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Docs’ strike: Patient footfall dips in OPD
Respite from heat wave likely in 4 days: IMD
Schools think out of the box to circumvent rationalisation policy
Hearing on ward attendant’s bail plea deferred till June 15
Health dept goes the postal way
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Consumer Forum penalises GKU
DC office staff to go on pen-down strike
Adesh docs perform rare surgery on cancer patient
Mobile phones recovered from Central jail inmates
Placements for GKU students
VJ Constructions, JS Properties win quarter-final, storm into last four
Two held on harassment charge
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Docs’ strike: Patient footfall dips in OPD
Bathinda, June 10 Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Satish Goyal, the president of the PCMS Specialists Association Dr Ramesh Maheshwari and a handful of doctors ran the OPD as members of the association held a protest. Instead of the 800 patients examined daily, 150 were examined at the hospital today. The SMO said, “The patients were apparently aware of the strike, which is why they did not turn up at the OPD today." Most of the doctors had attended to the patients in the OPD for an hour in the morning before going on strike. While the agitating doctors sat on a dharna and delivered speeches against the government, patients were attended to in the emergency area. The patients visiting the Women and Children Hospital had to come all the way to the emergency ward to get themselves examined. A three-year-old boy, Manikaran from Bhagta Bhai Ka who complained of hernia, was brought to the Civil Hospital for check-up. “We have come all the way in this sweltering hot summer just to get our son checked. Had we known that doctors were on strike, we would not have come,” said Manikaran’s mother Rajbir Kaur. At the emergency ward, doctors admitted only those patients who needed immediate medical attention. The cops visiting the hospital for medico-legal cases were not entertained despite their pleas to the doctors on strike. In their call for strike, the PCMS Association members had mentioned that the OPD services, post-mortem and medico-legal reports will be boycott. However, one post-mortem examination was conducted at the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, while no medico-legal case was reported till 5 pm. Maheshwari conducted the post-mortem examined. District president of the association Beant Singh Maan said the emergency and delivery services functioned as usual. District general secretary Jagroop Singh said it was being noticed for the past several years that the state government was not paying heed to the interest of doctors before taking any decision concerning them. Regional secretary of association Gurmail Singh termed the strike as an outcome of the government’s alleged high-headedness. Vice president of the association Dr Sheetal said though the recent transfer of 523 specialist doctors triggered the current agitation there were several other issues related to Punjab’s health care system and doctors. The protesters said they would continue their strike for the second day tomorrow and if they felt a need, they would take the struggle to the next level wherein they would gherao political leadership and bureaucrats responsible for the transfers. Didn’t feel need to rope in rural docs: Civil Surgeon Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal had said if needed, rural doctors would be roped in, so that medical services were not hit due to
the strike. However, Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni said since the need did not arise, the rural doctors were not pressed into service today. He said the
OPD was functional in areas of Goniana, Rampura, Talwandi Sabo, Maur and Raman health
centres. Fact file
* Senior Medical Officer Satish Goyal, the president of the PCMS Specialists Association Dr Ramesh Maheshwari and a few doctors ran the OPD at the Civil Hospital as members of the PCMS Association went on two-day strike. *
Most of the doctors had attended to the patients in the OPD for an hour in the morning before going on strike. *
At the emergency ward, doctors admitted only those patients who needed immediate medical attention. The cops visiting the hospital for medico-legal cases were not entertained. |
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Respite from heat wave likely in 4 days: IMD
Bathinda, June 10 In its forecast released for the next four days, the IMD has predicted a possibility of thunderstorm and rains in the region. Isolated places in Punjab and neighbouring states have already been lashed by heavy rains last week. While for Tuesday, the forecast has predicted partly cloudy sky with a possibility of thunderstorm or rain, the rain gods may look down benevolently on the area for the next three days. According to the forecast, the maximum temperature may also plummet over the next four days and is expected to hover around 35 degree Celsius on Thursday. However, the minimum temperature would see a little fall and is likely to remain around 27 degree Celsius over the next four days. The news about possibility of rains is likely to bring smiles back on the faces of the farmers who began with the process of paddy transplantation in the area. Meanwhile, the region reeled under the dry and hot weather conditions on Monday too. As per the Agri-met Department of the PAU Regional Station, Bathinda, the maximum temperature was recorded at 43.2 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was 29.4 degree Celsius. The wind velocity was recorded at 2.5 kmph.
