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13 specialist doctors transferred from district, resentment brews
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CCTVs help railways rein in rogue elements
Three docs posted at CM’s native Ghudda village
Students urged to plant more trees
Drive on to check dengue, malaria
Admissions to begin at Rajindra College on June 10
Warwick Bulls beat Khalsa Cranes by 7 wickets
News in Brief
Two held for gambling
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13 specialist doctors transferred from district, resentment brews
Bathinda, June 5 Earlier, they had threatened to resign and go on a strike today, which did not happen. The rationalization policy has been adopted under government’s initiative to strengthen staff and infrastructure at 100 hospitals in the state and the Bathinda civil hospital is one of them. District family welfare officer anesthetist Ravanjit Kaur has been transferred farthest amongst all her 13 transferred colleagues. She has been transferred to Ajnala. Dr Beant Mann, who handles the kidney dialysis centre at the Bathinda civil hospital has been transferred to Bhagta. Skin specialists LR Jain and Vikas Aggarwal have been transferred to Ghudda and Rampura, respectively. Dr LR Jain is due to retire in next one year. Members of the PCMS Association, Bathinda, said Dr Ramandeep Goyal had been transferred four times in about one year. She was posted at the urban health centre, Dhobiana, and has been transferred to Nathana. Orthopaedician Dheeraj was earlier transferred from Gidderbaha to Bathinda, then to the Ghudda sub-division hospital. He was brought back to the Bathinda civil hospital and has now been transferred to Muktsar. ENT specialist Meenkashi has been posted to Ghudda and eye specialist Meenakshi Singla has been transferred to Talwandi. Gynaecologist Ritu, who has been performing well at the Women and Children Hospital, Bathinda, has now been transferred to Ghudda. Gynaecologist Poonam, who was on leave, has been transferred to Rampura. Medical specialist Vivek has been transferred from Raman to Budhlada. Gynaecologist Babita Aggarwal, who was earlier posted at Raman, was transferred to Talwandi and now has been transferred to Bhagta. Chest and TB specialist Kansal has been transferred from Talwandi to Ferozepur. PCMS Association doctors rued that the move had left the civil hospital, Bathinda, with no skin specialist. They said the government had wrongly posted doctors. However, civil surgeon Ajay Sahni said all specialists had been transferred under the rationalisation policy to feed all centres that lacked staff. “We have skin specialist BS Gill, who is SMO, Women and Children Hospital and we have enough number of gynaes and other doctors,” he said.
What rationalisation
has lead to?
At Bathinda civil hospital, which was staffed inadequately, rationalisation has led to posting of required number of people transferring out the surplus ones. At the Bathinda civil hospital, there are two posts of medial specialists and four were posted. Similarly, there are two posts of skin specialists and both have been transferred. SMO BS Gill will now have additional charge of skin specialist. Also, against two sanctioned posts of gynae, three were posted. There is requirement of one ENT specialist and two people were posted, while two orthopaedicians were required and three
were posted. Docs differ over agitation
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World Environment Day observed
Bathinda, June 5 Dr Grover said that lots of natural resources are spent on growing food and wasting food means not using the natural resources judiciously. He added that 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year, which if saved, can feed billions of hungry people. He called upon the people to use food resources judiciously. Bathinda Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav too called for contributing towards conservation of environment. World Environment Day Day was also observed at the Civil Hospital where Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni presided over the function. He said most of the time food is wasted in langar, marriage and other functions. He said that food conservation starts from the kitchen at home and suggested that families should exercise control while buying and cooking food. Meanwhile, at the Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (AIMSR), students participated in a caption contest organized by the literary club. Students wrote captions for photographs. Principal, AIMSR, Dr Harkiran Kaur lauded the students for their clarity of thought. The judges for the event, Dr Pramod Goyal, Dr Jaswinder Kaur and Dr Aekta, declared Arushi Goyal and Sheevanu as the first prize winners. The second prize was won by Zeevan Jot Kaur and Bhavkirat Singh while the third prize went to Tarun Gupta and Jaspreet Singh. Dr AK Maria, head of the department of medicine, who is the convener of literary club, said the best caption for the picture depicting a tsunami was "Eco vs Ego" and the best caption for the picture showing the tread mark on the face of the earth was "Beneath our feet, the earth trembles; piece by piece, mankind crumbles." Also, the hobbies committee of the AIMSR Students Council 2013 organized a pot decoration competition. Students of all batches of the MBBS took part in the competition the theme of which was "Take care of the environment and she will take care of you". Keeping this spirit in mind, planted pots were decorated by the medical students. Judges for the competition, Prabhjeet Kaur, Dr AK Maria and Dr Manraj Gill, declared Divya, Taniya and Rupali of the MBBS batch 2010 first. Shivra, Zeevan and Gurparneet of the MBBS batch 2011 stood second while Suman and Rajdeep of the MBBS batch 2010 stood third in the competition.
