LOK NAYAK

Delhi's ailing healthcare infrastructure calls for urgent revamp

Moreover, the experts said, no “structured referral system” exists in govt health sector for citizens. This leads to overcrowding in referral hospitals and sub-optimal care for patients. “There is no centralised and coordinated control room and helpline for appropriately directing patients to the nearest healthcare facility and expertise to handle emergencies,” the experts said in their report to the high court.

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Delhi: Isolation ward for man with SA strain

Lok Nayak Hospital has created a special ward for isolating a 33-year-old man who was confirmed positive for Covid-19, which has been caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus.
No evidence UK strain more severe: Experts

An analysis of severity of Covid-19 in UK returnees and their direct contacts undergoing treatment at Lok Nayak Hospital shows very few of them have mild or severe symptoms.
Delhi: Non-Covid services & OPD to resume at Lok Nayak, GTB hospital

Delhi government’s two biggest fully dedicated Covid hospitals — Lok Nayak and GTB —will soon be partially opened for non-Covid patients. OPD and other services will resume in the wake of the decreasing positivity rate of Covid cases, health minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday.
35 AIIMS docs, nurses asked to self-quarantine

In a major scare for healthcare workers in the capital, more than 35 doctors and nurses working at AIIMS’s gastroenterology division were asked to self-quarantine on Thursday, after it turned out that a male nurse working with them had Covid-19. Some of the patients this nurse attended to have also been tested and their results are awaited, doctors said.
LNJP, GB Pant to shut OPD services amid spike in corona cases

In an order, the Medical Director, however, said the medical emergency services at both the hospitals will continue.
Hospitals go for rotation policy, a third of staff at any given time

Learning a lesson, top public hospitals in India — AIIMS Delhi, Jodhpur and Bhopal, Safdarjung and Lok Nayak among them — have adopted a rotation formula where the staff, including doctors and nurses, have been divided in three groups: A, B and C.
3 Delhi government hospitals under fire over facilities for disabled

They have been told to explain the delay in setting up a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department on August 8.The action follows a petition by disability rights activist Satender Singh.
Patient's kin assault doc at Delhi's Lok Nayak hospital, staff goes on strike

The incident took place on Sunday around 11 pm when the attendants of a patient, who died during treatment, assaulted the doctor on duty.
Injection goes bad, eight need eye surgery

All patients reported blurred vision, pain and watery eyes, and eight of them required to undergo surgery at AIIMS.
Hospitals burst at seams as Delhi shivers with fever

Patients suffering from fever, mostly dengue and chikungunya, are swamping Delhi hospitals. In many cases, 'cross infections' have also been spotted.
DELHI : Govt shifts medical chiefs of 11 hospitals

In a major reshuffle, the Delhi government on Friday issued orders for the transfer of medical superintendents of 11 state-run hospitals. This includes Lok Nayak, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Baba Sahib Ambedkar hospitals.