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Schools think out of the box to circumvent rationalisation policy
Bathinda, June 10 While some schools turned their staff rooms into classrooms others are renovating some dilapidated rooms. The Government Girls Senior Secondary School on the Mall Road here has resorted to dividing some of its big rooms into two. While the first draft of the Rationalisation Policy 2013 stated that the rationalisation would be done according to the students-teacher ratio, the revised rationalisation policy directed that the schools are allowed to have only as many sections as there are classrooms. It also directed all the school heads to ensure that no students are made to sit on the ground or the porch in the absence of classrooms. The new clause sent the school authorities into tizzy. Since many of the government schools are short of rooms and have a large number of students, they will be forced to adjust more students in one room. This will show that the number of teachers in a school is more. As many as five-six classrooms in the Government Girls Senior Secondary School here have divided by making wooden partitions. Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, the principal of the school, Mandeep Kaur, said, “We have a strength of 2,235 students and are short of rooms. According to the section-room ratio, 12 of our teachers were in excess. But that is not the case as in some classes, we were forced to seat as many as 110 students. So we decided to divide the big (30x20 feet) rooms into two.” When asked if the division of rooms will cause space crunch, she said, “We have divided only really big rooms. And anyway, by the time the students come back after the summer vacations, some of our under-construction rooms will be ready. We will then shift the classes with lesser number of students to the rooms carved out after division.” Reading into RTE ACt
As per the RTE Act, the government schools cannot deny admission to any student. While the government wants the schools to enrol more and more students turning a blind eye to their tottering infrastructure, it also wants them to make sure that the students are not made to sit out in the open. Rationalisation policy vis-a-vis RTE Act
The first draft of the Rationalisation Policy was also found to be wanting. While the RTE Act directs schools to maintain teacher-students ratio at 1:30, the first draft of the policy went against it and stated that it should be 1:35 in middle schools, 1:40 in high schools and 1:50 in senior secondary classes. |
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Hearing on ward attendant’s bail plea deferred till June 15
Bathinda, June 10 The ward attendant, Nitish Kumar, was arrested on May 30 from the hospital and a case under Sections 7, 13 (2) and 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him at the Vigilance Bureau police station, Bathinda. Nitish's bail plea was moved through his counsel Chander Mohan Ruby on June 6, which came up for hearing in the Special Court the next day and a notice was sent to the state for hearing on June 10. After hearing both the parties, the court today adjourned the matter till June 15. Ruby also produced a copy of the 'off', officially sanctioned by the Civil Hospital authorities, when the Vigilance sleuths arrested him from the hospital. The counsel pleaded that the attendant's presence in the hospital despite being his off day ought to be probed. In his complaint to the Vigilance Bureau, Paramjit Singh, a farmer of Nasibpura (Kailewander), had stated that his nephew and another village resident received injuries in a brawl and were brought to the Civil Hospital for treatment on May 29. The hospital admitted the duo at around 1 am. In the FIR, Paramjit stated that the treatment to the injured was given by Dr. Ravinder Singla and the ward attendant Nitish was on duty with the doctor. He said the next day at around 8 am, he asked the doctor to provide the victims a better treatment and help them make a strong case against their attackers. The doctor, however, advised him to meet the ward attendant who was standing nearby. Later, Paramjit met the ward attendant who demanded Rs 25,000 to make the case strong in the medico-legal report. When Paramjit said he was poor and could not afford that much money, the deal was settled for Rs 15,000. The Vigilance Bureau sleuths caught the attendant while receiving Rs 5,000 at the Civil Hospital, in the presence of two government witnesses from the District Industrial Center. The accused was sent to police remand for a day and later, the court remanded him to 14-day judicial custody. He is lodged in the Central Jail, Bathinda.
