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Day: May 25, 2020

  • Sr cardiologist on call, allegedly thrashed by Police, lodged at police station Zadibal Doctor manhandled police officer, case registered against him; will still inquire incident: Police

    Sr cardiologist on call, allegedly thrashed by Police, lodged at police station Zadibal Doctor manhandled police officer, case registered against him; will still inquire incident: Police

    Srinagar, May 25: A senior cardiologist posted at SMHS hospital Srinagar was allegedly thrashed and lodged in police station Zaidbal for the whole day and also threatened him not reveal he was in police station.

    Talking exclusively to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Syed Maqbool, an interventional cardiologist, with many awards in his kitty, said that he was on call on Saturday and was stopped at Hawal area of downtown when he was on way to SMHS hospital. “I was stopped by a cop and asked to go through an alternate route, where there was a huge traffic mess.

    I requested the police man to allow me to take the different route, showed him my identity card and pleaded before him repeatedly, but he refused,” the doctor said. “When I disembarked from my vehicle, the policeman hit my stomach with the plastic cane in his hands.”

    The doctor said he requested the police man to let him talk to is senior. “And when the Station House Officer of (Zadibal police station) came to the spot, he whisked me away to the police station and first thing he did is he snatched my phone.

    I requested him that I was on a call as being the interventional cardiologist and need to inform the Government Medical College (GMC) principal about the issue so that an alternate arrangement is made,” Dr Maqbool said. He alleged that the SHO didn’t allow him to use his phone and instead “warned him of consequences.” “I couldn’t attend my duty,” he told KNO.

    Dr Irfan, senior cardiologist at SMHS hospital, said that the ill-treatment meted out to Dr Maqbool was unfortunate. “We are part of essential services and can’t always call hospital to send ambulances to ferry us time and again.

    We have to travel in our private vehicles too,” he told KNO. “We request Deputy Commissioner Srinagar to clarify if we need passes to travel or our cards are enough. If our identity cards are enough, then we should be allowed to reach our hospitals hassle free.”

    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar Dr Haseeb Mugal told KNO that the doctor manhandled the SHO. “A case has been registered against the doctor,” he said. The SSP said police will still inquire the incident—(KNO)

  • Record 6,977 new COVID-19 cases in India in last 24 hours; death toll climbs to 4,021

    Record 6,977 new COVID-19 cases in India in last 24 hours; death toll climbs to 4,021

    New Delhi: India registered biggest single day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Monday with 6,977 new infections, reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally to 1,38,845, while the death toll rose to 4,021, according to the Union Health Ministry.

    A total 154 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours till Monday 8 am.

    The number of active COVID-19 cases climbed to 77,103 while 57,720 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.

    “Thus, around 41.57 per cent patients have recovered so far,” a senior health ministry official said. The total confirmed cases includes foreigners.

    Of the 154 deaths reported since Sunday morning, 58 were from Maharashtra, 30 from Delhi, 29 from Gujarat, nine in Madhya Pradesh, eight from Tamil Nadu, six from Uttar Pradesh, four from Telangana, three each from Rajasthan and West Bengal, two from Bihar and one each from Punjab and Uttarakhand.

    Of the total 4,021 fatalities, Maharashtra tops tally with 1,635 deaths followed by Gujarat at 858 deaths, Madhya Pradesh at 290, West Bengal at 272, Delhi at 261, Rajasthan at 163, Uttar Pradesh at 161,Tamil Nadu at 111 and Andhra Pradesh at 56.

    The death toll reached 53 in Telangana, 42 in Karnataka and 40 in Punjab.

    Jammu and Kashmir has reported 21 fatalities due to the disease, Haryana has 16 deaths while Bihar has registered 13 and Odisha has seven deaths.

    Kerala, Jharkhand and Assam have reported four deaths each so far.

    Chandigarh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh each have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each while Meghalaya has reported one fatality so far, according to the ministry data.

    According to the ministry’s website, more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities. (PTI)