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TUESDAY 29 AUGUST 2017 XXJE KillingmachinesofMGM GoodMORNING Toofew ‘Incubators crowded, unsafe’ Hello. It’sTuesday, August 29, 2017. doctors, ANIMESH BISOEE Sport Doctors associated with MGM too many Medical College and Hospital as well as independent heal ■ Badminton training hubs have squarelyblamed at MohanAhujaStadi- poor antenatal and neonatal um in Bistupur, 4pm. babies carefor the high infant mor- ■ Cricketcamp at tality rate at the state-run fa- JRD Tata Sports KUMUD JENAMANI cilityinSakchi, Jamshedpur, Complex, 7am; and on aday the NHRChas slapped sportclimbing, 4pm. Twomore children, incl- ashowcause on the state gov- uding anewborn, died at ernment. MGM Medical College and More than 100 infants —85 Fair Hospital in the past 24 per cent of them newborns — hours, taking the paedi- have died at MGM in July-Au- ■ Garments exhibition atric toll at the govern- gust allegedlybecausethey ment-run heal hub to 103 were underweight and cram- on Ram Mandir premis- Twoinfants in asingle warmer at the neonatal ICU at MGM hospitalinSakchi, (86ofthem newborns) in med into incubators at the hos- es in Bistupur,10.30am. Jamshedpur,onMonday. Picture by Bhola Prasad ■ Artand craft July-August. Theshabby MGM hospital’spaediatric department where 103 pital’sinadequatelyequipped exhibition at Dindli Thenewbornwas refer- children have died in twomonths. Picture byAnimesh Sengupta neonatal and postnatal ICUs. BIRTH GUIDE „ Avoid lifting weights redfromacommunity health An assistant professor in in Adityapur,near „ Avoid massage by anyuntrained midwife Jamshedpur,11am. centreinWest Singhbhum’s order.Weare compelled to was not paid to newborns and the paediatric wardrevealed „ Visit anganwadis/health centres for ■ Ganesh Puja fair Goelkera blockwhile an keep morethan one newborn infants.He, however,admitted howMGM fell shortofinten- regular BP and sugar check „ Keep babywarmand clean eight-year-old HIV-positive in awarmer,” amember of the thatthe number of babies tak- sive carenurseriesatTata at Kadma grounds, Get proper diet (combination of green „ Wash hands before touching baby 4.30pm. boywas admitted to MGM nursing staffreiterated. ing birth at MGM and referred Main Hospital or Tata Motors „ hospital from the anti-retro- Dr Shyamlal Murmu, head from elsewherehad almost Hospital. vegetables,carbohydrate,protein, iron „ Breast-feed babyexclusively viral therapy (ART) centre. of paediatrics,said the num- doubled in the past twoyears. “Here, four among six ther- and calcium) before and after birth „ Maintain hygiene at home Theofficial reason forthe ber of preemies,and babies Another source said NICU mo-controlled warmers areac- Camp baby’s death is once again low with very lowweight and and PICU together needed at tive while out of the six multi- birth weight although avisit to birth asphyxia were continu- least 26 nurses,but had only13. parametermonitors,half are death,” she had said. ing morbidity and mortality Murmu admitted gaps in crib ■ Inner Wheel Club to the hospital on Mondayex- ouslybeingreferredtoMGM “Thereare also no wardatten- defunct.Thereare no ventila- Consultant paediatrician rates,” he said. care. “Thereiscrisis of man- organise donation camp posed aslewofshortcomings from health centres.“We pro- dants while eachunit should tors,CPAP(continuous posi- at MGM Dr P. Mohan Kumar Thesenior paediatrician powerand infrastructureis at Jamshedpur Blood —suchasmissing doctors and vide the best treatment with have at least three,” she said. tive airwaytherapy)machines said the hospital was bur- stressed thatinpreemies,the poor.Despite the odds,weare Bank, 10am. nurses,and defunct incubators availableresources,” he said, Cleanliness is anothercon- and gadgets to checkarterial dened with referral cases from organ system was not devel- doing our best,” he said. —thatcan be clubbed under adding thatchances of sur- cernatthe paediatric wing of blood gap,”hesaid. health centres in East Singhb- oped to adapt to extra-uterine Head of gynaecology and the head of medical neglect. vivalofanewbornweighing MGM hospital. “Instead of Amemberofthe medical hum, Seraikela-Kharsawan life while in lowbirth weight obstetrics at Tata Main Hospi- Function At the neonatal intensive less then 1.5kg were very slim. three sweepers sanctioned for staffatthe paediatric wing had and West Singhbhum, and cases,therewas less fatand tal Dr Manas Kabiraj under- careunit (NICU), therewere Likedearth of medical in- the ward, thereisnone at the earlier said the hospital au- even bordering districts of energyresources to adapt to lined thatantenatal care ■ Cultural programme 11 newborns (below28days) frastructure, manpowercru- moment. As astopgap arran- thorities regularly commit the Bengal (Purulia) and Odisha extra-uterine life. was as important as neonatal at Adarsh Mandapin crammed into just four radi- nchtoo stares one in the face gement, asweeper from anoth- crime of cramming incubators (Rairangpur). “In birth asphyxia, owing care. Telco, 6pm. antwarmers (advanced incu- at MGM hospital. Thepaedi- er department comes just once with babies.