year-old dies in Delhi hospital
A 19-year-old Dalit woman succumbed to her grievous injuries in Delhi today, nearly two weeks after she was raped and tortured by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.
09 Jul 2020
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Hindu family cremates Muslim-woman, AIIMS punishes staff for swapping bodies
The country's premier medical institute, AIIMS, has been receiving criticism for mixing up two bodies — sending the body of a Muslim woman to a Hindu family and vice versa.
09 Apr 2020
IndoreTwo Safdarjung doctors, out on grocery shopping, assaulted; man arrested
At a time when doctors are risking their lives to battle the coronavirus pandemic, a man in Delhi assaulted two of them on Wednesday night, accusing them of spreading the deadly virus.
26 Mar 2020
IndiaCoronavirus: Nearly 900 quarantined in Delhi after doctor tests positive
Close to 900 people in Delhi were quarantined after a doctor in one of the Mohalla clinics tested positive for coronavirus, a minister said on Thursday.
16 Mar 2020
KeralaWhat are coronavirus isolation wards like? Here are first-hand experiences
Quarantine, isolation wards, and coronavirus are perhaps the three most searched words in recent days. While the last one is the real monster, having killed more than 6,000 people globally, isolation wards aren't that nasty and neither is it bad to quarantine oneself.
19 Dec 2019
Delhi PoliceMan possessing Jamia violence videos arrested to maintain 'communal harmony'
A man was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday after he was found possessing videos from violent protests at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia.
02 Sep 2019
Uttar PradeshDelhi: Mob beats pregnant woman on child-kidnapping rumors, three arrested
A hearing and speech impaired pregnant woman was beaten by a mob in Delhi on August 27, after people suspected her of being a child lifter.
06 Jul 2019
DwarkaSix-year-old undergoes surgery after brutal rape in Dwarka; accused arrested
A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Dwarka Sector 23, Delhi, the police said on Friday.
14 Jun 2019
KolkataWhy doctors at AIIMS Delhi wore bandages while treating patients
Earlier this week, an unruly mob attacked two doctors in Kolkata. They claimed an elderly patient died due to "medical negligence".
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.
30 Dec 2018
Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)Delhi airport: Muffin with dead lizard leaves passenger hospitalized
In an incident that reeks of negligence, a passenger waiting for a flight at the Delhi airport had to be rushed to a hospital after he suffered food poisoning from a muffin that allegedly contained a dead lizard.
01 Dec 2018
Uttar PradeshHumanity dies: Man rapes his three-year-old daughter, arrested now
On Friday, Gurugram Police arrested a man accused of raping his three-year-old daughter.
21 Oct 2018
Fortis 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.
12 Oct 2018
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Noida: Girl denied treatment for not having Aadhaar; Nadda intervenes
A nine-year-old girl from Noida was allegedly denied treatment at a Delhi government hospital for not having Aadhaar.
21 Aug 2018
SuicideDelhi: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's personal assistant ends life
A 31-year-old man, working as a personal assistant (PA) to Union Minister and BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar, today allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in South Delhi's Laxmibai Nagar, the police said.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaNirbhaya's rapists will be hanged, SC rejects convicts' plea
The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the death penalty of three convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who had filed review petitions.
29 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiModi visits Vajpayee at AIIMS for the third time
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his ailing predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee for 15-minutes, who is undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
29 Jun 2018
IndiaModi says Center trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Center along with the state governments is trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare to benefit the poor and the middle-class of India.
20 Apr 2018
IndiaDelhi: Man stabs 55-year-old employer, later hangs himself
A 55-year-old owner of a motor vehicle spare parts shop in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri was allegedly stabbed by her employee, who then killed himself in his house, police said today.
14 Apr 2018
West BengalIIT-Delhi student found hanging in hostel, blames sexual assault
A 21-year-old IIT-Delhi student was founding hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room. The deceased, Gopal Maloo from West Bengal, who was a first year Masters student in Chemistry at IIT-Delhi, left behind a suicide note.
11 Apr 2018
Lajpat NagarDelhi: Fire breaks out in Lajpat Nagar; fire officer injured
A fire officer was seriously injured during an operation to douse a fire that broke out today on the top floor of a four-story building in Lajpat Nagar's busy Central Market in New Delhi, officials said.
06 Apr 2018
DelhiDelhi: How a bunch of women changed Nizamuddin locality
Locals residing in Nizamuddin, Delhi needed to walk to bus-stops far away, since their area didn't have one.
15 Jan 2018
DelhiFour critically injured in Delhi slum fire, 17 others wounded
Four people were critically injured when a fire broke out in a slum area in Delhi's Sriniwaspuri last evening.
10 Oct 2017
IndiaDelhi: Kidneys of poisoned girl save two; first in world
A 19-year-old girl's tragic suicide has given life to two patients who had been suffering from renal disorders in Delhi.
02 Sep 2017
DelhiDelhi: Dead girl's kidneys save two lives
A 19-year-old girl from Delhi's Chhattarpur, Shakuntala, died at Safdarjung Hospital after consuming poison.
02 Sep 2017
DelhiDelhiites will have to pay more for electricity from September
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has hiked the electricity charges in the city, introducing a surcharge of 3.7% from September, in addition to the existing 8% cess.
17 May 2017
AsiaRobots in medicine- Asia's first robotic implant for Parkinson's
For the first time in Asia, a patient suffering from Parkinson's disease was treated successfully with a Deep Brain Stimulation implantation performed by a robot.
01 Apr 2017
Mizoram2 Mizoram girls dead, drug overdose suspected
Two 22 year old women from Mizoram died under mysterious circumstances at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
24 Jan 2017
DelhiDoes Delhi have a 'saggy' flyover?
A portion of flyover wall of Bhikaji Cama place appears to have 'sagged' and a wide gap is visible.