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Veenu Badal flays SAD for claim on development
Now, TB medicines to be available only on doc’s prescription from tomorrow
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Report TB cases to health authorities: Docs
Better bathinda part-1
Two arrested with stolen laptops
Now, women make their voice heard in booze din
120 patients examined at health camp
Rare surgery performed
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Veenu Badal flays SAD for claim on development
Bathinda, March 30 Addressing multiple meetings across the district here today, she questioned the claims made by the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal regarding giving employment to people in new projects. She added that a countable number of people from the state had been employed in the newly set up projects. She also took a dig at the Deputy Chief Minister for telling the people of the district that the government would turn the city into another California and asked what has the Deputy CM and his wife, MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal did to realise the dream. She also accused the Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal, Deputy CM and Bathinda MP of holding frequent sangat darshans in the district over the past two months and distributing grants to attract votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. She also challenged the Badal family to share the details of the development projects that the government had claimed would be set up in the district and the state. Citing an example of Haryana, she stated that Punjab’s neighbouring state had succeeded in giving pension, shagun scheme, scholarships and several other monetary benefits to its people while the Punjab government has succeeded in holding back the salaries of its employees for months. Veenu Badal also attacked the Punjab government for not paying its employees salaries on time and filling it own coffers by levying various kinds of taxes and turning the state into a “drug headquarter” and destroying its future generation irrespective of results.
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Now, TB medicines to be available only on doc’s prescription from tomorrow
Bathinda, March 30 Dr Bansal was among the key resource persons who delivered a lecture at the state-level workshop of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) held for creating awareness on TB among the private practitioners. Talking to Bathinda Tribune, Dr Bansal said banning the OTC sale of drugs is meant at weeding out quacks from the line of treatment. “Quacks prescribe one or two medicines to a TB patient, while the patients need a combination of multiple drugs, which will be supplied for the government only,” he said. The TB drugs have been brought under schedule H and chemists selling the drug on prescriptions will have to maintain complete record for a period of three years from the date of sale of drugs. Using the GFATM funds under the Public Private Mixed (PPM) programme, the private practitioners are being encouraged to report the TB cases to the district TB officers as its has been enlisted as a notifiable disease since May 2012. He said most of the private practitioners do not report TB cases to DTOs out of the fear that their patient would go to public health sector. After conducting confirmatory tests of the notified patient, instead the private practitioners would be given box of medicines meant for that patient. “This free of charge would be given to the medical practitioner who will further give it to the patient. This will ensure that the doctor-patient are not torn apart and the patient continues to get medical help,” added Dr Bansal. He added that for the cases of multiple drug resistant (MDR), those patients do not complete TB treatment, the treatment is provided free of charge irrespective of socio-economic status patient. Earlier, addressing the doctors at workshop, the World Health Organisation (WHO) consultant Dr Priyanka Aggrawal said from July 2014, the remuneration for ASHA workers for treating the TB first-line and the MDR cases would be increased. ASHA worker will get Rs 2,500 for treating first-line patient which is Rs 1,000 at present. Similarly, on treating the MDR, she would be given Rs 5,000 instead of the current Rs 2,500 being given.
