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Newspaper for the health conscious Yoga Ready Reckoner Of Current Medicine DRUG TODAY Medical Formulations For latest updates and exclusive reports on health and medicine log on to www.drugtodayonline.com a complete website for the MedicalMedicalMedical TimesTimesTimes health conscious City Scope P2 Institutions P3 Review P6 DTMT EXCLUSIVE P14 One hospital closed, another 500 contractual employees in Curcumin therapy effective in Swachh Bharat: Good idea, bad on notice over negligent death Delhi hospitals put on notice recurrent oral lichen planus implementation – opportunity lost

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K.Rasheeduddin industry has been paying a heavy @drugtodayonline.com price for the populist policies of the successive governments at t a time when the pharma the Centre for quite some time industry is struggling for now, of late, things have come to Asurvival under backbreak- such a pass that its survival itself ing restrictions, a word of reas- is in jeopardy. To the relief of common man, surance from the Government Thanks to the undue restric- Railway Minister Suresh would have worked as balm on its tions imposed by the Govern- Prabhu spared passenger festering wounds. But since the ment through NPPA, the sector fare from hike in his maiden much-needed solace came from has lost its proverbial resilience railway budget tabled. In- National Pharmaceutical Pric- power. Such is the eagerness to stead, he promised an af- ing Authority (NPPA), the very exploit the resources of the in- fordable, safer and cleaner statutory agency that inflicted the dustry that the Government has and technology savvy train wounds, the irony was not lost on PEP TALK: Injeti Srinivas yet to wake up to the mess it has journey. anybody, least of all the belea- flourishing industry would not created for the pharma sector as a guered industry. have been possible without undue whole. The logical outcome of this Details on P 5 The sudden downfall of the statutory intervention. While the Continued on P 10 Two years on, medical council acts in duress

BLACK SHEEP IN WHITE ROBES We have served notice PHARMA-DOCTOR Doctor CITY to the doctors and stern Dr KK Singh Patna action will be taken UNHOLY NEXUS Dr Mukesh Kumar Singh Patna against them if Dr Kamlakant Rakesh Patna Dr Jamshed Ahsan Kausar Begusarai their replies are SANJEEV K JHA Dr Kumar Suman Begusarai not satisfactory. PATNA Dr AK Jha Darbhanga We will intimate Dr BK Mishra Darbhanga state Health Following state Health Depart- Dr Narendra Mohan Sinha Hajipur Department about it. ment’s repeated reminders to the Dr Indramanu Singh Hajipur —Dr Narendra Prasad Bihar Council of Medical Regis- Dr Sitaram Singh Vaishali chairman of BCMR Dr Prabhat Ranjan Sultania Madhubani tration (BCMR) for its report in Dr Vinod Pandey Aurangabad a case where some Bihar doctors Dr Mahesh Lakhotia Samastipur filed by the then Karimnagar MP allegedly received cash incen- Dr Shahabuddin Sherghati Ponnam Prabhakar with the then tives from drug firms to prescribe Dr B K Mehra Bodhgaya chairperson of Lok Sabha stand- their medicines the council ap- Dr Sudhir Kumar Sheohar ing committee on chemicals and pears to have finally swung into Dr Shrikant Dubey Bettiah fertilisers late Gopinath Munde. action. Dr Sanjeev Ranjan Mishra Chhapra As per the complaint, some According to official sources, doctors had brought it to the the BCMR had issued show- ticing in different towns of the came to light when a complaint notice of Prabhakar a Mum- cause notices to 19 doctors prac- state. They said the matter first dated December 20, 2012 was Continued on P 11 Medicos in dock for helping Munna Bhais

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At least 25 students from various medical colleg- es of Bihar have been detained for fraud in medi- cal entrance exam of 2012 and 2013 in Madhya Pradesh. However, going by the magnitude of the scam and involvement of the students from the state, these arrests seem to be a tip of the iceberg. The high-profile scam pertains to fraudulent admissions to MBBS course in Madhya Pradesh involving services of impersonators from across the country, including 25 to 75 from Bihar, who appeared for PMT (premedical test) in place of candidates. At least 17 people, including a former minister of MP, have been arrested so far. More than 1,000 students have been expelled from various medi- cal colleges of the neighbouring state in this re- gard so far, sourc- es said. PMT fraud: Warrant The Sources said against 35 students -p11 Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force is tracking more than 50 medical students from Bihar in connection with VYAPAM scam. Some doctors, too, are believed to be involved in the racket. “We have a list of 50 students who could be in- volved in the medical entrance exam scam of 2012 and 2013. The numbers could go up 3-5 times if we include the records from 2008,” claimed an investigator. The Madhya Pradesh Police wrote to the Pat- na Medical College & Hospital (PMCH) and Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) at Muzaffarpur. In a letter to PMCH principal last week, the police named three of its students in the scam. They are Pankaj Kumar Gupta, son of Madan Gupta; Ramu Kumar, son of Virendra Ku- mar, and Mritunjay Kumar, son of Visheshwari Prasad. Seeking custody of the trio in connection with investigation, the police asked the college au- thorities to hand them over to an assistant sub- Continued on P 11 DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 2 City Scope 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi One hospital closed, another put on notice over death due to negligence

BS.Rawat Solanki, complainant in Kamini, 34, who was hospital. @drugtodayonline.com the case. two-month pregnant, was On arrival, Jaipur Gold- Medical Superinten- under treatment of Dr en Hospital though de- NEW DELHI: A two-year- dent, Nursing Home Cell, Alka Goel, a self-styled gy- clared Kamini dead, but old medico-legal case of Dr AK Saini, in his action necologist in Rohini. On refused to conduct post- 167 security guards the death of Kamini Solan- taken report (ATR) in the May 13, 2012, she was ad- mortem on her body. ki, a housewife, took a case, informed that a no- mitted to Satyam Hospital While acting on the com- new turn with Directorate tice was issued after taking as she developed some plaint of causing death by go on a flash strike of Health Services (DHS), suo motu cognisance of serious complications. But criminal negligence from Delhi Government, issuing violation of Delhi Medi- as no qualified doctor was Solanki, DHS gave closure notice to Medical Superin- cal Council (DMC) rules available at the hospital order to Satyam Hospital leaving GTB in lurch tendent of Jaipur Golden by Jaipur Golden Hospital, for the entire day her hus- over medical negligence, Hospital for not conduct- Rohini by not conducting band rushed her to Jaipur Jaipur Golden Hospital Rohit.Kumar guards, who did not wish ing postmortem on the postmortem in a case of Golden Hospital. But she came under fire for intran- @drugtodayonline.com to be named, asked how a deceased wife of Dhiraj unnatural death. died on her way to the sigence on its part. person could survive if he Patient-care services of is denied his wages. Guru Teg Bahadur Hospi- Meanwhile, function- tal (GTB) were hit hard as ing of registration coun- Workshop on cancer Assistive tech for the disabled stressed 167 security guards went ter, OPDs and emergency on a lightning strike cit- suffered due to lack of se- pain management and DTMT.Network able to accomplish, by of disability. ing non-payment of sala- curity in and outside the @drugtodayonline.com providing enhancements Technology involves all ries. They staged a protest hospital. to, or changing meth- Technology enables a the communication tools demonstration almost en- Doctors and patients palliative care NEW DELHI: Prominent ods of interacting with, person with a disability and assistive devices ena- tire day bringing several had a harrowing time medical experts and bu- the technology needed to be independent and bling a person with a dis- health services of the hos- at the hospital with no DTMT.Network cancer and how to make reaucrats emphasised the to accomplish such task,” ability to be independent pital to a grinding halt. one to attend to them at @drugtodayonline.com their lives manageable need to provide assistive Jain further suggested the an active participant in and an active participant Blaming their contrac- OPDs and general wards. and comfortable while the technology to differently- multi-dimensional solu- the community in all areas of the commu- tors (Rajeshwar Sirohi and In case these guards con- NEW DELHI: With a view treatment is going on. abled people. They said the tions technology like Mas- nity. Bijendra Sirohi) for non- tinue with the strike, all to ease pain of cancer pa- Speaking on the occa- disabled do not have the sive Open Online courses Technology access is payment of their dues, a the departments except tients through better care sion, Special Health Sec- ability in particularly re- (MOOC), shift from Digital closely linked to acces- group of security guards the emergency wards are in hospitals, a workshop retary, Delhi Government, mote areas. If they are giv- Literacy to Digital Citi- ability growth rate has sibility and inclusion. It said they have not been bound to suffer. was jointly organised on SB Shashank said in pal- en appropriate technology, zenship. He also stressed recorded 13.7 per cent. includes various types of paid their salaries since Medical Superintendent ‘Cancer Pain Manage- liative care roles of doctor they can play a vital role in upon the social enterprise In India, 6.81 million peo- assistive technology spe- November 25, 2014 and (MS) of the hospital was ment and Palliative Care’ and family are equally im- nation building. models and data driven ple are living with disabili- cifically for disabled peo- this has affected their not available for the com- by Department of Health portant. Speaking at a confer- policy in India for disabili- ties. It is approximately ple, such as hearing aids, daily life badly. They al- ment on the issue. & Family Welfare and All The doctors were sensi- ence cum exhibition on ties or impairments. 2.21 per cent of total popu- braille typewriter, wheel- leged nexus between the Non-payment or de- India Institute of Medical tised about the practices “Empowering Disabled According to the latest lation of India. They are chairs, mobile, software hospital and contractual lay in disbursement of in Sciences (AIIMS). Around under the palliative care Persons with Accessi- estimates, the country’s entitled to the same rights and more. authority. salaries among security 100 doctors from Govern- and pain management and ble & Assistive Technol- disabled population has as all other human beings Unfortunately the ap- Dharam Veer Singh, one staff and other contractual ment hospitals participat- were asked to adopt them ogy”, Mukesh Jain, joint increased by 22.4 per cent and to equal opportunities. propriate access to tech- of the protesting security staff has been a conten- ed in the workshop. while treating the patients. secretary, Department between 2001 and 2011. In most countries, at least nology and assistive devic- guards alleged that both tious issue for the hospi- Participants at the work- The Department ofof Disability Affairs, said, The number of disabled, one person out of 10 is es are not readily obtained the contractors and the tal. caught in the crossfire shop deliberated on the Health & Family Welfare, “The assistive technol- which was 2.19 crore in disabled by physical, men- in developing countries, hospital are responsible between the staff and the excruciating pain suffered Delhi Government decid- ogy promotes greater in- 2001, rose in 2011 to 2.68 tal or sensory impairment the main obstacles being: for non-payment of their authorities of government seriously and terminally ed to further collaborate dependence by enabling crore. The decadal growth and at least 25 per cent of availability, appropriate- salaries as neither of them hospitals, patients have ill patients are subjected with AIIMS for training of people to perform tasks in urban areas is 48.2 per any population is adverse- ness, affordability, servic- is taking heed to our griev- to bear the brunt as their to during the treatment of doctors in palliative care. that were formerly un- cent while rural areas dis- ly affected by the presence ing and maintenance. ances. One of the security treatment suffers. Doctors seek early ban on plastic packaging for liquid drugs DTMT.Network economical, they cited the said, “PET bottles may of the products of PET re- could have impaired im- being exposed to UV light. yond 120 days also re- act as endocrine disrup- @drugtodayonline.com usage of certain medical have long term medical leases chemicals that acts mune development, loss of However, their usage is sults in toxic loading of tors which get moulded formulations as notified consequences for women, like estrogen. And that was pregnancy, pre- term birth minimal.” the medication. A point into the drug solution. The NEW DELHI: Doctors here by the Union Health Min- especially in the reproduc- before they exposed the while children can suffer PET bottles have been to note is that prolonged common man tends to have come out in support istry calling for phasing tive age group and chil- stuff to real-world condi- from low birth weight and tested for permissible lev- storage also results (be- ignore the shelf life men- of early ban on PET bot- out PET bottles within a dren.” tions: simulated sunlight, congenital defects which els of phthalates, antimo- yond 120 days) in toxic tioned on the container, tles used as containers of stipulated timeframe in In India, PET bottles are dishwashing and micro- could manifest in later ny, acetaldehyde etc., for loading of the medication. and also ignore the tem- drugs quoting researches the wake of recent studies used in 70 per cent pediat- waving, stages of life.” storage at temperatures of Thus unnecessarily pro- perature at which the drug highlighting the cascading emanating on various side ric and liquid geriatric for- Dr AP Dubey, Professor Indian Medical Associa- around 20 degrees centi- longing shelf life should should be stored. These health impact it has on the effects. mulations. And a great ma- and HoD Pediatrics, Maul- tion’s former secretary, Dr grade. This potential endo- also be discouraged. pose high health risks.” patient. Speaking at a press con- jority of pregnant women ana Azad Medical College Narendra Saini said, “The crine disruptor leaching, Dr Sanjeev Bagai, Senior Dr Kiran Agarwal said, Condemning the latest ference, Assistant Profes- are unknowingly getting said, “Women especially pharma industry uses increases to as high as 4 consultant paediatrician “The impact of such expo- move of the pharma in- sor, Department of Ob- exposed by use of tonics in the reproductive age amber coloured glass bot- times the permissible limit, at Dwarka Manipal Hos- sure may not be evident dustry to justify the use stetrics and Gynaecology, or other medicines. group consuming medi- tles in certain instances at higher temperatures. pital, said, “The PET bot- now but could manifest in of PET bottle as safe and AIIMS, Dr Seema Singhal, More than 70 per cent cine out of such bottles to protect medicine from Prolonged storage be- tles have components that the future.”

FIR against IHBAS        HoD for bashing up     
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 NEW DELHI: An FIR has been lodged at GTB Enclave Police Station here against Dr Pankaj Kumar Upadhaya, a doctor at Institute of Hu-  man Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), for allegedly beating up a male staff nurse of the  hospital. 
  In the FIR, the staff and nursing union of the  premier mental health institution demanded  immediate arrest of the head of neurosurgery 28th  department for unprovoked assault on Vaish-   nav.    They alleged that those were accompanying   the doctor to the private ward of the institute created a ruckus before beating up the male nurse, who was on duty at the time. The IHBAS Karamchari Union and Nurses Union issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the direc- tor of the institute, Dr Nimesh Desai, to take stern action against the erring doctor. Dr Desai said he will take action against the erring doc- tor on the condition that the union withdraws the FIR. Meanwhile, the staff of the institute held a two-hour protest demonstration. The union leader said that its members would go on flash strike from February 15 at the institute till their concerns were addressed. If the nurses and other supporting staff go on a strike, routine out-patient department services at the hospi- tal are bound to be affect adversely. It all started when the male nurse filed an RTI R: 1QJ:C%`V:%Q` C:J  VJV 1HV Q%`HV  query against the neurosurgery department JR1:JQ%JH1CQ`$`1H%C %`:CV V:`H.5 JR1: with a video footage shot by mobile for mal- functioning of various equipments on Thurs- : 1QJ:CH:RVI7Q`$`1H%C %`:CH1VJHV 5 JR1: day morning. Ever since, the HoD was nursing a grudge Q7:CQ :J1H :`RVJ 5
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found the nurse on duty. Recounting the ordeal of her colleague, Nurs- es’ Union leader Sweta Sharma explained how R: 1QJ:C%`V:%Q` C:J  VJV 1HV Q%`HV 5 Dr Upadhay used abusive language against the victim while bashing him up. % ::I]% 5V1VC.15 JR1: “In the FIR, we have named all those who beat I:1C71J`QH`7QG1Q VH.: 1: 81J6R1`VH Q`JG]$`8V`JV 81J up the Vaishnav. If stern action is taken against 1118H`7QG1Q VH.: 1: 81J the doctors, we will go on strike,” she added. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi Institutions 3

500 contractual employees are put on notice Afreen.Fatima If the decision implement- fate of the contractual em- there are more than 500 em- @drugtodayonline.com ed, 500 contractual employ- ployees has not been taken ployees working in the hospi- ees in various hospitals will as yet, but in future only tals on contract basis. Services NEW DELHI: According to a be rendered jobless. those students are wel- of all these workers are at stake circular issued by medical su- This development has come to join who clear the post issuance of the circular. perintendents of government come as a rude jolt for jun- entrance exam.” Other hospitals may also take hospitals in the city, no exten- ior doctors, nursing staff and The question arises if Feb- action regarding to this un- sion will be given to any con- pathological staff, who have ruary 28 is not the deadline wanted circular because If sud- tractual employee after Febru- on an average spent 12 year to remove the contractual denly so many employees are ary 28, 2015. in service at GB pant, Guru employees, what is the rea- removed, the functioning of the The decision was taken at a Tegh Bahadur, LNJP, Sanjay son for issuing the circular hospital is bound to be affected. meeting held on January 30 Gandhi Hospitals and are to heads of various depart- Recruitment of such huge under the chairmanship of awaiting regularisation of ments (HODs) of the hospi- number of employees at a short Pr Secretary with Ministry of their services. move, the GB Pant MS said, tal. notice is not possible. In such Health and Family Welfare. Explaining the reason for the “While the final decision on the Leeladhar one of the nurs- a scenario what about patients ing staff with care? The hospital authorities G.B Pant in- do not have an answer to this formed that pressing question.

