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Swine flu: Eight fresh cases
NICD asked to consult labs
Avoid test if no flu symptoms: Doctor
MCD to fight swine flu with herbal plants
Metro derails; none hurt
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HUDA-NGO road repair pact
Hotel scheme had Mulayam govt nod
INLD-BJP ready for
poll: Chautala
Subedar cremated with state honours
Man held for selling share dreams
Servant robs house, fakes own murder
Bus conductor kills wife, surrenders
House robbed; residents hold inspector hostage
Bomb threat grounds flight
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Swine flu: Eight fresh cases
New Delhi, August 12 As told by the medical superintendent of RML Hospital, Dr N K Chaturvedi, one is a 22-year-old boy from Ryad. He has a history of hypertension that has led to renal failure, while the other is a 40-year-old man working in the cargo section of the domestic airport. The second case is suffering from pneumonia. The third case is that of a girl child. “They are critical, but in a stable condition. We are monitoring their situation, and they are responding well to treatment. We hope to pull them out,” said Dr Chaturvedi. Given the rush at the RML Hospital, he recommended people to visit the nearest available identified government health facility for the tests instead of heading towards the RML. “People coming from distant places of the Capital and even from the National Capital Territory should visit the nearest hospital for swine flu tests. It will save their time and they will not be exposed to large crowds in RML,” he said. Adding that the hospital has been screening everyone coming for H1N1 tests, he said, today till 4 pm the hospital screened 425 people, out of which samples of 84 were sent for testing, and their reports would reach by tomorrow evening. Besides, the three serious patients, currently 12 other positive cases of the disease are undergoing treatment at the RML Hospital. The Delhi’s principal health secretary J P Singh said that the cumulative figure for the confirmed cases of the H1N1 infection has gone up to 266, out of which 235 have been treated and discharged, and the remaining are undergoing treatment either at home or at various designated hospitals. Seventeen are quarantined at home, Singh said. Among those who are under home quarantine also include two sons of food and civil supplies minister Haroon Yusuf. They were detected suffering from the H1N1 virus yesterday. The minister said, “Day before yesterday, when our eldest son developed fever and younger to him had a sore throat, we took all the three sons for screening to the Lok Nayak Hospital. Yesterday while two of them tested positive for it, the youngest one was negative for the disease.” With 68 schoolchildren from about 10 schools being afflicted with the influenza A as of now in the city, five schools in the city remained shut today. Browsing the city markets, it was found that most of the medicine stores are running out of stock of N95 masks. Hence, many caregivers and those visiting the hospitals had to manage with the three-layered surgical masks. The owner of Help Line Chemist at Yusuf Sarai said, “N95 masks are being sold at five times their original cost. In fact, if you offer extra money, they would be readily provide you many of them.” Many like Prabhu Dayal, an employee of B L & Co. And Rohit from All India Medical said, “We don’t have it for two-three days. It is not coming from the company itself. Now we are selling only the normal masks.” |
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NICD asked to consult labs
New Delhi, August 12 The NICD was also directed to submit its report by the late evening, sources said. The direction was given after a meeting in which it was decided that Dr Lal and Dang pathological laboratories should be given responsibilities to diagnose the samples of suspected swine flu patients. Dr Lal pathological laboratory has six branches in Delhi while Dang has one, the sources said. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. It was attended by Delhi health minister Kiran Walia and senior officers of the department. The name of these laboratories was suggested by senior officers of the health department who attended the meeting. If the cases of swine flu patients increase, more private laboratories may be given the responsibility to examine the samples. The expenditure incurred will be borne by the government as the examination is very expensive. About Rs 10,000 is spent to examine a case and private laboratories cannot bear the expenses, the sources said. The government has also decided to direct all the 200-bedded private hospitals to spare 10 beds for the swine flu patients. These beds should be separate from the centrally air-conditioned system of the hospitals as swine flue virus spreads in cold conditions. Medicine of swine flu is not available in the open market. A strap of 10 tablets costs However, a member of Medical Council, Delhi, Dr Anil Bansal said as the government had decided to admit H1N1 influenza patients in private hospitals, the medicines should also be made available in the open market. A senior health officer said on condition of anonymity that the government should have taken enough precautionary measures just after the swine flue was detected in a foreign country. |
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Avoid test if no flu symptoms: Doctor
Noida, August 12 According to Dr Saini, general complaints like pnemonia, bronchitis, sinus problem, ear infection are indicative of swine flu. Vomiting and diarrhoea, cough, breathing problem and high fever have been found to have caused deaths. High fever and dehydration, lack of immunity, infection of lungs can also cause death. He said one should not rush for tests for swine flu unless the symptoms of the disease are there. Of the 11 deaths in the country, five did not disclose their complete history. There are 766 suspected persons out of which 129 are of positive influenza in the country, Dr Saini said. According to him, the virus of this disease gets transmitted through coughing, sneezing, kissing, touching the infected object and touching nose, under eyes, mouth and infected hands. He said maintaining absolute cleanliness and hygiene in surroundings is a must. Like washing hand with soap. Virus can affect in 24 to 48 hours. There are 40 centres undertaking HI NI testing in the country now. Precaution is mainly through vaccination but by practising cleanliness and hygeine, much can be achieved. He did not advise schools to close. But infected people should stay home to avoid transmitting the virus to others. Its virus can survive a long period of time, he said. The sick should wear N-95 masks and there should be dedicated staff in hospitals or special wards. Do not go for tests without symptoms, Dr Saini advised. Doctors should be consulted for running nose, headache, bodyache, fever and breathing problems.