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Report TB cases to health authorities: Docs
Bathinda, March 30 The workshop, which concluded today, saw a number of doctors participating in the discussions. State honorary secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr HS Narang said that the aim of the programme was to motivate the private practitioners to be responsible partners in controlling TB. At the inaugural ceremony, Civil Surgeon, Bathinda, Dr Ajay Sahni was the chief guest and state TB Officer Dr Balbir Singh was the guest of honour. WHO consultant Dr Priyanka Aggrawal from Delhi, head of department Dr Jai Kishen from Medical College, Patiala, and state technical consultant Dr KK Bansal were among the key speakers at the event. State president Dr Ramnath Bhardwaj, associate president Dr Sudhir Raj, president elect Dr SPS Sooch along with vice-president Dr Rajinder Sharma and Dr RL Taneja also participated in the workshop. Dr Ramnath Bhardwaj delivered his presidential address and said that the TB should be eradicated in the country, as had been done in the case of polio. Chief Guest Dr Ajay Sahni, Civil Surgeon, Bathinda, highlighted the importance of such review workshops and said such workshop has importance to improve the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of the TB patients. Speakers discussed detail of number of patient diagnosed, treated and cured last year. Out of total patients, number of patients who took full treatment at DOT centres, number of patient who discontinued the treatment, reasons of dropout that they discontinued the treatment, things needed to improve this failure of treatment to achieve goal in controlling the TB. They emphasised that all the TB suspects’ cases and patients diagnosed with the TB should be referred to DOT centres that are expert in diagnosing the TB patients and provide treatment under their direct supervision to avoid failure in treatment. They also discussed in detail about the TB resistant (MDRTB) cases and ways to provide them proper treatment, though treatment of such cases is very costly but still the government was providing free treatments to such patients. They appealed to all doctors to implement the programme in full swing and help in eradicating the TB from our country. Dr Jaikishan spoke on drug-resistant TB-diagnostic tools and management, Dr Priyanka spoke on the TB notifications and guidelines of Nikshay and Dr KK Bansal spoke on role of the IMA. Also, success stories in TB treatment were discussed. Senior vice-president of the IMA, Punjab, Dr Rajinder Sharma gave the vote of thanks.
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Students sore over travel facility
Nikhila Pant Dhawan Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 30 Travelling to and from colleges has become a woe-laden trip for the students hailing from villages and areas adjoining the city. The students have long been complaining about the problems that they face while travelling to the colleges located in the city. 9,500 students from villages
As per the data collected by the students of their respective colleges, while a majority of the students studying in the colleges in the city hail from villages located on the outskirts of the city, some students come from Mansa and Muktsar as well. Out of a total of 3,500 students enrolled at the Punjabi University Regional Centre, more than 2,000 students come from villages while close to 3,800 students from a total of 4,500 students at Government Rajindra College hail from areas outside the city. Almost half the 4,000 students of DAV College come from areas adjoining the city. Close to 550 students out of a total of 650 students at the Government ITI come from the adjoining areas of the city. Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus,
Bathinda, has the least number of students coming from the villages or areas surrounding the city. Of its 4,100 students, only about 1,000 fall into the category. Not too many PRTC buses
To cater to this 9,500-strong base of students travelling to the city and back every day, the PRTC has only 45 buses while the private players run as many as 370 buses, starting at the Bathinda bus stand and covering various routes. The students have also been complaining that since there are very few PRTC buses, the frequency of these buses is too little on some of the routes and don’t suit the timings of the colleges in the city as the students need to travel early in the morning and in the afternoon. Even on the routes that they ply the students hardly get a chance to get on to the buses since these are overcrowded and often the students have to put their lives at stake by travelling on the doorsteps of the moving buses. In the absence of government-run buses, the students have no option but to travel by private buses which cover a major part of the routes linking the city with the adjoining villages and areas. Passes don’t pass muster
Student life is known to be a frugal one but the students have a grouse that the bus passes that they make to save money and travel in government buses for free prove to be of no use since the government-run PRTC buses are too few. The students complain that they end up wasting Rs 100 to Rs 300 on making a three-month pass. The students have also been long complaining that the private bus operators don’t accept the pass and force the students to pay for their journey. In August last year, a student was allegedly beaten up by the driver and contractor of a private bus after they entered into a heated argument over the payment of the ticket. According to students, the private buses used to charge the students only half the price of the ticket but have now adopted the habit of forcing them to cough up the entire amount. The demands