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PATNA: Incredible though it may sound, it is true. All the drugs that the hospitals in the state have to fight swine flu are expired. At a time when there is panic across the state over the infection in the wake of a patient testing positive for H1N1 virus, this shows how ill-equipped the healthcare system is to deal with any eventuality. Sample this: In 2010, the Central Government ensured adequate supply of medicines including 30mg and 45mg tablets and syrups of ‘Tamiflu’ needed to fight swine flu. Incidentally, the date of expiry for the syrup and tablet is July 2014 and December 2014 respectively. According to official sources, the outdated drugs are worth Rs 10 lakh. Though the Central Govern- ment had issued letters to all medical colleges and hospitals to make timely arrangement for flu- fighting drugs and diagnostic kits, nothing tangi- ble has been done so far reflecting dilly-dallying approach of concerned officials. “They are supposed to order a Hyderabad-based drug manufacturing company to supply the nec- essary medicines, i.e. ‘Zanamivir’ and ‘Oseltami- vir’,” informed Dr Ragini, state surveillance officer of swine flu. Meanwhile, Navneet Kumar from Mardapur vil- lage in Siwan resident, who was studying in Ra- jasthan, complained of symptoms associated with swine flu. Though a Jaipur hospital has tested him positive for the dreaded disease, a confirmatory report from a Bihar lab is yet to come. However, doctors say as of now there is no need to panic in Bihar. The patient, however, is reported to be admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital located here. Nalanda Medical College Hospital’s Head of Medi- cine Department, Dr RR Chaudhary said, “In most of such cases, the virus is self-limiting and less than 1 per cent patients need to be hospitalised.” However, if the disease assumes epidemic form proportion as it has in Rajasthan, the situation can go out of control because there is no government hospital with facility to test H1N1 virus that causes swine flu. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 4 Pharmacy 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

Appointments Panic in patients over Legal Column Situation vacant HIV drugs shortage Drug manufacturing can WANTED REQUIRED be outsourced from SANJEEVINI THIRUMALA MEDICAL AGENCIES SANJEEV K JHA attention in the past two years, while 15 PATNA AIDS patients died due to medical negli- a loan licensee M/g store Receptionist gence in the same period. With antiretroviral therapy (ART), an This is not the first time that drug Query: “What are the legal liabilities of a A loan licensee/person using the prem- D.C.H Marketing Executive HIV drug, in short supply patients in the shortage has hit Bihar. Citing impedi- drug manufacturer in an event of a loan ises and equipments and staff of another H. No 12-11-390 Computer Operators state suffering from AIDS are in for a ments in drug distribution as reason licensee at his premises is booked under drug licensee is a manufacturer within Warasiguda, Secunderabad harrowing time. If the official figures are for the shortage, Dr Diwakar Tejaswi, a D&C Act? Can a drug manufacturer get the meaning of 69-A of the Drugs & Cos- Cell: 9391203135 Plot. No.3, Balaji Residency, to be believed, almost all ART centres member of Bihar State Aids Control So- his formulations manufactured from a metics Rule 1945. Before granting a loan Jeedimetla, Hyderabad. are facing shortage of the drug which is ciety (BSACS), said discontinuation of loan licensee under third party arrange- license the licensing authority shall sat- 040-65695115, 916014460 WANTED crucial for survival of the HIV patients. medication can have far reaching con- ment?” isfy himself that the manufacturing unit Gyan Ranjan, state coordinator of sequences as the patient can’t survive —Neeraj Kumar has adequate equipments, staff, capacity sri sai medical & REQUIRES People Living with HIV/AIDS, an inter- without regular dosage. of manufacturer and facility for testing general stores national patient group, informed that He said, “Both BSACS and ART centres According to Drugs & Cosmetics Act before undertaking the manufacture on Calyx Biotech children with AIDS too are suffering as are understaffed. The irregular supply of 1940 and Drugs & Cosmetics Rules 1945, behalf of the applicants for a loan license. Dr. MBBS the drugs meant to administer them are ART drugs can lead to catastrophic con- a loan licensee is a manufacturer of Under third party agreements the Licen- M r not available in many districts. Nevirap- sequences, like mutation of HIV virus. drugs who may be a company or a unit see or Loan Licensee firm/unit, normally any specialist ine, which prevents transmission of in- There are 13 ART centres in Bihar to cater or a body corporate or any other estab- renowned and brand leader, enters into a Franchise Manager fection from mother to newborn, is also to the 37 districts. Many patients travel lishment having no drug manufacturing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 11-2-420, Beside Maruthi in short supply. to distant districts to access the medi- facilities, but who intends to avail him- with the manufacturing company and Sangam, Mylargadda, Distributors Diagnostic kits, used to ascertain the cine. If it is out of stock at the ART centre, self manufacturing facilities owned by a the manufacturing company agrees to Sec'bad- 61 Location Bihar Uttar Predesh effect of the drug and prescribe the dos- they are forced to discontinue the treat- licensee in Form-25. manufacture generic/patent-proprie- Cell: 7842803376 And Delhi /Ncr age accordingly, are not available in ment.” Loan licensee is responsible for the qual- tary products of a licensee or loan licen- Contact No . 9968382861, adequate quantity. As a result, Sushila Pointing out that ART drugs suppress ity of the drugs manufactured by him. see in the manufacturing facility belong- WANTED 9871874923 claimed the CD4 test is not being con- HIV and restores immunity which is The manufacturer whose facilities the ing to the manufacturing company at ducted at PMCH ART centre. destroyed by the virus, Tejaswi said, “If loan licensee is availing is not responsi- agreed terms. sreedevi maternity Wanted Rajan said, “The issue was discussed at there is a break in medication, the virus ble for the quality of the drugs manufac- There is no third party manufacturing & nursing home length recently at a National Aids Con- is bound to become resistant and this tured by a loan licensee in his premises. agreement provision in Act and Rules. Medical Writers trol Organisation (NACO) meet in Delhi will hamper treatment. If the first line of A person, whether he is a proprietor, But there is no prohibition for manufac- D.G.O & Illustrators recently. But no contingency plan could medication fails, the second line of treat- firm or a company, having a license to ture of drugs on third party agreements be worked out to stem the shortage. ment is prescribed. If that too fails, death manufacture for sale or distribution of by a licensee or loan licensee in the D.C.H Sales Officer However, the Government said it is try- is imminent as there is no third line of drugs on Form-25 under Rule-69A has a Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 and Drugs & for promoting business ing to procure drugs at the earliest.” treatment. The immune system of the right to manufacture his products in his Cosmetics Rules 1945. of our Design and Con- For HIV/AIDS patients, who routinely body stops functioning.” own manufacturing premises or in the anesthesia full face ill-treatment and discrimination in “The situation is precarious especially premises of another manufacturer. The sultancy Agency of Phar- time the state, the shortage is a double blow. in backward and poverty-stricken ar- loan license is defined under Rule 69-A RAMESH CHAND, ADVOCATE maceutical Industry - we 12-11-253, Warsiguda, Rajan said there have been instances eas, where people solely depend on ART and 75-A of the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules Nationally acclaimed expert on Drugs do designing & printing of in the past where these hapless people centres for this expensive medicine re- 1945. and Cosmetics Act (1940) Secunderabad- 500061 various sales promotional were denied treatment. Documentations quired to be taken for lifetime. If pur- Cell No. 9848624926 materials for Pharma by People Living with HIV/AIDS show chased from private shops, it costs a For any legal query you can write us at: that at least 35 patients, mostly preg- whopping Rs 2,000 to 3,000 a month,” [email protected] WANTED Companies. Pl. apply if nant women, have been denied medical he concluded. you are Undergraduate / bhadhrakali Graduate in any discipline, medical & general Male / Female candidates, store who may be interested in Govt to set up drug price control monitors in states and UTs field job. Medical D.C.H BK JHA scheme detailing objec- forge linkages with the ers has also time and linkage of NPPA with the that in the next fiscal Rs Writers & Illustrators NEW DELHI tives and implementation State Drug Controllers again recommended for state drug controllers 20.73 crore would be re- of the PMRUs. and State Drug Inspectors, strengthening the existing through a dedicated Drug leased for the scheme. D.G.O Mob 9871696965. With a view to keep strict According to NPPA, the the official admitted. monitoring and enforce- Price Monitoring Cell in The PMRUs will also Shop No. 12-10-590/99/1/3, Ph. 011-25458331 vigil on drug prices, the PMRUs would be estab- “There is an urgent need ment system as well crea- each of the major states. help the regulator in Warasiguda, Government plans to set lished at a cost of over Rs for setting up PMRUs tion of NPPA Cells at the Broad objective of set- monitoring price move- 011-45596965 Secunderabad - 500061 up Price Monitoring and 96 crore over a period of at the States/UTs which States/UTs level as this ting up the PMRUs is to ment of scheduled and Call 9866436557 email: medicalwriters01@ Resource Units (PMRUs) five years, starting with would render necessary would be an effective in- provide necessary tech- non-scheduled formula- gmail.com in all the states and Un- the 2015-16 financial year. technical assistance to stitutional mechanism to nical assistance to the tions, based on periodi- WANTED ion territories. Around Rs A senior official of de- the State Drug Control- carry out the mandate of state drug controllers and cal returns filed by the REQUIRED 100 crore will be allocated partment of pharmaceuti- lers and NPPA towards NPPA in an effective man- NPPA towards monitoring industry, price revision of PRASAD for the proposed scheme, cal said it has been found monitoring the notified ner. the notified prices of med- scheduled formulations THE CALYX starting from the next fis- that some manufacturers prices of medicines, price A Task Force to explore icines, detection of viola- by manufacturers on an- HOSPITALS cal -2015-16 and last for have overcharged and re- movement of scheduled options other than price tion of the provisions of nual increase in wholesale CLINIC the 12th Plan period. covery amounts to over and non-scheduled for- control for achieving the DPCO (revised from time price index, as per provi- The National Pharma- Rs 4,000 crore. 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BHMS of price fixation/revision, solving such issues and pilation of market based chairmanship of Pronab to be implemented during The NPPA also needs anesthesia monitoring and policy make monitoring system data of scheduled…,” the Sen, the then principal the 12th Five-Year Plan support for verification of full time BUMS formulation support with very effective across the NPPA notification said. adviser to Planning Com- period and commencing pharma company docu- Prefer , At Least Practice Of Nacharam 44-617/12, Ida respect to medicines of country, he added. The Parliamentarymission in its report had from the financial year ments, field investigation 1 Year Nacharam, Behind various categories, has Presently NPPA does Standing Committee on also strongly recommend- 2015-16 onwards,” the and testing medicine sam- Location. 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TB officers getting ready for From clean toilets to Braille-enabled coaches a budget cut setback Promises galore in Suresh Prabhu’s maiden Rail Budget BS.Rawat calators at major stations, for the BK JHA treatment and free dis- Expecting a budget cut, @drugtodayonline.com Maintaining toilets is a long benefit of elderly and differently- tribution of TB medicine at a time when more funds abled passengers. They can even India is highest tubercu- through private chemists are required, the TB offic- NEW DELHI: To the relief of pending demand, but Prabhu purchase e-tickets at a cheaper losis (TB) burden coun- under innovative pub- ers of all states dashed common man, Railway Minister hopes to improve their rate after a one-time registration. try in the world, yet in a lic–private partnership off a warning letter to the Suresh Prabhu spared pas- More lifts and escalators at ma- surprise move the Gov- models. Union Government. They senger fare from hike condition by installing newer jor stations and concierge service ernment is expected to This project is being pi- sought the Centre’s im- in his maiden railway fittings. This year 17,000 at select stations were also pro- reduce budget meant for loted in Mumbai, Patna mediate intervention to budget tabled. In- existing toilets on coaches will posed and TEs would be instruct- tackling TB officially by and Mehsana, the home prevent a situation that stead, he promised ed to help senior citizens, preg- Rs 2,000 crore and that district in Gujarat of can go out of control. an affordable, safer be replaced with bio-toilets nant women and differently-abled makes TB officers work- Prime Minister Narendra The main reasons for and cleaner and people in obtaining lower berth. ing under revised national Modi. These strategies are this alarm include down- technology savvy Environment-friendly waste-to- tuberculosis control pro- showing encouraging re- sizing the five-year budg- train journey. ways — one of his priorities. A energy conversion plants will be gramme (RNTCP) Jittery. sults and could transform et of Rs 6,500 crore to Rs Under the flag- new department is introduced for set up near major coaching termi- They expressed their con- the way India’s diagnoses 4,500 crore for the RNTCP, ship Adarsh Sta- keeping stations and trains clean nals. cerned in a letter to Direc- and treats TB. failure to trace about 1 tion Scheme, he under this movement. To ensuring women’s safety, tor General of Health Ser- On the one hand, Luv million TB-affected peo- promised 200 Maintaining toilets is a long measures for increasing the num- vices recently. Verma, Secretary, Health ple, and rise in multi-drug more stations. pending demand, but Prabhu ber of surveillance cameras in TB is a deadly disease & Family Welfare says the resistance and unpaid As an im- hopes to improve their condi- coaches and women compart- not associated with the RNTCP has been effective and demoralised staff. petus to the tion by installing newer fittings. ments announced in the budget. poor only. Even mega and treatment success “This may be considered ambitious “This year 17,000 existing toilets To provide freedom to passen- star, Amitabh Bachchan, rates have tripled from an emergency, which, if “Clean India on coaches will be replaced with gers to select their meals from an who assumed a new role 25 per cent in pre-RNTCP not addressed, could in- Mission”, the bio-toilets, and new toilets would array of choices including local as TB Ambassador said era to 88 per cent pres- vite a disaster for India... Railway Minister build in 650 stations,” Prabhu told cuisine, e-catering has been intro- that that he was a TB ently and TB death rates You must also be facing made Clean Rail- to gathering newsmen. duced in 108 trains on an experi- survivor. Accounting for have been reduced from great embarrassment to He promised vacuum toilets, mental basis from January this nearly one-fourth of the 29 per cent to 4 per cent hear that India is home to where waste is cleaned using air year. Food can be ordered through global incidence and in during the same period. every fourth TB patient in instead of water, to be designed in the IRCTC website at the time of 2012, out of an estimated But his department is un- the world. the next six months. booking of tickets. global annual incidence of able to get a higher allo- Every Indian feels Garbage disposal bags will be Prabhu said, “It is also intended 8.7 million TB cases; 2-2.4 cation for the programme ashamed when the certi- installed in non-AC trains this to set up Base Kitchens in speci- million were estimated to on the other. fication of ‘not suffering year, along with clean water-vend- fied Divisions to be run by highly have occurred in India. According to WHO, In- from TB’ is asked for long ing machines, Prabhu added. credible agencies for serving At a time when the coun- dia has 26 per cent of visa applications to the The Government had a lot on quality food”. try needs more spending world’s TB cases. Annually, US, the UK, Canada and offer for differently-abled pas- According to the minister, the in healthcare and sev- 1.3 million TB cases are Australia etc,” the TB of- sengers and patients — from on- railways will expand moment eral pilot projects require notified to the national ficers said in the letter. line booking of wheelchairs and water vending machines to cover more funds to scale these programme. There are The letter also recom- braille-enabled newly manufac- most Railway stations. “This will at national level, a cut of an estimated 2.2 million mended private sector to tured coaches to a possibility of ensure availability of clean drink- Rs 2,000 crore will come TB cases in India. Hence, be included to reach out wider entrances for stretchers to ing water at very low cost to the as a major setback to fight there are nearly a million to the 1 million “missing” easily pass through. people apart from being an en- against TB. Huge funds cases missing from notifi- patients suffering from There will also be a larger quota vironment friendly measure,” are required to scale up cation. tuberculosis. of lower berths, and lifts and es- he said.

