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FOLLOW US ON facebook.com/ twitter.com/ thenilgirispost nilgirisPost youtube.com/ instagram.com/ Nilgiris Post thenilgirispostnews www.nilgirispost.com Edition - 4 Sunday, JULY 07, 2019 12 PAGES PAGES (5 - 8) COIMBATORE ESTABLISHED 2015 FREE / PRIVATE CIRCULATION 105-year-old Muvattupuzha Bridge going KSRTC fails to pay salary to em- Ooty hosts Yonex-Sunrise All India ployees despite profit strong 03 Masters Ranking Badminton Tourna- 09 ment 11 Exclusive TOON CORNER Old and ill eliminated by the notorious “Thalaikoothu” in Coimbatore Murdered before expiry date eas in and around Coimbatore. Windies cricketer Bravo meets Vidyashree Dharmaraj [email protected] From thrusting sand into the Padman, discusses pad machine mouth of the aged and dipping Coimbatore: In- A life’s end can be made tortur- them in oil to dumping them to be spired by the work ous under the guise palliative care. ‘treated’ by wild animals are prac- of Padman, Arun- When caring for the old becomes tised in rural areas of Tamil Nad achalam Muruga- tough and financially near impos- where emotions and culture are nantham, West In- sible, hastening the end becomes a overpowered by economic factors. dies Cricketer, Dwa- probable choice for many. Studies While home-based palliative yne Bravo met highlighting this have come and care models have been implement- him on Wednesday and discussed about me- The Covai Post looks at this grow- nasia. In a country where health in- The recent study by PSG Insti- ed successfully globally, financial nstrual hygiene awareness. Bravo, who arrived ing disturbing trend. issues have made it difficult in In- dices have improved and longevity tute of Medical Sciences and Re- at Coimbatore from Trinidad and Tobago, to at- Heated debates on the need for dia. Cultural and religious beliefs tend a private function, met Muruganantham. of life has gone up, the numbers of search sheds shocking details of Euthanasia and arguments against may make one bring a terminally He discussed on the ways and means to take the it continue with little solution, even the elderly have gone up substan- how the old and the terminally ill ill person back home to ensure a low cost pad machine invention to his country when the Supreme Court recently tially. This calls for good palliative are forced to have a painful death peaceful death at home. to spread menstrual hygiene awareness, sourc- ruled by n favour of passive Eutha- care. in Tamil Nadu including several ar- Continued on: page 11 es close to Muruganantham said. Global warming raises temperature in Nilgiris by 1.2 degrees in 3 years Ooty Anish brought hardship to Nilgiris farmers.” billion in one... best one... [email protected] “The research on this was con- hanks to global warm- ducted by the CSWCRT from 1969 to ing, the temperature 1989 and then from 1990 to 2019 in in the Nilgiris has in- two stages. The study showed that creased by nearly 1.2 from 1960 and 1970 were the two degrees over the past years with high temperatures. From threeT years, according to a study 1970 to 1990 the temperatures report from Central Soil and Water were normal. After that 1991 to Conservation Research and Training 2010 to 2019 for six years tempera- T R U E Institute (CSWCRT). ture had risen.” S im vice warranty Not surprisingly Ooty has had a At the same time, in Ooty the tem- hot summer this year as compared perature had risen to 19.4 degrees to the past few years. Also the water recently. Usually January’s highest level in the rivers, streams and dams temperature was recorded as 0.62 24" FHD. 32" FHD. 32" SMART TV. 40" FHD. 40" SMART. 55" ULTRA HD of Nilgiris district has also come degree and in December the highest ects + 12 months ser down significantly. was 1.2 degrees. Against this backdrop, a study conducted by the CSWCRT’s Temperatures decreased during Principal Scientist S. Manivannan April to 0.02 degrees and in Novem- has thrown up many interesting ber to 0.70 degrees. “In such a situa- facts. tion, the farmers in the Nilgiris must He said, “The effect of global wa- conserve water and use it for their rming on climate has affected the agriculture in the dry months. Nilgiris district also. The district is fac- They must employ new methods * 12 months against manufacturing def ing more dry weather, too much rain, to conserve water and also try to 24* months NOW AVAILABLE IN THE NILGIRIS. DEALERSHIP ENQUIRIES WELCOME. +91 73388 33468 floods, harsh and cold winter and grow vegetables suited to the chang- warranty other seasonal