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Polyclinic
inaugurated Chandigarh, March 10 Set up by a team of 10 medical specialists, in the village which is considered to be one of the most backward villages of the state, the polyclinic is equipped with a computerised laboratory to conduct 150 kinds of various pathological tests, an ECG lab X-ray machine etc. Brigadier
M.L. Kataria, the brain behind this project informed the Governor that the village panchayat under the guidance of sarpanch Bhag Singh has constructed the polyclinic building voluntarily. Ms Harpreet Kaur Bhullar made the
initial contribution of Rs 2 lakh for the polyclinic. He said the polyclinic could handle more than 250 patients per day. A team of 10 doctors would visit this polyclinic on rotational basis, every week. General Jacob asked the team to explore the possibility of setting up a dental chair in the polyclinic. He appreciated the efforts of volunteers who came forward to arrange modern health facilities in the village. He asked the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister, Jagmohan Singh Kang, to get the village school upgraded to plus-two level and arrange a dental chair in the polyclinic. He also requested the panchayat to donate the land for setting up a stadium for the children of the village. He announced a grant of Rs 25,000 for medicines to be purchased by the polyclinic. |
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Seminar on IT and medicine Chandigarh, March 10 Prof Gujral highlighted areas of professional lives where the advances of information technology are tangible, either already affecting doctors lives or soon to do so. “Whether in our acquisition of continuing medical education, surgical techniques, diagnostic acumen, office-based medical research, computerised medical records, patient education, digital publishing, telemedicine or medical tourism, to name but a few of the topics, information technology is indeed having a profound effect on our professional lives,” he said. He also pointed out that until now the dissemination of information has been the prerogative of the print and audiovisual media. The ability of computer-based electronic publishing in a multimedia format (print, video, audio) along with simplified storage, retrieval and dissemination has ensured a shift to electronic publishing. Electronic versions of text books, journals, proceedings of conferences, live surgery updates are all available on internet or on CD’s. That in itself is a revolution. Prof. J. S. Sandhu emphasised that computers are best at doing repetitive tasks and one important place in medical practice is in maintaining electronic patient records. He pointed out that the maintenance of medical records is going to be mandatory with the coming in of medical insurance companies and Consumer protection act. Dr O.P. Sharma, Director, Ind Medica Ltd, highlighted the importance of keeping medical records. He pointed out that when doctors write prescriptions, they have to enter it into case files and then in the prescription pad. Automating this procedure can save time. One can schedule appointments for follow ups, surgery etc. Computer generated letters can be sent to the referring physician or to the patient reminding him for a follow-up or else you can even send greetings on birthdays or anniversaries. At the end of the day, one can analyse data quickly: the number of patients seen over a particular period, the type of presenting diseases, the areas from where one is getting the patients and then plan one’s expansion depending upon such data. Telemedicine is another rapidly emerging health care delivery technique that formed a part of the one-day session. Telemedicine uses computer technology to send healthcare information to others by way of telecommunication lines, satellites and other connectivity technologies. Telemedicine allows instant international consultations and access to vast reservoir of experiences of others. It is more useful to developing countries like India with diverse geographic areas and where areas are remote and not satisfactorily connected by roads or other means of transport. It was also emphasised that physicians must now be prepared and be willing to make small changes in their practices. Their reluctance from their belief that they are so busy taking care of the patients and do not have time to make changes may hit them in the long run. “This relates to another very important aspect relating to Internet and medicine. Information on internet is available to everyone. You give a diagnosis, the patient gets back home, surfs the net and may confront you with much more information than you may have at the moment. The sooner you become used to this technology better it will be”, said Dr Sharma. More than a 100 members of the IMA were also given practical demonstration of use of computers and medical software. |
Jakhu elected president Chandigarh, March 10 The junior rugby will be held at Jammu in May-June, Federation Cup in the September- October, then senior rugby football meet in December. According to Mr T.C. Sharma general secretary of the federation, the federation also plans to hold the international exhibition matches later this year.  |
CAT asks UT to
