Police in eastern India are searching for eight doctors charged with dereliction of duty following complaints they abandoned survivors who needed medical assistance during devastating floods more than four years ago, police said.
Over three million lives were disrupted and around 500 people were killed in India's Bihar state in August 2008, when the mighty Kosi river broke a barrage in neighbouring Nepal and changed course, unleashing huge waves of water in one of the worst disasters the country had witnessed in recent years.
Vast tracts of land were inundated and hundreds of villages submerged, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and seek refuge in over-crowded relief camps where many were in need of medical assistance.
Police said they had discovered First Information Reports (FIRs) – complaints filed with the police – charging the doctors with failing to fulfil their duties towards those affected by the flooding. Full story...
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Over three million lives were disrupted and around 500 people were killed in India's Bihar state in August 2008, when the mighty Kosi river broke a barrage in neighbouring Nepal and changed course, unleashing huge waves of water in one of the worst disasters the country had witnessed in recent years.
Vast tracts of land were inundated and hundreds of villages submerged, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and seek refuge in over-crowded relief camps where many were in need of medical assistance.
Police said they had discovered First Information Reports (FIRs) – complaints filed with the police – charging the doctors with failing to fulfil their duties towards those affected by the flooding. Full story...
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