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Hospital breaks
new ground Ludhiana, October 22 The surgery was performed by Dr T.M.Jaison, Deputy Directorand professor,cardiology, CMCH.He was assisted by Dr Rajneesh Calton, Professor and Head and Consultant, Cardiology, CMCH. The procedure was supervised by Dr Mohan Nair, visiting faculty member to the CMCH. Giving details, Dr Jaison said the patient, Mr S. N. Aggarwal, had undergone a bypass surgery in the 1997. Recently, he had three episodes of unconsciousness at the interval of 10 minutes each and was brought to the CMCH. On detailed examination, it was discovered that his cardiac function had reduced to 25 per cent of the normal heart. He had very irregular heart beats. Mr Aggarwal had became unconscious because of sudden heart block causing slow heart beat or due to heart beating very fast. "The best way to treat such cases, today is by implanting dual chamber ICD which will treat both these problems and save the lives of patients. This latest machine is able to identify every type of heart beat problem and treat it with electrical impulses or high energy shock in the heart . With the DCICD implant, the functioning of the heart greatly increased and one can lead a normal life", said Dr Jaison. “In the USA, over five lakh persons die suddenly, either in their sleep or performing routine activities. This happens because their heart suddenly starts beating very fast and if it can not be controlled within three minutes, death occurs. The DCICD has a mechanism by which it regulates the heart beat in both the cases. It is estimated that about 20 lakh Indians are at risk of dying suddenly”,he added.  |
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IMA condemns doctor’s arrest Ludhiana, October 22 The IMA has requested the police authorities to quash the FIR immediately and lodge an FIR against the persons who have planted the story to frame Dr Gagandeep Singh. The IMA general body will meet tomorrow to further chalk out the strategy to deal with the situation. |
Utter chaos at dist sports function Ludhiana, October 22 Nearly 10 primary class children were badly bruised as they raced on the track that was full of pebbles, cow dung and uneven patches of grass. In fact, there was no straight track for the kids taking part in 200 metres race. A group of small children were made to sit on 100 metres point and the athletes were told to take a round of these children and turn back to complete the length. As the students took a back turn during the race, all those students who were leading in the first half, fell down near the turn, thus getting injured besides lagging behind in the race. The incident led to the boycott of the 400-metres and relay races by school coaches who said they did not want their kids to get injured any more. Even though members of the managing committee were present on the occasion, none of them felt the need to provide first aid or bandages to the injured kids. The school coaches were heard saying, “Assin taan apne nikke jawakan nu phulan vang rakhde haan; ihnan ne taan inna da bura haal kar dita hai. (We take care of our children with love, and these people have treated them so badly). Are these the standards of the district-level sports?”. Since there were no demarcations of separate tracks for the athletes competing in the race, their chances of getting injured were even more high. Surprisingly, till half an hour before the start of the races, it was not decided as to which track the kids would race on. Since the kuchcha track on which the races actually took place was full of pebbles and sharp edges, many wanted that they should be made to run over the roads inside the campus as these were relatively smooth. After the boycott of the races, the students were called for the long jump event. The referees themselves dug up the ground after the kids had arrived. For wrestling, no weighing machines were arranged by the organisers. The kids were taken to a nearby market and weighed inside a shop so that they could be categorised according to their body weight. Since no schedule had been prepared by the department for the sports events, much confusion occurred. A teacher from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road, turned up with her students to make them participate in gymnastics. The teacher said she had been sent there by the District Education Officer of the elementary wing, but on reaching there she was told that no contests were being held for the event. Also the contestants of athletics coming from Samrala, Jagraon and Dehlon zones did not know that there would be no event for them on the first day, so they rued that they had to waste a day due to this reason. Even today, while the events were to end by 5 pm, just two kabaddi matches and four races were held from 11 am to 4 pm due to the frequent tussles between the organisers and coaches. Contests for wrestling, 400-metres and relay races, long and high jumps were held till late in the evening. Ms Kanta, chief organiser of the sports and a Block Primary Education Officer, said she was helpless about the state of grounds. She said she had to arrange many things for prize distribution tomorrow and thus remained quite busy today. She said all those children who had got injured would be paid for the medicines and treatment. When Mr Major Singh, Deputy District Education Officer (Elementary), visited the grounds, the coaches complained to him about the same, but he too quickly went back without paying much heed to the conditions. |
Government
to issue 25 lakh birth certificates Ludhiana, October 22 He was presiding over a meeting of the district heads of the departments concerned, SDMs, Executive Officers of the municipal councils and SHO-cum-Registrars of the deaths and births at different police stations at the Bachat Bhavan here today. Mr Inderjit Singh said in Ludhiana district around 4 lakh birth certificates had been issued in rural and urban areas during the campaign. He added that to achieve the target all SMOs and Additional SHOs have been nominated as sub-registrars, but only during the campaign period. He said all SHOs had been made registrars under the Death and Birth Registration Act and had been authorised to sign certificates. He regretted that the SHOs were not issuing birth certificate and were asking the people to get it issued from a Civil Surgeon. He asked all SHOs to issue the first copy of birth certificates free of cost. The Director said one of the major reasons for low level of registration of deaths and births in the country was lack of awareness regarding the provisions of the Act concerned among the general public. He said in Punjab there were about 46 lakh children below the age of 10 years, of which about 40 lakh do not have birth certificates. To ensure the efficient implementation of the drive, Mr Inderjit Singh stated that a state-level coordination committee had been formed under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Health, with Directors, Census Operations and Health Services, as joint coordinators. The Director, Census Operations, and officers of the Health Department would visit various districts in the state for reviewing arrangements. The Director, Census, pointed out that in urban areas EO of the Municipal Councils/ Nagar Panchayats would be the registrars while in rural areas SHOs of the police stations concerned would be the registrars. Mr Inderjit Singh appreciated the elaborated arrangements made by the district administration and asked the officers concerned to achieve the target within the stipulated period. He assured that the excellent work of officers/ officials would be suitably rewarded. Mr S. N. Tiwari, Civil Surgeon,
further said the campaign in this regard had been started today and it would be completed by November 13. |
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