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Forum directs hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh
Cyclist killed, cop hurt in accidents
Flesh
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Spreading classical wisdom among kids
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Burlton
park Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 14 While the first match of the league in Jalandhar will be held on January 16, commuters were greatly irked when the gates were closed today without any prior information to the people of the area. While commuters entered from the Gulab Devi Road side into Burlton Park, they had to go back all the way to the Workshop Chowk after traversing Burlton Park because the only road into the main road was blocked by a bamboo pole lodged across the gate. The security guard guarding the gate did not yield despite repeated requests by commuters to open the gate. Some commuters said the security guard did not even pay heed to the requests by the police. Lalit, who works at the DAV Nursing Institute at Gulab Devi Road, said, “We have never seen the said road being blocked even during the Surjit Hockey Tournament or the Deputy CM’s visit and the first match of the India Hockey league is still two days away. There was no information or cop on the gate towards the Gulab Devi road side informing commuters that the other gate was closed. The mix-up resulted in jams on the narrow Kabir Nagar Road, irking commuters.” “I also informed the police by dialling 100 and even after they came and persuaded the security guard, he did not open the gate. They called some people and were told something and then left. The security guard, meanwhile, kept the road blocked with a bamboo pole,” Lalit added. Raj Kumar Sehgal, Principal, Dayanand Model School, said, “The gate was closed all of a sudden, forcing commuters to take long detours to reach their destinations. The area has a lot many schools, offices and institutes and nearby posh areas ensure that a lot of big vehicles pass through the gates daily. But due to the gate being closed, the only other available option was the narrow street on the Kabir Nagar Road. Kabir Nagar is a very congested area and the road in question doesn’t have room enough even for two vehicles to pass simultaneously. This gave way to traffic congestion and the problem will only aggravate tomorrow.” “It’s good to hold matches, but not at the cost of commuters. Burlton Park has another gate and they can always open it. There is no point in closing up the only broad way in the area,” Sehgal added. MC Commissioner Vinay Bublani said, “I will send someone to check the problem to ensure the smooth flow of traffic.”
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Municipal Corporation plan to penalise 2 contractors
Jalandhar, January 14 There had been several complaints from across the city regarding non-functional streetlights for the past few months which were not being redressed for days and weeks together. On the basis of these complaints registered with the complaint centre, the staff has been assessing the amount of penalty to be levied from the contractors. The issue was being raked up by the Leader of Opposition Jagdish Raja at the MC House meetings with a final decision on forming a committee on the matter. He had personally got lodged several complaints daily regarding non-illuminating streetlight points in the wards 36, represented by his wife Anita Raja, and ward 37, where he himself is a councillor. Raja had also alleged at the House meeting that the streetlight poles had not been painted even once even as requirement had been clearly specified in the contract. After there were reactions from the councillors that the contractors be not paid any amount on this account, the painting of poles in silver colour began on a war footing. Both the previous contractors Inderjit Bajaj and Luthra Enterprises have once again figured in the fresh awarding of contracts. While Bajaj’s area has come down to two zones (Partap Bagh and Company Bagh zones) instead of three, Luthra who had contract for four zones earlier has three zones in hand (Basti Sheikh, Lal Rattan and Model Town zones). There is a third player now Jagdish Electricals who has two zones - Dada Colony and Industrial Area. Leader of the Opposition Jagdish Raja said that as per his assessment, the penalty should have been close to Rs 3.25 lakh. “I have gone through each clause of the agreement minutely and covered various lacunae on part of the contractors. I have mentioned clearly the reasons for levying the amount. I believe that the penalty being imposed by the officials is far too low,” he claimed. The fact that the contractors who are also supposed to handle switching off and on of lights allowed the lights to remain on the whole day, which amounted to the wastage of the valuable energy source. SE PS Jaggi said the penalty amount was yet to be finalised. “It may come to Rs 1.31 lakh. It will be deducted from the bills put up by the contractors,” he added.