The students of the colleges of the city have been demanding that more buses be added to the PRTC fleet so as to increase the frequency of PRTC buses to the villages and interiors of the adjoining areas in the morning and afternoon to cater to the student community between 8 am- 8.30 am and 2 pm-2.30 pm. The students have also been demanding that the district administration make it binding for the private bus operators to accept the bus passes of the students and not force them to pay for the ticket. The students have also requested the district administration and the PRTC to allow the PRTC buses to halt at the bus stand for a longer time as right now, these buses have the permission to halt for only three minutes at the bus stand while the private bus operators halt for as long as they wish to. Repeated protests
Over the past six months, the students, supported by the Punjab Students Union
(Shaheed Randhawa), have staged several protests to make the district administration, the police department and the bus operators heed their demands. While on September 3, the students staged a protest by sitting outside the office of the general manager of the PRTC at the Bathinda bus stand, they staged another protest outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner on September 6. They held a rally on October 1 and staged a dharna outside the Cantonment police station on October 10. On November 18, the students of the Government ITI had staged a dharna at the ITI chowk and blocked traffic for more than an hour while on November 26, students of various colleges got together to stage a protest outside the Government Rajindra College. |
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Two arrested with stolen laptops
Bathinda, March 30 In a press release, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurpreet Bhullar said both the accused are rickshaw-pullers and used to indulge into criminal activities whenever they find an opportunity. During interrogation, the accused admitted to carry out criminal activities with the help of two others who were identified as Avtar Singh of Guru Nanakpura Mohalla and Manish Singh of Sidhu Colony, Bathinda. A laptop, four mobile phones and an LPG cylinder has been recovered from their possession. The police have registered a case.
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Now, women make their voice heard in booze din
Bathinda, March 30 Following sharp decrease in the cost of liquor, booze lovers seem to be consuming liquor in excess at almost every liquor vend. “It was around 7 pm when four women, all seems migrant fell on each other outside the liquor vend in the Fish Market at the back side of the eating joints,” said Avtar Singh, a passerby. He said there was unprecedented rush outside the liquor vend and people were seen fighting with each other to catch hold of their choicest of liquor brand at the liquor vend. “The bottle wielding women shouted at each other raised slogans and also sang songs till some people intervened and dragged them aside from the busy marketplace and a congested road,” Avtar said. Another person named Swaran Singh said the women were not alone as few men had also accompanied them. “They all came on a rickshaw and could not carry themselves after consuming liquor in excess,” Swaran said. While the officials said it was a Herculean task to handle drunks and especially when it comes to drunken women. Expressing concern over the incidents every year ahead of the renewal of the liquor vends, advocate Chander Mohan demanded a permanent solution. “The problem assumes significant proportion as drunken people become victims of road accidents and also indulges into criminal activities. There are reports of bloody brawls, family disputes and fights over the issue of stocking liquor in view of its slashed prices,” said Vijay Goyal, president of NGO Sahara Jan Sewa. He said that earlier, their volunteers used to pick up many drunken people for their own safety, but now instead of cooperating with the volunteers, people in inebriated condition use cuss words and filthy language. “The police should take preventive actions and highlight the issue of opening liquor vends in Punjab,” Goyal said. He alleged that the government on the one hand announces to shun drugs but on the other hand, it allows the liquor vends. Also, there is large scale hoarding of liquor cartons by the political parties that have purchased liquor at economical prices in view of the renewal of the liquor licences.
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GKU holds chetna rally
Bathinda, March 30 During the rally, the students visited the surrounding villages and made the people aware bout issues like education, health and drug menace. Students also wrote slogans on the walls of the houses in the villages, which they said would remind the villagers of their duty to root out the social evils. Managing director of the university Sukhraj Singh Sidhu lauded the efforts of the organisers of the rally which he said would be helpful in providing directions to the society. University Vice-Chancellor, Dr NS Malhi, also appreciated the activity.