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MCD to fight swine flu with herbal plants
New Delhi, August 12 The Leader of House in the
MCD, Subhash Arya, said the Corporation would provide branches and leaves of herbal plants like giloy and tulsi free of cost to the people, as they had the characteristics of safeguarding from swine flu. The plants will be distributed through the councillors from their residential offices. The residents can collect these herbal plants from their respective wards. The decision in this regard was taken in a meeting held today under the chairmanship of
Arya. The meet was attended by Dharmveer Singh, chairman, garden committee; Rajesh Yadav and director horticulture, S.S.
Kandpal. “It was decided that keeping in view the preventive and curative powers of the herbal plants, they should be made available free of cost to the citizens,” said
Arya. |
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Metro derails; none hurt
New Delhi, August 12 Since the train had started from Dwarka, there were only 34 persons on board and, fortunately, none of them was injured in the accident. Sources in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said the accident happened due to human error in judgement of the driver. “Prima facie, the cause of the derailment appears to be the driver starting the train on the manual mode without waiting for ATP actualisation and crossing the signal at danger,” said Anuj Dayal, spokesperson, DMRC. The driver has been working trains independently since September last year. He joined duty only at 2.55 pm today and this was his first trip. There was no serious damage to permanent way, overhead traction or the train as the front wheels came less than six inches off the track. The officials expected the derailed train to be re-railed hours after the accident. Single line working was introduced and some trains were being reversed from Janakpuri West station. Senior Metro officials reached the site for the restoration. After recovery, the train would be taken to Najafgarh depot for re-checking. The DMRC has not revealed the action taken against the driver. It is likely that an enquiry committee would be set up to look into the accident and fix responsibility.
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HUDA-NGO road repair pact
Gurgaon, August 12 The NGO, Navyug Nirman Charitable Trust, submitted a report on the potholes on 79 Gurgaon roads measuring about 125 km along with photographs and Global Positioning System (GPS) information regarding these to the local HUDA administrator, Deepti Umashankar, at her office, here, today. The president of the NGO, Kunal Bhadoo, said as many as 550 potholes were found on 52 of the city roads surveyed with the help of a GPS receiver. Of the remaining roads, the survey found 20 roads without any potholes, while seven were under construction. Talking to The Tribune, Umashankar asserted that with the specific information provided in the report, the points that needed to be repaired could be pinpointed. “The roads constructed during the past one year can be got repaired as the contractors entrusted with the job are liable to carry out the repair works on the roads made by them for a year after their construction,” she said, adding that that they would soon invite tenders for the remaining repair works. The administrator directed HUDA chief engineer Amreek Singh to carry out the formalities required for the purpose. The Gurgaon additional deputy commissioner, Dr Praveen Kumar, who had been directed by the HUDA administrator to coordinate the survey exercise, said the experiment could be replicated in many other aspects of local governance. He assured that the other government departments concerned, like the PWD (B&R), the local municipal corporation, would be asked to take prompt action on the report. |
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Hotel scheme had Mulayam govt nod
Noida, August 12 The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting of the then state government in 2006. In the context of recent suspension of 14 officers, including three senior IAS officers, the question is being raised on the moral responsibility of Samajwadi government of UP at that time. The scheme was touted as a step to accord industry status to tourism and hotels business. The rationale offered for allotting plots on industrial rates, instead of commercial rates, was that hotels and tourism were deemed as industry. On May 22, 2006, principal secretary (tourism) Dr. Om Prakash had issued the government order, bestowing an industry status to tourism and hotels. Not only this the order had mentioned that the plots for hotels were to be allotted at industrial rates. Some of the junior officers, involved in this scam, say, “When politicians and senior officers were bent on a particular action, they were small fry and could not oppose them.” According to sources, the policy to allot plots for hotels at industrial rates was approved in the 135 Board meeting on June 5, 2006. Nine IAS officers had absented themsleves from this Board meeting while seven attended it.
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INLD-BJP ready for
poll: Chautala
Ballabgarh (Faridabad), August 12 Addressing party workers here, Chautala alleged that the Congress government was not following policies for the welfare of the common man. It was pursuing policies which catered to the business houses and rich people. He alleged that all the commodities relating to common man and farmers had witnessed increase in prices. The elected representatives have used the resources of moneyed people to win election and come to power. That is why the present government was following pro-rich policies, Chautala alleged. According to him, the state was reeling from famine, but the government appeared to be least bothered. He called upon his party cadres to be ready for the election and fan out in their areas to highlight the failures of the Congress government.
