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SGPC-run hospital runs into controversy
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Association splits; Punjab Chemists Federation formed
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SGPC-run hospital runs into controversy
Amritsar, May 15 The hospital management, however, has denied the allegations. It maintained that the complainants have lodged a bogus complaint on the basis of a fake Nevertheless, Vijay Kumari, a 50-year-old woman, who underwent an operation for removing stones in the gall bladder at the hospital in December last, died last night due to infection caused by a bandage pack, which as per the family members, was left in the stomach of the patient during the operation. Deepak Kumar, son of the patient, alleged that her mother had developed post-operation complications like high grade fever and constant pain in the stomach. “After the pain became unbearable, we approached another hospital to get her examined,” he said. After undergoing an ultrasound test, it was found that a piece of cloth had been lying inside the body, leading to reported Septiciemia infection which had spread in the blood, he further alleged. This had resulted in a constant pain and had reportedly ended up damaging multiple organs. “I took my mother to Amritsar hospital on the Sultanwind Road. After a bandage-like cloth was found lying in the stomach of my mother, we asked the doctors to re-operate her. On our insistence, the doctors agreed to re-operate upon the patient to take out the bandage pack but recommended us to shift her to some other well-equipped hospital,” said Deepak. The patient remained there for about a month but succumbed to her illness last night. Dr AP Singh, OSD to Guru Ram Dass Hospital, said the ultrasound report, on the basis of which complaint has been lodged, was not of the same patient. “The report under question, actually, belongs to some other patient by the name of Raj Rani, who would have been suffering from food pipe obstructing problem,” he said. The hospital management maintained that before readmitting, the patient had already undergone an operation from some other hospital. “The patient was firstly, operated upon for removing gall bladder stones, but when she was readmitted, she was diagnosed as suffering from biliary peritonitis. Leaving nothing to chance, the patient was re-operated two times for curing this problem, but could not survive post operations. Her death occurred absolutely for the problem which she developed after three months. No negligence was done, as alleged,” said Dr AP Singh. Meanwhile, inquiry officer ASI Manjit Singh with the Vallah police post told a case under Section 304-A of the IPC has been registered with the Police Station, Division A, Vallah, against the alleged the doctor and further investigation was on.
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PTU selects teachers to meet joint panel’s terms
Deepkamal Kaur/Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 15 An assistant professor for each of the 18 subjects, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, laboratory management, agriculture and food business, bio-medical engineering, computer engineering, Punjabi and English, has been selected. The appointment of the teaching staff had become mandatory for Punjab Technical University ever since a joint committee of the AICTE, the UGC and the Council of Distance Education had held inspections and granted it recognition to run courses, provided it had its own faculty to formulate curriculum and make relevant changes from time to time. The new staff will also assist the authorities in devising strategies for improving the academic infrastructure of learning centres, faculty development, laboratory set-up, answer sheet evaluation and question paper setting. The selection committee comprised PTU Vice-Chancellor Rajneesh Arora as its chairman and former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University Prof K.N. Pathak and PTU Dean (Academics) Dr Buta Singh as members.
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PIT Chairman to review decision on labour shed
Bharat Bhushan Dogra
Pathankot, May 15 The Tribune had yesterday highlighted the grievances of the labourers after the Improvement Trust had come out with a decision to convert it into a parking lot for army vehicles. Talking to The Tribune today, the trust Chairman admitted that a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of senior officials presided over by Deputy Commissioner Pruthi Chand held on May 7, in which SDM Sukhmandar Singh was also present. At the meeting, it was decided that the labour shed would be made available to the Army to be used it as a parking lot after 11 am, a time when most of the labourers were at work and the shed remained vacant. He said taking difficulties of labourers into consideration, it had been decided to review the decision and the shed would not be given to any one for use other than the purpose for which it was constructed. Transport Minister and MLA from Pathankot Master Mohan Lal, opposing the move, said the interests and sentiments of the labourers could not be hurt at any cost. If the Army wanted some parking space for its vehicles, the government would consider its proposal and provide adequate parking space but that would be possible only when a formal request was made to the district administration.