Gujarat leads in HIV infections through blood transfusion

AHMEDABAD: According to a report from the Na- tional AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), at 1,658 Gujarat has the country’s highest number of cases of transfusion transmitted HIV infections from 2010-11 to 2014-15. This raises a serious question about the quality of blood transfused to unsuspicious patients in the state. Experts contend that a wide range of factors, in- cluding medical negligence, three-month window period of the HIV virus, where the virus is not diag- nosed by the ELISA test, failed testing mechanisms in public health and wrong information provided by patients, contribute to the high figures of HIV spread through transfusion. In the past, complaints have been raised against sample pooling for HIV which compromises test re- sults. Since pooling of samples dilutes the viral load of a positive sample, many times it does not get de- tected and is passed on to a patient, a senior micro- biologist here said. The CBI, in its report said that there was negligence in test of blood samples and recommended severe compliance by blood banks.—DTMT

Supported By NHRC: Perspective missing in draft National Health Policy 2015

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Raising some specific questions over the draft on National Health Policy, 2015, National Hu- man Right Commission (NHRC) pointed out that crucial perspective to improve country’s health- care system is missing. The right panel suggested that it should add 13 - 15 May 2015, Bombay Exhibition Centre some more relevant initiatives like public health system’s accountability and participatory. NHRC’s core group on health has observed IPHEX 2015 will be the biggest industry event showcasing that rights perspective is missing from the draft the diverse range of pharmaceutical sectors National Health Policy. It also felt that public health system needs to be made accountable and One to One Prefixed Meeting between Exhibitors and Hosted Buyers participatory. The draft does not talk about com- munity action. Visitors Highlights: The views were ex-  500 overseas buyers are being invited from LAC-ASEAN-CIS-AFRICA pressed while reviewing the draft National Health & General Region Policy, 2015 of the Union  Government Procurement Agencies, Hospitals and Health Service Ministry of Health and Providers Family Welfare at a meet- ing of the Commission’s re-  Drug Regulators & FDA Officials constituted Core Group on Health. The meeting was chaired by SC Sinha, a member of the NHRC. He said health is one of the most basic and es- Exhibition Highlights: sential asset of a human being and therefore, it is fundamental human right that enables one to  International Buyer Seller Meet live a life with dignity.  Conferences Several other suggestions and observations were made about the draft 2015 Policy and other health concerns, some of which are as follows: n Public-centered universal health care finds no mention in 2015 Draft Policy. n The 2015 Draft National Health Policy should look into national action plan on health pre- pared by the NHRC in collaboration with Jan Swasthya Abhiyaan and the Ministry of Health & Online Registration at www.iphex-india.com | T: 011 23310051, 23324288, 41536654 Family Welfare. E: [email protected]; [email protected] n The 2015 Policy should also reflect the budg- et that the Government will invest in the health sector. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 6 Review 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

Parental awareness key to fight cancer in kids Beware of roasted and BS.Rawat Her family rushed her to at AIIMS. professor of Hematology fried food to keep @drugtodayonline.com a nearby hospital. Howev- Dr Seth suggests parents at AIIMS, says, “Leukae- er, the doctors there failed that in case of prolonged mias and lymphomas, fol- Alzheimer at bay NEW DELHI: If Ritu Bhalla, understand her problem illness in children due to lowed closely by tumours a 21-year-old girl from Ra- and referred her case to routine symptoms, such as of the central nervous sys- DTMT.Network They can also bind to the jasthan, is alive today it is All India Institute of Medi- fever, typhoid in children, tem that constitute major- @drugtodayonline.com receptor for AGEs (RAGE). because of the vigilance cal Sciences (AIIMS). Here, they should immediately ity of childhood cancers in RAGE transports beta- of her parents. Thanks after a long series of medi- consult a doctor. At times, India. A new study suggests eat- amyloid proteins across to their timely alarm, the cal tests and checkups, the the common symptoms Acute Lymphoblastic ing roasted or fried meat the blood-brain barrier disease could be detected parents were informed may have “serious mani- Leukaemia (ALL) is the could increase the risk and contributes to the de- early in time and treated that she had cancer. festations”, he said. most widespread paediat- of Alzheimer’s disease. velopment of Alzheimer’s successfully. Like Ritu, there are thou- AIIMS doctors Rachna Seth and Tulika Seth at a conference A list of essential compo- ric malignancy, which ac- The research reveals that disease. Ritu was diagnosed with sands of children afflicted newborns, are prone to of the opinion that if the nents of childhood cancer counts for one fourth of cooking foods at high The research is the first acute Lymphoblastic Leu- with Lymphoblastic Leu- cancer. This results in de- masses are made aware should be noted. “Detec- all paediatric cancers and temperatures raises the to guesstimate the AGE kemia after her parents kemia cancer. Apart from tection of cancer at later about the fact that cancer tion in time, referral to a three fourth of all newly- risk of the disease. content of diets from ob- noticed some knots near experiencing unbearable stage of the malignancy. can happen in childhood right doctor, good-treat- diagnosed leukaemias.” The study look at the servational studies in var- her left ear. As these knots pain, they stare at certain About 50,000 children too, many serious cases ment and further building “The incidence of child- content of higher glyca- ious countries, which es- swelled and started pain- death if not diagnosed in are detected with cancer can be avoided. Cancer in a healthy lifestyle for fu- hood ALL is approxi- tion end products (AGEs) timated the link between ing their daughter they time. every year and AIIMS ad- children is curable if de- ture can bring out the best mately three-four cases realised that something It has been noted that not mits 300 such children in tected at the early stage, results in curing child- per 100,000 children un- unusual was happening to many parents are aware a year. said Dr Rachna Seth of the hood cancer.” der the age of 15 years,” Dr their daughter. that the children, even the Cancer specialists are department of paediatrics Dr Tulika Seth, assistant Seth added. No money for crucial Unicef supports Internet.org on kids' health

surgery; boy given for DTMT.Network their fifth birthday. Many die during learn healthier habits. Teachers @drugtodayonline.com their first year of life. can use it to help children life skills. dead by family members Countless more children live in Even journalists can use it to write NEW DELHI: Unicef, which part- precarious situations and face di- articles about local issues on chil- Nabanita.Sengupta from the society. Doctors nered with Internet.org, supported minished futures. Facts for Life can dren’s rights. in diets and clinical stud- dietary factors and risk of @drugtodayonline.com informed her that Faruk’s the launch of the Facebook’s Inter- help change behaviours and prac- “We are very proud to be a key ies comparing total AGEs Alzheimer’s disease. For second vertebral has net.org app in Mumbai by provid- tices to save and protect the lives content provider for Internet.org, to Alzheimer’s disease this purpose, the values KOLKATA: Faruk, 16, is cracked. If he is not oper- ing essential information to fami- of children and help them grow and which makes the internet accessi- rates. AGEs are a group of for AGE for many types battling for his life at Nilra- ated upon immediately, lies and communities on children’s develop to their full potential.” ble for free to those who are not yet compounds that are com- of food were taken from tan Sarkar Medical College chances are his nerves can health. Facts for Life provides practical connected, as we believe that access bination of sugar, proteins a study by researchers at Hospital after a road acci- be damaged permanently Facts for Life, a handbook of es- information, including advice on to information is fundamental to in- and other large molecules, the Mount Sinai School of dent. He needs to undergo and as a result he may die. sential information families and pregnancy, childbirth, childhood ill- novation for equity. researchers said. Medicine in New York. an emergency operation Faruk’s mother has re- communities need to know to raise nesses, child development, parent- Giving connectivity to the world’s However, when food Researchers found that to survive, but since his signed to her fate. “I am healthy children, is now available ing protection, care and support for most marginalized populations is is cooked at high tem- meat made the uppermost poor family can’t afford it. seeing my son moving for free through the Internet.org app children that all people have a right at the centre of UNICEF’s innova- peratures or cooked for a contribution of AGEs, fol- They approached Patient towards imminent death, in English and other six local lan- to know and put into practice. tion agenda because without access long time such as in hard lowed by vegetable oils, Welfare Society for finan- yet I can’t do anything for guages including Hindi, Telugu, As- It is a resource for creating and to information children and young cheese chances of AGEs cheese, and fish. cial assistance but the so- him,” she wailed, samese, Bengali, Marathi and Tamil. strengthening protective environ- people are stifled and put at risk,” increase. Foods such as cereals/ ciety is unable to take a Doctors of the hospital Chief Advocacy and Communica- ments in the home, school and highlighted Ms den Dulk. AGEs increase the risk of grains, eggs, fruit, leg- decision before a meeting wonder why medicine and tion, Unicef India, Caroline den Dulk community and can help families to Customers can access the Inter- various chronic diseases umes, milk, nuts, starchy despite emergency. beds are not available to stated, “Each year, almost 9 million make informed decisions. net.org app through the Google Play through several mecha- roots, and vegetables gen- Time is running out for the poor free of cost de- children, including about 4,56,000 The content provided applies to Store or by visiting www.internet. nisms including higher in- erally make low contribu- Faruk. He can’t wait till spite express assurance in India, die from preventable and everyone in the country. Health org from a mobile browser on their flammation and oxidative tions to the total amount the society convenes a from the state Govern- treatable illnesses before reaching workers can use it to help families smartphone or feature phone. stress. of AGEs in a diet. meeting and takes a deci- ment. They were informed sion to bear the cost of the that money can be ar- surgery to fix his spinal ranged by Patient Welfare cord injured when he fell Society for the treatment Curcumin therapy effective in recurrent oral lichen planus off while riding a bicycle. of the poor. In case the Doctors say if he is not op- treatment is expensive, DTMT NETWORK cal steroids, for more than On evaluation, no lesion administered with a two visit, further improvement curcumin. Then local ap- erated upon soon, he may Swasto Bhavan can inter- two weeks, may results in was noticed. At the end divided dosage of 500 mg was seen in the regression plication of curcumin not survive. vene to ensure that no- Oral lichen planus is a mucosal atrophy and sec- of three weeks, the pa- twice daily for a period of of lesion. Oral hygiene paste was started for one But the Patient Wel- body is denied treatment cell-mediated immune ondary candidiasis and tient again reported simi- four weeks. instructions were rein- month. The treatment was fare Society, on which the for want of money. condition. It is one of the may increase the potential lar symptoms of burning Curcumin is a polyphe- forced. withdrawal and patient family of the patient, be- Expressing his inability most common dermato- of systemic absorption. So, sensation on eating spicy nol derived from curcuma During the end of third was kept on follow-up for longing to the Below Pov- to do anything, Ali Aaman, logical diseases present search for alternative me- food. On examination, longa. It has a variety of week follow-up, the pa- three months. erty Line (BPL) section, is Super of Nilratan Sarkar in the oral cavity mostly dicinal treatment is still presence of white patch therapeutic properties in- tient was asked to taper On subsequent follow- banking on for finance, is Medical Hospital, passed found in middle-aged and on. noticed on the same area, cluding antioxidant, anti- the dose with once a day up for three months on noncommittal. It’s still un- the buck to Patient Wel- elderly Indian population In one case study, lichen with Wickham striae, con- inflammatory, antiseptic 500 mg curcumin cap- both the sides of buccal certain when it is going to fare Society. with a prevalence rate of planus treatment was firming the reoccurrence activity and anti-carcino- sule for two weeks. After mucosa no evidence of le- meet and if at all it meets, The question arises why 2.6 per cent. started with a topical ster- of the lesion. genic activity. fifth week, the patient sion was seen and patient whether it will take up he did not write a letter While there is no single oid kenacort 0.1 per cent. Treatment was started On using curcumin on again came for routine didn’t show any sign of Faruk’s case or not. to Shasto Bhavan. He has recommended therapy for The patient was advised to again aiming primarily at the first week recall visit, follow-up. There were no discomfort. A week has passed since no answer. Meanwhile, oral lichen planus, Cor- apply a thin layer of oint- reducing the symptoms the patient reported slight symptoms of discomfort The recurrence of the mother of Faruk, Aamina Faruk’s condition is dete- ticosteroids remains the ment directly on the le- of the patient. The thera- decrease in the size of le- and no clinical sign of the lesion was absent in this Bibi, dashed off a letter riorating. as Patient Wel- mainstay. But they have a sion three times a day. The peutic regimen for the sion with no symptoms of lesion. No side effect was case when the curcumin to the society, but the re- fare Society has have yet disadvantage. Prolonged topical steroid was with- first four weeks included discomfort to curcumin. reported after one month was chosen as a choice of sponse is not forthcoming to convene a meeting. and sustained use of topi- drawn after two weeks. curcumin capsules. It is On the second week recall of continuous usage of treatment. Health awareness and life skills through Edutainment Game – an initiative

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Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College (LIC), Delhi University, introduced an edu- tainment game “Adal Badal Ka Mel-Ek Gazab Khel (Flip and Turn- Have Fun and Learn)” where youth can discuss sensi- tive health issues. The game is an innovative approach to create health awareness and build life skill among youth. UNFPA, New Delhi, is assist- ing the LIC in the “Support the Adolescent Health and Devel- opment” Project being imple- mented in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for teen members of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Edutainment Game in progress. (Below) Aparna Khanna explaining the rules (NYKS). The game contains it is recommended that life skills ment adds on some other impor- factsheet on the top- should be included along with tant development concerns in ics with special focus other issues as one of the issues the area of health (Cancer, life on adolescence and to be analyzed and understood, style diseases, nutrition and de- youth: physical, so- she added. ficiency diseases), social issues cial and emotional The game’s concept is report- (gender, violence, child abuse, changes in boys ed to be facilitating in-depth caste and class differences), en- and girls, substance discussions which encourage vironment, civic, issues, ragging, abuse, HIV and AIDS, youth to talk openly, express senior citizens etc. nutrition and life their opinion freely in a condu- The youth were found to be skills. All these topics cive atmosphere. quite informed about selected included in the game The youth awareness about health issues in general but af- are selected for discus- selected health issues are as- ter playing the game awareness sion by one group or the sessed before and after playing indicates that the youth needed other. the game using an objective type great information about the se- Aparna Khanna, Associate Pro- inventory. The role of the game lective health issues. fessor, Department of Develop- in helping them to share their It was found that the game ena- ment Communication and Ex- playing the game in a quick and issues and concerns regarding bles the youth to bond with their tension, Lady Irwin College said, effective manner.” selected health issues are also peers from other colleges and “After testing the game on differ- The adolescents with no prior assessed. learn from each other perspec- ent communities, age groups and knowledge about life skills found After successfully creating tives on health. sexes, we found that the poem it difficult to understand the awareness on selected health is- Adal Badal Ka Mel is an effec- written on the back cover of the game. They were also unable to sues among the youths, LIC had tive quantitative and qualitative game is very useful in explain- relate life skills and an issue of decided to include some more tool in research and training on ing the purpose and method of concern to adolescence. Hence topics in the game before depart- health and life skills. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi Opinion 7

