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RNI No. DELBIL/2012/45560 Monthly Newspaper Vol - 2, Issue - 12 DL(E)-20/5415/2012-14 June 1st - 30th, 2014 • ` 10/- • New Delhi Health news delivered daily at drugtodayonline.com Ph.: (011) 22792078, 22792554 DRUG TODAY MedicalMedicalMedical TimesTimesTimes Medical City P2 Medical pharmacy P4 Medical Review P6 DTMT Exclusive P14 Dearth of equipment: Draft new rules in place to Special review on World No Biological clock: Time to Hospitals put on notice amend D&C rules 1945 Tobacco Day (May 31, 2014) listen to body’s rhythm How do I Market my PRODUCT? scan now Drug Today Mart Electropathy in practice even In UP, dirty flows as MoHFW has reservations Ganga sans STPs MK SINGH In what could be a major viola- Only 17 of 742 cities of state boast of sewage treatment plants tion of the rules prescribed by the Union Health Ministry, it has BS RAWAT Gorakhpur, Bijnor, Badaun, Ali- come to light that almost 2 to 3 LUCKNOW garh, Jaunpur, Rai Bareli, Pratap- lakh ‘doctors’ are practicing elec- garh, Shahjahanpur, Mathura, Fi- tropathy or electrohomeopathy. ttar Pradesh Pollution rozabad, Faizabad, Pilibhit, Etah, It is learnt through an RTI query Control Board (UPPCC) Etawah, Baghpat, Bahraich and filed by Chikitsa Sansar, a health is a statutory body en- Hardoi have yet to come up with advocacy group, that 100 to 150 trusted with the powers sewage treatment plants. colleges are offering a full-time Uto deal with the pollution prob- In the absence of sewage treat- four-year course in electropathy lems of the state under the Envi- ment plants, untreated sewage sans recognition. ronmental Protection Act, 1986. was discharged in various rivers Electrohomeopathy is a study But, the board seems to have no passing through the outskirts of of natural science, anatomy, control over polluting industrial cities directly before being flown physiology, pathology, chemistry units and the local authorities. into big rivers like Ganga and Ya- and botany focusing on supposed In a reply to an RTI query filed muna. therapeutic power of electricity by a Rohini-based activist, RH lahabad, Mirzapur, Farukhabad, As regards other related infor- in botanical extracts. Or, it can be Bansal, environment and public Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, mation such how many plants explained as a derivative of ho- relations officer in UPPCC, Om Sultanpur, Bulandshahr, and are non-operational and perfor- meopathy that relies on remedies Prakash, revealed that out of 742 Meerut have sewage treatment mance of 17 plants, the environ- from non-poisonous plants. towns and cities of the state, only plants (STP). ment officer expressed his inabil- “Electropathy or electrohome- 17 including Agra, Etawha , Man- He further informed that sev- ity to provide the information. opathy is not recognised by the puri, Mathura, Varansi, Noida, eral other cities including Mo- He said all the details could be Health Ministry as a system of Saharanpur, Mujaffarnagar, Al- radabad, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Continued on P 8 medicine. The ministry is not in a position to support any clinical practice by any person/institu- tion anywhere in the country as New Health Minister vows transparency the concerned Bill for the same is under active consideration by the DTMT NETWORK “cure” in India’s national health policy. Government”, read the RTI reply, Dr Vardhan assured ways to revitalise transpar- a copy of which is available with After taking charge of his min- ent administration. “My administration would be the DTMT. istry, the new Health and 100 per cent transparent,” he said, adding that he Speaking to DTMT, Ashok Family Welfare Minister would work hard to improve the overall health Khandelwal of Chikitsa Sansar Dr Harsh Vardhan said his system in the country. discloses that those enrolled priority would be to em- The Minister said the focus of his ministry would with these colleges are getting phasise “prevention” over Continued on P 8 Continued on P 3 WHO effect: Delhi L-G constitutes high-powered panel to check pollution ROHIT KUMAR In the wake of WHO’s report on pollution in which Delhi is dubbed as the most polluted city in the world, the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has on May 16 constituted a high-powered committee to look into pollution levels in the city. The panel will specifically look into pollution caused by growing number of vehicles on the roads of the National Capital and pollution levels in Yamuna because of outpouring of industrial and sewer waste in river. The L-G has asked the committee to examine all aspects of pollution, its causes, its levels, and steps required to check pollu- tion in the city of Delhi. As per the directions issued to the committee, they are required to suggest both long term measures to be adopted to the tackle the issue of pollution in Delhi. The panel has