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Association splits; Punjab Chemists Federation formed
Jalandhar, May 15 There are approximately 25,000 registered chemists in Punjab and the split has come due to the alleged autocratic functioning of the executive of the association and their patronage to those who are involved in the sale of spurious and habit-forming drugs, said Harish Sethi, president of the federation. Federation secretary V.P. Dogra justified the tightening of noose around chemists by the Health Department. He said the federation would work hand in hand with the department to discourage sale of spurious and prohibited drugs. Organising secretary Yogesh Mahajan said wards of pharmacists should be allowed to run their parental chemists shops after their death. He said children who had worked in a chemists shop with their parents for more than 10 years should be granted permission to run shops after clearing a short-duration course. |
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Two booked for rape
Amritsar: The Mohkampura police has booked two persons, including a junk dealer, for allegedly raping a girl. The victim, in her complaint lodged with the police, alleged that Narinder Pal Sharma of Mohkampura took her to Delhi on the pretext of arranging a meeting with her father Gurvinder Singh, who had separated from her mother. He had been living in Delhi for the past over a decade. Narinder took her to Delhi on May 11 where he hired a room in a hotel and raped her twice, alleged the girl, on the basis of which it registered a case under sections 366, 376, 354 and 34 of the IPC. She alleged that the accused then brought her to Hoshiarpur and called his friend Mintu there and asked to take her to Amritsar in his car. On the way to Amritsar, Mintu sexually assaulted and later abandoned her near Gurdwara Baba Shaheed Bhagat Singh. She alleged the accused threatened to eliminate her family in case she revealed her plight to anyone. However, gathering some courage, she explained the whole incident to her mother. SHO Ravinder Kumar said the medical examination of the girl had been conducted while the accused had been at large since the registration of the case. He said the police had launched a manhunt to nab the culprits. — TNS Rs 4 lakh snatched
Amritsar: Two unidentified motorcyclist snatched more than Rs 4 lakh from Dharam Singh in Tarsika block, falling under Amritsar (Rural) police district here today. Dharam Singh was coming out of Punjab National Bank after withdrawing money when the incident occurred. “The accused were apparently waiting for him outside the bank. The police has launched a manhunt to nab the culprits,” the police said.
— TNS Man drugged in train, looted
Phagwara: Phagwara resident Dalwinder Singh Jassal, posted as Joint Director in the Ministry of Defence at Kolkata, was reportedly drugged and robbed of his valuables, including one mobile phone, ATM card, gold rings and Rs 15,000 during his journey from Delhi to Phagwara by 1077-UP Jhelum Express train in the wee hours on Saturday. Dr Anchal, sister-in-law of Jassal, told The Tribune this morning that her brother-in-law came from Kolkatta to Delhi by air and boarded the Jhelam Express train to reach Phagwara. All of the family members were shocked when they could not receive him at Phagwara railway station at 6.53 am. The train was more than two hours behind the schedule. Dr Anchal said they contacted railway station staff about the mysterious disappearance of Jassal. Station Master Gian Chand contacted ticket collector Hans Raj travelling in the same coach of the train which had already left for Jammu Tawi. On the request of Gyan Chand the ticket collector found Jassal lying in an unconscious condition on his birth 15. Some relatives of Jassal residing in Mukerian rushed to Mukerian railway station and brought Jassal to admit him in the Mukerian Civil Hospital.
— OC Car snatched at gunpoint
Nakodar: In a broad daylight robbery, six unidentified miscreants, snatched a Swift car (PB-9C-8136) at gunpoint from Kapurthala trader Sunil Kumar who was passing by an accident site on his way from Nakodar to Kapurthala, near Adda Jahangir, this afternoon. Nakodar DSP Rajinder Singh said here today that an Alto car had been hit by a Baleno car having a fake numberplate (PB-02AR-7568) near Mallian village. The six Baleno occupants stopped a Swift car, snatched it from owner Sunil Kumar of Kapurthala and four of them sped away in it, while two remained with Baleno car. They also escaped towards fields on seeing a police party headed by Nakodar SHO Surinder Singh. The DSP said the police searched the Baleno car and seized two double-barrel guns and 23 live cartridges of the gun and 15 cartridges of 7.62-mm pistol and 13 of .38-bore revolver from it. The DSP said the police also recovered the original numberplate (PB-10BL-2002). The police has registered cases under sections 392, 25, 27 and 59 of the IPC and was searching for the fleeing miscreants, said DSP Rajinder Singh.
— OC Opium seized
Jalandhar: The CIA staff arrested four persons and seized 2 kg of opium. Gurcharan Singh, a resident of Nurepur in Jalalabad, and Balbir Singh of Pipli in Shahkot were nabbed with a bag containing 1 kg opium. In another incident, Gurmeet Singh of the Kalabara locality in Ludhiana was arrested along with his aide Ravi, a resident of Bhogpur, while carrying 1 kg opium near Sadar police station.
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