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Forum directs hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh
Jalandhar, January 14 In the complaint filed against Gujral Nagar-based Verma Hospital by Charanjit Kaur, she said that she had visited the hospital for a routine check-up and Dr Ravinder Verma advised her thyroidectomy as the best possible treatment. She said that she was given an assurance that thyroidectomy was the safest surgery. She said she visited the hospital on October 16, 2007, along with her husband Sukhchain Singh. After reaching the hospital, the complainant said that she was received by a receptionist and a driver and she noted that there was shortage of proper qualified staff. It was only the receptionist and driver, who carried her to the operation theatre and even helped the doctor in performing of surgery of the complainant. She alleged that the doctor failed to take pre-operative measures like sterilisation, giving of proper medicines, antibiotics, performing of required tests and performed the surgery without due diligence and without taking proper measures. “It was all due to sheer negligence and incompetency in performing and handling of the surgery by the doctor that the trachea of complainant was blocked due to which the oxygen level in the body decreased from the desired level and oedema of brain happened,” she complained. She alleged that the doctor failed to handle the emergency situation and took the complainant back to the operation theatre and reopened the wound, which further worsened her condition. After the passage of time, she had problem of breathlessness and a neurologist was called for help and on his advice, he was shifted to the ICU in another hospital next morning. There was also delay on part of the doctor in referring the patient to a well-equipped medical centre, which made her life miserable. She is still undergoing treatment and is suffering from trauma, turned handicapped, cannot stay alone, stand, walk, urinate, speak or sign till today. The doctor, in his reply, said that the complainant came with the problem of swollen neck which was increasing in size for the past one and a half years. On examination, she was found to be suffering from Toxic Thyroid Nodules. He said Verma Hospital was an ISO-certified hospital and was having all facilities. The staff was experienced, well-trained and was able to cope with any emergency. Even the services of Dr Rajesh Mahajan, anesthesist, were taken. “The surgery was successfully done and there were no immediate post-operative complications. Rather the doctor saved the life of the complainant. The complainant developed respiratory distress which is a rapidly developing haemetoma i.e. collection of blood which ultimately caused pressure over the wind pipe. Dr Verma put bilateral drain on both sides while closing the wound to avoid the collection of blood, postoperatively. It is a proven fact in medical literature that post-operative hemorrhage or hametoma formation can occur in some cases in spite of taking all precautions. Oxygen was provided to the patient and when the respiratory arrest took place,” it was mentioned in the reply. The counsel for the patient contended that in the case of respiratory distress/arrest, time factor is very important and timely measures can only save the damage to the brain, otherwise, due to the lack of oxygen, the brain gets damaged within a few minutes. He contended that in the present case, the opposite party No.2 was unable to relieve the patient of respiratory distress for about 45 minutes. The patient was relieved of respiratory distress, but by that time, the damage to the brain had already occurred due to the lack of oxygen, he countered. The counsel for the doctor contended that respiratory distress was a known complication of thyroid surgery and even the doctors of the PGI, Chandigarh, had acknowledged Dr Verma was a qualified doctor and did his postgraduation from the All India Institute of Medicine Sciences and is practising since 1979 and had conducted a number of such operations and surgeries. He further contended that when the patient had respiratory distress, he immediately used and applied all necessary measures and even mouth-to-mouth respiration was given. The forum, represented by president Jaspal Singh Bhatia and members Jyotsna Thatai and Darshan Singh, opined that the doctor had failed to take reasonable steps to relieve the patient of respiratory distress in time, which resulted in damage to the brain of the patient due to the lack of oxygen. Even in the opinion of doctors of the PGI, Chandigarh, it is mentioned that damage to the brain was caused due to ongoing hypoxia during the time of respiratory distress which is responsible for her present condition. In view of the above discussion, we have no hesitation to hold that the opposite parties are guilty of medical negligence, as they failed to take necessary measures to check the respiratory distress in time and the delay resulted in damage to the brain of the patient. “The fact that the opposite parties did not take the charges for the treatment of the complainant and obtained writing from the relative of the patient to the effect that there was no fault on their part will not absolve the opposite parties of its responsibility on account of medical negligence. The fact that he did not take the treatment charges in a way tends to prove that the doctor was responsible for the condition of the patient and anticipating that the complainant may not take any action against him, waived the treatment charges and obtained writing to defend himself in the event any legal action was taken against him. The patient was shifted to another hospital. She must have spent a considerable amount on her treatment in the said hospital. Her brain was damaged and it is in her affidavit that she had become handicapped and could not stay alone, stand, walk, urinate etc till date. She has to spend on her future treatment also. She also underwent considerable mental agony and suffering. So keeping in view all these facts, we feel that a sum of Rs 5 lakh is quite a reasonable compensation.” They also directed the doctor to pay Rs 5,000 on account of litigation expenses within one month from the date of receipt of the copy of the order.