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Ominous portents on population front Skeletons out of the closet of corporate healthcare Treating women as baby producing factories is not only insulting but also the surest path to poverty and misery, observes Subhash Chopra Doctor as a Frankenstein’s monster There is good news and bad news The birth control pill, which is the second child birth. on the population versus prosperity easiest and least complicated con- Our long obsession with sterili- ost of us have long suspected it, but very few acknowledged it openly while oth- front. This two-sided front is in fact a traceptive to use and which has been sation operations – vasectomy, no Mers did so secretively for fear of reprisal for it involved the reputation of a pro- single entity where each part is anti- available worldwide for more than scalpel vasectomy, tubectomy, IUD fession which is held in both reverence and awe. When a report revealed the worst thetical to the other. The less popu- 60 years, has been the most popular – in spite of the numerical surges kept secret of medical profession many might have cried out with a deep sense of lation a nation or a community has and effective contraceptive all across running into lakhs over the last few vindication: “We knew it all for long!!!” Unlike the past exposés, this one cannot be the richer its members. Parsees, for Europe and other parts of the devel- years has failed to stem the explo- instance, are the smallest and rich- oped world. So successful indeed sive growth in the Hindi heartland of wished away as a figment of imagination of the media or smear campaign against a est community in India. Perhaps the that desire for a smaller family and the country. noble profession. But the report is based on confessional statements of as many as 78 Jains come next, though a fair way fewer children has made couples to And it must be underlined that insiders, whose stakes in the profession are high, and not mere speculations. down the line. forego cash and holiday incentives the success of the southern states These medical professionals, from general practitioners to super specialists in corporate hospitals, Whatever the crackpots from offered by certain governments. and some northern states cannot hailing from small towns to big cities and megacities, have taken a calculated risk by going public various communities – there have The cafeteria approach looks good be attributed to sterilisation pro- with their allegation of crass commercialisation of healthcare against private medical institutions. The been rather too many over the last in terms of free choice but in reality grammes. Rather it is due to factors confessions of these medical professionals, who have heard their voice of conscience, are a damning few months on the national scene it doesn’t play out so fair and free. like higher female education rate, – may say about every woman pro- The cash incentives to motivators midday school meals, and avail- disclosure of corruption in private healthcare enough to revolt anybody. ducing three, four or ten children and acceptors of other forms of con- ability of home entertainment in the These interviews are all compiled by SATHI (Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives), to strengthen their community, the traceptives, especially sterilisation evening, thanks to the distribution of an NGO, to highlight the lack of regulation of the sector. Running a story under an apt title, “Voices of stark reality is that treating women in various forms, act as a powerful free television sets by some the rul- Conscience from the Medical Profession: Revealing testimonies by rational doctors about the reality as baby producing factories is not factor in the cafeteria. Sterilisations ing parties. of private medical practice in India“, Dr Arun Gadre, a doctor and writer with 20 years’ experience of only insulting, it is the surest path to can be easily counted and monies While sterilisation camps give a working as a gynaecologist in rural Maharashtra, and Abhay Shukla, convenor of SATHI, put all the poverty and misery for every child, collected by motivators and accep- bad name to the operation and hogs interviews together. family and the community. tors. But pills popped in at home headlines, other instruments of fam- But first the good news. India’s to- can’t be verified and cash handouts ily planning remain neglected. The Recounting their experiences with private and corporate hospitals, they laid bare all the unhealthy tal fertility rate (TFR), the number of difficult to pick. Consequently the pill which has been available world- goings-on in the health institutions. They revealed how doctors are lured or coerced into adopting children per woman, slipped to 2.3 pill seems to have fallen off the cafe- wide for over 60 years has been unethical medical practices to benefit the hospital and meet its commercial needs. in 2013 from 2.4 in 2012, according to teria shelves as only about three per grossly neglected in India. It has These practices are anything but medical. In a medical system, a doctor is obliged to save human life a report published in December last cent women in the 15-45 age group proved its worth in Europe and the at any cost whereas under this corporate healthcare banner a doctor is a Frankenstein’s monster ready year just two months ago. Though an are taking to the pill, unaware of the Americas and many other countries to do anything to serve the interests of his master (read employer), even if it means to death of patient. only 0.1 point decline, yet it is wel- advantages of the pill. where population has stabilised, come. The positive trend is based on Over 90 per cent child-bearing thereby affording prosperity to aver- From keeping patients in the hospital longer than necessary to doing unnecessary investigations and the Sample Registration System of women in India are barely aware of age family. procedures (including angioplasty), they did it all under pressure from the management. the Registrar General of India. the pill’s benefits like regularising Before the Pill only rich could give “My conscience began pricking and I left the hospital,” says one doctor. “A reference for angioplasty The bad news is that the country is of periods, bleeding control, lesser a decent life to their families and can earn a doctor Rs 30,000-40,000,” disclosed a cardiologist from Kolkata who left a corporate hos- still struggling to achieve the much- ovarian problems and, above all, children while the masses remained pital after seven years of service. All their revelations point to one thing – profit-over-patient approach awaited goal of reaching the TFR of spacing out pregnancies for better poor. After the Pill the poor could adopted by the hospitals. 2.1 per cent, the replacement level. mother and child health. also have taste prosperity because of Statement of general practitioner from Nashik graphically illustrates on how corporate health institu- More alarmingly the population of Researchers say the pill can even small size families. Over the past six India is likely to be around 162 crore cut the risk of developing breast, decades the Pill has acquired versa- tions are playing with the lives of the patients, all for lure of the lucre. He recalled a young doctor con- by 2050 when that of China will be ovarian and womb cancer. They even tility – daily, ‘Saheli’ style weekly and fiding in him about the CEO of the hospital complaining about his conversion rate (out of all patients about 138 crore, according to World go on to recommend the pill for nuns other varieties. All that is needed is seen by the doctor, how many are advised to undergo surgery or procedures), which at 10-15 per cent Population Prospects (revised esti- too for reasons of health rather than to make it popular and available at termed by him as too low against a target of 40 per cent set for each OPD-operative. mates for 2012). as a conrtraceptive because it re- all levels. It is the cheapest and most These and many other such shocking disclosures included in the anthology on erosion of values in For the best part of last 40 years we duces overall mortality and mortal- easy contraceptive and it is time In- medical profession are enough to stir the conscience of any person. They should serve as eye-opener have been obsessed with sterilisa- ity due to ovarian and uterine cancer. dia wakes up to it. to our authorities and prod them into doing something to rescue humanity from this abyss. But going tion – operating upon persons who In India, medical or paramedical have already produced three, four or advice on the easy-to-use pill for by the past experience, it’s naïve to expect any such positive twist to the tale. Like the past exposés, this (Subhash Chopra is a freelance more children, when the damage is controlling family size and better journalist and author of ‘India and too will be given silent burial, and the vultures feeding on human miseries in corporate health centres done and objective of a small family family welfare could be most well Britannia – An Abiding Affair’ and will have a last laugh, as always. already defeated. timed and effective after the first or other writings)

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The end is the beginning of Ernest Rutherford was the central figure in A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace wrote all things, suppressed“ and the study of radioactivity. Born on August instructions for the first computer programme 30, 1871 in Spring Grove, New Zealand, he in mid-1800s. Born in London on December “hidden, awaiting to be released 10, 1815, Ada, daughter of poet Lord Byron, was the first to split the atom. Rutherford was through the rhythm of pain and awarded 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showed her gift for mathematics at an early pleasure. his theory of atomic structure. “Father of the age. For many of her computer concepts, Ada Nuclear Age”, Rutherford died in Cambridge, is considered the first computer programmer. — Jiddu Krishnamurti on October 19, 1937 of a strangulated hernia. She died on November 27, 1852.

Readers are welcome to write to us on any health and medicine related issue. We will be glad to pub- ‘AYUSH can solve shortage of doctors while creating jobs’ lish the same on merit after suitable editing. You may email us at — PERSONALITY Surendra Singh Negi is Health Minister of Uttarakhand. He is a social worker [email protected] OF THE MONTH at heart and a politician by choice. A graduate in science, Negi represents Kotdwara in the state Assembly and is known for his contribution to social Visit us at www.drugtodayonline.com causes and clean image among his friends and opponents alike. His concern for the wellbeing of society brought him closer to late Chandra Mohan Singh Negi, an eminent politician of Uttarakhand of his time. Impressed LETTERS TO THE EDITOR by his dedication to social service, the veteran leader persuaded him to join politics with an offer of ticket to contest Assembly elections in 1985. Ever since, there is no looking back. Negi, today, is seen either struggling with Inspirational, keep publishing such stuff signing important files or firefighting to solve the public health ailments in the hill state. In an exclusive interview with BS Rawat, the state Health Sir Minister detailed various public health initiatives and policy level decisions “Out of the drug spell, young criminals transform into his Government has taken to meet the health needs of the hill people. responsible citizens” (DTMT February 2014) was quite inspirational. SPYM really did a great job for which school-going children by conducting it deserves all encomiums. Stories of young boys Na- health check-ups under the National deem, Gaurav and Shoukat are very heart touching Child Health Programme. and can serve as a motivation to other children under DTMT: Is there any health scheme to such situation to get out of it. They proved that once provide affordable healthcare to the you choose hope giving up is not an option. What is poor? required is your determination. SSN: Chief Minister’s Health Insurance Scheme has been launched recently I showed the story to one of my friends, who is also ad- but the beneficiaries will get its benefit dicted to drugs. After going through it, he promised me from it only after April 1. The scheme to give up the habit using yoga and meditation. He is will provide relief to general public especially impressed by the case study of Nadeem. including APL and BPL families. Under Please keep publishing such inspirational stories on a this scheme, all family members will regular basis, they can be of great inspiration to other be given benefit and a card will also be who want to get rid of their bad habit and contribute to issued. They will be able to get cashless society in a positive way. Keep it up! medical treatment of up to Rs 50,000 from Government as well as identified Ritika Kapur , Mumbai private hospitals. These include 1,350 types of diseases. Study on state of BPO staff long overdue DTMT: Where do you need to put the focus on? Sir, SSN: We need to focus on Ayurveda, The edit page article by Dr Samar Hossain DTMT( Janu- DTMT: What is your health vision for of strengthening primary healthcare in We have been hearing about 104 Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha ary 2015) aptly portrays BPOs as coal mines of 21st cen- Uttarakhand? both rural and urban areas. We have helpline service for the past one-and- and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) since tury in its title. Though based on a survey of a Gurgaon- Surendra Singh Negi: We are trying our attracted many newcomers by offering a-half year, but have seen no results. these traditional systems of medicine based call centre, it graphically illustrates health impli- best to fix the derailed public health facilities, equipments and incentives. DTMT: What about ensuring that all are supposed to leverage healing cations for young boys and girls caught in exploitative system and strengthening of primary They are willing to work in rural and the mobile ambulances which are in power. Attention must also be paid to working conditions across the length and breadth of the healthcare is major priority in the state. mountainous areas. the state are functioning and provide AYUSH doctors. All BMS doctors will For this, we are setting up necessary DTMT: How do you plan to cope with regular services? be allowed to practice in government country. system in the realm of education, the shortage of doctors? What human SSN: The Government is considering hospitals and health centers. For a call centre employee, there is no escape from odd research and training. A scheme worth resource issues and trends do you making Uttarakhand first state in the This way, a major chunk of duty hours and constant change in shift, which accord- $121 million has been approved by foresee? country with emergency services on unemployment and shortage of ing to the author, alter the normal circadian rhythmic- the World Bank to improve the health SSN: Recruitment of 421 new doctors land, air and water. We have invited doctors will be solved. I have urged ity and interfere with health and well-being of the em- services. We are working on a the plan has been completed by the state Public applications from interested parties Centre to fund the Charak Anusandhan ployees”. She rightly pointed out that the causes of the to withdraw all user charges and offer Service Commission in January. Their to implement the 104 Non-Emergency Kendra and Ayush grams in the state occupational health problems among the night workers the treatment and generic medicine services will be available to general helpline in all 13 districts of state. To to improve medical facilities for the could be due to the conflict generated in the body by free of cost for all in the state. public by March 15. A plan has been ensure resumption of 108 emergency people. In Ayush Gram people to desynchronisation' of internal rhythms. DTMT: What are your top-most formulated to attract specialists and service, Health Department has cultivate medicinal plants for their Since there is no alternative to these call centres of- priorities? super specialists towards the state. released the requested fund and now livelihood and also protect themselves SSN: Sanitation, malnutrition, toilets, Besides, we have sought approval for no need have fear to curtail this service. from wild animal which do not eat fering gainful employment to thousands of youths the child immunisation and women’s 30 to 35 more MBBS and PG seats and Khushiyon Ki Sawari’ was started with these plants. Efforts are being made to Government should frame rules for their operation. health are some of the key priorities of three more medical colleges in the 105 vehicles to drop newborns and appoint pharmacists at all sub centers While the study was long overdue, there is need to our Government. We are in the process state which would provide some relief. mothers back home. it also caters to in the district cadre. broad base it. Rahul Jain, Delhi DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 8 Nation 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

