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Staff crunch ails health services in Jalalabad
Father sent to 10 years in jail for raping minor girl
Encroachments
Panchayat poll saw candidates winning by wafer-thin margin
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Two youths booked for molestation bid
300 docs appointed to improve healthcare facilities: Minister
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Staff crunch ails health services in Jalalabad
Fazilka, July 9 The Civil Hospital of Jalalabad, supposed to cater to the medical requirements of the surrounding areas in a radius of about 15 kilometers, including the border belt, is facing an acute shortage of doctors and paramedics. The name “Civil Hospital” displayed on the board installed at the entry of the hospital is a misnomer as in the official records, the hospital is a Community Health Centre. Of the total five sanctioned posts of medical officers, four are vacant at present. During the large-scale reshuffle and transfer of doctors, three medical officers were transferred from Jalalabad hospital. They have been relieved during the last fortnight. However, the two medical officers, including a gynaecologist and a surgeon, transferred to the hospital, have not joined reducing the strength at the hospital to a senior medical officer and only one medical officer. Civil Surgeon, Fazilka, Dr Baldev Raj has temporarily adjusted Dr Bhupinderjit Singh, Medical Officer, Slum Area Dispensary, Fazilka, for performing emergency duties. With a total strength of two doctors, it is not possible to provide emergency duty round-the-clock even as Senior Medical Officer Dr Hans Raj Malethia, who is supposed to look after the administration of the hospital, is himself performing emergency duty. It may be recalled that about six months back, various NGOs in the town had launched a prolonged agitation including relay fast demanding filling up of the vacancies of medical officers and providing services of specialists. Then the vacancies were filled but some medical officers “managed” to get themselves transferred from the Jalalabad hospital. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid the foundation stone of a 100-bed hospital in the town amidst much fanfare on April 3, this year. However, not even a brick has been added thereafter. The residents of the town remain deprived of the bare minimum health facilities. “The people in the area are fed up with the assurances of the authorities for providing them with adequate health facilities. The NGOs are working out a strategy to launch an agitation once again,” warned the president of the District NGOs Co-ordination Committee, Ranjiv Dahuja. Senior Medical Officer Dr Hans Raj said senior officials of the health department have been informed of the situation. |
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Father sent to 10 years in jail for raping minor girl
Faridkot, July 9 Archana Puri, district and sessions judge, awarded the sentence to the 45-year-old resident of Jiwan Nagar on Devi Wala Road in Kotkapura, saying the convict, who was supposed to protect his daughter, had repeatedly committed the crime even as her mother had died about four years back. During the trial, the accused claimed innocence and demanded leniency in the jail sentence but the court said considering the evidence, the statement of the girl and the medical reports, it had come to the conclusion that all oral and scientific evidence proved that the accused physically exploited his daughter. So, it was the bounden duty of the court to hold the accused guilty and convict him, said the judge. Keeping in view the circumstances under which the accused committed crime, he was being sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years for the offence, the court said. The court also ordered that a fine of Rs 7,500 imposed on the convict be given to the victim as compensation. Besides, the victim would also be entitled to get other legal compensation. According to prosecution in the case, the accused started raping his minor daughter two years after his wife died on October 31, 2012. In a complaint to police, the sister of the accused claimed that her brother exploited his daughter sexually after her mother's death. The accused also threatened to kill her if she told anybody. |
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Encroachments
Abohar, July 9 Even as the management of a temple located in Maharana Pratap Colony near Government Elementary School had allegedly encroached upon the plot earmarked for parking for the last few months and stacked building material also, the Trust ignored it. Interestingly, the management had constructed a boundary wall and ground floor structure without any hindrance and was now raising another structure on the first floor. Someone brought it to the notice of the senior officials of the Local Bodies Department. Consequently, a team comprising Gursewak Singh, sub-divisional engineer based at Fazilka along with the executive officer Devi Lal and Ramji Lal of the local office inspected the complex. As the police could not pursuade the management to remove the “illegal’’ structure, the authorities have initiated the process of demolishing it. Notably, the Trust had earmarked two plots for parking in the colony but developed only one in the last three decades. It is this apathy that gave rise to encroachments, the residents said. |
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Panchayat poll saw candidates winning by wafer-thin margin
Muktsar, July 9 Amarjeet Kaur got 426 votes, while her nearest rival Gurjeet Kaur got 425 votes. But two more candidates in the fray for the post of sarpanch, namely, Jaspal Kaur and Manjinder Kaur, got 14 and six votes, respectively. A study of the election results revealed that in other villages too, some candidates had become sarpanch by a narrow margin. In Gurusar Jodha village of Malout block, Gurcharan Singh became the sarpanch by a margin of two votes. Gurcharan Singh got 765 votes whereas Sohan Singh got 763 votes. The village had a total of 1,685 votes, which was declared reserved for those belonging to the SC category. In Aspal village, Gura Singh became the sarpanch by a margin of just three votes. He got 671 of the total votes polled, whereas Jangir Singh got 668 votes while Amrik Singh got 11 votes. In Lakkadwala village, which was declared reserved for the SC category, Jagga Singh was elected as the sarpanch by a margin of just four votes. He got 349 votes whereas Darshan Singh got 345 votes and Gurmel Singh got 332 votes. Similarly, in Khema Khera village, declared reserved for a woman candidate, Swaran Kaur was elected as the sarpanch by a margin of just nine votes. Swaran Kaur got 688 votes, Ninderpal Kaur 679 votes while Veerpal Kaur got 10 votes. On the other hand, it is also worth mentioning that some candidates have started approaching the election authorities, lodging complaints and seeking recounting. For instance, one Darshan Singh of SAD, who unsuccessfully contested the panchayat election from village Thehri, has approached the district election authorities seeking recounting of votes. Gurpreet Singh, son of Darshan Singh, alleged, “Of the total nine panchayat members, five affiliated to us have been elected. And if we count the votes polled in favour of them, we won the election for sarpanch too by 188 votes. But the authorities concerned have declared my father as having been defeated candidate by 17 votes. We are seeking a recounting of votes.” |
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Two youths booked for molestation bid
Abohar, July 9 The doctor, who belongs to village Ramsara located on Hanumangarh-Abohar road, is posted as an ayurvedic physician. She resides in the village along with her two children. Her husband is posted in Sirsa district. Some persons rushed to her quarter as she raised an alarm. They found two youths escaping leaving behind a mobile phone and cotton muffler. They were identified as Mahabir and Lekh Ram. The doctor told the police that the miscreants knocked at her door and tried to forcibly enter her home this afternoon. They tried to molest her when her children were asleep in an adjoining room. Anguished over the incident, scores of villagers led by the Sarpanch marched to the police station escorting the lady doctor. The police said that a
case under Sections 452, 354, 376 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered. |
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300 docs appointed to improve healthcare facilities: Minister
Ferozepur, July 9 Mittal said the state government has set the target to provide comprehensive health services to the people at their doorsteps for which new CHCs were being constructed in remote areas. “At the same time, to uplift the quality of medical education and research work, the government has spent Rs 197 crore on Government Medical College, Amritsar, and Rs 122 crore on Rajindra Medical College, Patiala,” he said, adding that to deal with chronic diseases like cancer, two diagnostic and treatment centres have also been established at Amritsar and Patiala which are equipped with modern infrastructure. He said that two more such centres were being established for treatment of cancer patients at Bathinda and Faridkot at a cost of Rs 22.83 crore and Rs 60 crore, respectively. “The five de-addiction centres and 31 de-addiction units, of which 10 are already working, are also being opened at Patiala, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Faridkot,” the minister said. |
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