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Political parties unfold plans for 2014
One window, 2 pharmacists for 1,100 patients at Jalandhar Civil Hospital
Ray of hope emerges for Kapurthala jail inmates
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Baba Ramdev visits Holy Bein
7 maternal deaths in a month
Health Dept warns vendors on food safety
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Three booked for murder
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Political parties unfold plans for 2014
Jalandhar, January 1 Gurcharan Singh Channi, district president, SAD, said, “Two main issues - development and the corruption by the Congress - will top our list this year. The Congress party has been part of many scams at the Centre. People are fed up. Meanwhile, Modi has won hearts and the aam janta likes him. Reflections of this will be seen in the voter at the district.” “As far as our government is concerned, we have maintained communal harmony and are providing the enhancement of the 'atta dal' scheme for the poor. In a developing country, people seek better standards of living and we have been able to provide that,” he added. On property tax: It’s just a Congress conspiracy to make it into a big issue. It will ultimately aid in development and benefit the common man. On the AAP effect: The issue of clean politics has taken centrestage, but isn’t new. Our party always fielded clean candidates. Rajinder Beri, chief (urban) unit of the District Congress Committee, said, “There is no doubt that the AAP’s rise has made it inevitable that honest politicians are fielded. As far as the district is concerned, the urban public is very angry. Commercial and property taxes have inconvenienced industrialists and residents. There is a 16 per cent tax on local-made soap, which only poor people use. We shall be bringing these issues to the forefront.” On infighting in the Congress, he said, “That is a matter that will be considered by the higher ups. However, we are ensuring that we listen to people’s problems by visiting them. Door-to-door visits are already being conducted,” he said. The AAP effect: There’s no denying the party has had a great impact. But the Congress candidates from the district are all known for their clean reputation. District BJP chief Subhash Sood said, “Our main issue this year will be development. We have provided it in the past and will continue doing the same. The voter has rejected the Congress elsewhere and will do the same here. The visit by Narendra Modi on February 23 is going to have an added impact. The scenario of the masses will change. In the state Congress, unrest will also cause trouble.” On property tax: It has caused minor ripples, but ultimately it is for good. We are working to seek a reduction in commercial tax, however. On AAP effect: They are working on whims. The AAP hasn’t considered the implications of major cuts in water and power charges. Himanshu Pathak, AAP’s district secretary, said, “Our teams for about 50 wards of the city are ready. Our main issues this year will be levying of frequent, irrational taxes by the SAD-BJP government. Development and addiction would be next on the list. From 1,500, AAP volunteers have grown to over 7,000 today. On December 26, our national executive sought district report cards and on January 4, there will be another meeting on the issue. We can feel the winds from Delhi blowing this way and people in Punjab are ready for change.” The massive stir the Aam Admi Party (AAP) has created at the Centre has sent ripples across the country, with the needs of the common man receiving a serious consideration from politicians for probably the first time
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One window, 2 pharmacists for 1,100 patients at Jalandhar Civil Hospital
Jalandhar, January 1 Earlier, there was an acute shortage of medicines for about a year, but now when the government quota has arrived, people are still not been able to get it. Approximately 60 per cent of the patients are buying medicines from outside due to the heavy rush on the pharmacy window. “So many times I have visited the hospital in the last few months. Whenever I approached the hospital pharmacy, either the medicines are not available or there is a huge rush outside the window. It is practically impossible for a single window to cater to such a huge number of patients.I do not have any other choice but to buy the medicines from outside,” said Kushal Marwah, a visitor. Presently, there are around four chief pharmacists and six assistant pharmacists in the hospital. One post of the chief pharmacist is lying vacant for the past so many years due to recruitment ban on the pharmacists’ post by the state government. The other three chief pharmacists are placed at medical store, administration block and injection section for outdoor patients. Out of the six assistant pharmacists, one has been deployed at the surgical store, one on the death/birth registration window and two in the coding and the injection section each. Only two assistant pharmacists are catering to such a huge rush of patients coming to the hospital every day. “Most of the time, patients go berserk! They even start shouting and barge into the pharmacy room and abuse our staff badly in front of other patients. Sometimes, they even try to snatch medicines from their hands and do wrong complaints at the superintendent’s office,” said Balwinder Singh, chief pharmacist, Civil Hospital. Although the hospital authorities are aware of the vacancy of the pharmacist in the hospital, they said that nothing much could be done, as the state government had placed a ban on the recruitment of pharmacists in the state due to their surplus in rural dispensaries.”But still, we have informed the health department about the shortage who have assured us of some speedy action into the matter,” said Daljit Singh Cheema, medical superintendent, Civil Hospital. Due to this, most of the medicines in the hospital are not able to reach the patients on time. Whether they are getting expired on the shelves only or have found some illegal way to be sent out from the hospital is yet to be found by the hospital authorities. |
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Ray of hope emerges for Kapurthala jail inmates