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awareness on vector-borne diseases Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 10 The district health department has tied up with the postal department authorities wherein ten stamps would be given to the latter. The stamps will carry the message "Any fever can be malaria or dengue. Get your blood tested." District Health Officer Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa said to begin with, 10 stamps are being given to the postal headquarters at the Civil Station and these stamps would be further sent to different post offices in the district. These stamps will be stamped on all the letters and parcels being dispatched from the post offices. "We want to reach out to the maximum number of people and spread awareness on the issue as maintaining clean surroundings is the key to prevention," said Dr Randhawa. Also, the department has published around 20,000 pamphlets that are being distributed in and around the health centres. The white coloured pamphlets are about malaria, while the yellow colour pamphlets are meant to create awareness on dengue. Emphasis is also being laid on identifying symptoms of malaria and dengue and rushing to the nearest government health centre for diagnosis and treatment. Symptoms of dengue
* Sudden high grade fever * Nausea, vomiting * Red spots on body *
Head and body ache * Ache behind the eyes * Blood in vomit Symptoms of malaria
* Fever with shivering * High grade fever, vomiting and headache *
Fatigue and weakness
as the body temperature comes down * Heavy sweating when body temperature falls Being Proactive
The district health department has tied up with the postal department authorities wherein 10 stamps would be given to the latter. The stamps will carry the message "Any fever can be malaria or dengue. Get your blood tested." Also, the department has published around 20,000 pamphlets that are being distributed in and around the health centres. |
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Consumer Forum penalises GKU
Bathinda, June 10 A bench of the Forum comprising its president Vikramjit Kaur Soni and member Sukhwinder Kaur pronounced the decision after listening to the arguments of both the parties. Twenty- year-old Sandeep Singh of Maur Kalan area of Talwandi Sabo said that he got admission in B.Tech (Mechanical) in the university by depositing Rs 20,000 as admission fees on July 23, 2012 along with his original certificates. At the time of seeking the admission, university officials assured that if he does not take admission in their institute, then they will return the full fees along with the original documents after deducting Rs 1,000. The counsel for the complainant, Arvind Ghai said that due to the unfavourable family circumstances, the complainant did not take admission in the university and approached the university office on July 25, 2012 for the refund of Rs 20,000 and the original documents by moving an application before the commencement of the course. He again moved an application on August 17, 2012, through his father Hardev Singh, but to no avail. The university officials, through their counsel, pleaded before the Forum that it was clearly mentioned in the rule for the refund of fees that in case a student or candidate withdraws on or after the date of the commencement of the course and before the last date of admission, proportionate deduction of semester fee shall be made. The deduction shall be one-fourth of the entire semester fee (excluding refundable securities). In the present case, the complainant attended the classes for two months and as per rules, he is liable to deposit the fee amounting to Rs 21, 000 (Rs 10,500 for each month) with the university, but he deposited only Rs 20, 000, and was therefore liable to pay the remaining amount of Rs 1,000, which is outstanding against him. Also, the complainant never approached and requested before the course commenced for the refund of his fees, as alleged by him. In fact, the complainant came to the office of the university and sought his original certificates which were returned to him. The university also asked the complainant to deposit the remaining amount of Rs 1,000 but he did not deposit it. Hence, he is not liable to get the refund of Rs 20,000 as there has been no deficiency in service or unfair trade practice on the part of the university. The Forum, after listening to the arguments of both the parties, observed that the university placed in file the copy of the attendance register in which the roll number of the complainant is shown at serial number 54 and he has been marked absent. Thus, as per the rules, only the refundable security amount shall be returned to the complainant but in the present case, the security has not been refunded to the complainant. Moreover, the version of the university is wrong that the fee of one month is Rs 10,500 and the complainant has attended the classes for two months and has to pay Rs 21,000 whereas in the receipt issued by the university, it has not been mentioned that this was the tuition fee. Rather, it clearly shows that it is the registration slip of the amount of Rs 20,000 which has been paid towards the admission fee. Hence, the refundable security as mentioned in the prospectus for the session 2012-13 should be refunded to the complainant, the Forum held. The university has been directed by the Forum to refund the security amount to the complainant as per their rules and regulations mentioned in the prospectus for the year 2012-13. The compliance of the order is to be done within 45 days from the date of receipt of the copy of the order. In case of non-compliance, the refundable security amount will carry interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum till realization. The counsel for Guru kashi University Sanjay Goyal said they would challenge the decision before the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.
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DC office staff to go on pen-down strike
Bathinda, June 10 District president of the union Harbans Lal Khichi said the government has been given a time-frame of eight days to implement the demands or else, the entire staff would go on pen- down strike. Earlier, over 100 employees of the Bathinda DC office had gone on strike on March 5. Harbans Lal Khichi said the government had earlier agreed in principle to accept all the demands. "Later, we were told that keeping in view the economic crisis in the state, the implementation of the demands has been kept pending," he said. The employees demanded that the post of superintendent grade II, in the office of the sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs), should be upgraded. The finance department had given its nod to upgrade the post of steno-typist to junior scale stenographer, which lies pending since 1989. They also demanded the recruitment of the ministerial staff at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Muktsar, Moga and Nawanshahr as per the nod given in the year 1995 as well as recruiting a litigation or law officer.