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SANJEEV K JHA in corrupt practices after had put in public domain drug controller Hemant scam came into limelight Expressing concern over PATNA detailed primary investi- the report of a Health De- Kumar Sinha, director, government hospitals are increase in leprosy cases gation, a standard process partment panel headed industries department facing shortage of medi- in the country despite Vigilance Investigation before filing FIR in such by senior official Dr KK who was represented by cine as the managements progress in recent years Bureau (VIB) has initiated cases. Singh which claimed the his deputy Om Prakash of the hospitals are too in monitoring and treat- process to get prosecution Vigilance Superinten- drugs were bought from Pathak, the then PMCH scared to place fresh or- ing the disease, medical order from the Bihar Gov- dent of Police Ajit Kumar, the blacklisted firms at in- deputy superintendent Dr ders for drugs. experts regretted the fact ernment in a multi-crore who has been appointed flated prices. Bimal Karak who repre- “The drug purchase scam that there is still no vaccine Dr Srikanth Tripathy speaking at the event medical scam that took as investigation officer Other than the MD, the sented the then superin- is taking its toll on hospi- against new outbreaks. place between 2008 and of the case, said those in- BMSICL officials who are tendent Dr Amarkant Jha tals. Bills of medicine sup- As many as 127,000 new reported most of the cases rosy higher than the WHO 2010 under Nitish Kumar- cluded in the FIR are the facing action are general ‘Amar’, additional director pliers are not being paid cases of leprosy were re- in India which accounts benchmark for elimina- led NDA rule. Then medi- then NMCH Superinten- manager (finance and ac- in State Health Society of in the wake of the huge ported in India between for 55 per cent of leprosy tion of leprosy although cal superintendent of Pat- dent NK Yadav, the then counts) Tripurari Kumar, Bihar, Dr D K Raman and political uproar and no 2010 and 2011. According cases in the world.” India officially ‘eliminated’ na-based Nalanda Medi- head of the anaesthesia the then joint secretary of a United Nations Popula- medical company is ready to the World Health Or- According to the Lep- leprosy in 2005. Between cal College and Hospital department AK Vatsyayan, health department San- tion Fund-India (UNFPA) to supply medicine in Bi- ganization (WHO), South rosy Trust Mission India, 2010 and 2011, 77 districts (NMCH) is among 14 peo- pharmacists Dhanush- jay Kumar, director-in- representative. har,” said a senior official Asia and Southeast Asia ac- the disease is particularly had a number of new lep- ple accused in the scam. dhari Prasad Singh and chief of the department There is a flip side to of the BMSICL on condi- count for 71 per cent of new prevalent among the poor- rosy cases per year higher According to official Sudhanshu Kumar Singh, Dr Surendra Prasad, state the scam. Ever since the tion of anonymity. cases worldwide. est and most marginalised than the WHO benchmark sources, after getting the accountant Sheshnaray- Speaking at the 33rd communities due to their Discussing about the prosecution order against an Prasad Singh, clerks Round Table Conference of lack of access to health- possible and early treat- all 14 accused, the VIB Shyam Narayan Prasad Officials of medical corporation quizzed by CBI Ranbaxy Science Founda- care, poor sanitation and ment, Prof GP Talwar might issue warrants for and Dashrath Prasad, MS’ PATNA: A two-member team of Cen- grilling many officials present there. tion here on ‘Strategies for congested living spaces. said, “We have proposed judicial custody of the ac- PA Rahul Kumar and six tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Patna The team also inspected the files of the Elimination/Eradication Of these, 14.31 per cent of employing of MiP (Myco- cused. “Our probe is now medicine and equipment quizzed the officials of Bihar Medical tender under scanner. It inquired under of Leprosy’, Dr Srikanth new cases were among bacterium indicus pranii) on the verge of completion suppliers. Services and Infrastructure Corporation what circumstances the pharma firms Tripathy, director of Na- Scheduled Tribes and 18.69 along with MDT (multid- and we are ready to file “Though the VIB’s prima- Limited (BMSICL) over the multi- blacklisted by other state gov- tional JALMA Institute for per cent among Scheduled rug treatment) for treat- chargesheet in the case,” ry investigation suggests crore drug scam that rocked the ernments were given contract Leprosy & Other Mycobac- Castes between 2010 and ment of index leprosy pa- said a senior VIB official. irregularities worth Rs 1.6 state. The sleuths of the investi- by BMSICL. terial Diseases, said, “De- 11 although these groups tients and immunisation of The scam pertains to crore, the scam amount gative agency carried out the in- Not only that, the investigat- spite detection and treat- accounted for only 8.2 per family members and close purchase of medicines, can be much bigger,” VIB terrogations in compliance with ing officials also looked into the ment, there has been big cent and 16.2 per cent of contact with MiP in three medical equipment and sources said. Supreme Court’s January 29 di- allegation of buying drugs at in- rise in leprosy cases over the population respective- district of high endemicity. chemicals by NMCH au- It may be noted here rective. flated prices and surfed all the the last ten years, while ly in 2001. It will surely help in early thorities at inflated rates that a few months ago, the Hearing a petition filed by JD (U) three government reports on the scam Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Many districts continue and speedy treatment and as detected by Depart- Health Department had MLA Ravindra Rai and a PIL filed by by Dr KK Singh, Anand Kishor and Dr Dadar Nagar Haveli have to have incidence of lep- quicker recovery.” mental Inquiry Commit- admitted that there was Shahnawaz Ali, in connection with the Madhurendra Kumar. All the reports had tee in 2010. The matter a scam in BMSICL’s pur- drug scam, the apex court had asked the indicted the Government for irregulari- was later referred to VIB chases in which managing CBI to present its version on the case. ties in the purchase of drugs and equip- Doctor chops which lodged cases of for- director Praveen Kishore The CBI team spent nearly five hours at ment. The team also looked into the ac- Physicist saves patient gery and criminal conspir- and eight others were the BMSICL office at Biscomaun Bhavan tion taken against the accused. — DTMT off girl’s hand acy and also of engaging found prima facie guilty. It from malfunctioning SANJEEV K JHA Patna radiotherapy device 'Scam scare caused policy paralysis' Incredible though it may Incident exposes chinks in sound, in a state where DTMT.Network ing in meetings to decide on “The stipulated target for cata- the chief minister recently medical infrastructure @drugtodayonline.com the purchase of medicines and ract operations during 2014-15 dared to chop off the hands equipment. Senior bureaucrats was fixed at 3 lakh, but it was of erring doctors, a doctor Nabanita.Sengupta chine, which is supposed Patna: Former deputy chief concerned have not held meet- performed only on 64,000 per- at Sadar Hospital chopped @drugtodayonline.com to expose a patient to 150 minister of Bihar Sushil Ku- ing even this month. They avoid sons. The eyesight could not be off a four-year-old girl’s radiation, exceeds to 250- mar Modi alleged that the state taking any decision as for them restored for the remaining pa- left hand after failing to KOLKATA: When a cancer 300 radiation what could health sector has been hit by “ill” scam is inevitable under the pre- tients.” treat swelling on it. patient was undergoing be the fate of the victim? policy, as the officials concerned sent government,” he said. He also alleged that infrastruc- The incident took place radiotherapy at Nilratan After using a device for a are avoiding taking decisions for He further revealed that ture development was still a mi- on January 27 at a pri- Medical Collage, it was number of times it loses fear of another scam. “policy paralysis” has affected rage for various old and new up- vate nursing home in the noticed that powerful rays its performance potential. Modi pointed out that officials the campaign for cataract op- coming medical colleges during district headquarters of continued to enter the pa- It needs to be replaced of Bihar Medical Services & In- erations as medicines, lens and 2014-15, even though the state Nawada, nearly 100 km tient’s cancer affected cells with new one in time. frastructure Corporation Lim- frames of spectacles could not government had earmarked Rs from the state Capital. Ac- beyond stipulated period According to the special- ited (BMSICL) and State Health be purchased due to which the 1,200 crore for the purpose. cording to an FIR lodged of time even after switch- ist, radiation used for the Society (SHS) have yet to release old and the needy have to suffer. “It is a million-dollar question with Nawada town police ing off the device a num- cancer is very dangerous tenders for purchase of medi- “Not only that, even 66,000 vi- that how the government will station by victim’s father ber of times. The rays are for normal cells. But the cines and equipment. als of Vitamin A syrup were not spend such huge amount in two Uday Prasad, a native of supposed to enter cancer extent of damage depends “Even the members of the purchased and the children of months. Perhaps, the state is Vishnupur village under affected cells a patient’s on the amount of rays en- technical assessment commit- the state have been deprived getting ready to witness another the Govindpur police sta- for two minutes. ter her body. tee have not been participat- of Vitamin A,” he said, adding, multi-crore scam,” he remarked. tion, Dr Arvind Kumar As doctors, nurses and Pointing out that a ma- amputated the left hand physicists failed to shut chine should not be used of his daughter Anchal Ku- down the device through for more than 150 radia- mari after he failed to treat remote control system tion exposure, Dr Amitabh Experts stress lifestyle IMA forms cell to settle dispute swelling. The victim was engineers who deal with Roy on an average it is admitted to his hospital a such equipments were used for 230-240 radia- changes to curb disease month ago with fractured approached. But they too tion exposure. Sometimes between doctors and patients and hand, the FIR alleged. could not do anything? the number exceeds fur- DTMT.Network someone goes for certain The matter came to light At last, a lady physi- ther.” @drugtodayonline.com lifestyle modifications,Rohit.Kumar patient and doctors. The and not from any pres- after the girl’s kin and oth- cist applied her mind and “Every year 5000 fresh primarily related to tobac- @drugtodayonline.com cell will comprise doctors, sure and influence. If no er villagers protested be- somehow could be able to cancer cases come for PATNA: ‘A sound body lies co, he/she can ward off the lawyers and social work- settlement can be reached fore the district collector- stop the machine. By this treatment. We can’t deny in slim waist’ is the new dreaded disease. NEW DELHI: To resolve er as it members. There between the parties, the ate demanding stringent time; the powerful rays treatment to any patient adage medical experts use “Tobacco is the leading disputes between patients would be no fee for any matter shall be closed by action against the accused had already entered her even though infrastruc- these days to define the cause of cancer for the and doctors, the Indian advice or mediation. the committee subject, medico. body. According to spe- ture for cancer treatment healthy living. While it has present generation and we Medical Association (IMA) Addressing a press con- however, on the condition In the FIR, the complain- cialists, the result can be in this state is in a terrible long been held that being are creating a dangerous has constituted a body, ference, Padma Shri Awar- that all the records of the ant had charged the doctor hazardous. While every- condition,” he added. overweight compromises legacy for coming genera- IMA-Mediation, Concilia- dee and IMA Secretary case shall be kept confi- with negligence and said body is praising the physi- In the SSKM Hospital, your health, shortens your tions too. Excessive intake tion & Grievances Redres- General Dr KK Aggarwal dential and consigned to he did not bother to even otherapist for taking a the Cobalt equipment life and even causes un- of alcohol is also danger- sal Cell. The cell will meet said, “It is the pilot project records. seek consent of her family. “professional risk” to save used for radiation is out timely death, of late obesi- ous as it can lead to liver twice on 1st and 3rd Sat- of IMA and we have writ- The committee will only Taking serious note of a life, the incident has ex- of service for long. In the ty is being linked to cancer. and other cancers,” he said, urday every month to hear ten letter to all 1,700 local facilitate in arriving at a the matter, Nawada district posed chinks in the in the Calcutta Medical Col- Speaking on World Can- adding, “Small pox and and dispose of complaints branches and 30 states decision to resolve the superintendent of police state’s infrastructure re- lege, as one of the two cer Day here recently at plague became epidemic of patients. to form such cells in their disputes and shall not im- Parvez Akhtar informed lated to cancer treatments. machines is not working Paras-HMRI, noted sur- at one point of time. Can- Issues like overbilling in respective state/local pose any settlement or de- that a medical board had Dr Amitabh Roy, head of properly a number of pa- geon Dr AA Hai said exces- cer may assume same pro- hospitals, false insurance branch and meet twice in a cision on the parties. been set up to probe the radiotherapy department tients are referred to NRS sive obesity could weaken portions if we do not act claims, monopoly of hos- month to mediate between The complaint will be incident. He said the board at NRS Hospital, said, and RG Kar Medical Col- immune system. now.” pital chemists on sale of patients and doctors.” settled within 90 days and would submit a report at “Atomik Energy Regula- leges. NRS Hospital’s pay Warning that obesity can In his address, state prin- medicine, doctors recom- Contending that 90 per it shall attempt to facili- the earliest on the basis tory Board has been ap- clinic radiotherapy de- lead to cancer, Dr Hai said, cipal secretary (health) mending pathlabs of their cent of the patient-doctor tate voluntary resolution of which necessary action prised of the matter. Once partment patients have to “Our immune system fights Brajesh Mehrotra also un- choice for medical tests disputes arise due to im- of the dispute between will be taken against the they ascertain the amount shell out a hefty amount against various cancer- derlined the need for life- and denial of dead body proper communication, he the parties and shall as- doctor. of rays entered the pa- for treatment. producing agents that the style changes to prevent to the relatives of the de- assured that the cell shall sist them in indentifying Meanwhile, district civil tient’s body accurately we “Cancer cases are in- body produces naturally diseases. Paras-HMRI’s ceased for nonpayment of obtain the consent of both issues, reducing misun- surgeon Madheshwar will take corrective steps creasing fast. Common at times. If the immune consultant oncologist Dr medical bills will be dealt the parties in writing in the derstandings, clarifying Prasad Sharma has con- to resuscitate.” people cannot afford pri- system is weakened, these Shreeniwas S Raut said ur- with by the cell. prescribed form before the priorities and exploring ceded the charge of medi- Situations of this kind vate treatment rush to agents go scot-free and al- gent action is need of the The cell has been cre- proceedings. all possibilities of amica- cal negligence on the part are common in other government hospitals. But low abnormal division of hour to raise awareness ated with the objective of The committee shall ble compromise but in any of the doctor. “At the mo- medical colleges also. facilities at government cells that leads to cancer.” about cancer and prac- providing a platform and pass an award on the basis case the committee shall ment, we are trying our Many doctors blame gov- hospitals are too inad- Contending that nearly tical strategies must be a mechanism for amicable of settlement arrived be- not impose any terms level best for extensive ernment’s apathy for the equate to cater to the need half of cancer cases are formulated to address the and peaceful settlement tween the parties of their of the settlement upon treatment of the girl at the sorry state of infrastruc- of such a large number of preventable, he said if menace. of any dispute between a mutual will and choice, parties. hospital,” he said. ture in the state. If a ma- patients,” said a doctor. Environment activist from US advocates specific ‘earth laws’ SANJEEV K JHA Jurisprudence, pointed out crisis and citing the example of ed to eco centric where natural and others need to follow the PATNA that present environmental Humanity has used more resources since 1950 the US – where the children resources should be seen as in- suit. laws across the globe consider than ever before. The need of the hour is to had become the campaigner dividual entities. In US, young “But, only changing the way A group of environment activ- nature as a resource for the search for new ideas to emerge out of the of earth laws – Siemens said, children of 12-14 years have we think will not suffice. We ists across the globe are ad- consumption of human beings. “The most vulnerable have the formed a public trust under need to act on it,” she said vocating ‘Earth Jurisprudence’ This is the reason why democ- ecological crisis facing the world and ‘earth least to do anything with it. The which they assert their right to and further added that a 2013 – a set of laws for protection of racy is usually associated with laws’ is one of them. —Patricia Siemens coming years will see ‘ecologi- live in a healthy atmosphere in study of the Global Footprint Mother Earth. They feel exist- people’s rights in governance. cal refugees’ who have to leave future,” she added. Network says we’re using 1.5 ing environmental legislations But, she said earth democracy everything due to extreme cli- Siemens, a practicing US times of the earth and if we are doing precious little to sees everything in nature as a before. The need of the hour environment laws would give mate changes. Human beings lawyer working for earth don’t change the way we are tackle ecological issues. web which is interlinked to ex- is to search for new ideas to the concept of owning natural will have to learn to live within rights since 2006, further in- consuming the resources, two In an exclusive interview to ist and flourish. emerge out of the ecologi- resources,” she said explaining ecological limits.” formed that Ecuador was the earths will be required by DTMT, Patricia Siemens, di- “Humanity has used more re- cal crisis facing the world and the role of the Centre. “The legal system also needs first country to adopt ‘Rights 2030 and four by 2050 for ful- rector of the Centre for Earth sources since 1950 than ever ‘earth laws’ is one of them. New Elaborating on the ecological to shift from human dominat- of Nature’ in its Constitution filment of our needs. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi Nation 9

