Thousands of people are suffering similar trauma every day as premier government hospitals in Delhi face an acute shortage of doctors. In some cases, frequent violence in government hospitals by angry relatives of patients has also been a reason. Last year, the Union Health Ministry also said that 1,595 posts of doctors were vacant in Delhi’s top government hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, RML Hospital and LHMC. Security concernsIn the last two years, as many as 55 cases of assault have been reported from seven Delhi government hospitals. “The Delhi Health Minister in agreement with the then L-G Najeeb Jung provided 500 home guards in hospitals.

Source: dna August 26, 2017 02:48 UTC