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CCTVs help railways rein in rogue elements
Bathinda, June 5 The CCTV cameras had been installed over a month ago. While there are two CCTV cameras each inside and outside the ticket booking counter, there is one in the waiting area and at least two on the foot over bridge. Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, Station Superintendent Pardeep Sharma said: “The cameras have been serving the purpose they were meant to. We have managed to control the unauthorised sale and purchase of tickets by 90 per cent. Not only outsiders, but the staff members are also under surveillance.” He said those staff members who were on duty at the booking counter are allowed to enter the room apart from sweepers and those offering technical support. “Any other staff members, if caught in camera to be present in the room, will be answerable. It has also been made mandatory for every staff member to wear the uniform and the badge while on duty,” he added. Acting on complaints about unauthorised sale of tickets, the railway authorities had set up these cameras. “With the help of the CCTV cameras, the level of transparency in the booking has increased. Every single action and word exchanged between the persons inside the room is on record and they will have to explain in case anything objectionable is recorded,” Sharma added. However, the story is not the same with the CCTV cameras installed on the foot over bridge. These cameras have not been working for some time now and the authorities seem to care little about it. Commercial Movement Inspector (CMI), Bathinda, MK Khan expressed surprise over the fact. “I did not have knowledge about the fact that the CCTV cameras on the foot over bridge have not been functional. We will look into the matter and get them repair soon,” he said.
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Three docs posted at CM’s native Ghudda village
Bathinda, June 5 In his orders issued on June 4, the adviser to the Health Department, Punjab Government, Dr KK Talwar, has posted a gynae, a skin specialist and an ENT specialist who were earlier posted at the civil hospital, Bathinda. Eyebrows were raised when the government announced a sub-division level hospital mere 20 kilometres away from the city, replacing the old health centre despite the fact that the Health Department did not send any recommendation or expressed the need for the same. Inaugurated in September 20 last year, the hospital did not find enough staff that was willing to be posted there. Consequently, the Health Department plucked doctors from Bathinda and Rampura civil hospitals to post them at Ghudda. Seven doctors from Bathinda civil hospital and two from Rampura were posted here. However, the gynae posted here resigned a few months ago leaving the place vacant. Now, under the rationalisation policy, the department has deputed ENT specialist Meenakshi, skin specialist LR Jain and gynae Ritu in the hospital where out-door patient (OPD) count of the sub- division hospital at Ghudda is 200. Civil surgeon Ajay Sahni said the doctors had been posted keeping in view the requirements of the hospital. “Twelve doctors are required to run a 50- bed sub-division hospital and at Ghudda the quorum has been completed,” he said. Interestingly, from Ghudda, the SAD woman candidate had lost panchayat samiti elections and government’s efforts to fill all posts seems to be yet another move to keep the voters happy. No recommendation for hospital
Eyebrows were raised when the government announced a sub-division level hospital mere 20 kilometres away from the city, replacing the old health centre despite the fact that the Health Department did not send any recommendation or expressed the need for the
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Students urged to plant more trees
Bathinda, June 5 He encouraged the students to plant trees on their birthdays and other special occasions. While addressing the students, the VC focussed on how human activities are impacting the environment, making different species of birds go extinct and the impact of television on human life. A lecture was delivered by Alka Rani of the College of Agriculture. She threw light on the history of celebration of June 5 as World Environment Day. She stated that for the first time, the United Nations held a conference on environmental issues in 1973 at Stockholm, Sweden. It was at this conference that issues like chlorofluoro carbons (CFCs) and global warming were discussed
publically. After the conference, the United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP) was set up. The UNEP, under the Montreal Protocol, banned the use of CFCs to stop ozone depletion. She added that the anniversary of the Stockholm conference is celebrated as the World Environment Day every year. She also told the students that every year, a different theme is taken up for awakening the public. The first theme was 'Only One Planet'. This year's theme is 'Think-Eat-Save'. Think-Eat-Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages people to reduce food wastage. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), every year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. At the same time, one in every seven persons in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 years die of hunger daily. "The theme encourages us to become more aware of the environmental impact of the food choices we make. This means that food that have less environmental impact, such as organic foods Choosing to buy locally can also mean that food is not flown halfway across the world and therefore, limits emissions." |
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Drive on to check dengue, malaria