Underutilised fund: Centre may hold Neighbours stand firm by family as back NRHM installment for Bihar SANJEEV K JHA patients in Bihar. Jhalani The neonatal death rate is PATNA visited Nalanda Medical also the second highest in woman suffers from nerve disorder College and Hospital and the state, with over 80,000 Irked by underutilisation inspected the labour room kids dying in first 28 days If not for Good Samaritans, family could not have afforded expensive treatment of funds released to the there. He is learnt have of birth annually.” state, the Centre seems to been appalled by the quali- Later, talking to DTMT Nabanita.Sengupta “Ever since we received the but the entire locality is be in no mood to release ty of services there and ag- over phone from Delhi, he @drugtodayonline.com news of her illness, we are our family. At a time when the second instalment gravated over the modus expressed his disappoint- anxious about her wellbe- huge money has already of National Rural Health operandi of entire mater- ment over the fact that the Mitali Saha, 35, is suffering ing. She is such a kind and gone into her medical bills Mission (NRHM) funds to nal and child health (MCH) state is facing shortage of from a very delicate nerve her family is so nice and and additional amount is Bihar. The Bihar Govern- programme there. drugs while funds are ly- related disease called Gu- caring that everyone in the required for her sustained ment under the JD-U spent He expressed concern ing unspent with civil sur- lenberi Syndrome. Despite neighborhood is missing treatment, we could not less than half the fund it over the poor distribution geons. the fact that it is a conta- her. Nobody would let her have borne the expenses received from the Central of Iron Folic Acid (IFA) “I am concerned at the gious disease, not only the go without treatment for without help from rela- Government. tablets among the anaemic way various Centrally- family members but also want of money.” tives and neighbours.” Since the instalment is mothers, lack of proper sponsored disease control the people from her neigh- is quite expensive and is of Vijaygarh’s Ram Thakur Speaking about her con- Sudipto Mitra, an em- due in February, Union blood bank facilities and programmes are being run borhood take time off their time consuming. “ Sarani, used to eke out a dition, Mitali’s husband ployee at the hospital, said Health and Family Welfare stinking labour rooms in in the state. A target was busy schedule to visit her Generally, people start living by doing pico on Samar Saha informed that the hospital is treating it as Ministry Joint Secretary the state hospitals. set to reduce the total fer- regularly in the hospital avoiding and segregating sarees going from door- on January 17, she was ad- a special case and has de- Manoj Jhalani recently re- Child health pro- tility rate (TFR) from 3.4 to where she is undergoing the patient after know- to-door. Her good nature mitted to a private hospi- cided to extend financial viewed the expenditure in- grammes were also not 2.1, but the state was found treatment. ing that he/she is suffer- and extrovert persona en- tal and soon after placed assistance to the family of curred on the NRHM and found to have been im- wanting in achieving tar- Gulenberi Syndrome ing from a communicable deared her to one and all under ventilator support. Saha in their hour of need. is learnt to have expressed plemented properly as gets of sterilisation and rendered Mitali Saha’s disease. But, in this case, in her locality. Later, doctors tried to take In an age when what displeasure over the state the Special Newborn Care insertion of Intra-Uterine body senseless. She has an the scenario is totally dif- This is the reason as her off the ventilation. matters the most to aver- of affairs of healthcare Units (SNCUs) were not Contraceptive Devices, acute breathing problem. ferent. news of Mitali’s illness However, as her condition age individual in his/her in the state with records functional in many dis- which was a hindrance in Explaining her medical There is a steady stream reached the locality; entire started deteriorating with- conduct of day-today life showing less than 50 per tricts. reduction of TFR,” he said, condition, Dr Trishit Roy, of visitors at a private hos- neighbourhood came for- in hours she was shifted is self-interest and nobody cent spending of funds re- The Joint Secretary said, adding, “ANMs are not who is treating her, said, pital where she is admit- ward to help her in a rare back to ventilator. does anything for others leased earlier. “The state does not have given incentive on time, “An antibody is created in ted and the management display of solidarity. If not Acknowledging the help without personal motive, According to the sourc- even adequate number of which demotivates them.” the body against a protein has no problem with this. for these Good Samaritans, rendered to him by his the example set by the es in the Health Depart- newborn care units. Every He said under the cir- in her nerve. In this con- Rather they seem to be her family with moderate neighbours he said, “They neighbours of Sahas in ment of the state, Jhalani additional primary health cumstances, the Centre dition, not only the body impressed by the financial means could not have af- have been doing an in- selfless humanitarian ser- expressed his annoyance centre (PHC) should have has to think twice before becomes senseless but the and moral support these forded her treatment at an credible job. They stood vice stands out like a shin- over the way various been developed into MCH releasing the second in- intestines and the respira- visitors are offering her expensive private hospital. by us like a rock in these ing star. This reminds us medical services were be- centre, but that target stalment of NRHM funds tory system get affected. selflessly. Maya Ghosh, one of the trying times. This reminds that humanity still exists ing were offered to the could not be achieved here. to Bihar. Treatment of the disease Mitali Saha, a resident neighbours of Mitali, says, us that we are not alone in the world. Traffic lights exposes to higher level of pollution Dearth of doctors, professors DTMT.Network exposure to air pollutants at dif- Lead author, Prashant Kumar @drugtodayonline.com ferent points of a journey and said, “Our time spent traveling at Odisha medical collages found that signalised traffic inter- in cars has remained fairly stable MUMBAI: Motor vehicles are sections were high pollution hot- during the past decade despite BHUBANESWAR: Even ment-run medical colleges As for the posts of doctor, known to secrete pollution nano- spots due to the frequent changes the efforts to reduce it and with as healthcare is not in and hospitals at 2,272. the minister informed that particles causing respiratory and in driving conditions. more cars than ever joining the the pink of health in the Replying to a question of a total 147 vacant posts heart diseases. With drivers decelerating and roads, we are being exposed to state, the number of va- of MLA Dilip Ray, the min- at the SCB Medical College, Now, a study has found that stopping at lights, then up to increasing levels of air pollution cant posts in three govern- ister said in the Assembly five positions of professor, drivers are exposed to seriously move quickly when lights go as we undertake our daily com- ment-run medical colleges that as many as 346 posts, 11 of associate professor high levels of air pollutants while green, peak particle attention was mutes.” and hospitals here raise a including that of profes- and 131 assistant professor stopping at red lights. found to be 29 times higher than Pointing out that air pollution question mark over the sor, associate professor are vacant. At the MKCG Researchers at the University that through free flowing traffic has been placed in the top-ten functioning of the state and assistant professor Medical College and Hos- of Surrey in a survey, published conditions. health risks faced by human be- Health Department. are lying vacant at the pital, out of a total 100 va- in journal Atmospheric Environ- Besides, concentration, re- ings globally, he said the best way State Health and Fam- SCB Medical College and cant posts, four positions ment, have found that the drivers searchers found that as cars to reduce your exposure to pol- ily Welfare Minister Atanu Hospital, Cuttack, MKCG of professor, eight of as- who spend just 2 per cent of their tend to be close simultaneously lution is to keep vehicle windows Sabyasachi Nayak put the Medical College and Hos- sociate professor and 88 journey time passing through 25 per cent of these harmful par- at lights, the likelihood of expo- shut, fans off and try to maintain number of posts under pital, Brahmapur and VSS of assistant professor are traffic intersections managed by ticles. sure to vehicular emissions is the distance between you and the various categories lying Medical College and Hos- lying vacant. traffic lights are exposed to about The team monitored drivers’ increases. car in front if possible. vacant in three Govern- pital, Burla. — DTMT Health news of the month Hepatitis-C drug patent Cancer-hit 7-year-old order set aside by HC lives police dream

NEW DELHI: In a crucial verdict, the Delhi High MUMBAI : Bhoiwada Police Station is like any oth- Court set aside an order of the Deputy Controller er police station in the country. But on February of Patents and Designs a patent to US drug mak- 13, it was different from what it generally used to er Gilead Pharmasset Llc for the hepatitis C drug be like. On this day, setting aside hierarchy, ranks Sovald which costs $1,000 a pill and cures Hepa- and designations, entire team of over twenty po- titis C in 90 per cent of cases when given for a 12- lice personnel took instructions from not their of- week course. ficer, but seven-year-old Mehak Singh. This little The Patent Office had questioned the drug’s girl station in-charge was allowed to take charge rapeutic efficacy under which the patent was of Bhoiwada Police Station for a day. claimed by the US drug maker and rejected its ap- Mehak, a resident of Pratapgadh in Uttar Pradesh, plication under the Patents Act. The Act prevents is suffering from osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a ever greening of patents and provides that no new form of bone cancer she was diagnosed with when form of an existing substance shall be patented she was only five years old. unless the new form is much more effective than While under treatment at Tata Memorial Hospi- the old one. tal in South Mumbai, she had articulated her wish “The order has not been passed yet and it will be to the team of oncologists. They directly contacted premature for us to comment without reading it. an NGO, Make-A-Wish-Foundation, which got in However, the central argument of our case is not touch with Bhoiwada police officers, who were threatened. There were issues with the process more than happy to fulfill the wish of the child. that was followed,” said Lorraine Misquith of Law- The team of officers, led by senior Police Inspec- yer’s Collective, a non-profit organization. “We are tor Sunil Tondwalkar, greeted her at the gates of not worried as we filed another opposition. We be- the station and escorted her to the seat. lieve we have a very strong case.” Recounting her experience of manning the po- Earlier, stepping up efforts to ensure the access lice station for one day, Mehak said, “It was great to affordable and effective treatment for people fun to be authoritative policeman, who were really living with Hepatitis C (HCV) in India and the rest very friendly. I heartily thank them for this op- of the world, another pre-grant opposition to Gile- portunity and now I can proudly claim that I have ad’s patent application on Sofosbuvir in India has powerful friends.” been filed. The opposition was filed at the Delhi Mehak is now living with her relatives in Titwala Patent Office by Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust, rep- and will return to her village in Uttar Pradesh on resented by Lawyers Collective. February 15. DTMT Executive Editor receiving award from NAWADCO Executive Director Badruddin Khan On January 13, the Delhi Patent Office rejected Gilead’s patent application on the ground that it did not meet the requirements of Section 3 (d) of the Indian patent law. 25 km in 21 minutes Govt urged to give Unani its due through Ayush Min Following the challenge before the Delhi High NEW DELHI: Regretting that Unani has been neglected by silver jubilee year. Court, however, it seems likely that the matter will on life-saving mission successive governments at the Centre, Unani the All India Former chairman of the National Commission for Mi- be remanded to the Patent Controller to be heard Unani Tibbi Congress demanded due place for the tradi- nority Educational Institutions Justice MSA Siddiqui along with the pending oppositions. NEW DELHI: Incredible though it may sound, the tional system of medicine in the newly constituted Union called the seminar as a befitting tribute to the doyen of This is the fourth pre-grant opposition to be target has been achieved. It took just 21 minutes Ministry for AYUSH. Unani medicine and stalwart of India’s freedom move- filed against Sofosbuvir’s base patent application. for an ambulance to travel from west Delhi to At a national seminar organised here to mark the World ment Hakim Ajmal Khan to celebrate World Unani Day on Oppositions filed by I-Mak together with the Delhi Janakpuri based Orchid Hospital to All India In- Unani Day, speakers urged the Central Government to in- his birthday. Network of Positive People (DNP+), NATCO Phar- stitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). crease representation of Unani doctors in the AYUSH and On the occasion, the Tibbi Congress honoured several ma Ltd and BDR Pharmaceuticals International In a rare display of close coordination, the city in the National Health Mission. individuals for their contribution in the promotion of the Limited are also pending disposal. police and JPNAT Centre AIIMS facilitated quick Speaking on the occasion, former dean of Unani Medi- Unani medicine. Dr Syed Farooq of Himalya Drug Com- “We have studied the patent application closely transport of organs harvested from a 77-year-old cine at the Aligarh Muslims University, Prof Afzal Ahmad, pany was bestowed with ‘Life Time Achievement Award. and are convinced that it has no merit” said Anand man who was declared brain stem dead on Febru- called for promotion of Urdu, which he described as a Dr Qamaruzaman of Kewar Herbal Remedies; Hakeem KT Grover, Director, Lawyers Collective. “It fails to ary 17. Normally, one has to drive at least for one backbone of Unani system as all the literature of Unani is Ajmal of Kerala, Hakeem Muhammad Ashfaq of Lucknow; satisfy any grounds required to meet the thresh- hour and ten minutes through the chaos on this in that language. Dr Khalid Saifullah of Kolkata; Hakeem Sayantullah; Dr old of what is patentable under India’s patent law. stretch to reach the AIIMS. “Urdu,” he said “is the medium of instruction of Unani Haren Pandya, Kolkata; Hakeem Ilyas Khan and Hakeem Not only is it not new or inventive, it also does not After the eyes, kidneys, liver, corneas and tis- medicine and without the language it cannot survive”. Tariq Dehlavi were also given Hakim Ajmal Khan Awards. comply with the requirements of Section 3 (d)” he sues were harvested; the police ensured a green Concurring with the his views, Vice-president of Cen- Besides, some journalists were also honoured for their added. corridor on the city’s busy stretch. tral Council of Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) Dr contribution in promotion of Unani medicine. These in- Sofosbuvir, a once-a-day oral pill, is poised to “After the patients’ family gave consent for the Rashidullah Khan said Urdu as a medium of instruction is clude Mohan Chalra of Hindustan times; Rahul Anand revolutionize treatment for people living with HCV donation, the organs were shifted with the help of necessary for the survival of the Unani medicine. Navbharat Times; Abdul Bari Masoud, Muslim Mirror; with cure rates of upto 95 per cent as compared to a green corridor the Delhi traffic police had creat- Highlighting the problems faced by Unani doctors in N Shibli Hindustan Express and Khaja Rasheeduddin of 65-70 per cent with weekly-injections of Pegylated ed,” Rajeev Maikhuri, a senior official at the Organ the country, Tibbi Congress Secretary General Dr Syed Drug Today Medical Times. Interferon, the standard current treatment. Gile- Retrieval Banking Organisation told DTMT. Ahmad Khan said the Congress has been trying to solve Eminent scholars and practitioners of Unani and emi- ad has priced the drug at $84,000 per treatment The deceased became the oldest organ donor at these problems at every level. nent personalities from different walks besides delegates course in the US. Gilead made $ 5.7 million on the the AIIMS after he donated his liver, both his kid- He informed that the Tibbi Congress will hold seminars, from across the country participated in the well-attended sales of Sofosbuvir in the first half of 2014 alone. neys and corneas, Maikhuri said symposiums and workshops across the country during its seminar. DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 10 Nation 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

