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Time of India
22-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
43 units fined Rs 6.17L over mosquito breeding, notice to 276
Ahmedabad: In a bid to control the spread of vector-borne diseases during the monsoon season, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health department officials carried out an inspection on Tuesday to detect mosquito breeding at commercial premises. Out of 464 units inspected across various city zones, 276 were found with mosquito breeding sites and were issued notices. Additionally, 43 units were penalised, resulting in a total fine collection of Rs 6.17 lakh. Those penalised include 10 hospitals, including City Hospital (Gota), Shubham Hospital (Thaltej), Ananta Hospital (Nikol), Rajasthan Hospital (Shahibaug), SAL Hospital (Thaltej), VIMS Hospital (Sabarmati), Vedant Hospital (Navrangpura), Parekh Hospital (Nikol), and both Medilink and Shalby Hospitals in Jodhpur. You Can Also Check: Ahmedabad AQI | Weather in Ahmedabad | Bank Holidays in Ahmedabad | Public Holidays in Ahmedabad Several commercial entities were also fined by the AMC. Adani Gas in Maninagar was fined Rs 1 lakh, while Laxmi Courtyard in Lambha and JP Iscon in Bodakdev were fined Rs 50,000 each. Tree Star Hotel in Thaltej and Ankool Textile Mill in Khadia faced Rs 25,000 fines, and Fortune Landmark Hotel near Stadium Circle was fined Rs 20,000. Other establishments were fined amounts ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 12,000. The civic body urged both commercial and residential property owners to eliminate stagnant water and maintain hygiene to prevent mosquito breeding.
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Mum and daughter found dead at home months after 999 plea
A mother called 999 pleading for help months before she was found dead alongside her disabled daughter in their home, an inquest has bodies of Alphonsine Dijako Leuga, 47, and 18-year-old Loraine Choulla were found on 21 May 2024 in a house in Radford, Nottingham, after concerns were raised about their welfare. They were believed to have been undiscovered for "weeks or months". An inquest into their deaths, which started on Monday, heard Alphonsine had called for an ambulance on 2 February saying she was cold and could not move, but nobody attended. An inquest at Nottingham Coroner's Court, led by assistant coroner Amanda Bewley, is expected to last five medical cause of death was proposed as pneumonia while her daughter's was "unascertained", pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton said in evidence. The inquest heard Loraine, who had Down's Syndrome and learning disabilities, was "entirely dependent" on her Hamilton said he could "not rule out" that Alphonsine might have died on 2 February, which is when she called 999. Alphonsine had been admitted to City Hospital on 26 January with a lower respiratory tract infection and needed blood transfusions due to low iron inquest heard despite the hospital wanting her to stay, she was "discharged pragmatically" on 28 January to return to her was agreed she would return the next day, but she did not come back, and the hospital and her GP were unable to contact her. On 2 February, Alphonsine called 999 asking for an ambulance, the inquest told a call handler she needed help for herself and her daughter."I feel cold and I can't move," she told the call handler. 'Missed opportunity' In a transcript read out at the inquest, the call handler asked several times what language Alphonsine spoke and whether she needed an interpreter. Despite not responding to those questions, she gave her address and asked again for an ambulance. "Would you send an ambulance? Please come, please," were the last words she said on the phone before the call ended. Giving evidence, Susan Jevons, a paramedic and head of the coroners service at East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), said an attempt was made to call Alphonsine back with no answer."The ambulance didn't go to the address because the emergency medical advisor, thinking it was an abandoned call, closed the call down," Mrs Jevons said. She added that should "never had happened" as they had her address, telephone number, and details of her symptoms. An internal investigation found there was a "missed opportunity" for an ambulance to attend the day Alphonsine called. Mrs Jevons apologised on behalf of EMAS for "all of the errors" it madeThe inquest continues.
Edinburgh Live
15-06-2025
- General
- Edinburgh Live
The creepy Edinburgh lodge with a dark secret unknown to those walking past
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Many will walk or drive past the former City Poorhouse on Edinburgh's Comiston Road every day and see it as nothing other than a sheltered housing block. However, before its redevelopment, it lay derelict and abandoned for some time, having opened in 1870 to provide a "comfortable home for the aged and poor," but that's not all it is remembered for. The building, number 144, is said to have attracted several "puzzled" looking people carrying paperwork during the 1970's and 80's according to a former resident - who revealed the building's dark secret. READ MORE - Edinburgh woman sues charity and earns £8k compensation payout over 'holiday row' READ MORE - Edinburgh's Sir Chris Hoy shares new update on 'death sentence' cancer diagnosis Situated adjacent to the City Hospital for infectious diseases, the poorhouse became Greenlea old people's home after the Second World War and has since been converted into apartments - yet its Victorian era legacy remains. Former Edinburgh resident Mike Ashworth lived in a property in Greenbank Terrace that overlooked the poorhouse's abandoned gatehouse throughout the 1970s and 80s and says it was not uncommon to see groups of people "looking puzzled" and carrying paperwork. Mr Ashworth believes the people may have been on the hunt for the former homes of their relatives and were likely unaware that their ancestors had either lived or been born at the poorhouse. As a policy by authorities to hide the stigma of extreme poverty, he says poorhouse children were registered as being born at 144 Comiston Road, misleadingly giving the impression that they resided at the handsome East Lodge. He told Edinburgh Live: "The small building on the corner of Comiston Drive, was one of two lodges adjacent to each other and served the parallel drives to the City Poorhouse and City Hospital respectively. "On many occasions you would see people, outside the old lodge at 144, looking puzzled and consulting paperwork and some days we'd nip across the road to ask if we could help, in case they were lost or required directions. "Frequently they would have copies of old birth or death certificates that showed the address on them but they could not quite believe that this small lodge squared with the other facts as they knew them. "I was eventually told by an older neighbour