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120 patients examined at health camp
Bathinda, March 30 Dr Jagdeep Singh, who has recently joined HealthStreet and was earlier at Government Medical College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, said a significant number of patients comprised of age group 35 to 45 years. “Patients complained of joint pains and backache. This was primarily due to sedentary lifestyle. People are getting such problems at an earlier age due to lack of exercise and staying indoors,” he said. Dr Jagdeep added that other group was of elderly with knee joint pains due to osteoarthritis, a disorder of wear and tear in the joint with age. Physiotherapist at the hospital advised exercises to patients to get early relief from the bone and joint problems with least use of medication. Dietary advice was also given. Dr Ajay Gupta, managing director, said a super-speciality camp will be held at HealthStreet by doctors from Fortis Hospital on April 6 wherein experts in neurology, plastic and cosmetic surgery and gastro-surgery from Fortis Hospital will provide free consultation.
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Bathinda, March 30 “It was the youth’s employer who paid for the surgery charges, which were minimal,” she said. Dr Grace said the surgery was challenging as blood vessels in cheeks were involved. She added that the problem is rare in adults and common in children. The swelling increased in size and at the age of 18 and extended from left eye to left jaw bone and was not causing any significant problem except for facial deformity and increasing size. “Any kind of trauma to the blood vessels could have left that youngster paralysed. The facial nerve ran very close to tumor. During surgery, complete care was taken to conserve the main nerves and not cause any trauma. The patient has been discharged and is stable. He has started his daily routine activities,” she said. The surgery team included anaesthetists Dr Upinder Kaur and Dr Zia, technicians Pargat Singh Virk, Boota Singh and Shivpreet Kaur. — TNS
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Rajasthan to Bathinda, julie forms course of a meal
Bathinda, March 30 A sample of julie was brought to Bathinda by someone known to the owner of Manoj Sweet House, adjoining the Sahara Jan Sewa Office, around 15 years ago. “A person known to us bought half-a-kg sample of julie from Karanpur in Rajasthan and put it in front of us and challenged us to make a dish like that. We accepted the challenge and roped in all our workers who had to prepare the same taste using different ingredients,” said Rajan, one of the owners of Manoj Sweet House at Dhobi Bazar.
Rajan said though the workers even after a week had failed to prepare the exact dish yet what they made became the most sought after dish, which still tantalises the tongue till the belly is full or plate is empty. “We then decided to put it on the display with the same name-julie-and since then, it has become one of the famous dishes sought by people from all walks of life. Since it is made up of none other than cow milk, we have to make special arrangements and preparations,” Rajan said. He added that now, people visiting from Karanpur even look for julie as it is not in demand there as it is in Bathinda. A work force of nearly a dozen prepare 15 to 20 kg julie thrice a week and the shelf is sold from top to bottom. Though it costs Rs 360 a kg, once a person eats it, the taste would never let him have any other sweet. People, especially the civil servants or the senior police functionaries and judicial officers, who got transferred out of Bathinda usually, ask their known to bring julie, wherever they are transferred, Rajan said. He pointed out that during a brief stint of a former SSP, julie made a place in cop’s heart who always asked people coming to Chandigarh to bring julie for him. After extracting cheese from the cow milk, it is mixed with rabri, baked and layered with khoya and then coated with sugar. It is always served cold.
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Veenu Badal, wife of the Congress-PPP candidate for the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, today attacked the ruling coalition government for making false claims.
Bathinda, March 30
Experts at the two-day state level annual review workshop of the Revised TB Control Programme
(RNTCP) today laid emphasis on reporting the TB cases to the state health authorities timely so that preventive action could be taken.
Students risking their lives, hanging precariously out of the doors of buses, students fighting with conductors for being asked to shell out money to travel in private buses - these are some of the issues over which the students of Bathinda
have been clashing.
Though one has heard of men creating ruckus in an inebriated condition, but last evening, a group of four or five women created a scene near the Bathinda railway station in an inebriated condition.
Had sumptuous meal and looking for a sweet dish? Here is the perfect mouth-watering irresistible sweet syrupy-Julie. Made up only with cow milk and its khoya, Julie is as fascinating as its name.