Universal use of mosquito net is ultimate answer to VBDs protective measures. In a country reduced by 50 per cent. In the state I have been promoting use of nets tween availability and use of nets. In like India where there is least politi- of Chattisgarh, a decline in slide since last 35 years. As Additional 2008-2010, 254 million ITNs were cal commitment, this management positivity rate (SPR) observed in 6 District Medical and Health Offic- delivered. in Sub Saharan Africa and is neither practical nor feasible. The primary health centres of Kanker er, Guntur, I promoted donation of 2.9 million delivered India. only option left is personal protec- District. thousands of nets. I visited hundreds From April 10 to 13, 2012, I have tive measures and universal use of Worldwide mosquito nets saved of schools and spoke to students toured 35 tribal villages in Viziana- bednets is the ultimate answer. millions of lives and earned a dis- about the nets. garam district of Andhra Pradesh. “Mosquito net is defined as the tinction in saving human lives I sent about 19 thousands hand I met 180 families. All had excel- mesh woven tightly enough to stop among all the interventions. It is no written post cards to persons and or- lent awareness about advantages insects from entering, but loosely exaggeration if I call the mosquito ganisations across the nation so far of mosquito nets. “Mosquitoes enough not to interfere with airflow net as Dr Mosquito Net. According to eulogizing the role of nets. We wrote don’t bite. We do not get fever” was and the occupant’s capability to take World Malaria Report 2013, 88 coun- 4 times on nets in hundred and sev- the stock answer by many. What a oxygen”. tries are distributing bed nets free of enty two weekly health boards main- common sense! There appears to Mosquito nets are made from cot- cost in high risk areas. tained across Andhra Pradesh about be an impending revolution in ma- ton, polyethylene, polyester or nylon. ‘Nothing, But Nets’ and ‘Imagine nets. laria control by mosquito net. State A mesh size of 1.2 mm is enough to No Malaria’ are two of the global As per the world Malaria Report would have made this intervention Small bite, stop entry of mosquitoes. campaigns for universal use of nets. 2010, there is a high correlation be- long ago. In the last two decades, promoting use of nets is a global intervention to protect communities from vector borne diseases. In the global fight big threat! to control malaria, lot of improve- ments happened in mosquito nets. DR ARAVEETI RAMAYOGAIAH humans. The usual disease causing Insecticide Trcated Nets (ITNs) – vectors are mosquitoes, sandflies, developed in 1980s. Mosquito nets cross the world, triatomine bugs, ticks, fleas and flies. are dip treated using synthetic pyre- AVector-Borne dis- India is home to many VBDs such throids such as deltamethrin or per- eases (VBDs) cause as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, methrin. They require reimpregna- more than a million Japanese Encephalitis (JE), Lym- tion every six months. Long lasting deaths each year. phatic Filariasis (LF), and Kala-azar. Insecticidal nets (LLINs) which have Many people who While malaria killed 519 persons in the insecticide incorporated in the survive are left per- 2012, dengue is cause of 167 deaths, fibreitself. The insecticide cannot be manently debilitated, JE deaths range from 367 to 1665 removed even by 20 washes. disfigured, maimed or become blind. every year, 18,639 people suffered Mosquito nets prevented 18 per Poor are the worst sufferers. Poor from Chikungunya in 2013, LF is cent deaths due to all causes in chil- housing, unsafe water, contaminated prevalent in 250 districts, Kala-azar dren under-5 in different parts of environment with filth are the social is endemic in 4 states. Africa. In Kenya between 2004 and factors that contribute to VBDs. No Avoiding bites is the best protec- 2006, tenfold increase in use of ITNs wonder half of the world is at risk of tion to avert a big threat. Integrated resulted in 44 per cent reduction in VBDs. vector management is high-sound- deaths related to fevers. In coun- Vectors are living organisms that ing, rosy and theoretical multi- tries of Asia, deaths due to Malaria can transmit infectious diseases be- pronged approach right from engi- reduced by 50 per cent. In Keonjha- tween humans and from animals to neering interventions to personal di district of Orissa, malarial cases A tribal woman sleeping under the long lasting insecticidal net in Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh Bariatric surgery: Twin Time to rediscover yourself and beat the blues problem, one solution Solution to depression lies in regaining self-esteem, rather than medication DR SAMAR HOSSAIN Episode,’ based on inter- Dr Nancy A Sampson at environment and one’s tackling it, you’ll take a pill BS.Rawat insulin resistant (diabetic or pre-diabetic) views of nearly 90,000 the Department of Health- personal position in the again. And this habit form- @drugtodayonline.com then it can be even harder to lose weight. We all have gone through subjects across 18 coun- care Policy at the Harvard society leads to extreme ing behaviour has many Director, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, that phase in life not once tries with different income Medical School are its co- unhappiness and distress, adverse effects. NEW DELHI: Weighing 123 kg, Vinod Fortis Hospital, Dr Atul Peters says un- but many a time when levels, was published in authors. The India repre- which is more in the case Stop your thought pro- Gupta, 54, was suffering from diabetes controlled diabetes leads to serious com- we’re feeling so low, so the peer-reviewed journal sentative of the study was of adolescents and teenag- cess and focus on all the and dyslipidemia, a condition associated plications such as heart attacks, brain down that we feel like BMC Medicine by Biomed Dr Jagdish Kaur from the ers. good things around you, with increased risk of heart disease. His strokes, blindness, kidney failure and there’s nothing that can Central. The average life- Directorate General of Well, depression doesn’t all the things that you are BMI is 39.4. With bariatric surgery, he lost damage to peripheral nerves which may be done. Nothing seems to time rates of depression, Health Services .Countries generally result from a sin- good at. It is a known fact 26.7 kg within six months of the operation. lead to amputations. cheer us up or brighten up according to the study, such as the US, China, Ja- gle event but from a com- that if life offers us happi- After two years, his weight reduced to 80 If a woman’s waist is greater than 35 our particularly “dull day”, were found to be 14.6 per pan, India, Brazil, Mexico, bination of recent events ness then it also offers a kg. inches and a man has more than 40 inch- things seem to be dormant, cent in ten high income Ukraine and Spain, Ger- and other long-term or bit of suffering and sorrow, Two months after Gupta’s op- es and they often have craving friends distant, everything countries, and 11.1 per cent many, Lebanon, Mexico, personal factors. There are if we have the strength eration, his son, Vaibhav, 30, also for sugar and refined carbohy- is going against us. No in eight low- to middle- and South Africa have many factors that lead di- to bear with the failures underwent bariatric surgery. At drate then they should have their number of chocolates can income countries. But life- been included in the study. rectly or indirectly to the that life may bring in our the time of the operation, Vaib- check up done for diabetes. bring our serotonin levels time incidents of what was According to a new Lan- onset of depression, they faces one day, well never hav weighed 138 Kg, with a BMI Diabetes+ obesity is the major up, no good music brings a identified as Major De- cet study, India reportedly might not be necessar- go through the depressive of 41.1. He too suffered from the cause of heart disease, stroke, smile on our face, nothing pressive Episodes (MDE) has the highest suicide ily that important but are phase ever. disease as his father. Within six dementia, cancer, kidney failure soothes our tension. were highest among Indi- rate in the world, which significant in causing “the Everybody is unique months of his surgery, he too Dr Atul Peters and blindness hence it has be- Don’t worry! All is not ans at 35.9 percent, while is increasing by the day. blues”. and special in his/her own lost 27 Kg and his comorbidi- come the leading cause of death. lost. You’re facing a prob- China was at the lowest at It is even more alarm- As the researchers ways and the way they ties, diabetes, hypertension and dyslipi- Subjective symptoms lem common in our coun- 12 per cent. ing to know that suicides across the globe stated react to situations is also demia were completely resolved. Today, n Sugar cravings, especially after meals try i.e. “depression” which Respondents were first claim twice as many lives previously, depression is different, some are braver he weighs 93 kg and is maintaining his n Fatigue after meals is also known as “feel- screened on the basis of per year as HIV; at least not a result of chemical than the others, some can’t weight two years after the surgery. n Frequent urination ing blue”, “down in the three “stem questions” for that is what a 2010 survey balance in the brain rather handle the pressure at all Diabetes and obesity have taken more n Increased thirst and appetite dumps”, “feeling of worth- depression—sadness/de- claims. Surprisingly, such there are many multiple and resort to medication, than one billion populations into its grip n Difficulty in losing weight lessness, helplessness and pressed mood, feelings of cases are reportedly high- causes of depression. The but medication should be in past decade. Rising at an astounding n Sexual dysfunction hopelessness”. discouragement, and loss est among the wealthy and factors may be severe life the last option after you’ve level, the twin disease has reached to an n Visual problems Almost 121 million peo- of interest lasting several the educated. stressors – family stress, tried everything else. epidemic proportion. India is bracing for n Numbness and tingling in the ple worldwide are affected days or longer. To be posi- Take the case genetic vulnerability, sub- There are people out there massive surge in diabetes + obesity with extremities by depression and severe tive for MDE, a respond- of Jiah Khan. An actress, stance abuse or an under- who admire you even with estimating number of sufferers in next 20 The most effective way of fighting dia- depression creates sui- ent had to qualify for who had a block-buster lying medical condition all your shortcomings. So, years at more than 100 million. betes + obesity is to prevent the condition cidal tendency that cause five of the “nine cardinal debut with ‘Nishabd’, ‘Ga- – that may be the precipi- be proud of what you are. Obesity is linked to diabetes, higher leads to weight gain and diabetes. Those 850,000 deaths in the symptoms,” including in- jini’ and ‘Housefull’, ended tating factor behind the Smile, shrug away your than normal body weight greatly in- who are unable to achieve successful world annually. A study dicators in appetite, sleep, her life in oblivion, report- faulty mood regulation in depression and get back to creases the risk of diabetes. An estimated weight loss in spite of following strict diet based on the World Health mood, lack of concentra- edly because of depres- the brain. being yourself. 80 per cent of diabetes is related to obe- and lifestyle modification; there is bariat- Organization’s World tion and tendency of sui- sion. This is a case of ‘The Think twice before pop- sity. Medically, it is defined as metabolic ric surgery. Mental Health Survey Ini- cidal thoughts. Rational Suicide Theory’, ping a pill (anti depres- (Samar Hossain is a PG dysfunction that ranges from mild blood Dr Atul Peters suggests diabetes people tiative has said that India The lead author of the a theory that was devel- sant), it may relieve you Resident, Department of sugar imbalances to full-fledged type 2 di- with moderate obesity lost more weight has the highest rate of de- study was Dr Evelyn Bro- oped by Hamermesh and of depression at momen- Community Medicine, abetes. Obesity is considered a major risk and have better glucose control over two pression in the world. met of Department of Psy- Soss in 1974. 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Moment of reckoning for Govt at Assocham’s summit Medical college where Increase your Continued from page 1 business prospects the price control regime price. stink is all pervasive upto policy is that most drug leaves disproportionately Add to this is the ever- companies are scouting If the domestic bulk industry had a semblance low margins for drugs, increasing value of dollar DTMT.Network keep so far, but the foreign shores in search of of survival we would not have been importing some of which are not against Indian currency. @drugtodayonline.com sanitary condition greener pastures as run- medicine from China. Leave alone bulk industry, even essential, it is being Since raw material has to of the ward did not 100% ning domestic business seen by pharmaceuticals be bought in the US cur- BURDMAN: Santosh Bh- improve. has become commercially SMEs and MSMEs, which are a backbone for as a tiger on the prowl.” rency, the cost of produc- attacharya visited the The management unviable. any industry, are also struggling for survival Under the circumstanc- tion goes up manifold. The hospital for treatment puts entire blame on Against this backdrop, es, what can the manufac- manufacturer has no safe- of fever. After a checkup, the Health Depart- NPPA chairman Injeti turer do? He is left with no guard against this unpre- when he was admitted on ment. Srinivas’s carefully-word- financing would have Underscoring obligation option other than stopping dictable scenario, but the the advice of the doctors They say they had ed conciliatory overtures gone a long way in im- of the Government to en- production altogether or indifferent Government he started puking due to sent a proposal to Book your to the drug industry prom- proving affordability of sure availability of qual- resorting to unfair means does not consider this fac- stench in the hospital’s refurbish the ward. ising to look into their drugs as well as coverage ity drugs, he said, “The – producing substandard tor to give relief to the in- medicine ward. As his con- But they neither advertisment today!!! genuine grievances sym- for healthcare costs, the criteria for essentiality of and spurious drugs. dustry. dition deteriorated he was sanctioned money pathetically and an assur- disproportionate thrust a drug are disease preva- If the domestic bulk in- This is a moment of reck- shifted to a nursing home. for the purpose, nor ance to work for mutual on reduction of pharma- lence, evidence of efficacy dustry had a semblance oning for the NPPA and It is Burdman Medical could a new medi- Call us at 9971995818 or trust could not have cut ceutical prices would have and safety of the medicine of survival we would not the Central Drugs Stand- College where stink is all cine ward be set up. Write to us at — [email protected]@gmail.com much ice with the disgrun- an insignificant impact and cost effectiveness and have been importing med- ard Control Organisation’s pervasive. tled industry. on the overall healthcare not price. Hence, all high- icine from China. Leave (CDSCO) entrusted with Nurses Addressing a gather- spend. est selling drugs can not alone bulk industry, SMEs the responsibility to not here claim Notice ing of luminaries from In this context, Dr YK necessarily be labeled as and MSMEs, which are a only ensure availability of that even the pharma industry at a Gupta, head of pharma- essential.” backbone for any indus- medicine but also sustain- a healthy Readers are recommended to make appropriate enquiries pharma summit – Chang- cology AIIMS, rightly Conceding that some try, are also struggling for ability of drug industry. person will and seek appropriate advice before sending money, incur- ing Dynamics the Road questioned the basis of price mechanism is need- survival. 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Say goodbye to bad breath, MCI swoop on medical usher in aroma of success colleges in Bihar IGIMS can’t admit, Vardhman to slash strength the culprits. Medical dis- cause whether it is due to eases as from ENT, gastro- poor oral health or any SANJEEV K JHA ficiencies pointed out by enterology, pneumology, underlying medical ill- PATNA The state Government it are mere advisory by hepatology, diabetes, re- ness. It should be treated nature. Every year, MCI nal, genetics, psychiatry in a step by step procedure There is some bad news for failed to keep its promise resorts to such intimida- (where patient is not hav- where history is taken and the medical aspirants in to remove deficiencies in tory tactics, at the instance ing bad smell – delusional thorough examination of Bihar. The Medical Council both these colleges in a of vested interests within halitosis), ulcers and drugs mouth is done. In this pro- of India (MCI) once again the council, before giv- are the other reasons. Also cess, oral hygiene is of ut- asked the Central Govern- time-bound manner ing consent to admissions use of garlic, onion, spices, most important. ment to bar Indira Gandhi later. However, this flip- tobacco, smoking, alcohol The teeth and tongue Institute of Medical Sci- flop dents the credibility of and betel nut are contrib- have to be cleaned known ences (IGIMS) from tak- by half from the upcoming medical education in the uting factors. as scaling. Oral mouth ing in students for MBBS academic session. state.” Proteolytic activity by rinses are given. Use of course in the forthcoming IGIMS director NR Bis- Unlike IGIMS, the microorganisms residing toothpastes and chewing season. was said most of the 17 Pawapuri Medical College on the tongue and teeth gums is advised. All oral With adverse recom- deficiencies pointed out is shown to have serious results in foul-smelling hygiene instructions need mendations from the MCI by the MCI would soon be deficiencies, including compounds, and is the to be practiced regularly another government medi- rectified. faculty shortage. The MCI most common cause of by the patients. cal college — Vardhman In- “We have already adver- said there was shortage of oral malodor. The bacte- Use of oral care products stitute of Medical Sciences, tised for appointment of over 30 per cent faculty ria metabolise sulphur- that contain metal ions, Pawapuri of Nalanda dis- teachers and resident doc- and over 74 per cent resi- DR ISHA RASTOGI we can figure how detest- pseudo/false or just a fear- containing amino acids to especially zinc, will inhibit trict — has also been re- tors. MCI’s report about dent doctors. To top it all, able we find those with halitophobia. Mild tran- yield the volatile sulphur- odour formation because fused permission to admit labour room appears prej- the college does not have a The society we live in not foul smell emanating from sient bad smell after sleep containing compounds hy- of the affinity of the metal students to what would udiced as the MCI team hospital of its own and the only values skill and talent their mouth. We invariably is morning halitosis. Hali- drogen sulphide and meth- ion to sulphur. It is also have been its third batch, could not be shown the Sadar Hospital attached to of a person but also his/ tend to maintain a distance tosis sometimes originates ylmercaptane which have possible to measure the this year. area properly,” Dr Biswas it is 15 km away from the her overall personality. The from them and avoid con- from medical but mostly an offensive odour in very level of volatile sulphur- It may be recalled here said, adding, “We are also college. The report also way you look, the way you versing with them. Let’s oral or nasopharyngeal low concentrations. These containing compounds in that both the IGIMS and trying to make the lecture said para-clinical depart- dress, the way you behave – take a peek into this un- problems. Soon it becomes damage the surrounding the air in the mouth direct- Pawapuri Medical College theatres and hostel accom- ments – pathology, micro- all these factors play an in pleasant mystery. a social and health handi- tissue directly, and develop ly by means of a portable were denied permission modation to meet the MCI biology, forensic medicine important role in creating Bad or foul smell from cap. It is generally detected periodontal disease. Dur- sulphide monitor which is for admission last year too, norms.” and pharmacology – are an aura around your per- mouth is called fetor ex ore by other people around us ing the night and between a specialised device called but after an undertaking by Hence, he hoped that the non-functional. sona. A presentable per- or fetor oris or more scien- and hampers our profes- meals the conditions are a halimeter. The other the state Government that MCI will allow the 32-year- The library area is grossly sonality is an asset to lev- tifically oral malodour and sional and private life. optimal for odour produc- methods are organoleptic, it would remove deficien- old institute to admit inadequate. The MCI has erage upward mobility in halitosis. Halitosis comes Mainly gram negative tion. The importance of osmoscope, breath ana- cies in these colleges in a MBBS students. pointed out that 30 defi- the social and professional from Latin words ‘halitus’ bacteria, respiratory infec- regular meals is therefore lyser and gas chromatog- time-bound manner, they Meanwhile, medical fra- ciencies including absence life. But there is one thing – breath and osis – disease. tions, pathology in mouth emphasised. raphy. were given a go-ahead. The ternity here is irked by the of intensive critical care that is enough to neutral- The term was coined by called periodontal pockets, To help patients get rid So, it’s time we said good- MCI also recommended MCI move against IGIMS. unit (ICCU), ophthalmol- ise all these positives – it is Howe for the first time in unclean dentures, faulty of the problem, medical bye to bad breath without stopping of admissions in State IMA vice-president ogy OPD functioning with- bad odour. 1874. restorations, dry mouth, and dental practition- further delay to usher in an SKMCH, Muzaffarpur and Dr Sunil Kumar Singh said, out a dark room and inad- From our experience It could be genuine, fasting, food debris are ers need to determine the aroma of success. slashing of seats in NMCH “Most of the so-called de- equate OPDs. 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The analytics as- with an orientation to the part. is quite flexible with apti- [email protected] Medicos in dock for helping Munna Bhais Healthy diet, exercise ‘not enough to treat obesity,’ say experts DTMT NETWORK tion is a chronic disease pediatrics and psychiatry, the body to stay at a high- Continued from page 1 sional exams in the state. that can be caused by while a healthy diet and er weight. As many as 1,300 stu- Warrant issued against 35 Bihar General perception biological factors, mean- exercise may help obese According to the au- inspector of the state, dents from medical col- students in PMT fraud case among people is that ing many cases may not individuals lose weight thors, this defense mech- Udayram Chauhan Saha. leges of Madhya Pradesh performing regular ex- be cured with a healthy in short term, around 80- anism once protected In case of non-availability have been expelled for SANJEEV K JHA ercise and taking healthy diet and physical activity 95 per cent regain weight humans when food was of the students, they asked using unfair means to get PATNA diet may reduce the obe- alone. partly because a reduced scarce. In modern times, the college to send their admission. sity but it is not true if the According to lead au- calory intake can acti- however, humans tend to addressees and academic When contacted, Dr It’s official now, the Special Task Force (STF) of Mad- new research is believed. thor Dr Christopher Och- vate biological “fat-loss have higher body weights record to the Madhya Anand Rai, an Indore- hya Pradesh police issued warrant against 35 students Experts claim the condi- ner, assistant professor of defense” that encourages for longer periods. Pradesh Police. based ophthalmologist from Bihar for helping the ‘Munna Bhais’ in PMT at However, the PMCH and the whistle-blower in Madhya Pradesh. According to official sources, the failed to trace the three this scam, told DTMT over notice of those warrants had been issued by the depu- students, who are first and phone on Thursday morn- ty superintendent office of the MP Police’s STF. Two years on, medical council acts in duress second year MBBS stu- ing that the number of “We are sending the notices to the residential ad- students expelled so dresses of the accused ordering their physical pres- Continued from page 1 The amounts given to 18, 2014, a meeting was the state council has not far suggests that at ence in front of the deputy superintendent within sev- doctors vary between Rs convened by him with the carried out any investiga- least an equal num- en working days of receiving the notices,” informed bai-based pharmaceuti- 10,000-Rs 55,000 and the joint secretary of DoP on tion as yet. Not only that, ber of impostors one of the officials of the three-member STF team, cal company was ‘giving total amount disbursed to March 13, 2014 on the is- the ethics committee of were behind them. constituted exclusively for unearthing the infamous amounts to doctors to doctors across the country sue. Dr Mehta asked the the state council has to in- “Students from UP 2013 Vyapam Scam. prescribe their products in amounts to about Rs 63 state health department to vestigate the matter. and Bihar are solv- He further stated that police had so far arrested the market which is illegal lakh. take action against the ac- While State Health Soci- ers and the medical three accused recently including Mrityunjai Kumar, a and cannot be accepted’. The Lok Sabha secre- cused doctors through the ety administrative officer aspirants have to first-year MBBS student Patna Medical College Hos- The complaint included tariat forwarded the com- state medical council at Rajnish Kumar claimed pay highest or sec- pital, who hails from Sukhiyajan village of Madhepura a detailed district and plaint to the Department the earliest as a reply had to have referred the case ond highest amount district, Ramu Kumar, second year student of NMCH state-wise list of doc- of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) to be sent to the Lok Sabha again to the BCMR, mem- dents, in the campus. to the racketeers for avail- from Sohsarai village in Nalanda district and Pankaj tors who had been given on December 24, 2012 to secretariat on what action ber of ethics committee in According to sources in ing such solvers,” he said. Kumar Gupta, a second year student of SKMCH, Mu- money by the company. assess the situation, take had been taken. BCMR Sunil Kumar Singh the Bihar Health Depart- Bihar is the hub of ad- zaffarpur, who is from Maner village in Patna district. The list included names, action and send a copy of Though the Centre ap- feigned ignorance about ment, at least five students mission racket in medical Another student has received the notice at his native addresses and even PAN the action taken report prised Bihar Government any such reminder. “As of Madhepura and oth- colleges. Seat fixing is a village in Sukhasan village in Madhepura district. numbers of the doctors (ATR) back to the secre- the same year, the state soon as the matter is re- ers of Katihar, Supaul and big business with turno- It is also learnt from the official sources that Mihir from Rajasthan, Bihar, tariat. The DoP also sent did not follow up the mat- ported, appropriate action Samastipur apart from ver in thousands of crores. Choudhary, a native of Darbhanga, is one of the prime Karnataka, Uttarakhand, the complaint to the MCI ter on time and as a result would be taken against the Muzaffarpur might be in- Police say the existing rate accused in Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh. Kumar, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, to take action and the MCI it took the state Health erring doctors,” Singh said. volved in the scam. The ranges between Rs 4 lakh who shifted to Bhopal to complete his B- Tech and M- Madhya Pradesh, Odi- said the action had to be Department two years to When contacted, com- investigation is expected and Rs 50 lakh depending tech recently, is working as food inspector ‎after com- sha, Maharashtra, Uttar taken by state medical finally ask the state medi- plainant and Karimnagar to gain momentum after on the seat, college and pleted his training. Pradesh, Jharkhand, West councils. The health min- cal council to probe the ex-MP Ponnam Prabha- a Madhya Pradesh Police level. For premier engi- Choudhary was arrested recently by the STF after Bengal, Gujarat, Nagaland, istry also received a copy matter, sources said. The kar said: “Till date, I’ve not team headed by Chauhan neering institutions, rates his name figured in Vyapam scam. He is accused of Andhra Pradesh, Himachal of the complaint and joint Health Department asked heard of any action being arrives in Bihar this week. are higher. The recent in- working with RSS leader Sudarshan and Soni. These Pradesh and Punjab. secretary Dr Vishwas Me- the Bihar Council of Medi- taken in any state. I have VYAPAM is the Vyavs- cidents of impersonation RSS leaders had recommended his name to BJP lead- The payments appear to hta wrote to various state cal Registration to probe no option other than to ayik Pareeksha Mandal, have revealed that the ers in MP for the post of food inspector. His father have been made through health authorities to take the case only in April 2014. write the national medical a self-financing autono- racket is not confined only is working at a publishing house, Bharti Bhawan in cheques most of which are action. The sources, however, council about the failure mous body of MP Govern- to Bihar but has spread all Patna. dated May 12, 2010 and a According to Dr Me- informed that despite be- of their state bodies in tak- ment that holds profes- over country. few dated August 1, 2010. hta’s letter dated March ing informed in April 2014, ing action.” DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 12 Latest 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