that they believed the reason was the poorhouse used the address of the Lodge on Comiston Road to complete documents and forms such as registration of births and deaths to hide the stigma of the poorhouse, such was its reputation." The City Hospital was opened by King Edward VII in 1903 and was closed as a hospital in 1999. The entire site has since been converted for residential use. East Lodge closed much earlier and was demolished in 1987 for a block of retirement flats called Greenbank House. For Mike Ashworth, his memories of Greenbank House are tinged with tragedy. He recalls how his mother witnessed a worker falling to his death while the building was under construction. Mr Ashworth, a retired London Underground worker, who now lives in West Yorkshire, said: "Despite local protests the lodge was bulldozed to allow the construction of the current four-story brick block of flats with only the stone wall and gate posts remaining. "However, during construction, the new building was the site of a fatal accident, witnessed from our front window by my mother, Bernice Ashworth. "One frosty morning, as the building was almost complete, a site worker had gone to roof level in a cherry picker, to access the roof. "Sadly he left the safety of the cherry picker and, on the icy, slippery roof he fell and plunged the four stories to his death. "The subject of a fatal accident inquiry at the Sheriff Court, my mother had to attend and give evidence. "All I recall was her screaming as I entered the front room, to see a blurred falling figure, but she had seen the whole tragic accident thinking some how the poor man would hold on somehow."
Hindustan Times
25-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Chandigarh: Youth attacked by pet German Shepherd in Sector 21
A 23-year-old man was attacked by a pet German Shephard outside House Number 230 in Sector 21-A on Thursday evening. The victim, Kartik Gandhi, a resident of Dera Bassi, sustained multiple injuries after being bitten several times by the dog, allegedly unleashed by its owner. According to the complaint filed by Gandhi at the Sector-19 police station, he had parked his car near the residence of the dog owner while visiting his office in the vicinity. After concluding his work around 6.30 pm, he returned to his vehicle accompanied by a friend, Abhimanyu Bisnoi, when the dog was reportedly let loose by its female owner. The dog is said to have charged at both men. While Bisnoi managed to escape, Gandhi was bitten on both his wrists, ankle and right hip. The complainant alleged that even as the attack unfolded, the dog owner, a security guard and another individual stood by and watched. He further stated that the guard mocked him, threatened him with further consequences, and asked him to 'park the car again near their house' in a menacing tone. Gandhi was rushed to GMSH, Sector 16, and subsequently to City Hospital in Sector 8-C due to increasing pain and semi-consciousness. On Gandhi's complaint, police lodged an FIR under Sections 291 and 351(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation is underway.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
What's happening to major Birmingham hospital site six months after closure
When Birmingham's City Hospital closed its doors for the final time last November, some feared it would bring an end to 130 years of operations at the major hospital site. All emergency and acute services from City Hospital were transferred to the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick, dubbed the £1bn 'super hospital', and the last in-patient, Trust doctor Dr Pankaj Kumar, was wheeled out to an applause in November 2024. Motorists passing by the Dudley Road health landmark now are greeted with an empty car park and signs saying the hospital is closed - but there is still activity at the site, despite parts of it being earmarked for housing. READ MORE: How Birmingham's City Hospital site could be transformed into 'vibrant' new community Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp , click the link to join Six months on from City Hospital closing, we asked Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust what exactly is happening with the site and if patients in Birmingham can still expect to use it. The answer in short is yes - a number of outpatient services continue to run behind the now defunct A&E site. The site and its remaining operations were renamed the City Health Campus last year - and can be used for select, non-urgent treatment. Housing plans still look to go ahead, but the city's sick can still access help at the site, which opened as an infirmary in 1897 as an extension to the workhouse. As for the future, the site has outline planning permission for 750 homes, including the conversion of the historic infirmary frontage into apartments. A detailed planning application with the specifics of the development is expected this year. CGIs released in January offer a glimpse of how the former City Hospital site could be transformed into a 'vibrant' new community, with artist impressions show wildflower patches and green parks in front of apartments with balconies. Back in January, Developer Vistry Group said it had exchanged contracts with Homes England, the government's housing agency, to deliver the regeneration. Read more on those plans, here. Residents previously using A&E at City Hospital are now sent to the Midland Metropolitan site if they have life-threatening conditions which require emergency care. However, some operations remain at the old City Hospital site, and those who are first sent to Midlands Metropolitan A&E might find themselves receiving aftercare at what is now the City Health campus. You can use the City Health Campus, which housed the former City Hospital, for the following: The site will continue to operate outpatient appointments and short stay surgery at the Birmingham Treatment Centre Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre will deliver inpatient, outpatient and surgical services at the site The Sheldon Block building will house rehabilitation, therapy services and community medicine Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust told us that some services are unaffected by planned development. A spokesperson from Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust told BirminghamLive: 'City Health Campus offers a range of outpatient appointments, day case surgery, diagnostic services including the audiology department and community rehabilitation services. "Also remaining on the site is the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre. These services are unaffected by the redevelopment of the former City Hospital buildings. "The accident and emergency department, maternity services and inpatient wards which were once based at City Hospital have since been relocated to the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. "For more information about the services being offered go to
