Lt Governor approves Delhi government's new scheme for road accident victims
Lt Governor Anil Baijal approved a Delhi government scheme, whereby it will bear the cost of treatment of victims of motor accidents, fire and acid attacks that take place on the city's roads at private hospitals.
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Lt Governor Anil Baijal today approved a Delhi government
scheme, whereby it will bear the cost of treatment of victims of motor
accidents, fire and acid attacks that take place on the city's roads at
private hospitals.
Baijal termed it as a "step in the right direction".
In a statement, he also stressed that for a robust healthcare system, the "government institutions also need to be strengthened, as the healthcare system cannot be left entirely in the hands of the private sector".
The Lt Governor also observed that "complete transparency and relevant procedures or guidelines should be followed strictly while empanelling private hospitals".
He has also emphasised that a mechanism must be evolved for ensuring that unnecessary tests are not prescribed in collusion with private medical centres.
"Further, the quality of tests and the private institutions empanelled for these tests also should be ensured through appropriate penalties in case of malpractices/poor quality," the Raj Niwas said in a statement.
He also advised that the administrative department must also "develop a system of online Aadhaar-based/biometric tracking of patients to ensure proper follow-up and to prevent any malpractices, given the financial implications, it said.
"Lt Governor today approved the Cabinet decision of the Health Department relating to the provision of free treatment for medico-legal victims of road accidents, acid attack and burn injuries and termed it as a step in the right direction," the statement said.
The Lt Governor has also approved the proposal of the department for outsourcing of diagnostic (non-radiological) services to provide free laboratory services at Mohalla Clinics, polyclinics and Mobile Health Clinics, it said.
Baijal has also concurred with the amendments to the Delhi Arogya Kosh (DAK) scheme to provide financial assistance for specified high-end diagnostic (radiological) tests/ surgeries.
However, noting that the original purpose of the scheme was to help the poor and needy sections of the society, and that the Planning Department, too, has advocated an income ceiling, he advised the government to retain some "income ceiling" so that the resources of the government are used to help the poor and the needy, and the "poor are not crowded out by the well-to-do".
The LG also noted that the focus of these schemes appeared to be on outsourcing and there is no mention in the proposal about any action plan to strengthen the diagnostic infrastructure in the government institutions.
Baijal termed it as a "step in the right direction".
In a statement, he also stressed that for a robust healthcare system, the "government institutions also need to be strengthened, as the healthcare system cannot be left entirely in the hands of the private sector".
The Lt Governor also observed that "complete transparency and relevant procedures or guidelines should be followed strictly while empanelling private hospitals".
He has also emphasised that a mechanism must be evolved for ensuring that unnecessary tests are not prescribed in collusion with private medical centres.
"Further, the quality of tests and the private institutions empanelled for these tests also should be ensured through appropriate penalties in case of malpractices/poor quality," the Raj Niwas said in a statement.
He also advised that the administrative department must also "develop a system of online Aadhaar-based/biometric tracking of patients to ensure proper follow-up and to prevent any malpractices, given the financial implications, it said.
"Lt Governor today approved the Cabinet decision of the Health Department relating to the provision of free treatment for medico-legal victims of road accidents, acid attack and burn injuries and termed it as a step in the right direction," the statement said.
The Lt Governor has also approved the proposal of the department for outsourcing of diagnostic (non-radiological) services to provide free laboratory services at Mohalla Clinics, polyclinics and Mobile Health Clinics, it said.
Baijal has also concurred with the amendments to the Delhi Arogya Kosh (DAK) scheme to provide financial assistance for specified high-end diagnostic (radiological) tests/ surgeries.
However, noting that the original purpose of the scheme was to help the poor and needy sections of the society, and that the Planning Department, too, has advocated an income ceiling, he advised the government to retain some "income ceiling" so that the resources of the government are used to help the poor and the needy, and the "poor are not crowded out by the well-to-do".
The LG also noted that the focus of these schemes appeared to be on outsourcing and there is no mention in the proposal about any action plan to strengthen the diagnostic infrastructure in the government institutions.
Mahalakshmi Temple at Breach Candy, Bombay by Francis Frith (between 1850 and 1879)
was a formidable scientist
who led the team that conducted India’s first nuclear test in Pokhran in
1974. But at home in Breach Candy’s Anand Bhavan, a less daunting side
was on display. In the evenings, the stern gent with thick glasses
would perambulate the lawn, gesticulating as he contemplated,
presumably, some knotty scientific problem. “He was a playful
character,” recalled Srinivas Laxman, a former ToI journalist who played
cricket as a child on the grounds of Anand Bhavan. “When our ball used
to go into the sea, he used to jump up and get it.” Back then, steps led
from the rear yard down to the rocky seafront.
lived for 15 idyllic
years. Jhala, 76, the granddaughter of 
– he was
her maternal grandfather – was born in Anand Bhavan in 1941. A student
of Queen Mary School, she recalls skating on the palace terrace, playing
in a water-filled canal at the back of the building, which also
contained a tennis court, participating in dramas directed by a tutor,
and spending time with her grandfather, whom she describes as “a
commanding presence” yet “loving to his people and playful to us”.
the former American consulate,
was the abode of the maharaja of Wankaner, and a short distance away on
Nepean Sea Road is Walsingham School, which belonged to the maharaja of
Kutch. Nearby is the blush-coloured Sophia College, whose owners
included the maharajas of Indore and Bhavnagar. These Bombay homes were
convenient for royals who frequently travelled abroad and had to liaise
with the colonial government.
from the hit 1971 movie Mehboob ki Mehndi, was shot. Rajesh Khanna
pulls up on the stately driveway in a white convertible as elsewhere his
love interest, played by Leena Chandavarkar, does a hectic, amorous
dance. The green has also been the venue of many weddings and is rented
out to DAE employees and their relatives at a nominal rate.
