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A hospital that has no
medicines New Delhi, November 3 Take the case of Charak Palika Hospital in south Delhi’s R.K. Puram. There are numerous complaints from patients against the hospital, but no improvement is in sight. One critical problem is that prescribed medicines are apparently “never available in the hospital”. “More often than not, we have to go out of the hospital to get medicines. Doctors at Charak Palika subscribe the medicines, but when we go to the chemist in the hospital premises, we are told to obtain them from outside. Even if I ask for Crosin, I am told that it is not available,” lamented Lakshmi, a patient who had come for a check-up. She added: “Is it possible that in such a big hospital there are no medicines. If an NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Council) official wants medicines from here, he will never have any problems at all. He’ll get them right away. Doesn’t a poor man have the right to medication and a comfortable life? I sometimes look at people sitting in air-conditioned cars and start crying. Why couldn’t I have a life like that? All we want are medicines to survive. Is that asking for too much? We are paying for the medicines, so why can’t they just make it a little easy for us?” However, an NDMC official said it was tough for even him to procure medicines from the hospital. Not because the hospital didn’t want to give them, but “because there are simply not available. What will they get by hiding the medicines and not supplying them to customers?” He has a quick-fix solution, “Anyhow, the chemist outside the hospital is hardly 20 yards away. Surely, the patients can walk that far.” Reportedly, in 1998, there was a raid on the hospital, which yielded fake medical receipts worth Rs 10,50,000. Ram Avtar, an aged villager, who visits the hospital frequently, alleged, “Every medicine is available in the hospital. If it is not, then where does the money go. They don’t want to give the medicines because they will earn much more through fake receipts.” Sources said that the hospital gets Rs 1 crore every year from the Government. “Yeh log hospital nahin chala rahe hain, inhone to paisa kammane ki dukaan khol rakhi hai (These people are not running the hospital. They have just opened a money-minting shop),” Ram Avtar said in a heavy voice. |
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BODY & MIND New Delhi, November 3 The Delhi Diabetic Forum, a ten-year-old organisation comprising doctors diabetics, para-medics and members of the public, is organising a free screening camp and seminar on Sunday. The forum has scheduled the event 10 days before the World Diabetic Day which coincides with Divali this year. Dr V.K. Gujral, Cardio Diabetologist and President of the forum says that the camp will provide facilities to screen adolescents for diabetes. The forum has also joined hands with the Escorts Heart Institute to organise a heart check-up. The forum plans to re-examine its previous inference on a direct corelation between long hours of television viewing and working before the computer, lack of exercise to overweight and diabetes among adolescents. Those who come for screening will be required to respond to questions related to their lifestyle as intake of high calorie diet and long hours of television viewing and working in front of the computer. They will also have the opportunity to hear Dr Kasliwal, Chief Cardiologist, Escorts Institute, speak on ‘Prevention of Heart Disease in Diabetes’, Dr Rajiv Gupta, Vice-President of the forum on ‘Prevalence of Diabetes in Urban India’ and Dr Gujral on `Lifestyle modification to prevent and control Diabetes’.
For patients’ kin The Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre in Rohini will soon have a 26-room dharamshala to accommodate attendants and relatives of patients. According to Dr Y P Bhatia, Director (Administration) of the institute, the construction of the dharamshala will be ready by March 2002. About 200 yards from the hospital, the dharmshala is being built at a cost of Rs 1.4 crore. The construction of the dharamshala would help a large number of outstation patients. More than 50 per cent patients who come for treatment to the institute are from Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The dharamshala would have a kitchen and a cafeteria and an attendant would have to pay only Rs 30 for a bed. The five-year-old hospital set up by the Indraprastha Cancer Society gets 7000 new patients every year who are advised frequent admission for chemotherapy and follow up. Since the existing bed capacity (164) is not enough to meet the requirement of patients, the authorities are planning to add a new wing with a bed capacity of 120. According to Dr Bhatia, patients have to wait for admission for 2-3 days.
