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Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police today detained four miscreants for allegedly attacking newsmen on duty in front of the Jharpada Circle Jail here when the SUM Hospital owner Manoj Nayak was taken on a two-day remand. The four miscreants were detained at the Laxmisagar police station after the newsmen lodged a police complaint. While being taken […]

Bhubaneswar: The toll due to the fire mishap at the SUM hospital reached 24 after three more victims died while undergoing treatment at the Capital hospital here and SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Sheikh Qurban of Khurda, Biswanath Behera of Dumduma area in Bhubaneswar and […]

Bhubaneswar: With the SDJM Court, Bhubaneswar rejecting the bail plea of SUM Hospital owner Manoj Nayak today and allowing the commissionerate police to take him on two-day remand from tomorrow, the next step of the police will be to probe into the monetary transactions of the Shiksha O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Charitable Trust. Talking to OTV […]

Bhubaneswar: As hospitals are under scanner following SUM Hospital fire mishap more and more establishments are found to be operating without valid registration. In the capital city Bhubaneswar, out of 208 hospitals and nursing homes, as many as 180 are operating with lapsed registration. The DMET data shows that despite lapse in tenure of registration […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate police was today allowed by the Bhubaneswar Sub Divisional Judicial Magistarte (SDJM) Court to take SUM Hospital owner Manoj Nayak on a two-day remand. Nayak will be taken to the police remand from tomorrow. While rejecting the bail plea of Nayak, the SDJM court sent the SUM Hospital owner to the judicial […]

Bhubaneswar: SUM hospital owner Manoj Nayak was arrested by Khandagiri police on Thursday after he surrendered before it in connection with the fire mishap at the privately-run hospital which claimed 21 lives on Monday evening. According to sources, Police has registered cases under Sections 304, 308, 285 and 34 of the IPC against Nayak. Manoj is […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha government is all set to take stringent action against SUM Hospital authorities for the tragic death of 21 patients in a major fire that broke out in the hospital in the night on October 17, an exclusive OTV report has established that the hospital authorities have renewed the hospital licence without […]

Cuttack: While the SUM Hospital tragedy seems to have unearthed the violation of norms on safety by hospital authorities, it is startling to see that hundreds of hospitals across the state are operating by blatantly flouting the guidelines.

Bhubaneswar: The commissionerate police today issued a look out notice against Manoj Nayak, the owner of the SUM Hospital where 21 patients were killed after a deadly fire mishap. According to sources, the circular was issued against Manoj Nayak, his wife Saswati Das, both of whom are the trustees of the Shiksha O’ Anusandhan Charitable […]

Bhubaneswar: Manoj Nayak, owner of SUM hospital which met a fire mishap on Monday evening causing death of 21 patients, is likely to be arrested, said Prakash Chandra Mohapatra, Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) Odisha. Talking to newsmen, Mohapatra, said, “As we have filed a case against the management of the SUM hospital, […]

New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognizance of the media report on the death of 21 patients who died in a major fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar in the evening on October 17, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued notice to the Odisha government asking it to submit a report in this matter […]

Bhubaneswar: The death toll due to the fire mishap at SUM Hospital mounted to 21 with one more patient succumbing to injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS here today. The deceased has been identified as Janaki Hui of Jaleswar in Balasore district. Hui was admitted to a private hospital without the knowledge of her attendants […]

Cuttack: In an alleged attempt to evade further police action, Sum hospital superintendent Pusparaj Samantasinghar, who was arrested along with three other officials of SUM Hospital in connection with the fire mishap that claimed 20 lives, has been admitted to SCB medical college and hospital here on Tuesday night following a reported cardiac problem. Samantsinghar, […]

Bhubaneswar: The SUM Hospital authorities had ignored the recommendations of the Fire Services (FS) department on fire safety measures, said DG, Fire Services Binay Behera today. Briefing media persons after submitting his report to Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on SUM Hospital fire mishap, at a review meeting at the State Secretariat here in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Troubles continue to mount on Odisha Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak as the SUM Hospital fire mishap has added to his litany of woes. Eyebrows are being raised on his capabilities following a series of failures in healthcare services in State ranging from infant deaths in Cuttack Sishu Bhavan, Japanese Encephalitis deaths, Nagada malnutrition […]