Bathinda, June 5 He said that from May 2 to May 31, the Health Department, in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB), conducted a joint exercise wherein coolers, ACs and overhead tanks were checked and people made aware of diseases like malaria and dengue. As many as 49,459 households, 2,683 shops and 409 newly-constructed buildings were covered under the survey to detect the presence of malaria or dengue larva. The Health Department now plans to launch the second phase of the campaign. Speaking at the event, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Raghbur Singh Randhawa said no larva was found. He added that fogging in the city has been intensified as a measure to control vector-borne diseases. Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said the MCB and the Health Department should coordinate to keep the outbreak of such diseases at bay. He appealed to the people to follow the guidelines of the Health Department pertaining to curtailing the spread of the vector-borne diseases. Dr Randhawa said that people should not allow water to accumulate near them, which proves to be a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. He said the employees of Public Works Department (PWD) should ensure that there are no leakages, while the sewerage board should ensure that all the manholes are covered and the sewer does not get blocked anywhere. He added that the cases of dengue and malaria are treated free of cost under the active passive surveillance programme. All government hospitals have kits to test dengue and the test is conducted free of cost. A sentinel surveillance centre has been established at the Civil Hospital where the Elisa test is conducted free of cost to confirm the incidence of dengue. The Civil Hospital also has a blood separator machine to provide blood and plasma to the patients affected by dengue. |
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Admissions to begin at Rajindra College on June 10
Bathinda, June 5 Students aspiring to take admission in BA (Part 1) will have to submit their forms between 21 June and July 3. The interviews for selection of students for 600 seats of BA (Part I) will be held from July 8-12. The forms for admission to the BSc H School (economics) can be done between July 1 and 5 and interviews for the course will be done between July 9 and 10. The college has 40 seats for the course. Forms for admission to 80 seats of BSc (medical) are to be submitted between June 21 and July 2. The interviews for the merit list will be conducted on July 4. For BSc (non-medical), the forms are to be submitted between June 21 and July 4. The interviews for the course will be conducted on July 5-6. Those seeking admission to MA (Political Science) will have to submit their forms between June 25 and July 2. The interviews will be held on July 4 and 5. The college had has 40 seats. Submission of forms for admission to BCom will be done between June 21 and July 2. The interviews for selection of students for the 120 seats of the course will be done between July 5 and 6. Submission of forms for BCA and BBA will be done between June 21 and July 4 and the interviews will be conducted on July 6 and 8, respectively.
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Warwick Bulls beat Khalsa Cranes by 7 wickets
Bathinda, June 5 Khalsa Cranes won the toss and elected to bat first and set a target of 127 runs for the Warwick Bulls. Ravi remained the highest scorer for the team with 29 runs off 23 balls. Manpreet of Warwick Bulls took three wickets in four overs. Warwick Bulls' Mohit helped the team in scoring 127 runs in 19.1 overs. He scored 56 runs off 41 balls while Pardeep scored 30 runs off 38 balls. Mohit was declared the man of the match. He also bagged the Catch of the Match and Fifty of the Match awards. In another match, Sachin XI routed Canadian Group by 86 runs. Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Sachin XI scored 192 runs for the loss of eight wickets. While Arjun scored 65 runs off 55 balls, Manil scored 46 runs in 23 balls. Gagan and Manil showed their bowling skills and took three wickets each. They sent the Canadian Group players back to the pavilion with 106 runs off 16.1 overs. Acknowledging Manil's knock of 46 runs and his haul of three wickets, he was declared the Man of the Match.
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Rs 50,000 stolen from insurance company’s office
Bathinda, June 5 Bikes stolen
A Splendor and a Discover motorcycles were stolen from outside a shop in Baba Deep Singh Nagar. In his complaint to the police, Rakesh Kumar from Baba Deep Singh Nagar, stated that he has left his key in the motorcycle that was parked near his shop. Two men, including Kuldeep Singh from Harbans Nagar and Mandeep Singh from Housefed Colony, came to his shop to buy something and stole the motorcycle. Police has registered a case. Girl goes missing
A 17-year-old girl has gone missing from Janta Nagar area. In her complaint to the police, the girl's mother Baljit Kaur stated that her daughter has been missing since June 3. She suspected that someone lured her away promising marriage.
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Two held for gambling
Bathinda, June 5 Purse snatched near Multania overbridge
The purse of a woman was snatched near the passage under the Multania overbridge. In her complaint to the Kotwali police, Shakuntala Devi, a resident of street number 5, Paras Ram Nagar, stated that she was returning home on a rickshaw. When she reached under the Multania overbridge, a motorcycle-borne youth snatched away her purse that contained Rs 7,000 in cash, a mobile phone and ear rings. Police has registered a case.
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