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Special wing to help eves: IG
Looking back at 2012
Fog hits CM’s plan to attend PIMACON
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Members of the Unaided Staff of Aided Schools Front being bundled into a police van after they protested against the government on the road in Bathinda on
Sunday. Photos: Bhupinder Dhillon
Residents of areas beyond railway lines held a symbolic hanging of the accused in the Delhi
gang-rape case, at Paras Ram Nagar chowk in Bathinda on Sunday. Photo: Bhupinder Dhillon
X’mas celebrations begin in the city
Yuletide fever grips city:
A man dressed as Santa Claus waves to the people as a procession organised to mark the Christmas celebrations passes through the city. Photo: Bhupinder
Dhillon
NSS volunteers sensitised to hygiene
More than 90 visit cancer detection camp
Mayor Baljeet Singh Beerbehman undergoes a test at the cancer detection camp orgainsed in the city on Sunday by the Indo-American Cancer
Centre, Patiala. A Tribune photograph
Eve-teaser goes scotfree, victim among 8 booked
One held for snatching
cell
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Special wing to help eves: IG
Bathinda, December 23 Inspector General of police, Bathinda Zone, Nirmal Singh Dhillon today launched a drive against eve-teasers by appointing nodal officers and dedicated women helplines in the seven districts falling under Bathinda Zone. Addressing a press conference here today, the IG said every call or complaint received on the cell phones or landline numbers of the nodal officers would be taken seriously and immediate action would be initiated. The IG added that the SPs (Detective) of seven districts including Bathinda, Muktsar, Mansa, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Fazilka and Moga have been appointed as the nodal officers. The dedicated women helpline numbers would be attended by lady police operators to ensure better interaction with the complainant or the aggrieved women, he shared. When asked about the knee jerk reaction and formation of the special wing, he said the police was always at the service of people and special measures are being taken as per the requirements. The public can lodge complaints, give tip offs or meet the police officials personally, the IG said. Helpline numbers
Police speak Every call or complaint received on the cell phones or landline numbers of the nodal officers will be taken seriously and immediate action will be initiated. The dedicated women helpline numbers will be attended by lady police operators to ensure better interaction with the complainant or the aggrieved women. — Nirmal Singh Dhillon, IG, Bathinda zone
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New schemes, staff crunch added to health sector’s sufferings
Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, December 23 Setting up of methadone project under the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and starting Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) clinic remained the two most important and beneficial projects of the government. Despite facing fund crunch, the Methadone Centre has helped addicts find solace and led many to the path to sobriety. Caring little about irregular payment of salaries, the centre's staff worked with dedication. Similarly, the setting up of the NCD clinic proved beneficial for people suffering from diabetes, cancer and hypertension. The centre, which was planned to tackle the increasing lifestyle-related diseases, is working round-the-clock to help people. This year, the state government squarely focussed on the increasing cases of cancer in the district. The state-wide cancer detection campaign is expected to populate data base for formulating a strategy to deal with the disease. At the NCD clinic too, cancer patients are being given palliative care which is especially beneficial for the poor patients. The government took a lead in establishing special neo-natal care unit (SNC) meant for the newborns. Now, instead of rushing the newborns to private institutes, they can be attended to with the latest state-of-art equipment available at the SNC in Civil Hospital. The 108 ambulance service played a pivotal role in dealing with trauma cases and transporting expectant women to hospitals and back to home. With an average of 1,500 patients being helped every month, the 108 ambulance has become synonymous to quickness, efficiency and faith. The ambulance service has had its own share of problems dealing with prank callers and abusive drunkards, which it hopes will subside in 2013. Though both the state and central governments launched a number of programmes, not much has been done to deal with severe staff crunch in the health department. The government health sector has five types of employees working under it including the Government of Punjab employees, Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) employees, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), NCD employees and Red Cross Society employees. The entire NRHM staff is working on contractual basis. The number of people collecting data of various health services has been increased, but those working in patient care are not enough. Whenever a new scheme is introduced, employees are plucked from one department and sent to another. To run the newly-introduced centre at Ghudda, doctors were taken from the Civil Hospital, Bathinda. At the fag end of year, one of the dedicated gynecologists was transferred to the Sangat area, while junior doctors were assigned the task at the Women and Children Hospital, Bathinda, much to the dismay of a number of patients. "The health sector is riddled with political interference to such an extent that the specialists feel suffocated. The government has added new infrastructure this year, but no attention was paid to managing the human resources,” lamented one of the doctors. The Civil Hospital now looks forward to adding 50 more beds at the Women and Children Hospital, setting up of a school of nursing, apart from several other projects.