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Cyclist killed, cop hurt in accidents
Jalandhar, January 14 Jarnail Singh, a resident of Sangam Vihar, a housing colony located on Laddhewali Road, was run over by a truck on the GT Road adjacent to Chugatti Chowk this morning. According to the police, Jarnail Singh was riding his bicycle on his way home when a truck (PB-11AL-4149) coming from the opposite direction knocked him down, leaving him dead on the spot. The truck driver fled from the spot, leaving behind the vehicle. Vimal Kant, Station House Officer (SHO), Rama Mandi, revealed that the police had impounded the vehicle and the body had been handed over to the family after postmortem at the Civil Hospital. A case of rash and negligent driving causing the death of a person was registered against the absconding truck driver at the Rama Mandi police station. In another accident, a speeding truck heading towards Ludhiana from Pathankot bypass rammed into a traffic police post at the busy PAP Chowk, which left constable Jasbir Singh critically injured this morning. An ambulance parked inside the post was badly damaged. The truck was loaded with gravel. The area SHO, Vimal Kant, said the accident occurred early morning when constable Jasbir Singh was sitting inside the ambulance. The impact of the collision was such that a portion of the ambulance was ripped apart and the constable sitting in it was seriously injured. He was rushed to Johal Hospital in Rama Mandi and his condition was said to be stable. The truck driver was arrested and a case of rash and negligent driving was registered against him at Rama Mandi police station.
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Flesh
trade racket Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 14 The Station house officer, division No 7, Som Nath, claimed to have moved an application in the court under Section 18 of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act, seeking the eviction of the woman from the flat. Taking a note of the application, the court had issued a show-cause notice to the woman, asking her why she should not be evicted from the house. However, all accused were sent to judicial custody by the court today. The police was forced to move the application after residents of the locality demanded the closure of the flat, terming it a "brothel". Certain residents of the area had filed a complaint with the police station seeking the immediate closure of the house. The police had nabbed three couples, comprising three Army jawans, from the flat in a compromising position on Sunday. The kingpin, Kamlesh Rani, was allegedly operating the racket from the flat for the past couple of months.
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Spreading classical wisdom among kids
Jalandhar, January 14 His deep respect for Indian classical music and resultant efforts to promote it have translated to the fastest growing, unadulterated movement for the spread of classical music in the country. Beginning with a quaint little concert, attended by not more than five people, Dr Kiran Seth's SPIC MACAY network today boasts of 300 chapters across the country, which organise thousands of programmes every year to give students precious peeks into India’s cultural heritage. As a student at the IIT, Kharagpur, back when he was 16, he had tagged along with friends at concerts and sat as a casual observer, listening to masters perform. But the revelation in classical music came during one of the concerts that he attended at Columbia University. One of the most moving musical experiences of his life, the Dhrupad concert by Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar (at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York) where he heard the masteros singing "Poojan chali Mahadev", acted as a trigger for the course his future would take. Joining the IIT, Delhi, as a professor of mathematics in 1976, he, along with some likeminded students, formed the Me FORG (Mechanical Engineering Final Year Operations Research Group). Later, the group was named ME FYS and eventually got its name SPIC MACAY (Society for the promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among Youth) in 1979. The movement began growing organically as his students spread to different parts of the country. Yoga and folk modules were introduced to it. SPIC MACAY also began introducing children to classical (and other) music from foreign cultures - Chinese, Japanese and Norwegian - among a host of others. Especially touched by the Norwegian Government’s policy, Dr Seth shares, “In Norway, by law, every child has to be exposed to at least two concerts a year. If the law chooses to keep children abreast with cultural experiences, growth is inevitable.” SPIC MACAY has a special link-up with the Norwegian Government wherein artistes from both countries visit the other. As far as the state of culture in India, in the present context, is concerned, he feels there is plenty to worry about and a lot to do. “I grew up in Bengal where mothers used to take children to ‘stiff’ (dealing in complex musical disciplines like Dhrupad, etc.) concerts. Protests were not put up with and parents made sure that children attended them. Those children grew up to be fine human beings,” says Dr Seth. The same needs to be done now, he feels. Talking about the government’s role, he says, “The government’s stance can be gauged from the fact that India’s budgetary allocation for culture is a mere 0.13 per cent.” SPIC MACAY, itself, unfortunately, is on the receiving end of this systemic disregard for culture. Dr Seth says, “Presently, we are Rs 2 crore in the red. In 2010, we were getting grants of Rs 2 crore. In 2011 it was 1.5 crore