Jalandhar, January 1 “We are in the process of bringing in a few NGOs to conduct specialised health check-up camps throughout the year. Some of our prisoners, especially women and their children, are suffering from diseases like goitre, diabetes and disk problems etc and need consistent care and attention. Although we are doing our best to provide them the best available health treatment, this would be an added specialised support provided to our
prisoners,” said Vikramjit Panthey, assistant superintendent, Kapurthala Modern Jail. To begin with, the jail authorities organised a health check-up camp with the support of the Jalandhar Welfare Society and the National Association of Reproductive Child Health of India (NARCHI) Jail here on the very first day of the year. A team of 10 doctors and staff medically examined and also administered free treatment to over 184 jail inmates and 13 children. On the occasion, traditional sweets like "gajak" and "rewri" were also distributed to all inmates of the Modern Jail. “Every celebration for them is happiness inside the huge walls of the jail that isolates them completely from the outside world. Nowadays, people don’t believe in kindness, we are just trying to revive the concept,” said Dr Sushma Chawla, chairperson, NARCHI. “What could have been better to usher in the New Year with a sound body and a healthy mind. Women inmates, especially children, are more prone to various ailments during the winter season. So we have organised this camp to have a healthy start to the New Year,” said Surinder
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Baba Ramdev visits Holy Bein
Jalandhar, January 1 Baba Ramdev laid stress on efforts to clean the scared rivers of the country, all of which have been polluted and exhorted Seechewal to initiate efforts in the conservation of rivers. The environmentalist took the Yoga Guru on a tour of the Bein on a motorboat and the two also participated in a holy religious ceremony being held at Nirmal Kutiya on the occasion of the New Year celebrations. While Baba Ramdev also stopped at Shekhupur, Hussain and Kaourthala, the Bein was his final stop on a tour to promote BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The formerly choked Kali Bein was revived owing to his efforts when his movement to clean it saw villagers on both sides of the Bein become involved in his initiative to save the Bein. His efforts for the once-endangered Kali Bein, while winning accolades for him from former President APJ Abdul Kalam who also visited the Kali Bein, also put him on the global map of people involved in environment conservation worldwide.
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7 maternal deaths in a month
Jalandhar, January 1 The fact came to light at the district-level maternal death review committee meeting, chaired by Dr RL Bassan, Civil Surgeon, here today. Dr Bassan instructed the physicians in different government run healthcare institutions, especially those, where maternal deaths were reported for maintaining detailed record of each delivery and provide the same on demand. To minimise the maternal deaths among pregnant women during delivery and after delivery, the civil surgeon directed the officers to ensure that trained employees be deployed for the cause. He also said the government had launched various welfare schemes like free delivery, free transport and free diet by the department. The Civil Surgeon also asked the committee members to promote institutional delivery to reduce the mortality rate and provide free of cost anti-anemic medicines. |
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Health Dept warns vendors on food safety
Jalandhar, January 1 Addressing a meeting of vendors, bakers, dhaba owners, confectioners, grocery and many others besides owners of restaurants and hotels, Civil Surgeon RL Bassan asked them to follow the instructions. He also said the offenders would have to pay penalties ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 5 lakh along with six months’ imprisonment as per the Act. Apart from others, District Health Officer Dr Balwinder Singh and District Food Safety Officer Harjiot Pal Singh were also present. |
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Students develop hybrid solar car
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 1 The hybrid car works on solar charged battery. The car is light in weight, with no fuel consumption, simple hand gear system, attractive design, controllable speed variation, no pollution and easy to handle. Students of BTech (7th semester), who have made this car -- Chanchal, Jyoti, Beauty, Deepa, Kamlesh, Md Fasihu and Alam. Group leader Chanchal said, “The project provides significant dimensions. We have built this prototype from junk yards. It operates on 48 volt battery. The total cost of the project is Rs 7,000.” FDP on entrepreneurshipThe sixth day of the FDP on entrepreneurship at GND University College, Jalandhar, started with the exchange of greetings and New Year wishes. Prof MJ Kalra (co-coordinator of the FDP) introduced many ideas of venturing in new business. He inspired the participants with his presentation on different ventures. The faculty members felt a spark of such business enterprises emerging in their minds. In the later session, Mayank Sawhney from Earnst and Young, Dubai, shared his views on successful entrepreneurship. He quoted examples of various successful businessmen of the Indian origin, who are running their business in all over the world. The next resource person was Sandeep Sani, CEO, Dream Weavers, Jalandhar. He shared his experiences on establishing a new business with the faculty members. At the end of the sessions, Ashish Arora, the brain behind this programme thanked every person present there.
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Three booked for murder
Amritsar, January 1 Kuljit Kaur, deceased’s wife alleged that on December 23, Satta Masih, had taken her husband at a secluded place and later his body was found in the village on the very next morning. The postmortem report confirmed injury marks on his body besides it also revealed that the deceased was brutally beaten up before being murdered, said the police authorities. Following this, the police have now registered a case under Sections 302 and 34
of the IPC. Kuljit Kaur revealed that Satta Masih was earlier nabbed by the police for allegedly possessing drugs. Therefore, he used to suspect that it was Balwinder Singh who had informed the police and started nursing a grudge against him. |
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