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Fog hits CM’s plan to attend PIMACON
Bathinda, december 23 While the Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal was invited as the chief guest, he could not make it to the event due to fog. Sources said his chopper did not get permission to fly from Bhaini Sahib in Ludhiana due to dense fog. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand Singla represented the CM and declared to give a grant of Rs 2 lakh to IMA Bathinda for the social activity it plans to do. He also conferred awards and felicitations on various IMA branches and members for the work they had done. IMA president, Dr Shiv Dutt, who had been chosen for the national award for best IMA state branch, was honoured today. The toppers of Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test 2012, Anish Jindal and Amandeep were also felicitated on the occasion. The IMA Banga branch (district Nawanshahr) was conferred the award of best performing branch in the state. Abohar branch clinched the award for holding the maximum number of academic sessions and conferences despite being located in a remote area. The coordinators and organising committee members of the PIMACON were also honoured on the occasion. A souvenir was also released on the occasion. The souvenir contained latest updates on anesthesia, laproscopy surgery and the technical papers presented at the conference. Prominent among others present included chairman of the Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMSR) Dr HS Gill, vice-chancellor Dr GPI Singh, organising chairpersons of PIMACON Dr Rajesh Maheshwari and Dr KK Bajaj, organising secretary of PIMACON Dr Pramod Goyal, president of IMA Bathinda Dr Surinder Garg, secretary of IMA Bathinda Dr Madan and coordinator of public relation committee Dr Ajay Gupta. Dr MK Sobti took charge as the president of the state IMA 2013. Fact file
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Unaided staff detained for taking their protest against govt to roads, released
Bathinda, December 23 The drama unfolded when a large number of protesters, who had come from almost all the districts of the state, assembled outside the District Courts Complex and started raising slogans against the policies of the state government. Jaspal Singh, member of the Unaided Staff of Aided Schools Front, Punjab, said the government was not taking their case seriously. He alleged that at the time of elections, the government had promised that the jobs of the unaided staff in the aided schools would be regularised. He added that after winning the elections, the government went back on its promise. The members demanded that the rules of Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan be implemented fully and the students be given school bags and scholarships etc. The protesters included a large number of female staff members. A number of students of the aided schools were also part of the protest. The district administration had warned the protesters to not take to the roads. A large police force had been deployed outside the courts complex right in the morning today to prevent any kind of protest. Giving two hoots to the warning, the protesters soon took to the roads and were swiftly detained and ferried to the police stations in four police buses. Earlier too, in November this year, members of the Unaided Staff of Aided Schools Front, Punjab, were rounded up and prevented from protesting against the state government. Around 35 members of the front, who were coming from Samana, were detained by the police and were released later.