Alternative cure The head of the Homeopathic Centre at Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr Ashok Seth’s presentation on ‘Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis’ was recently selected as the second best paper at the 12th Congress of Asian Homeopathic Medical League at Brisbane, Australia recently. In the last one year, Dr Seth has achieved success in treating about 60 MDR cases of tuberculosis. In some cases, patients who were not responding to anti-TB allopathic drugs began showing signs of recovery within two to three weeks. Dr Seth is confident of controlling the side-effects of the anti-TB drugs as incessant vomiting and adverse effect on the liver. The Homeopathic Centre founded by Dr Seth over four years back offers free treatment in its morning OPD (8.30 am to noon from Monday to Saturday). Those wishing to visit the clinic between 2 pm and 5 pm have to pay a consultation fee.
Fussy eaters Erratic eating behaviour among toddlers is increasing,says Dr Anupal Sibal, Consultant Paediatric Gastro-enterologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. Every day, Dr Sibal comes across at least one case where parents (mostly couples working as executives in multi-national companies, banks and financial institutions) complain that their child does not eat anything, is not interested in food and is a very picky and fussy eater. The first meal of the day is often inadequate as children cannot meet deadlines in finishing everything on their plate. In nuclear families without any adult support system, the problem is more acute and it is amazing to see to what extent a child of four years can manipulate family behaviour by refusing to eat. Dr Sibal says that food is a very powerful tool in the hands of children and they throw temper tantrums to attract attention. Bad habits of this kind take a long time to unsettle. Dr Sibal advises parents to allow children to make choice in food, have realistic perception of their appetite, make eating a pleasurable activity by making the table colourful and attractive and let children take sufficient time to finish their meals. They could also encourage the child to eat by making the atmosphere relaxed. |
Sports federations to be made
accountable New Delhi, November 3 "The Indian Olympic Association and the various sports federations/associations will need to demonstrate orientation towards the achievement of results and ensure tangible progress in the field of sports, keeping which in view, model bye-laws/organisational structures may be formulated for the NSFs, in consultation with them, and with due regard to the Olympic Charter, so as to make the functioning of the federations/associations transparent, professional and accountable,” notes the Sports Policy. Though the Sports Policy has accepted the apex and autonomous status of the Indian Olympic Association(IOA) and the various sports federation "with due regard for the Olympic Charter" and acknowledged the importance of national championships for developing competitive spirit and for talent-scouting, "it would be incumbent on the
federations/associations to hold annual championships in various disciplines in all categories--seniors, juniors and sub-juniors (for both men and women) at the district, State and national levels." Each national federation would have to draw up the annual national calendar of these events sufficiently in advance every year, which would be compiled and published by the IOA. The Sports Policy says "greater emphasis will be placed on promoting the development of sports amongst the juniors and sub-juniors and the more talented amongst them identified for special training and support". The Sports Policy has also observed that the Indian contingents for the Olympic Games, Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, which is a "matter of national prestige, need be chosen in due time, in the light of performance and promise, in national championships and elsewhere." This policy will settle, once and for all, the ad hocism prevailing in Indian sports regarding selection of teams for major international competitions. For the realisation of this, Long Term Development Plans (LTDPs) will be prepared for each sports discipline, incorporating details of standard of performance, targeted levels of performance, participation in competitions at national and international levels, sports exchanges, scientific support, and the holding of international competitions in the country. The Sports Policy says the "implementation of the LTDPs will be reviewed periodically, and the same would be continued, as a rolling plan, year after year". And the release of Government assistance would be considered only "on the basis of performance relating to the LTDP in question." |
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Arjun widens lead in Honda-Siel