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Adesh docs perform rare surgery on cancer patient
Bathinda, June 10 ENT specialist Dr Grace Budhiraja said it was for the first time that such a complex life saving surgery has been undertaken in the Malwa region and the patient's biopsy report now shows that he is completely free from tumour. A chronic smoker and alcoholic, the patient was suffering from cancer but instead of getting himself checked by an expert, he took to self-medication. Later, he suffered from problems in breathing, underwent changes in his voice and had sore throat and swelling inside his neck. "His smoking and alcoholic history coupled with medicines that made no difference worsened the situation," said Dr Budhiraja. The doctors first made a hole in his neck, creating an airway to help him breathe. He underwent surgery that was conducted over a period of eight hours continuously and his voice box, thyroid gland and lymph nodes were removed. The patient was admitted and diagnosed for carcinoma of the larynx (well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of glottis) stage 4 with the involvement of thyroid gland and both side lymph node enlargement. Dr Budhiraja added that he was operated upon on May 29 and has been absolutely fine in the post-operative period. He will be fitted with a voice prosthesis for speech after a month. His biopsy report shows complete removal of tumour. She advised that chronic alcoholics and cigarette smokers should be aware of warning signs and symptoms of cancer of throat or oral cavity like change in voice, difficulty or pain while swallowing, throat pain, any swelling in the neck or any ulcer which is not responding to treatment. In such cases, one should consult the doctor as soon as possible and not delay medical investigations. "Patient should get the cancer investigated thoroughly so that it can be treated at the right time. There are choices of surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or combination therapies which can be discussed with the doctor," she said.
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Mobile phones recovered from Central jail inmates
Bathinda, June 10 5 held for consuming liquor at public place
Tightening noose around those consuming liquor at open places, the police arrested five persons in two separate cases for consuming liquor at public places. Two separate cases under sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act have been registered against the accused at Civil Lines police station. The accused have ben identified as Jaswinder, Lakhvir, Nathu Singh, Sukhmandar Singh and Ajmer Singh. Police said the accused were later released on bail. The NGO Sahara Jan Sewa today flagged off two ambulances to help people suffering from heat stroke in the city. President of the NGO Vijay Goyal said the two ambulances would be deployed at various points in the city and will work round-the-clock to help people suffering from heat stroke. He said that the ambulances are being pressed into service in view of the rising temperature and the number of people falling ill and lying unconscious due to the prevailing heat wave. The ambulance of the NGO Sahara Jan Sewa meant for aiding heatstroke victims being flagged off in Bathinda on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
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Placements for GKU students
Bathinda, June 10 According to the training and placement officer of the university Karanjeev Singh, students undergone two rounds of technical and HR interview, in which as many as students of final year of mechanical placed after cracking the interview. Vice-chancellor of the Guru Kashi University SK Ahluwalia congratulated the selected students and lauded the efforts of Karanjeev Singh and Parmpal Singh who coordinated the placement drive. Principal of the Polytechnic College, Prof Amit Tuteja shared that placement cell will soon be rganising recruitment drives for final year electrical and electronics students.
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VJ Constructions, JS Properties win quarter-final, storm into last four
Bathinda, June 10
Bhandari Engines won the toss and elected to bat first. The team's bating line-up had a shaky start and tottered in front of the bowling attack. Although Navdeep managed to score 30 runs in 26 balls, he remained the highest individual scorer for his team. The batsmen were sent back to the pavilion in 19.2 overs with only 120 runs on board. VJ Constructions succeeded in reaching the target in 14.5 overs. The highest individual scorer for the team, Navkaran remained not out on 50 runs scored off 38 balls. Karan, who took two wickets in four overs, was declared the Man of the Match and was also awarded the Catch of the Match title.
In the second quarter-final, JS Properties beat Warwick Bulls by six wickets. Warwick Bulls won the toss and elected to bat first. Harkrishan Kali scored 60 runs in 41 balls and was instrumental in helping his team muster 147 runs in 20 overs for the loss of seven runs. The batsmen of JS Properties went to bat aiming to win the match and managed to do so in 16.1 overs for the loss of just four wickets. Sunny was the highest individual scorer with 52 runs off 41 balls. Jashan, with his knock of 29 runs in 24 balls, came a close second. Warwick Bulls' Joshi took four wickets in four overs. Vicky and Dalbag of JS Properties took two wickets each in four overs. While Sunny was declared the Man of the Match, Sahil of JS Properties was given the Catch of the Match award. Harkrishan Kali of Warwick Bulls and Sunny of JS Properties shared the Fifty of the Match title.
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Two held on harassment charge
Bathinda, June 10 The complainant Surinder Kumar said the accused Rajdeep Singh of Dabwali and Pardeep Kumar of Parasram Nagar blocked the path of a vehicle which was driven by his driver. The complainant said that the accused demanded Rs 5,000 to get the vehicle released. Police reached the spot and took the accused to the Canal Colony police station where a case under sections 484, 384 and 511 of the Indian penal Code was registered against them.
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Ambulance flagged off