and in 2012 our allowances from the Ministry of Culture were reduced to Rs 1 crore. Thankfully we have our supporters who will rescue us from the predicament.” In a scenario where government high-handedness and the masses’ ignorance choke culture (with many poignant Indian arts also falling prey to it), he feels one of the solutions to the crisis is making cultural education a part of the school system. “Schools which have doled out lessons in music and traditional arts have produced the most accomplished breed of human beings,” he says. His reactions to the oldest Indian classical music festival being hosted in Jalandhar are also mixed. Dr Seth and his team visited the Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan this December for SPIC MACAY’s winter intensive. “It is heartening to see a bunch of industrialists taking out so much time from their busy schedules to promote the Indian classical music. The moment I expressed a wish to come here this year, they volunteered to fund the stay of the SPIC MACAY team during the intensive,” Dr Seth said. “I was also very pleased to see the pratiyogita. I personally detest competitions, but the contests here, I observed, are a great platform to showcase classical talent among youngsters,” Dr Seth added. But he does believe that Harivallabh, too, has room for improvement. “It was the fifth or sixth time that I attended the Harivallabh. But the quality of the music here is certainly down. This year’s was probably the least impressive Harivallabh that I saw. It is the oldest classical music festival and it needs to be taken very seriously,” he said. I believe the quality of the festival can be greatly improved if suggestions about artistes to be included are sought from a central, all-India advisory constituted specifically for the purpose. There are many talented artistes in India who are deserving, affordable and would be willing to come to the festival. The final decision to select artistes, however, should rest with the Harivallabh committee,” said Dr Seth. SPIC MACAY continues to serve classical treasures to the country with unparallel zeal and the movement recently also announced expansion plans in Punjab as well as taking the movement to schools in the rural areas of the country.
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Jalandhar, January 14 Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Prof Arun Kumar Grover will be the chief guest of the occasion. The guests of honour will be the Regional Director, Common Wealth Youth Programme, Dr Aminul Islam Khan, and a famous builder who made history by creating a 10-storied building in just 48 hours in Mohali, Harpal Singh. Yashjit Gupta, who played a major role in creating the same building, will be awarded with the honour of the "Alumnus of the year". Gupta is an alumnus of Giani Zail Singh PTU campus, Bathinda. Kho-kho championship Players of kho-kho of the host Lovely Professional University (LPU) have been displaying their best at the Association of India's Universities' North Zone Inter-University Kho-Kho (Men) Championship 2012-13. The team has defeated three universities, BRAU University, Agra, RMLA University, Faizabad, and CCS, Meerut, in knockout matches. LPU has also further strengthened itself by defeating Panjab University, Chandigarh, and MDU, Rohtak, in leagues matches of North Zone today. Panjab University, Chandigarh, GNDU, Amritsar, and MDU, Rohtak, are the three other universities which have qualified for league matches. After playing all the matches of their turn on the league basis, the four winners will compete with 12 winners of three other zones during the National All-India Inter-University (Inter-Zonal) Kho-Kho (Men) Championship 2012-13, scheduled again at LPU from January 25 to 30. Physics lab
In the Postgraduate Department of Physics of KMV, a physics laboratory was inaugurated by Principal Dr Atima Sharma. The lab has the facility of ultramodern spectroscopy with sophisticated instruments like UV-visible spectrometer and FTIR spectrometer, which have been imported from Japan. The instruments have come at a cost of Rs 25 lakh and have been purchased under the FIST grant obtained from the Department of Science and Technology of the Union Government. The lab will help students of PG classes as well as research scholars from outside the college and boost up the research. Talking books
On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary, Principal of Mehr Chand Polytechnic College Jagroop Singh inaugurated "Shri Ramakrishna Paramhans Talking Books". Going by Swami Vivekananda's motto "Serve man, serve god", the Talking Books Project will also support visually challenged persons in their education. The function was started by lighting lamps and giving floral tributes to the great personality. Usha Kiran Chawla, president, Dayanand Chetna Manch, welcomed the guests and all other staff members. Dr Prem Sagar of the Music Department recited a beautiful prayer. Deepika Sagar, engaged in the production of such books, spoke about the importance of talking books
and started the project formally. Professor Lakhbir Singh, president of
Pahal, an NGO, said the need of the hour was to practically implement the teachings of Swami Vivekananda in their lives. Students from foreign countries (Vietnam and Africa) also attended the function and shared their views. |
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Electronics shop burgled
Nakodar, January 14 The burglars entered the shop of Gurcharan Singh after breaking its locks and decamped with electronics goods, including DVDs, home theatres and washing machines, worth Rs 5 lakh. The police has registered a case.
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