Golf New Delhi, November 3 The 32-year-old Delhi pro displayed remarkable consistency and skills as he shot the day's best card of five under 67 to tally 16-under 200 for 54 holes. In second place at 10-under 205 was twice champion Uttam Singh Mundy of Kolkata, who returned a card of four-under 68. Mukesh Kumar (Mhow), despite a triple bogey on the par-4 10th, finished with a one-under 71 to be third at nine-under 207. Daniel Chopra of Sweden, winner of the event in 1994, and Harmeet Kalhon of Chandigarh, were tied for the fourth place at seven-under 209. In the morning, the leadergroup of Arjun, Mundy and Mukesh displayed scintillating golf to send the fans into raptures. On the first hole, all three hit brilliant tee shots and then reached the green in two before making birides on the par-5 hole. On the second, Mukesh chipped in from 45 yards for a birdie. On the third, Mundi chipped-in from right of the green for his second birdie of the day. After four holes, Arjun was one-under, while the other two were two-under. On the par-3 fifth, Arjun hit a dream seven-iron shot that went straight for the hole, lipped out, and finished four inches from the cup. Arjun made his birdie, but a hole in one would have given him the Rs 16 lakh Honda Accord car up for grabs for an ace on that particular hole. On the sixth, Arjun drained an 18-footer birdie putt, while Mundy replied by sinking a 14-footer. Mundy's putter was gathering heat. On the seventh, he sank a 35-footer for birdie and then almost holed his 15-footer eagle putt on the par-5 eighth. In fact, the first bogey by the leadergroup came on the ninth when Mukesh missed the green on the left before failing to make his up-and-down. At the turn, Arjun was 15-under, while Mundy was 11-under and Mukesh 10. On the back nine, Mundy began with a bogey on the 10th, but Mukesh was unfortunate to make a triple bogey from the, center of the fairway with a nine-iron second shot. From an uphill lie, Mukesh shanked his shot and went into the right bushes. Thereafter, it was Arjun all the way. Despite his first bogey of the tournament on the 17th hole, he rectified the scores with a birdie on the final hole, Mundy duffed his chip from the edge of the green on the 18th and finished with a disappointing bogey. “Six strokes really count for nothing at least on this course," said Arjun. "I can't take it easy with players like Uttam and Mukesh on my back. As for the missed hole-in-one, I can live with it. It would have been nice to have the car, but I am not too disappointed," he added. Ashok Kumar leads amateurs: India's no 1 amateur Ashok Kumar took pole position with a three-under 69 which took his
aggregate to three-under 213. Keshav Mishra of Delhi was one stroke behind at two-under 214. Scores (54 holes):200- Arjun Singh (64,69,67); 206-Uttam Singh (68,70,71); 207 - Harmeet Kahlon (69,71,69), Daniel Chopra (70,69,70). |
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US coach to conduct tennis
workshops New Delhi, November 3 The tennis workshops will be organised by the Delhi-based Peninsula Tennis Academy. Dr Louie Cap will also impart intensive training to promising trainees of the Peninsula Tennis Academy. The USPTR Workshop will be held from November 27 to December 1 at Noida and on December 2 and 3 in Pune. Dr Louie Cap is the former coach of tennis legend Billie Jean King, a former World No 1 and Wimbledon champion. Dr Cap himself played in the international tennis circuit with distinction, and was ranked amongst the top players in the world. Dr Cap is the head pro of the world famous Van der Meer Centre, Hilton Head, USA. He travels extensively across the globe. |
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Haryana Games
from Nov 7 Gurgaon, November 3 Giving details of the games, Mr M.S. Malik, Haryana Director- General of Police, informed that besides police personnel their family members would also take part in the five -day event for the first time. There would be a PT show by the newly recruited 500 police personnel on the opening day. The star attraction of the opening day would be a tug of war between the Madhuman police and rest of the police team. The judge would be Mr Malik. The DGP further said the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would be the chief guest. Mr Abhey Chautala, president of the Haryana Olympic Association and guest of honour, would be present at the opening ceremony. On the closing day, the Director, Intelligence Bureau, Mr K. P. Singh, would be the chief guest. Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, president, Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation, would preside over the function. Mr R.S. Dalal, Inspector- General, Gurgaon Range, and Chairman of the organising committee, Haryana Police Games, said at least 800 players were expected to participate in 30 sports and athletic events. Football, hockey, ludo, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, handball, kabaddi, weightlifting, and in athletics 100, 200, 500 and 1000 metres race, marathon, long jump, high jump, hurdles, disc throw, hammer throw and javelin are some of the events to be held there. |
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