“One incubator is “The expectant mother to constrained supplyofoxy- “Would-be mothers should bators). Thereweresix babies atric department has asanc- aday although yourequire meant forone prematurebaby hail from low-income groups gen, multi-system damage regularly visit anganwadis or (above 28 days) at the postnatal tioned strength of 15 doctors, cleaning every 2-3 hours,” a or underweight newborn. But and rarelyfollowantenatal starts setting in gradually nearest health centres (pri- intensive careunit (PICU), butthereare onlysix in reality nurse said. here(at MGM hospital), they guidelines,especiallyinterms leading to death within 4-5 mary or community) to avail whichdoesn’t have asingle in- including Murmu himself. keep as manyasthree babies in of diet and precautions.All days after delivery,” he ex- of free iron and calcium pills, cubator. Amemberofthe medical Is crib careinsuchamess the same incubator.This in- these result in premature plained. and ready-to-eatfood packets “Twowarmers (read incu- staffconceded thatfew doc- at any other hospital? creases the chance of infec- birth, lowbirth weight and Head of paediatrics at thatare richincarbohydrate bators) at NICU areout of tors meant adequate attention Tell [email protected] tions manifold and can cause birth asphyxia, thus increas- MGM hospital Dr Shyamlal and protein,” he added. RANCHI MAX: 28.0°C Guessing game over missing file MIN: 21.5°C Rainfall: 22.6mm A.S.R.P.MUKESH mallyroped in CCL foraperi- Relative humidity Bill for Hotwar sports varsity drafted od of 30 years to runsports Morning: 98% Thefateofthe Sports Universi- academies and set up auniver- Evening: 98% ty Bill, to facilitatethe pro- sity at the Hotwar complex posed varsity at Morang Go- in 2016 yet to reachAssembly within three years.The JSSPS TODAY’S FORECAST mkeJaipal Singh Munda Mega has to set up at least 10 acade- Partly cloudysky.Max. Sports Complex in Hotwar,is the department,” said asource lated to privateuniversities) it hasn’t yetreturned from the mies in various disciplines. and min. readings to be hanging in balance. at JSSPS, whichisajoint ven- were cleared,” he rued. lawdepartment. We arework- Thevarsity,ifand when it around 29°C and 23°C Thedraft bill, submitted by turebetween the state govern- Sports secretary Rahul ing on it,” he added. debuts,will offer specialised Jharkhand State Sports Pro- ment and Central Coalfields. Sharma couldn’t be reached Principal secretary of law coursesinatleast five disci- Sunrise: 5.30am motion Society (JSSPS) to the Another JSSPS official forhis comments over phone. Dinesh Kumar Singh, on the plines to begin with, including Sunset: 6.09pm sports department in August said thatfromtheir end, they To aquery sent via WhatsApp, other hand, said he didn’t re- PhD in physical education, 2016, has failed to reachthe st- had tried to speed up the varsi- he replied, “It is being fi- call anyfile related to the PhD and MSc in yoga,exercise Temperature ateAssembly thathas already ty project by drafting abill as nalised.” sports university pending at physiology and sports man- (Max, min in degree Celsius) held twosessions this year. early as possible. Sports director Ranendra his office. agement, and will induct 1,400 Jamshedpur 31.2 25.2 “Wehad hoped thatthe bill “The department was ex- Kumar said as farasheknew, “Usually, files don’t remain students in phases,half from would be tabled during the pected to getitcleared by the the file was with the lawde- in my office formorethan two- Jharkhand whowill be Dhanbad 32.5 25.0 monsoon session, butthatdid- Assembly and, following the partment. “A ny draft bill first three days.Wetend to process trained free of cost. Daltonganj 31.6 25.4 n’thappen because the depart- governor’sassent, makeitinto needs legalclearance after it on the basis of its merit at Bokaro 31.6 25.6 ment couldn’t process it on an Act. Unfortunately, the whichitgoes to finance.Then, the earliest. It isn’t with us,” Will the sports varsity plan Themega sports complexinHotwar,Ranchi, thatis time.The current status is un- sports varsity bill remained after cabinet nod, it is tabled in he said. beat redtape hurdle? supposed to host the proposedsports varsity known to us.The file is with grounded while other bills (re- the Assembly.Asfar as Iknow, In 2015, the