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City now offers redo surgery on beating heart
SGPC will take up turban issue with France: Makkar
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Malta probe panel members in Greece
Husband of the victim, who died of wrong medication on Monday.
EPF rates: Teachers’ body to protest on Dec 20
Obey party constitution, says Tandon
Woman falls off roof, dies
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City now offers redo surgery on beating heart
Jalandhar, December 12 The rare operation was performed twelve days back on a 60-year-old patient at BBC Heart Care, part of the Pruthi Hospital. The team of surgeons who operated on the ex-serviceman, Naib Subedar Jagtar Singh (retd), was led by Dr Susant Srivastava. Talking to media persons here today, Dr Srivastava, formerly a surgeon at the AIIMS, said, “The patient already had had a bypass surgery which was not that successful. He also had a coronary heart disease and the pumping capacity of the heart had fallen from 60 per cent to 23 per cent. This made the surgery risky.” He added that the patient’s heart had also got stuck to the breastbone and the surrounding membranes. “Therefore, while entering the chest, we made sure the heart is saved from any injury, which in some cases results in torrential bleeding ultimately proving fatal. We placed artificial grafts, technically more difficult, to provide long-term benefits to the patient,” the surgeon said. Dr Srivastava, who had earlier conducted such redo operations at AIIMS, said that till now, these bypass surgeries were performed with the help of a heart lung machine where the heart was “frozen” and the process became easier. “But this technique of beating heart surgery was beneficial to older patients, or patients who already had a bypass surgery and were becoming symptomatic again.” The cost of the surgery at this hospital was over Rs one lakh, which was much more economical compared to the charges in Western nations, Dr B.S. Pruthi, Chairman and Managing Director, BBC Heart Care, said. |
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SGPC will take up turban issue with France: Makkar
Jalandhar/Kapurthala December 12 Speaking to media persons, the SGPC chief said the Prime Minister in a letter to the SAD chief had asked him not to send any delegation to France over the issue, as the domestic scene in the country was not feasible. “Dr Manmohan Singh had said that he would take up the matter with the French government on his own. But since then, no communication has been received from the Prime Minister in this regard.” Meanwhile, Makkar also expressed ignorance over the fact that the Nishan Sahib at the Akal Takht had been adorned with gold, which was against the Sikh Rehat
Maryada. He said he had no knowledge about any such thing happening. Over the issue of setting up of the World Sikh University, the SGPC chief said that no shortage of funds would be allowed to take place in setting up of the university. In another statement, Makkar said the SGPC was going to launch campaigns to encourage the Sikhs to follow religious tenets and keep their hair uncut. “The SGPC will also launch an offensive against the rising drug addiction in the community.” Under the scheduled campaigns, the SGPC is going to hold Singh Sajo Camps in four districts of Muktsar, Bathinda, Ferozepore and Ludhiana in the first phase, he said. “As many as 10,000 persons will be indoctrinated into taking up Sikh traditions in a function headed by five priests,” Makkar said. Speaking at Kapurthala later, he said the SGPC was not in favour of golden palki (palanquin) replacing the historical marble palki already installed at Nankana Sahib. He said an SGPC delegation would visit Pakistan to sort out the problems regarding gurdwaras there. He was here to pay obeisance at State Gurdwara. On the controversy of sending 105 ‘swroops’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to Italy, Mr Avtar Singh said that the chapter was closed now, as the enquiry done by Singh Sahiban found nothing to be improper. On the issue of his taking langar at a marriage palace in Sultanpur Lodhi during his visit to Gurdwara Sri Ber Sahib on December 1, Mr Avtar Singh clarified that he had lunch at the place of a SAD supporter, as his personal guest and no langar was served over there adding that he himself was of the view that the langar should be taken with the sangat as per tenets of Sikhism. Bibi Jagir Kaur, ex-president of SGPC and an MLA from
Bholath, Bibi Bhajan Kaur Dogranwala, executive member, SGPC and Jathedar Santokh Singh
Padda, member SGPC were conspicuous by their absence. |
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Malta probe panel members in Greece