to submit a comprehen- sive report with viable solutions to check pollu- tion in the city within one month. The panel will be chaired by Chief Secretary and will Special CP (traffic), Delhi Police, Com- missioner (Transport) and Additional Secretary (DPSS) as its members. Post WHO report, the L-G chaired a meeting over the issue last week after which the depart- ments concerned were directed to take adequate measures to check corruption. Following direc- tions, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee is- sued notices to 112 stainless steel picking units in Wazirpur industrial area for discharging untreat- ed toxic waste into the Yamuna. “We cannot allow for pollution to grow un- checked. It is our responsibility to provide a healthy environment to our citizens,” said Jung. If we have to ensure health of our cities, we will have to take stern steps against pollution and pol- luting units, he added. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 2 Medical City 1st - 30th June 2014, New Delhi Dearth of equipment: Civic grievance cells Raid on wholesale drug market; hit roads in Delhi-6 16 samples lifted from chemists CIC puts hospitals of DTMT NETWORK DTMT NETWORK in 24 hours. Insulin car- NEW DELHI Congested streets and NEW DELHI tridges meant for hospital lanes add to the woes of supply were also found in The North Delhi Municipal In a surprise raid on the stocks of the chemists the Capital on notice Corporation (NDMC) has the residents and visitors wholesale drug market at in “grey market”. The of- set up eight citizen service The condition gets worse Bhagirath Place, 16 drug ficials disclosed that there BS RAWAT centers to address public during monsoon samples were lifted from were cases where instruc- NEW DELHI grievances about sanita- eight chemist shops for tions on MRPs on tablets tion and cleanliness. The cross verification with the chemists for sale. and injections were delib- The government hospitals in Delhi drew civic body largely covers from 8:30 to 9:30 am in manufacturers as per the “Insulin and Tetanus erately erased. a sharp criticism from Central Informa- densely populated Old winters. If the complaints directions of Lt Governor injections required to be The team also found tion Commission (CIC) for several glaring Delhi areas where prob- are not addressed proper- Najeeb Jung. kept under 2-8 degree Cel- that numerous drugs were shortcomings like unavailability of ultra- lems of sanitation and ly, they can contact Zonal The raiding team com- sius were found lying in found to be not up to the sound and x-ray machine, generators and cleanliness are a matter of Assistant Commissioner prised 18 drug inspector, open outside the shops,” mark and around 16 sam- CCTV cameras came to light through a grave concern. of City Zone at his office, assistant drug controller an officials said. ples of different medicines complaint filed by a Delhi-based RTI ac- As business hub of the Aruna Asif car parking. and 20 police personnel. Such callousness on including antibiotics were tivist RH Bansal. city Old Delhi is frequent- Services can be sought at According to the team, the part of the chemists seized for quality test at Information Commissioner M Sridhar ed by businessmen and ward numbers of the area. a number of “major vio- towards sensitive drug Drug Testing Laboratory. Acharyulu last week gave the Delhi Gov- tourists from across the The list of services cent- lations” were found in formulations can prove Authorities hinted at ernment 30-day ultimatum to furnish all country and abroad. Con- ers are as ward no. 79, near manufacture and sale fatal for diabetic patient. suspension and cancel- the details on availability and condition gested streets, lanes and at Netaji Subhash Marg, of drugs. Besides, drugs Insulin stocks worth of Rs lation of licenses as pe- of ultrasound and X-ray machines in vari- bylanes add to the woes of Hardayal Library. Ward meant for beneficiaries of 6 lakh kept in such crude nal action against those ous hospitals in the Capital. had launched a project to procure these the residents and visitors no.66/80, Bagh Deewar Employees State Insur- manner were seized dur- drug involved in serious RH Bansal, the complainant, painted a equipments on a public private partner- alike. The condition gets near Katra Neel at Chandni ance Corporation (ESIC) ing the raid. Notices were violation of quality norms. grim picture of government hospitals in ship (PPP). There has, however, been no worse during monsoon Chowk. also found their way to issued to eight wholesal- Besides they can initiate the National Capital in a report to Central movement since. “The PPP is at the stage when the waterlogging and War no.67/80 Paiwa- the stocks of the private ers and told to respond prosecution against them. public information officer (CPIO) and Di- of development, in broad parameters,” traffic jams create hurdle lan road near Dariba Kal.