state had for- Tell [email protected] Kabaddi MATCH ROSTER St Xavier’s team shares stories from Estonia trip Sept. 15: vs and UMumba vs Gujarat Fortune Giants league at Sept. 16: BengaluruBulls vs Telugu Titans,Patna Olympians all, in spirit capital Pirates vs UPYo ddha Sept. 17: Jaipur Pink ACHINTYAGANGULY events, said he wassur- Panthers vs Dabangg prised to excel in sports. Delhi KC,Patna Pirates vs Not all can takepartorwin “I’dneverparticipated in stadium in the Olympic games, but sports before but Iprac- Sept. 19: PuneriPaltan vs all can adopt Olympism, tised seriously fortwo ,Patna the spirit of fair play, non- months before this Estonia OUR SPECIAL Pirates vs BengaluruBulls discrimination and inter- trip,” he said. CORRESPONDENT Sept. 20: Patna Pirates vs national peace thatinspires Harshit, whowon a ,Jaipur the greatest sporting ex- medal forspirited partici- Patna’sloss is Ranchi’sgain. Pink Panthers vs Haryana travaganza on earth. pation, conceded he fell Thecity will forthe first time This wasthe biggest shortofrequired standards Steelers host the ProKabaddi League takeawayfor HarshitPan- in sports. with two-time champion Pat- Sept. 21: Patna Pirates vs jwani, aClass XI student of “I slipped during the na Pirates all set to playtheir UPYo ddha St Xavier’s School in Ran- cross country race,” he gri- home matches in Ranchi be- chi, whoalong withfour maced.“But, Iwas mosten- tween September 15 and 21. kickedoff in Hyderabad on schoolmates and teacher thusiastic abouttaking Thematches,originally July 28. Thefinal will be played Dennis Dawson, took part partindiscussions, which scheduled in Patna, were shift- in Chennai on October28. in the 11th youth forumof waswhy my name wasrec- ed out of the city after the fran- So,wheredoyou getthe International Pierre de ommended by teachers chisee cited bureaucratic hur- tickets? Thefranchisee on Coubertin Committee Harshit (second from left) with St Xavier’sprincipal Ajit Xess from other countries fora dles and interference by babus Mondaysaid tickets will be (CIPC) in Estonia this and team membersinRanchi on Monday. (Prashant Mitra) medal,” he added. andVIPsfor free passes. availableatthe twoCafé Coffee month. What brokethe ice? Led by skipper PardeepNar- Dayoutlets —one at Spring Backfrom Ülenurme, ascenic borough in TartuCoun- “Wehad to compulsorily share dining table with par- wal, Patna Pirates has 16 Indian City mall in Hinoo and the ty,Estonia,where theystayedfrom August 19 to 26, the ticipants from others countries likeBrazil, Kenyaand and 2foreign players.Placed in other on Main Road —from Xaverians shared their experiences on Mondayinschool. Australia,”Harshit said. Zone B, the team is currently September 11. Tickets will also This wasthe first time an Indianteam took partinthe Nirja Amyra, ShaillyXalxoand AshishShreyansh placed No.2with 27 points hav- be sold at the mega sports com- 20-year-old history of the CIPC youth forum, ayear after Ekka did not getmedals but were thrilled with the forum. ing won4out of 7matches. plex from September 15. On- its Indian branchcame into existence. ThefiveRanchi St “I wasneverasporty girlbut Iperformed rather well Theteam, whichwill play line sale of tickets beganat Xavier’sstudents, three boys and twogirls, were among in long jump,” said Nirja. “I’dsay the atmosphere of the six matches in Ranchi, will take BookMyShowonAugust 16. the 150-odd students between 16 and 18 years from 27 foruminspired me. Ialso found Estonians very helpful.” on Telugu Titans on the first day Afranchisee official said countries across five continents at the youth forum. They didn’t knowthe Estonian language,adistant (September 15) at the Harivansh ticketprices were reasonable All students had to takepartinfivedisciplines —test cousin of Finnish, but everyone gotalongwell, Harshit Tana BhagatIndoor stadium at and won’tpinchthe pocket. of knowledgeabout Coubertin, the Olympic movement agreed. “I just knewhow to sayhello,” he said. “It’s the megasports complex in Hot- “Silver stands areRs150, gold and Olympic values; sports thatincludes cross country tere.But, our hosts went out of their waytomakeus war.Between September 15 and Rs 250 and platinum Rs 500 and race and swimming; artperformances in individual or comfortable.” 21, atotal of 11 matches will be Rs 600. VIP stand is Rs 1,000 and group events; social work;and debates. Sarojini Lakra, aCIPC member and general secretary playedinvolving 12 franchisees. VVIP Rs 1,500 per ticket,” the of- Harshit’s batchmateRaj Anand whowon aPierre de of its Indian branch, whowas present on the Doranda Season 5ofthe league ficial said. Coubertin medal forsuccessfully competing in all five campus on Monday, said theywould plan more events.