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Docs baffled by squint cases
Gurdaspur, April 18
Kahnuwan,14 km from here, is a non-descript township and is considered to be one of the most backward blocks of this district. There is a street in the town named Christian mohalla where more than 14 people having squint in their eyes reside, eight of them are children. Ophthalmologists are baffled at the phenomenon, which is unique in many ways than one.

Protest over newborn’s death
Nawanshahr, April 18
The death of a child during delivery here at the Civil Hospital on Thursday led to protests by the aggrieved family members, under the aegis of the All India Federation of Trade Unions (AIFTU). Kulwinder Kaur (27) of Auliapur village was brought to the hospital for delivery.

Scribe killed in road mishap
Gurdaspur, April 18
Journalist Sukhwinder Malhi (61) died in a road mishap at Talwara late last night. He is survived by his wife Kulwant Kaur and daughter Arshdeep Kaur.

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Docs baffled by squint cases
Ravi Dhaliwal/TNS

Gurdaspur, April 18
Kahnuwan,14 km from here, is a non-descript township and is considered to be one of the most backward blocks of this district. There is a street in the town named Christian mohalla where more than 14 people having squint in their eyes reside, eight of them are children. Ophthalmologists are baffled at the phenomenon, which is unique in many ways than one.

Squint is a condition in which both eyes do not look in the same direction. Most squint cases occur in children, but in Kahnuwan, adults too are affected. This fact is perplexing doctors of the Gurdaspur Civil Hospital. Squint is not a contagious disease.

The Deputy Commissioner, Dr Abhinav Trikha, has asked the Civil Surgeon, Dr Vinod Beri to inquire into the sequence of events leading to so many people, living in the same mohalla, being afflicted by the disease. A team of doctors led by Dr Vimmi Mahajan, an eye specialist and Medical Officer of the Kahnuwan Community Health Centre (CHC) and the SMO Dr Krishan Lal visited the area but their visit yielded no results.

Protest over newborn’s death
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, April 18
The death of a child during delivery here at the Civil Hospital on Thursday led to protests by the aggrieved family members, under the aegis of the All India Federation of Trade Unions (AIFTU). Kulwinder Kaur (27) of Auliapur village was brought to the hospital for delivery.

The family members and ASHA workers blocked traffic here at Chandigarh chowk for about an hour to protest against the alleged negligence of the doctors.

The protesting activists demanded an inquiry from the PGI, Chandigarh, conducting of postmortem of the dead child and registration of a case against the errant doctors.

Scribe killed in road mishap

Gurdaspur, April 18
Journalist Sukhwinder Malhi (61) died in a road mishap at Talwara late last night. He is survived by his wife Kulwant Kaur and daughter Arshdeep Kaur.

Malhi was driving his scooter when he lost balance as a result of which the vehicle hit a road divider. He sustained serious head injuries and was rushed to the local BBMB hospital. He breathed his last in the ambulance near Talwara.

Malhi earlier worked as a staff reporter with The Times of India before shifting to Daily Post as its Gurdaspur staff correspondent. During his stint with the TOI in New Delhi, he covered the Rajya Sabha.

Journalists from Gurdaspur, both electronic and print media, held a meeting where they expressed sympathies with the bereaved family.

Condolences messages were sent to the bereaved family by Deputy Speaker Dinesh Babbu, Gurdaspur MP and PPCC Chief Partap Bajwa, Pathankot MLA Ashwani Sharma, former cabinet minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan, chairman of the Punjab Child Rights Commission Swaran Salaria, SAD leader Manjeet Singh Dala, Dera Baba Nanak legislator Sukhjinder Randhawa among others. — TNS