healthcare Citizen Matters

City Buzz: Cases rise in Delhi | COVID-19 facilities under stress…and more

September 13, 2020 News Desk

Catch the key highlights from our cities on COVID-19 and other public health developments this week.

COVID-19 aftermath: Delhi’s ignored waste pickers need immediate protection

September 3, 2020 Avi Majithia and Malavika Narayan

Informal waste pickers in Delhi protect the city’s environment and public health. Today, as they face a dire situation in the aftermath of the pandemic, here’s what the government must do for them.

Looking beyond the cost of a ticket: Should migrant labourers go home?

May 12, 2020 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Watching the heartbreaking images of migrant labourers trying to reach home during the lockdown, it seems cruel to argue that they stay put. But to allow them to go back may be even more disastrous.

City Buzz: Lockdown 3.0 | Cases in Agra on the rise | Non-COVID patients in Bengal worried

May 4, 2020 News Desk

A look back at some of the important news from last week

How the Indian government is trying to stop the spread of novel Coronavirus in the country

February 11, 2020 News Desk

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, has issued a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha on the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease in China and the subsequent actions taken by the Government of India. Here’s what he said.

Taking healthcare to Delhi’s red light district

October 5, 2018 Anjali Mehta

An ophthalmologist surgeon recounts her personal experience and the insights that she gained into the lives and needs of sex workers and the larger community on GB Road in the national capital, where she organised an eye care camp.

Truant nurses, wrong lab reports: Consumer law can help you

February 15, 2018 Daksha Hathi

Citizen Matters launches a new column, Consumer Caveat, to bring you consumer stories from different cities and alert you to the various risks as a buyer of goods or services. In the first, a look at some cases against health service providers.

From Apollo Kolkata to Max Delhi, citizens suffer as healthcare regulation falters

December 19, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

In a year of frequent face-offs between hospitals and citizens, the urgent need for regulation of the private medical sector has become obvious, but attempts in West Bengal and Karnataka have not had heartening results.