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Kin protest after infant dies in DMC Ludhiana, December 28 The infant died at 11.30 am when the family was arranging blood for transfusion. They claimed that while the hospital had the blood in the bank, they declined to transfuse it as they wanted the family to arrange for blood as replacement. A resident of Rishi Nagar, near Haibowal, had brought his five-day-old son to the hospital last night after he was referred by a local hospital. The family members said the infant was suffering from pneumonia and when his condition deteriorated the doctors attending on him referred him to the DMC. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the DMC at 7.30 pm last evening. According to Mr Surjit Singh, an uncle of the infant, the doctors attending on the infant had told the family that blood was required for transfusion. “They said the infant’s blood group was B -ve and that the family would have to arrange for it, as they could only provide blood if the same amount of it was given to the bank by the family. Since it was a common practice, we agreed. But the authorities insisted that transfusion would take place only after fresh blood was arranged by the family from the bank,” he said. “I contacted around 40 youths to give blood but nobody’s blood group matched with that of the infant. At last, I found two boys whose blood group matched. Around 11.30 am, when the hospital staff was arranging for transfusion, a doctor came to us and told that the infant had died,” said Mr Sunil Kumar, a relative of the deceased. After the news of infant’s death broke, the family staged a dharna outside the hospital and raised slogans against the hospital authorities. “Had they given blood in the morning, our boy would have been saved. But they did not budge from their stance even as we kept assuring them that blood would be arranged. We would have arranged more units than were required. But they did not listen and we lost our son,” said Mr Sunil Kumar. The grief-stricken family lifted the dharna after some time. They said they felt all the more grieved as nobody from the hospital came to sympathise with them as they raised slogans. “We lifted the dharna since we had to perform the last rites of the infant. Moreover, the condition of the mother was very bad so we could not just sit on the road,” they said. The DMC authorities, however, refuted the allegations. They said the infant was brought to the hospital in a critical condition. They said he was in a state of shock and was already suffering from respiratory failure. There were minimal chances of his survival. They added that the infant was already given platelets and the hospital staff had asked them to arrange for blood in anticipation only. They said it was typical example of improper diagnosis and had the relatives brought the patient earlier, he would have been saved. Dr Sandeep Puri, Medical Superintendent of the DMC, said he was not aware of the case but the hospital had never delayed in providing blood to a patient if it was available with the blood bank. He added that there were chances that the bank did not have blood of that particular group. |
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DGP evades question over Tej Parkash issue Ludhiana, December 28 Talking to reporters he said, this was a political issue and he was not in a position to comment. He refused to comment when it was pointed out that he also happened to be the head of the police force in the state, of which the Vigilance Bureau is a part. Instead Mr Sidiqui preferred to delve on other issues related to the welfare of the police. Earlier speaking at the seminar he called upon the doctors to go for introspection. Pointing out that they were performing a noble job he said, "as doctors are demigods or next to God, so the expectations from them are more as compared to the others". He stressed that greed was the main reason for the degradation in the society. Obviously it affected all the sections, be it the police or doctors or any other professional all over the world. He said that doctors and police should complement and supplement, all over the world. He congratulated the local unit of the IMA for organising such a seminar which helps in building up effective interaction among the members of important section of the society. Mr Kanwar Sandhu, Resident Editor, The Hindustan Times, in his concluding remarks observed that he would like to see the brighter medical profession of old days when District Collector, SSP, Session Judge and the Civil Surgeon enjoyed the same status. He emphasised that in house regulatory body is the best way to develop confidence in public and thereby taking the profession to new heights. President of the local chapter of the IMA, Dr Gurcharan, emphasised that in cases of sudden death of the patients doctors cannot be labelled negligent in more that 10 per cent of case. Dr. S.N. Tiwari the Civil Surgeon brought many new points vis a vis doctor in government jobs and police problems in medico legal cases. Dr Balbir Shah, Dr OPS Kande President IMA elect and Dr R.C Garg immediate past president honoured the DGP by memento from the IMA. Dr Mohan Verghese Principal, CMC, and senior cardiologist Dr Carlton honoured the guest of honour Mr Kanwar Sandhu. |
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CM should come clean on son: Johar Ludhiana, December 28 Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Johar said, there appeared to be a deep- rooted conspiracy behind the entire episode. Whosoever was found responsible for the same should be brought to book, he asserted, adding this development had shocked everyone in the Congress. Reacting to a news report, which sought to drag the name of Mr Raninder Singh, son of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh in a financial deal, Mr Johar said, the Chief Minister should set up an independent inquiry into the episode and get the name of his son cleared. He pointed out, "we should make it clear that our fight is against corruption and not against the Akali Dal alone". Mr Johar reiterated his stand that the decision about the change of leadership in the state was still to be announced by the AICC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi. "We are waiting for the supreme authority to pronounce her judgement and it will be acceptable to us", he asserted, while adding that the situation would get cleared only after that. To a question as whether he would attend the Cabinet meeting scheduled on December 30, Mr Johar said, it would depend on his convenience and availability. |
