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Jan 12, 2025 | 
hindustantimes.com | Sanjeev Jha |Ridhima Gupta
Ahead of next month’s crucial assembly elections in Delhi, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj spoke to HT’s Sanjeev K Jha and Ridhima Gupta on a range of issues. Edited excerpts: Do you think the people of Delhi have suffered because the L-G and the state government have been sparring?
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
htsyndication.com | Sanjeev Jha |Ridhima Gupta
India, Jan. 12 -- Ahead of next month's crucial assembly elections in Delhi, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj spoke to HT's Sanjeev K Jha and Ridhima Gupta on a range of issues. Edited excerpts:Do you think the people of Delhi have suffered because the L-G and the state government have been sparring?
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
For the parents of five-year-old Akriti, coming to one of India’s premier hospitals – the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi – all the way from Samastipur in Bihar, was a desperate resort in their attempt to give their daughter a “normal” life. But what awaited them was not just world-class medical expertise — it was an appointment date for an MRI scan that left them bewildered. The date of appointment: January 5, 2026 — more than two years from now.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
Spiking pollution levels and dipping temperatures are proving to be a double whammy for patients from across the country who come to undertake treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the Capital, as they are confined to footpaths and pavements outside due to unaffordable rentals for accommodations. Thirty-eight-year-old Mohamad Shabaz, who came from Chapra district in Bihar, is suffering from blood cancer, which was diagnosed three months ago.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
Deepak Kumar (64), a laundry worker from Patel Nagar, sat in visible distress, gasping for air between bouts of coughing at a pollution clinic established at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Monday. His daughter, Kajal (24), had spent the day helping him navigate the clinic’s sections for consultations. “His symptoms have escalated over the past week, so I brought him here,” she said.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Ridhima Gupta
New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- The Pollution Janit Rog Nivaran Kendra - a first-of-its-kind clinic dedicated to pollution-related health conditions - at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has been packed to the rafters for days now, with dozens complaining of coughs, colds and respiratory ailments. Operational since October 2023, the centre addresses pollution-related health issues through four departments: respiratory, dermatology, eye care, and psychiatry.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
Stepping into the emergency ward at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, patients and their families are confronted by an easy to miss sheet of paper pasted near the entrance. But the text on it is anything but easy to miss. It contains a hand-written list of critical medications and supplies currently unavailable within the hospital, a stark preface to the ordeal awaiting patients inside one of Delhi’s largest government-run healthcare facilities.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
New Delhi: Picture this: a three-wheeler with 13 people, packed so tightly that they're practically sitting on each other. One person is hanging precariously from the door. For the others, the tattered seats and missing rear gate make for a less-than-comfortable ride.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
New Delhi: Riya, a bright 14-year-old ninth grader, believes that children, especially teens, face a unique set of mental health challenges, much like adults. Growing up in a financially constrained household, Riya's stress came from various sources: the pressure of schoolwork, her family's financial struggles, and her role in caring for her three younger siblings. Despite these burdens, Riya found comfort in the presence of her close friends who helped her get through the difficult days.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Ridhima Gupta
New Delhi: In the case of a group of locals allegedly throwing an acidic substance on a Syrian refugee and his 11-month-old son in west Delhi's Vikaspuri, rights activists have pointed out loopholes in the FIR that has been registered after one person was arrested in the case. On Tuesday, TOI had reported how a group of locals in Vikaspuri had allegedly thrown some corrosive substance on Rafat, a Syrian refugee and his 11-month-old son on Sept 30.