Phagwara, December 12 The delegation, he said, told the Ambassador that the probe mission was contesting criminal cases against the international human trafficking mafia for compensation to the bereaved families of victims of the December 1996 Malta-Sicily boat tragedy and also the retrieval of remains of the dead. Mr Khera said that he also urged the Ambassador to arrange meetings with the Foreign Minister, Home Minister and other politico-religious high-ups of Greek government. He also urged the Dr Bala Krishnan to look into the problems of the new Indian immigrants and sort them out by issuing temporary one-year passports. The delegation is visiting all the capitals of Europe to submit memorandums to the governments of the Three-hundred South-Asian nationals including 170 Indians, mostly Punjabis, 90 Sri Lankans and 31 Pakistanis had drowned in the Malta-Sicily Sea channel on December 25, 1996. |
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Quackery claims another life
Jalandhar, December 12 She had given birth to a baby girl in the end of October. After this she contracted fever and was reportedly administered an injection by a quack in the area on November 6, which, his husband said, led to an infection and her subsequent death days later. The police is now on the look out for Vivek Sayal who ran the clinic from New Dashmesh Nagar area. The husband of the deceased had already registered a case against him on November 15 under Section 269 of the IPC and Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act for wrong medication. The police has now added Section 304 A against the accused, who was said to be running a medical clinic despite being just a lab technician. Mr Sarbjit Singh, the investigating officer, said the accused again gave some medicines to the victim but her condition got worse. She was then taken to the Civil Hospital. But when that didn’t help, she was admitted to the Patel Hospital. Then again, she was taken back to the Civil Hospital, as the family could not afford treatment, the officer said. The victim’s husband works as a labourer and originally belongs to Ludhiana district. This is the second such case in two months. On November 8, a child here lost life after alleged wrong medication by a quack. |
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EPF rates: Teachers’ body to protest on Dec 20
Jalandhar, December 12 Prof Thomas Joseph, president, and Dr V.K. Tewari, general secretary of the association, said lakhs of employees and their families had been affected due to steep fall in the rate of interest on EPF from 12 per cent to 8.5 per cent. The leaders of the federation said they had decided to lodge a strong protest on December 20 by wearing black badges and holding campus demonstrations. About five lakh university and college teachers would join the protest to express their solidarity with other trade unions in demand of the restoration of the minimum 9.5 per cent rate of interest on the EPF, they added. Meanwhile, the federation has rejected the Union HRD Ministry’s proposed legislation to set up a regulatory body for foreign education providers giving them full freedom regarding the designing of syllabus, faculty, fee structure and degree. Prof Thomas and Dr Tewari termed the move as “unconstitutional.” “The proposal is a total surrender before the foreign universities who only have an ulterior motive and want to make huge profits through elitist education and further strengthen the brain drain from India.” Dr Tewari said the move went against the Constitution of India that prohibited dual laws for the same sector, commercialisation of education and registering of a foreign operator under trust and allied provisions. He said the decision was aimed at striking down and making redundant 16 statutory bodies like the UGC and the AICTE. The general secretary said the federation had warned the government against the proposed legislation and demanded a democratic discussion with the apex body of teachers. The members had even sought an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, he added. |
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Obey party constitution, says Tandon
Phagwara, December 12 Talking to media persons, the former minister said that the BJP would finalise its strategy for the ensuing Assembly elections in some states, including Punjab, at its National Council meeting in Mumbai scheduled from December 28 to 30. When asked about reports of increasing factionalism in the state BJP, he said he had asked all the BJP leaders to resolve their issues at the party platform instead of going to the media. On a query about the performance of BJP MLA Tikshan Sood, Mr Tandon said all the BJP legislators were doing well and that a three-member committee was in place to monitor its working. |
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Woman falls off roof, dies
Jalandhar, December 12 But as per eyewitnesses, the woman had climbed on the roof’s boundary and was threatening to commit suicide before she lost her balance and fell down. The parents of Deepshikha, Mr Gyan Chand Sharma and Ms Nirmala Devi, residents of Mukerian alleged that their daughter was driven to such a passé because of harassment at the hands of her in-laws for dowry. The police has registered a case against the husband of the victim, her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and her son. |
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