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Quackery thrives, risks lives Ludhiana, November 21 Before the patient reached the centre, another quack rang up the doctor and said he had sent the patient to him and the referral incentive should be sent to him. Just after the patient reached the hospital, yet another quack appeared in the hospital and claimed that she was his patient. The doctor was confused as to whom he should give the incentive. If he gave the incentive to all three, the cost of treatment would go up and the doctor would not be able to save anything. A doctor said this was the harsh reality, the medical community was facing. Quacks were harming society like a double-edged sword. On one hand, patients were becoming victims of wrong treatment and on the other, they had to pay more. There are many such examples of wrong treatment of diseases by these self-styled doctors. A patient from Hoshiarpur was given wrong medicines by a so-called neurologist in Janta Nagar. “The patient went into shock for over a month due to wrong medication”, said his relative. In another incident, a quack administered wrong medicine to a poor patient, who went into shock. He was immediately taken to a nursing home, where he remained admitted for five days and was saved. The quack got Rs 1700 of the total bill of Rs 5000. The patient was almost killed due to the negligence of a quack, who was later given a reward of Rs 1700. A doctor said competition among doctors was another reason to promote quackery as they had to give the referral incentive unwillingly. He said, “The big fish in the medical profession, instead of curtailing the practice, are promoting quackery as by this method, smaller fish can be eaten by them”. A physician of a local hospital said, “All this amount goes from patients” pockets. A leading surgeon started distributing Divali gifts to quacks a fortnight before because he was getting brisk business from them. He will not foot the bill from his pocket. He will increase the cost of treatment and patients will be left with no other option but to surrender”. The authorities concerned showed their helplessness in curbing quackery. A doctor said, “People should never take a referral slip from any quack. Doctors should discourage this practice as these incentives increase the cost of treatment”. |
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Dr Gupta invited for International Mycology meet Ludhiana, November 21 At the symposium, Dr Gupta will give a detailed account of pathology, pathogenesis and diagnosis of emerging mycotic (fungal) diseases like aspergillosis, zygomycosis, cryptococcosisi and candidiasis. The incidence of these fungal infections has increased recently in human beings and animals, because of loss of immunity due to AIDS, widespread use of cortico-steroids, antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs like cyclophosphamide and stressful life-styles. For his outstanding research work on the above mentioned mycotic diseases, Dr Gupta was recently awarded the ICAR ‘Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award’ for Rs 3 lakh and Drs N.C. Jain and J.L. Vegad award of Rs 10,000 by the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists. Dr Gupta will be the guest of Rajah Muthiah Medical College during his stay for the symposium.
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Public health lecture Ludhiana, November 21 Dr S.C. Ahuja, Principal DMCH, in a press note today said that the lecture will be delivered by Dr Ajay Kumar, Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospital New Delhi. After the lecture, a question-answer session will take place in which queries regarding the topic will be answered. |
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Health staff stir continues
Ludhiana, November 21 Mr Sukhwinder Singh, president and Mr Darshan Singh Latala, general secretary of the association, in a joint statement today said both the recruited were close relatives of the Health Minister and the Chairman of the Service Selection Board. The members of the association had already given a call for a strike on November 22. They threatened that if these recruitments were not cancelled, then more state-level agitations, rallies and dharnas would be held. The leaders of the association said due to the strike, public dealing had been affected. They said people were not able to get death/birth certificate and drug licences.
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Residents outraged over harsh penalties for Indian cricketers Ludhiana, November 21 An avid sports-lover and a statelevel hockey player, Mr Bhupinder Singh, says that this act of the referee, Mike Denness, is to besmirch the good name of the Indian players all over the world. He allege that strict action is always taken against Asian cricketers who have achieved name and fame in the cricketing-world. He explains that it is a regular practice for bowlers to clean the ball with fingers or by rubbing it against the clothes and there is nothing wrong in it as every time a bowler cannot go to referee for cleaning it. He opines that there is nothing wrong in it if any cricketer does so. An engineer and cricket-lover, Mr Pavneet Singh Uppal says, “This has become a common practice that the referee takes severe action against Asian players over minor issues. Earlier the spin bowler of Sri Lanka, Murlidharan, had become victim of a referee’s decision and now six Indian cricketers have to face the music. He opines that the matter should be reviewed in the light of correct facts as the Indian cricketers had not done anything wrong. He says that the ball has not been tampered for achieving desired results. If the referee thinks so then every international cricket player should be penalised. A professional, Tilak Raj, for whom cricket is the only game that interests him, says that this reflects the biased attitude of the referee Mike Denness who has penalised the famous cricketer for doing nothing which spoils the game. He says that the decision of the referee is not taken logically as they have been penalised for a practice which every international cricketer indulges in. Moreover this episode reflects the attitude of the west towards the east, he added. He opines that this was done nothing to demoralise Indian cricketers and to give them a bad name. He says that this matter should be reviewed again and the players should not penalised in future over such minor issues. A high school student and cricket player, Himanshu Aggarwal opines that if the ball was tampered with, then the ball should be examined properly by a panel of cricket experts and only after finding the player at fault, should he be penalised. He thinks that the player should sue the referee if that was not the case.