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Delhi shame: Volunteers vow to protect women
Bathinda, December 23 At the Paras Ram Nagar Chowk, a symbolic hanging of the accused was organised. Four persons, wearing masks of monsters, were hung for committing the crime. People raised slogans against the Centre and the Delhi Police, demanding justice for the victim. Former MC Vijay Kumar led the procession and
said the government was tight-lipped over the future of the victim. "Arresting the accused serves no purpose unless they are not given a punishment, which serves as a lesson to all. They should be tied to hot pillars and whipped," he said. The protesters also took an oath to deal with anti-social elements who bother females. Concerned over the increasing number of women being assaulted
and violated, the people in the area have formed a Nari Shakti Sangathan (NSS) that will work round the clock. "There will be 101 members of the committee who will respond to all distress calls. Municipal councillor Shama Rani will lead this committee that will help women and girls. We have grown tired of waiting for the police and courts to respond and hence, we will take the matter in our hands," he said. He added that the committee will help instill confidence in women. |
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X’mas celebrations begin in the city
Bathinda, december 23 The Holy Rosary Church will organise a prayer service at around 11.30 pm on the Christmas eve. On December 25, the prayers will begin at 9 am. This will be followed by games for all and a ‘langar’. At the church located on Thandi Sadak, prayer service will be held on the eve of Christmas. A cake-cutting ceremony and lunch will mark the celebrations. The festival was also celebrated at the Daddy’s Teddy playway school. Tiny-tots, dressed as Santa Claus, angels, kings and shepherds participated in the function. They danced to the tunes of Jingle Bell, Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Parents of the kids also got a chance to celebrate the festival as the school had also asked them to come dressed as Santa Claus. Activities like paper dance, musical chair and various balloon games were organised for the parents.
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NSS volunteers sensitised to hygiene
Bathinda, December 23 The camp was inaugurated by Bathinda Mayor, Baljeet Singh Beerbehman. He motivated the NSS volunteers to dedicate themselves to social service. The camp included activities like cleanliness of camps, hospital, old-age home, government school and a social awareness rally. Balwant Singh, secretary of Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle delivered an extension lecture on moral and spiritual education. Special lectures were also organised to spread awareness about general health and hygiene. A lecture-cum-discussion was also organised on legal awareness. Chief judicial magistrate, Muktsar, Daljeet Singh was the chief guest on the occasion. Among other prominent guests present on the occasion were Surinder Sachdeva, public prosecuter, ADA Legal, Surinder Garg and Jatinder Singh Khaira (both members of Free Legal Aid Committee), JB Midha, vice-president of Bar Association and advocate Tejpreet Singh Uppal. During the closing ceremony of the camp, the best volunteers of NSS will be honoured. Principal Dr SS Sangha appreciated the volunteers for their selfless service and dedication. |
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More than 90 visit cancer detection camp
Bathinda, December 23 On Day I of the camp, Bathinda Mayor Baljeet Singh Beerbehman submitted his blood and various other samples. Oncologists Dr Barjinder Singh and Dr Shailendra Choudhary were present at the camp and samples were collected under their guidance. While addressing the audience, they spoke at length on the importance of undergoing regular check-ups to ensure early detection of diseases like cancer. The also debunked various myths related to the disease. They also spoke to the gathering about the preventions one could take to keep the disease at bay. Services like registration, documentation, blood sampling, courier of samples to the labs and delivery of reports at the doorstep and medical consultation was offered free-of-cost at the camp. However, those who underwent tests at the camp were required to pay Rs 2,000 which is the cost of the pan cancer marker. Pan cancer marker makes possible the detection of 13 types of cancer and all kinds of blood disorders at its earliest stage.
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Eve-teaser goes scotfree, victim among 8 booked
Bathinda, December 23 The complainant in the case, Gobind Singh of Chughe Khurd village, said he was beaten up by eight persons, including Lakha Singh, Satraj Singh, Balkaran Singh, Shivraj Singh, Sema Singh, Kirandeep
Kaur, Amandeep Singh and Chandu Singh, all residents of Bathinda. The investigating officer in the case Iqbal Singh said the complainant was severely beaten up by the accused persons following which they were booked. He said the complainant had been eyeing the daughter of Balkaran Singh. Those booked include the victim, her father and two brothers. He said that no action was initiated by the police against the eve -teaser as he had already received too many injuries after being beaten up by the accused persons.
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Bathinda, December 23
St Xavier’s Senior secondary School and St Joseph Convent School took out a Christmas procession in the city today.
The procession started from the Holy Rosary Church on the Powerhouse Road. Passing through the Model Town Phase II, Bhagu Road, the bus stand road, Mall road, Dhobi bazaar, railway station road, Amrik Singh Road, Bhatti Road, 100-feet road, the procession culminated at the church.
Bathinda, December 23