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Subedar cremated with state honours
Gurgaon, August 12 The body reached his village yesterday around 6.30 pm and he was cremated with full state and military honours. Troops from the Dundahera military station and district police saluted the martyrdom of Subedar Dal Chand. Earlier, Pataudi MLA Bhupinder Choudhary, Zila Sainik Board secretary Major R.K.Sharma and local tehsildar paid tributes to the martyr by laying wreaths on his body on behalf of the state government. The pyre was lit by his son Govind, who is a student of BA part-I. Subedar Dal Chand, who joined the Army in September, 1983, is survived by his wife Rajbala, three daughters and two sons. He was serving the 12 Mahar regiment of 268 infantry battalion and was posted in Kiran sector of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Man held for selling share dreams
New Delhi, August 12 According to police, his crime came to light in June when G.L.Bhandari (77), a retired senior officer of Intelligence Bureau, filed a complaint. According to Bhandari, Mahesh Kumar Rathi who worked with M/s Mago Securities, Vasant Kunj, painted a rosy picture of share market and took a cheque of Rs 2 lakh from him in April 2008 with an assurance that Rs 2.30,000 would be given to him in three months. After the stipulated time, Rathi further lured him into giving another cheque of Rs 2 lakh as the tide in the market was very high and he would get a very handsome return, he said. Rathi even gave a post-dated cheque to the complainant. However, after six months, Rathi went missing. According to HGS Dhaliwal, DCP (south), a hunt was launched was initiated which revealed that Rathi had recently taken a house on rent in Bihari Colony, Shahdara. “The team in the guise of courier boys started visiting his probable hideouts . The team finally nabbed Rathi on August 1, 2009, from a densely populated building ,” said Dhaliwal. On interrogation, Rathi admitted to cheating G.L.Bhandari out of Rs 4 lakh. He also swindled C.S.Surana of IIT out of Rs 11 lakh the same way . Rathi did B.Sc. with PG Diploma in Computer Programme from Rajasthan thereafter he got diploma from National Stock Exchange, New Delhi.
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Servant robs house, fakes own murder
New Delhi, August 12 According to the police, the servant of the house Chetram Saini (35) had killed his friend and burnt his face to give the impression that actually he had been killed by robbers, and decamped with Rs 2 lakh from the house. The police said Chetram Saini was arrested from Kolkatta on Friday and was brought to Delhi today morning. In his confession to the police, he said he was inspired by Hindi film Ravan Raj in which Shakti Kapoor’s character had killed a man and had made him wear his clothes to give the impression that actually he had died. He had watched the movie 11 times, said the police. Chetram revealed that he had killed his rickshaw-puller friend Ramji after inviting him for drinks at his master’s place while he was out of station.
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Bus conductor kills wife, surrenders
New Delhi, August 12 Tthe incident took place around 7 pm at house number K-115, Phase II, Vijay Vihar. Ravinder Chauhan, alias Ravi, strangulated his wife Madhu (23) after an argument and then went to the Vijay Vihar police station and confessed to his crime. Ravinder and Madhu were married 10 years back following an affair. In his confession before the police, Ravinder revealed that he suspected the character of his wife and was feeling humiliated. “He was depressed and so decided to eliminate Madhu. There was some altercation between the couple yesterday evening during which Ravinder strangulated Madhu with a piece of cloth,” said Atul Katiyar, DCP (Outer). According to information, Ravinder worked as a conductor on a Blueline bus (route No. 971). |
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House robbed; residents hold inspector hostage
Ghaziabad, August 12 The robbery was followed by angry protests by locals who held a police inspector hostage for an hour. The incident occurred late on Tuesday night in Karhera locality under Sahibabad police station of
Ghaziabad, the police said. A dozen men armed with pistols, iron rods and knives barged into the house of Anil Kumar Bansal.At the time
Bansal, his mother, wife and two children were asleep. They tied their hands and locked them in a room and then robbed the house of cash, jewellery and other valuables worth Rs 3
lakh, the police added. — IANS |
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Bomb threat grounds flight
New Delhi, August 12 The Delhi-Kolkata flight (No 203) was grounded after a call centre of IndiGo received an anonymous call around 3.30 pm that a bomb had been placed in the aircraft, an airport official said. All passengers were de-planed immediately and the aircraft was taken to a remote bay for checking by the airport bomb disposal squad. “Nothing suspicious was found in the aircraft,” said the official. The threat assessment panel was now looking into the issue, he added. “The police is trying to track the caller but is yet to get a lead.”
— IANS |
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While the panic wave of the influenza A (H1N1) is still gripping Delhiites, three persons who had earlier tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) are serious, but stable and admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
New Delhi, August 12
Mortal remains of Subedar Dal Chand (45) were consigned to flames at his native village
Khawaspur, near Pataudi block in the district late yesterday evening. The soldier was killed while countering the insurgents in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on August 9.