changes that have ing climate,” said S Manivannan. COVAI POST 02 Sunday, JULY 07, 2019 www.NILGIRispost.com Fetal medicine gaining relevance in changing environment conditions Leading fetal medicine specialist Dr Lalitha Natarajan of PSG Hospitals in Coimbatore speaks about the abnormalities that a foetus may develop and the methods to detect them in a chat with The Covai Post. Excerpts from the interview: TCP: Fetal medicine is gaining any bulges in the body are done for grandmothers gave birth easily. But, importance; it’s all about the health treatment inside the womb itself. today all information doctors give of the fetus. Why is it important? One tested method we carry out is are a little scary. Could you explain? Doc: in today’s scenario if you with twins when the placenta of both Doc: Comparing with our gener- take women in India, everybody is the babies is shared between them. ation, our grandmothers had 10-15 career-oriented. We also see many This increases the fatality rate to 90- pregnancies out of which 2 or 3 died people planning their pregnancy in 100 per cent. To avoid that we cut and it was taken as normal. But to- their thirties, people going in for as- the placenta and ensure that there is day, everything is planned - one or sisted conceptions and many with no connection between the two ba- two pregnancies - and we want to diabetes, hypertension and multiple bies inside the womb. make sure everything goes perfectly risk factors getting pregnant. In such TCP: Are there risk factors in smooth. We don’t want to encounter a scenario, looking at the health of women who are associated with ab- problems. It is not that our grand- the foetus becomes important. Foe- world. Around 1 in 1,000 mothers baby. Additionally we could look at normalities in the babies? mothers were not sad when their tus medicine specialists look at tar- could have a baby with Down Syn- the mothers having high BP towards Doc: Yes, as I said earlier in- children died but, they were able geted imaging ortho of the fetus to drome. The risk increases when the the end of pregnancy and that is also creased maternal age i.e. a person to take it. Today we have technolo- identify any potential abnormalities mother’s age increases. We have done as a part of blood tests made conceiving after 30 would have the gy and facilities and so we give it to that can be there. been fighting against nature to de- during the third month scan. The higher risk than a person conceiv- them. tect these abnormalities because TCP: How successful is the diag- fifth month scan is when we have a ing around 25. And there are other TCP: Finally, do the external fac- these Down children babies are go- nosis and how much of the abnor- blood test which gives us a risk as- conditions such as diabetes, hyper- tors such as pollution and lifestyle ing to live long and they need help. malities can you detect? sessment, something what we call tension, epilepsy and also the med- play a role in the abnormalities of So, what we are targeting is if we Doc: It depends on what type targeted assessment of fetal abnor- icines taken for epilepsy. These are babies? could identify Down Syndrome earli- malities and that is when we look conditions that could lead to abnor- of abnormality it is. There are lots Doc: Yes, in a certain percentage. er and possibilities to terminate that. at each part of the foetus, address malities in the baby. So, it’s import- of them that I don’t want to reveal That’s because when we look at the This nasal bone is one of the mark- the baby as a whole. We maximally ant we have a closer watch at all the because it’s going to be confusing. causes for the abnormalities in ba- ers we use it to measure the fluid look at how the baby is to make sure organs to detect any abnormality in There are certain defects in the brain bies it’s not only the chromosome running behind the baby’s neck and it is fine. In addition to these blood the baby. and the spinal cord which can be de- and not only the medications you along with other blood flow markers tests and scan we have certain in- tected 90 per cent. And in the heart, TCP: What would be the ideal age take, it’s also the environment. We and blood tests to find out whether it nate tests. We take some fluid from there are lots of problems which can- to conceive? have lots of pollutants in the envi- has the possibility of being born with around the baby or a tissue from the not be detected even by the most ex- Doc: It would be under the thir- ronment that can harm the babies Down Syndrome or not.