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Schoolgirls may have had Vit A overdose
HC defers state’s plea on resuming mining
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Two labourers buried alive
Flood waters recede in Mustafabad
Rahman unveils CWG theme song
Youth booked on rape charge
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Schoolgirls may have had Vit A overdose
Sirsa, August 28 Instead of using the measure provided with the bottle, doctors allegedly left the dose to the wisdom and sipping capacity of the teenagers. Eyewitnesses said that doctors asked the students to sip the vitamin directly from the bottle. They simply gave the bottle to the first girl and asked her to pass it on down the line after taking a sip. The dose mentioned on the box of the concentrated Vitamin A solution IP is 2 ml for children above the age of two. Though the possibility of some substance being mixed in the Vitamin A solution by negligence or otherwise is not being ruled out, an overdose could have caused nausea, vomiting, stomachache and restlessness. Health authorities are also under the scanner for the manner in which they sought to underplay the incident at the cost of jeopardising the health of the children. To “reduce” the number of girls taken ill, health authorities sent seriously ill students to their homes without treatment. Over 60 girls who had received the vitamin were wheeled into the General Hospital here last night with various problems. The authorities had initially claimed that only 35 girls needed hospitalisation and they, too, did not have any major complication. “They told me my daughter was fine and asked me to take her home. But she kept complaining of uneasiness and nausea and I had to rush her to hospital in the evening,” said Charanjit Kaur, mother of 13-year-old Mumtaz. BA final-year student Ramesh Kumar, who is looking after his younger sister Anju (13), said it was only with the help of NGOs like Sahara Club of Kalanwali town that they could bring the ailing girls to the district hospital. Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr GS Somani said that the unwell girls had been shifted from the primary health centre at Kalanwali village to Sirsa in view of better facilities here. He said an inquiry was on find out the cause of the ill-effects of the drops. “We are waiting for the report of samples sent for testing yesterday. In the meantime, use of this batch of medicine has been stopped,” he said. Meanwhile, Vitamin A drops of the same manufacturer, Piramal Healthcare, and same batch, MHA 0090, are being used in other hospitals of the district without any complication. The incident comes close on the heels of four children dying after being administered anti-measles vaccine during a government immunisation drive in Lucknow.
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HC defers state’s plea on resuming mining
Chandigarh, August 28 The Bench headed by the Chief Justice noted that a similar application was pending before the apex court. The matter was mentioned before the Supreme Court on August 20, but the apex court said that it would be heard when the turn of the case would come. The Haryana mining case is listed at number four before the Green Bench of the Supreme Court. It may be recalled that the High Court had earlier granted time to Haryana to continue mining till February 28, 2010, and to get environment clearance during this period. However, after the state failed to get environment clearance, mining came to a halt after February 28. Ever since, the government has been trying to get permission from the courts to resume mining without environment clearance. However, the High Court had recently given six months to Punjab to continue mining activities without environment clearance.
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Two labourers buried alive
Yamunanagar, August 28 It took over an hour for Public Health Department officials to bring out the two labourers from the pit with the help of a JCB machine. All attempts of the officials to call an ambulance proved futile. Later, the two labourers were rushed to hospital in separate vehicles, where they were declared brought dead. Deputy Commissioner Ashok Sangwan has asked Jagadhri SDM Devinder Kaushik to conduct a probe and submit a report. The Deputy Commissioner has announced a relief of Rs 20,000 to next of kin of the deceased. Talking to The Tribune, the SDM said the Public Health Department had entrusted the work of digging a sewer line to a private contractor, who had hired these two labourers. “I visited the accident site and am probing the matter,” he added. The police is yet to register a case in the matter. |
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Flood waters recede in Mustafabad
Karnal, August 28 The Irrigation Department claimed to have built five studs and repaired two others in the highly sensitive Jammukhala area, but the 200-foot breach along the embankments have exposed their claims. Officials are now blaming it on the Yamuna, saying the river changed course, causing massive soil erosion. However, three breaches occurred at Kunda Kalan today but authorities said there was nothing to worry. |
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Rahman unveils CWG theme song
Gurgaon, August 28 Rahman, along with a Shiamak Dawar’s troupe, presented the theme song “Yaaro India Bula Liya…Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto…” amidst a thunderous applause from the audience, which comprised Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, among others. Chairman of the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games Suresh Kalmadi asserted that the games village would be better than the Beijing Olympics village. The rich cultural heritage of India would be reflected during the games, he added. Disclosing that the central government had released a sum of Rs 650 crore for the training of players, he hoped that they would perform well during the games. Kalmadi said Haryana had provided a lot of help by way of providing hotel rooms for visitors, besides other facilities. He pointed out that the sale of tickets of the games in Gurgaon had been higher as compared to other places and as many as 800 tickets had been sold here in the past two days. Dixit asserted that all-out efforts were being made to ensure that the Commonwealth Games being held in New Delhi were a memorable success.
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Youth booked on rape charge
Rewari, August 28 The victim alleged that she was alone in her house on the night of August 14 when Amarjit barged into the house and raped her. However, when she raised the alarm, the accused fled away. The village pancahyat tried to intervene in the matter and mollify the victim, but did not succeed.
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