recruit as per rules Chandigarh, March 10 “The appointment of the candidates who were earlier selected for the three posts was quashed and set aside,” further ruled a CAT bench comprising Mr Jasbir S. Dhaliwal (Judicial) and Mr G.S. Maingi (Administrative). The bench also directed the administration to consider all those who were eligible by inviting applications through advertisement and other modes. The CAT also clarified that even degree holders in civil engineering were to be treated as eligible for the posts. In case the applicant also applies for the same and was found otherwise eligible, he shall also be considered under the rules and law. The complainant, Ravinder Singh, who did Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Punjab Engineering College in 1999, stated in a petition that he belonged to a reserve category and his name was registered in the employment exchange. He had also done his apprenticeship training. Giving details about the case, the complainant said that he had applied for the post of junior engineer according to the four posts, three for general category and one for reserved category, advertised by the administration. The interview was held for the same in January, 2001 and in the final selection, the complainant could not succeed. The complainant claimed that only degree holders were selected and appointed. The complainant alleged that there were three more posts of junior engineers in the same department, which were neither advertised in the newspaper nor was any requisition sent to the employment exchange. Moreover, only junior engineers apprentices, who had completed training in December, 2000 were considered for the same and appointed on January 30, 2001. He further alleged that the department had filled up these posts without advertising them or conducting any interviews. Claiming that even persons having done the apprenticeship training in the cadre of subdivisional engineer are eligible for the regular post of junior engineer if one was given an option, the complainant said that he had given in writing for being considered for the lower post, as the course in B.E(Civil) also includes the syllabus of diploma, which was the minimum qualification for the post of junior engineer. The complainant had prayed for quashing the previous selection and appointments. The complainant had also alleged that the candidates who had already been selected for three posts were appointed due to connections’ and position of their fathers. |
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WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUE Chandigarh, March 10 Foreseeing inability to set up a waste disposal processing unit by the deadline of December 2003 given by the Union Environment Ministry after a Supreme Court order, the MCC approached the Chandigarh Administration for a grant, but its request was turned town, sources told Chandigarh Tribune here today. The Administration asked them to approach the OPEC and other international funding agencies. The MCC is caught in a bind as the time for
setting up a new waste processing unit was not enough and the company which had been given the contract to covert municipal waste into manure by July 1996 had failed to do it. The extended term of the company, SPG Bio Agro Limited, for setting up the project ends in June this year. The company has not been able to do anything for want of funds, the plea being that it was not being extended finances due to the fact that the land given to it on lease could not be mortgaged against any loan. The company has been pleading with the MCC and the Chandigarh Administration to allow it to mortgage land against the loan, but the Administration did not allow the same for fear of losing revenue worth crores of rupees. The Corporation, which had been surviving on meagre funds due to political parties, both the Congress and the BJP, promising a ‘no tax’ regime in the first House of the MCC, was unable to provide funds on its own for the project. The MCC will also have to be careful in meeting its obligations towards the people, which have been specified under the Municipal Act as courts have been directing the municipal body to provide the facilities it was supposed to. The Municipal Corporation was not interested in availing itself of a loan for the project, considering its ‘’poor’’ fiscal health, which recently got a boost with the Congress deciding to levy property tax on commercial property and government buildings at a rate of two per cent, reversing an earlier House decision of 10 per cent on annual rent. Residents near the dumping ground in Daddu Majra have been complaining of an ‘’intolerable smell’’ and the fear of spread of diseases due to the waste disposal landfill. The Corporation, however, was keeping its fingers crossed on possibilities of getting funds for the project from foreign agencies and the time it might take for the funds to reach it. The real time for setting up the waste disposal unit will be around 16 to 18 months, a tall order indeed. The Municipal Corporation has received a brochure of the OPEC and other international agencies, but the preparation of a detailed project report alone could take a couple of months. The report will be submitted to the Union Ministry of Urban Affairs, which will forward it to the funding agencies. With the soft finance options still being explored, the Corporation will not be able to escape the responsibility of arranging funds for the project through internal resource generation, which may be opposed by the political leadership. The MCC had recently been approached by a power generation company to convert the waste into 15 megawatt electricity on condition that the Corporation took 20 per cent equity participation in the Rs 170 crore project. The MCC did not consider even the project keeping in mind the volume of investment required for setting up the project. |
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Mayor urged to offer projects to NGOs Chandigarh, March 10 After welcome address by the vice-president (North), Dr Vanita Gupta, the president, ICSW, Mr P.G. Gavai IAS (retd) and Ex Lieut-Governor, Delhi, outlined the activities of the organisation. The chief guest on the occasion was Mr P.H. Vaishnav, director, SOSVA(North). He lauded the efforts of the ICSW in serving humanity. He appealed to the mayor, Chandigarh, Ms Lalit Joshi, to offer projects to keen and able NGOs.Ms Rani Sharma, president of the Chandigarh chapter, was instrumental in organising the meeting which was attended by the executive committee members of the ICSW from all over the country. Discussions were held on child adoption, family counselling, welfare of mother and child etc. A two-minute silence was observed as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in communal riots in Gujarat. |
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