NHRC sends notices to the Director, AIIMS, Police Commissioner, Delhi and Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh on different incidents
New Delhi September 28, 2007 The National Human Rights Commission has sent notice to the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Delhi, on a report which said that doctors in the hospital operated on a patient's wrong eye. Taking suo-motu cognizance of a news report published in the "Hindustan Times" on September 24, 2007, the Commission said that it is a serious issue of human rights violation of the patient.
As per the report, a 76 year old woman suffering from cataract was operated upon on September 20, 2007, at Rajendra Prasad Centre of the hospital. The report further said that doctors operated her in the wrong eye due to negligence. The Commission has directed that the press report be forwarded to the Director for a factual report within four weeks.
The Commission took notice of another report which appeared in the Hindi daily "Dainik Jagran" on September 24, 2007, on the detaining to two girls at police station in West Delhi and subjecting them to torture. As per the press report, a 17 year old girl along with her younger sister, residents of Jahangirpuri were taken to the police station in the area for interrogation in a case of missing girl from another block in the area. The two girls were reportedly detained for five hours in the police station, where they were disrobed and subjected to severe physical torture. Calling the report as distressing, the Commission directed that a copy of the press report be sent to the Police Commissioner, Delhi, for a factual report within four weeks.
Another story which caught the attention of the Commission was disrobing and parading of a tribal woman in Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The press report, which appeared in "Rashtriya Sahara" on September 24, 2007, said that some ruffians entered the houses of tribals in Thlonjri Village of the district with an intention to grab the land allotted to the tribals on lease basis. The report further said that they thrashed the tribal women, tore their cloths and paraded them naked in the village. The Commission directed that the press report be forwarded to the District Collector, Morena, and Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh for a factual report within four weeks.
As per the report, a 76 year old woman suffering from cataract was operated upon on September 20, 2007, at Rajendra Prasad Centre of the hospital. The report further said that doctors operated her in the wrong eye due to negligence. The Commission has directed that the press report be forwarded to the Director for a factual report within four weeks.
The Commission took notice of another report which appeared in the Hindi daily "Dainik Jagran" on September 24, 2007, on the detaining to two girls at police station in West Delhi and subjecting them to torture. As per the press report, a 17 year old girl along with her younger sister, residents of Jahangirpuri were taken to the police station in the area for interrogation in a case of missing girl from another block in the area. The two girls were reportedly detained for five hours in the police station, where they were disrobed and subjected to severe physical torture. Calling the report as distressing, the Commission directed that a copy of the press report be sent to the Police Commissioner, Delhi, for a factual report within four weeks.
Another story which caught the attention of the Commission was disrobing and parading of a tribal woman in Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The press report, which appeared in "Rashtriya Sahara" on September 24, 2007, said that some ruffians entered the houses of tribals in Thlonjri Village of the district with an intention to grab the land allotted to the tribals on lease basis. The report further said that they thrashed the tribal women, tore their cloths and paraded them naked in the village. The Commission directed that the press report be forwarded to the District Collector, Morena, and Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh for a factual report within four weeks.