NHRC sends notices to Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu and Chief Secretary,Himachal PradeshNew Delhi October 8, 2007The National Human Rights Commission has sent notice to the ChiefSecretary, Tamil Nadu, on a news report, which said that due to lack ofhygiene, a student of Stanley Medical College Hospital, Chennai, had died.The report, which appeared in the “Indian Express” on September 29, 2007, said that 18 students who were staying at the campusof the Hospital had fallen ill and were hospitalized with fever andheadache. Two of them tested positive for Dengue while one, a girl wasconfirmed as a case of leptospirosis. The girl was later declared braindead and rushed to a private hospital where she died on September 27,2007. The report also said that an endemic had broken out due tosuspected viral encephalitis.The news report highlighted that piling of garbage, lack of propersanitation, unhygienic conditions and dilapidated building of the hostelwere possible reasons for the endemic.Expressing serious concern for the conditions in the hospital, theCommission has given four weeks time to the Chief Secretary for a factualreport.The Commission has also sent notice to the District Collector, Hamirpurand Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh, on a news report, which said thatcheap ration eludes Antodaya families in the district.The report, which appeared in the “Tribune” on September 29, 2007, saidthat these families had been deprived of cheap ration, for which they wereentitled under Antodaya Scheme.The report added that this had happened as the Nagar Parishad submitted alist of BPL families instead of Antodaya families, to the District Foodand Civil Supplies Department. The Department, based on this list, issuedration cards to BPL families and deleted the names of Antodaya families. The two authorities however, blamed each other for the crisis.The Commission has directed that the press report be forwarded to theconcerned authorities for a factual report within four weeks.******Information Officer,National Human Rights Commission,New Delhi, India.

NHRC sends notices to the Director, AIIMS, Police Commissioner, Delhi andChief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh on different incidentsNew Delhi September 28, 2007The National Human Rights Commission has sent notice to the Director, AllIndia Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Delhi, on a report whichsaid that doctors in the hospital operated on a patient’s wrong eye. Taking suo-motu cognizance of a news report published in the “HindustanTimes” on September 24, 2007, the Commission said that it is a seriousissue of human rights violation of the patient.As per the report, a 76 year old woman suffering from cataract wasoperated upon on September 20, 2007, at Rajendra Prasad Centre of thehospital. The report further said that doctors operated her in the wrongeye due to negligence. The Commission has directed that the press reportbe forwarded to the Director for a factual report within four weeks.The Commission took notice of another report which appeared in the Hindidaily “Dainik Jagran” on September 24, 2007, on the detaining to two girlsat police station in West Delhi and subjecting them to torture. As perthe press report, a 17 year old girl along with her younger sister,residents of Jahangirpuri were taken to the police station in the area forinterrogation in a case of missing girl from another block in the area. The two girls were reportedly detained for five hours in the policestation, where they were disrobed and subjected to severe physicaltorture. Calling the report as distressing, the Commission directed thata copy of the press report be sent to the Police Commissioner, Delhi, fora factual report within four weeks.Another story which caught the attention of the Commission was disrobingand parading of a tribal woman in Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The pressreport, which appeared in “Rashtriya Sahara” on September 24, 2007, saidthat some ruffians entered the houses of tribals in Thlonjri Village ofthe district with an intention to grab the land allotted to the tribals onlease basis. The report further said that they thrashed the tribalwomen, tore their cloths and paraded them naked in the village. TheCommission directed that the press report be forwarded to the DistrictCollector, Morena, and Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh for a factualreport within four weeks.

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