Safety starts at home
When a team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) landed at the residence of a suspected patient to collect samples for tests, the family was shocked to see the doctors dressed in, what they called, ‘space suits’. While the NICD is ensuring its officials are protected against any infection; the doctors, nurses and junior staff at government hospitals are rather unhappy with the arrangements for their safety. “Why should I risk my life to get a suspected patient to the hospital,” said an ambulance driver, refusing to ferry a patient to RML Hospital.

Word wise
While Commissioner of Delhi Police Y S Dadwal may be proud of holding a record number of meetings with SHOs and inspectors during his tenure, some of his subordinates seem upset with a few of his comments. During one such meeting, Dadwal’s statement that all his officers are “corrupt” shocked many. “He said ‘all of you are corrupt’. He must have referred to some black sheep in the force, but saying this while the hall was crammed with all SHOs and inspectors could be understood otherwise as well,” complained an inspector. 

What’s the hurry?
Summer vacation for the employees of the district courts in the Capital is always a much-anticipated and welcomed event. Probably this is the reason the last working day at district courts always concludes on a hurried note as employees try to rush off as soon as possible. This hullabaloo, however, needs to be checked, feels the District and Sessions Judge looking after the administration of work. Recently, a circular distributed in the trial courts directed all court staff to wrap up properly and keep all case files and important documents in the cupboards under lock and key, before they leave for vacation. 

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