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Bilingual, online FIRs from Jan 1 Ludhiana, December 28 The local police is going a step further. It has decided to give a copy of the FIR on the spot to the complainant. Police sources say complainants require a copy of the FIR immediately. At present these are being supplied by post. Long meetings were held at the police headquarters last evening as well as today for educating the police rank and file on the new system. Sources say that the new FIRs would have the complaint registered first in Punjabi and then in English. The system is being introduced on the directions of the National Crime Record Bureau. It would ensure a complete record of each FIR lodged in the state, the details of criminals and gangs and their backgrounds on the computers. The district headquarters would fill all details in English on a computer connected to different computers all over the state, besides one with the National Crime Record Bureau. Mr R. K. Jaiswal, SP (Headquarters), who educated the Station House Officers (SHOs) today regarding the new system, told Ludhiana Tribune that the move was aimed at standardising FIRs all over the country as well as maintaining a record of each criminal. He said all states would lodge the FIRs in English besides the state language. This would enable both the residents of the state as well as the educated immigrants to understand what is written in an FIR. Above all, this would enable the National Crime Record Bureau to maintain a record of police processes all over the country. The exercise is part of a major modernisation programme for police systems. Even police officers on duty outside their own state face difficulty in understanding FIRs, as these reports are written in the state language only. According to sources, the actual benefit of the exercise would be realised only when the National Crime Record Bureau puts all the information on the Web for easy accessibility to the public. Sources say the munshis need not translate complaints from Punjabi to English for the realisation of the scheme. They would just have to fill a form in English, which would provide all details about the case. |
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Flooded road causes problems Ludhiana, December 28 While the authorities claim that the sewer choked after the construction of a part of elevated road, the shopkeepers said they had complained to the Municipal Corporation authorities several times but to no avail. They claimed that they were virtually living in stench emanating water for the past three days. Besides the collected water was affecting their business as the buyers were preferring to stay away. Hari Singh, a commuter said that it had become very difficult for them to cross the road that was looking like a pond. He said that as the road near the railway station was filled with water it was very difficult to reach the railway station and the travellers were having a difficult time. ‘‘We had complained to the authorities but nobody turned up. Some workers had come yesterday and cleaned the manholes but the water is still there. |
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Looters of labourers arrested Ludhiana, December 28 Sub-Inspector Buland Singh, SHO, Salem Tabri, told Ludhiana Tribune that three members of the gang had been arrested. They used to rob migrant labourers in the last week of every month, as labourers get their salary on the 25th. Their modus operandi was to way lay the labourers late at night. The three, Luv Kumar, Daljit Kumar and Rinku, have been arrested under Sections 382, 506 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. |
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Memo to Finance Minister Ludhiana, December 28 In a memorandum to Mr Jaswant Singh, Finance Minister, the association's zonal president, Mr R.P. Bhatia, has said that with the rise in the prices of the steel products as such high cost economy is involved in the business transactions. He has demanded that the income tax rates should be lowered for both the corporate and non-corporate sectors. The income tax rates in India are high as compared with other countries in the world. By joining the WTO, the world trade had increased and become very competitive. Mr Bhatia further pointed out that the wealth tax was charged on the earned income which was normally tax paid." It is high time that either wealth tax is abolished or its limit for taxation is raised so that the small scale industrialists get total exemption from the same." The memorandum has further sought relief in the central excise duty on iron and steel products which are being used for construction and other infrastructure activities. |
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Two poor girls married off Ludhiana, December 28 The parents of the two girls were rejoiced and thanked Mr Ashwani Sikka, president, Maa Bhagwati Club, and Mr Sukhdev of the BVP, for help. The chief guests, Mr Narinder Bangia and Mr I.V. Thaman, lauded the efforts of the organisations and said they were doing a good deed. Mr Dimpi Makkar, chairman of the club, Mr Honey Sikka, Mr Ramesh Kalra, and Mr Harish Goyal were among others who attended the function and blessed the couples. The couples were provided with clothes, bedding, elementary furniture and utensils by members of the organisations. Mr Ashwani Sikka said they had undertaken the responsibility of getting two girls married every three months. They bear all expenses of marriages, which include offering food to the guests, wedding dresses and arranging household articles. |
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‘Jashan’ to welcome New Year Ludhiana, December 28 The main attraction of the evening depicting rich Punjabi culture were singers Parminder Sandhu, Yudhvir Manak and Diljit, who made the audience dance wildly to their tunes. Bhajna Amli had the audience in splits by cracking rib-tickling jokes. A tiny tot, Sandip, amazed everybody with his bhangra performance. Parminder Sandhu’s song “Aaja doven nachiye” had the crowd dancing. Sukhwant of Punjab Agricultural University presented a song, while Balbir Boparai rendered his self-composed couplet. The Mayor was presented with Maan Punjab Da Award. Mr Jagmohan Sharma, District Congress president, was also present at the function. |
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