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A sportsperson of a
different kind Ludhiana, November 21 He did it just to make his achievement coincide with the inauguration of the XXXI National Games. He did achieve the feat, yet he remains unnoticed, and unacknowledged. Gaur tired his level best to reach the organisers of the Games in time so that there could be an acknowledgement of his achievement at the historic movement. But he could not. He started his odyssey on November 15, so as to reach here on November 19, within 100 hours. he missed the mark by 2 hours as he conquered the distance on his bicycle in 102 hours, still a great achievement. He claims it is a world record. As he reached here, he was not allowed entry into the Guru Nanak Stadium for security considerations. He had to argue his way with the security staff and after a lot of cajoling and convincing he managed entry through the common gate without his bag and bicycle. He risked keeping it out in the parking. After managing entry into the stadium he sent a message to the secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association, Mr K. Pandey. But he did not respond as he, “Might have been busy with the inaugural function” says Gaur,
counselling himself. Gaur did not lose heart. He tried to meet the mediapersons. He wanted to generate an awareness and interest among people, particularly the youth about sports. “More than that, I want to generate the spirit in sportsmanship the country. That is why I took this long and arduous journey”, he said. But he also wanted some acknowledgement and recognition which did not come at any official level. It is not for the first time that he had achieved a great feat. In the month of August, he paddled his way to Khardung la (18,380 ft above sea level). This is an achievement not many can dream of. His expedition was flagged off by the Punjab Governor Lt Gen J F R Jacob on August 6. Here he covered a long and treacherous route of 4,000 km. Earlier he covered the distance between Varanasi and Delhi in a record 85 hours. The accomplishments are too many to be listed, include a journey from Varanasi to Kargil, Varanasi to the Everest base camp, Varanasi to Vaishno Devi and many more. Like a true sportsman, he remains undaunted in his resolve that “I have miles to go”, regardless of whether anyone acknowledges his feets or not. |
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Warning sportspersons
against drug trap Ludhiana, November 21 He further said some sportspersons were using steroids to enhance their performance. After using such drugs over a period of time, the users gain in size and strength and the most commonly abused drugs are anabolic drugs. Anabolic means growing or building. These drug may help in building muscles fast but these have very serious side-effects too. A person who uses these drugs to enhance performance in sports is like a blind man looking in a dark room for a black cat that is not there. The ill effects of anabolic drugs are many. They cause permanent damage to the brain and the body causing increased risk for various illnesses. These make people look stronger but create weakness inside and weaken the body’s defense system against various diseases and disease producing agents. These drugs permanently stop bones from growing. For example, if a teenager starts using such drugs, he or she may not be able to grow to his or her full adult height. In males they cause the testicles to shrink and permanently damage reproductive ability. In females they cause loss of the menstrual periods. Under the effect of the drugs, there is loss of scalp and facial hair, the voice of the drug abuser deepens permanently and the growth of the body is hampered. These dangerous drugs increase risk of liver damage or cancer even in young persons. Mood swings occur rapidly and feeling of depression and irritability is quite common. Such drugs permanently impair learning capacity and memory
and confound the coordination between the brain and the body. No wonder that dope testing has made mandatory in almost sports. The urine samples are collected randomly and if drug is traced in the urine, even the medals won in any event are asked to be returned and the sportsperson is also banned to compete in tournaments for a few years. He said drugs do enhance the performance but just as fish gets caught only when it opens its mouth. A player gets caught in the deadly web of drugs. Aas Kiran and Eak Jyot , some other NGOs working for de-addiction have also been bringing awareness and making the youngsters to learn to say no to drugs and say yes to sports minus drugs. |
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