South Asia’s first robotic Rare bone replacement saves facility for neurosurgery DTMT.Network from cancer and amputation @drugtodayonline.com BS.Rawat entire cancer affected bone right had recurred. Now, it was at three NEW DELHI: Amrita Insti- @drugtodayonline.com from the hip to the knee, replac- pints in the right femur bone be- tute of Medical Sciences, ing it with an artificial total femo- tween the hip and the knee, ne- Kochi is set to become the NEW DELHI: Having undergone ral implant. cessitating an amputation which first healthcare facility in three failed surgeries in his native The surgery, a combination of would have been a life-long dis- India and one of the first in country Uzbekistan for multiple hip and knee replacement, has ability for a young man,” said Dr the Asia-Pacific region to point recurrent cancer of the leg successfully cured the patient of Rajeev K Sharma. set up robotic technology bone, Sobidjan Juraev, 24, had all cancer, eliminating the risk of a “It was a challenging surgery as for neurosurgery. but given up hope of ever return- permanent disability. it involved the removeal of whole The new generation ro- ing to a normal life. A failure to get rid of the can- thigh bone at the same time. The botic surgical technology – The resurrection of the cancer cer affected bone would have led challenges included threat of ROSA – will assist a broad despite several rounds of treat- to either of the two eventualities, post surgical infection, knee and range of surgical interven- ment posed serious threat of am- disarticulation of the hip or am- hip instability and damage to the tions to treat Parkinson putation of his leg or worse a dis- putation of the leg to save the life. nerves and vessels of the area,” and Epilepsy treatments, articulation of the hip. However, both these situations added Dr Sharma. brain tumours, hemor- Dr Prem Nair, Medical Director of Amrita Institute of Medical After struggling with the ail- would have resulted in perma- In such cases, the surgery is fol- rhagic strokes and endo- Sciences, Kochi addressing a press conference in New Delhi ment for four years, the family nent disability. lowed by a prolonged process of scopic surgery of the brain. decided to travel to India to seek This successful surgery not only rehabilitation a physiotherapy The robot is comparable accomplish all neurosur- healthcare sector at the medical help. rid Sobdjan of cancer, but also which helps the patient regain the to “GPS” for the brain and gical tasks, it provides a Kochi facility of Amrita In- Sobidjan got much needed gave him a new hip and knee joint limb’s lost strength, strengthen can be used for guidance, precise, mathematically stitute of Medical Sciences. medical succor at Apollo Hospital and a fresh lease of the life at a the muscles and get back on feet. precision and accuracy correct trajectory to the The latest robotic sur- here. In a rare and difficult sur- The patient, Sobidjan Juraev, after the cost of Rs 16 lakh. The patient is responding well during a variety of cranial destination in the brain. In gical technology is de- gery that lasted eight hours, sen- path-breaking surgery “We examined the patient thor- to the surgery and hopes to get procedures. It requires that trajectory, it will guide signed and manufactured ior consultant, orthopedic and jeev K Sharma along with cancer oughly and discovered that the back to his normal life after four surgical planning with the surgeon’s instruments by Medtech Surgical of joint replacement surgeon Dr Ra- surgeon Dr VP Singh removed the cancer in the right femur bone tumultuous years. preoperative imaging data, for whatever the purpose. France and marketed patient registration and Besides providing this worldwide by Schiller AG precise positioning and precision and accuracy, it of Switzerland. handling of instrument. allows the surgeons to fo- “The field of robotic neu- Technology to fix India’s successful first double hand To date, ROSA is one of cus on other aspects of the rosurgery is still in its ear- two robotic assistants ap- surgery”. ly stage of development transplant by Kerala doctors proved for neurosurgical The Institute has al- and we have been given spine in single op procedures and in routine ready commissioned a the tasks of developing DTMT.Network clinical use in Europe, the da Vinci robotic technol- several of these applica- ly deformed spine of the @drugtodayonline.com United States and Canada. ogy for surgical solutions tions. Medtech specifi- MASTER STROKE child. This new procedure Addressing the press for Gyneconcology, Urol- cally has developed a ro- has been introduced in the KOCHI: Indian doctors at here today, Medical Di- ogy and Gastrointestinal bot for spine surgery and DTMT.Network world recently and Pinki a private hospital Amrita rector of Amrita Institute cases. Progressively, more we have been given the @drugtodayonline.com ‘s surgery marked the first Institute of Medical Sci- of Medical Sciences Dr robotic surgical machines task of helping expanding use of MAGEC rods to treat ence here have achieved a Prem Nair said, “Though will be inducted to set up the applications of robot- Seven-year-old Pinki Scoliosis in Western India. rare feat by conducting In- robotics doesn’t replace a India’s first Centre for Ex- ics in spine surgery,” said (name changed) was born With the new technology dia’s first successful dou- surgeon’s skill and cannot cellence in Robotics in the Dr Nair. with Scoliosis, a rare but being used, Pinki will not ble hand transplant. debilitating medical con- only get better but get free- The transplant was car- dition that results in a dom from 6-7 subsequent ried out on January 12 and misaligned and deformed surgeries that would have 13 on 30-year-old Manu, a Understanding teens: Insightful spine, making normal life been needed in traditional train accident victim who difficult for her and put- surgery. received both the hands India’s first double hand transplant recipient Manu talking to reporters alongwith surgeons psychoanalysis by Dr Surisetti ting her under risk of ac- Patients with Scoliosis of a 24-year-old road ac- cidents and health compli- have to be treated early cident victim. Manu will be able to supply to the hands was cations. before the curve advances Professor and head of move his hands since his done and all precautions POONAM SINGH the physical changes going on in the teens In normal course, such aggressively and is a threat the plastic surgery depart- own muscles of the fore- to prevent infections was NEW DELHI and their effects on their behaviour. The misalignment increases to normal functioning of ment Dr Subramania Iyer arm are working to move instituted in the nursing. book then talks about how the brain of a requiring 6-7 surgeries other organs. As these pa- said “The operation lasted the fingers. The sensations Another operation to re- Dr Jawahar Surisetti, an eminent psy- teenager functions and reasons why they on a progressive basis to tients are yet to achieve 16 hours with more than will return only slowly place an area of bad skin chologist and educationist, has launched behave the way they do. Also, there are im- keep correcting the spinal skeletal maturity, the usual 20 surgeons participat- and is expected in three was done for his left hand his third book ‘Go to Hell or Come to Me – portant tips to teen health and the anger curvature and maintain surgical protocol requires ing in the procedure. Each to four months. His im- on the second day. Teenology Made Easy’ at Kolkata Book Fair quotient of the teens. ‘Go to hell...’ illus- spinal growth of the child. repeat surgeries (6-7) hand required connecting muno suppressant drugs So far only 110 success- 2015. The book follows his international trates the role of technology in the modern However, leading ortho- which are done to accom- two bones, two arteries, (to prevent rejection of the ful hand transplants have parenting bestsellers ‘Mama and Me’ and teenager’s life and the disruption of sleep pedic pediatric surgeon modate the growing spine. four veins and about 14 transplanted hands) will been conducted in USA, ‘Love Your Kid’, which have sold more than due to its excessive use. The book further Dr Ashok Johari used a Each of such surgeries is tendons.” have to be continued in- European countries, China 1.7 million copies worldwide. opens up the love lives of teenagers in revolutionary new surgical a burden to patients mon- He said 14 days after the definitely, but at a reduced and Australia, since the ‘Go to Hell or Come to Me’, as the title school and after that and also its effect on procedure to treat the little etarily as well as physically. surgery both the hands rate from three months. first one in France 13 years suggests, describes the typical attitude their behaviour, study, family and peers. girl – a method that would Besides the funds, these were accepted by the re- The immune suppres- ago. of teenagers today. This book presents a The beauty of this book is that there are spare her further surgical surgeries carry a potential cipient’s body and he sant drugs were started This transplant has put modern day view for parents and schools practical experiences of teens and par- interventions. risk associated with anes- started regaining move- before the start of the d the Indian scientific com- to understand teens and their point of view. ents that form a part of the narrative and Dr Johari employed the thesia, blood loss, infec- ments. He has been shift- surgery and continued munity among the league He writes on the most important facets of breaks the monotony at periodic intervals. new technique of using tion and above all mental ed out of the ICU and the after it. He was shifted to of a few developed nations teenage, like the growing up stages where Dr Surisetti presents a treatise that layer- magnetic rods called MA- trauma to small child and post-surgical rehabilita- a transplant ICU. Careful in the field of composite the parents fail to realise that their child by-layer unravels the mysterious teenage GEC, to correct the gross- parents. tion process has started. monitoring of the blood tissue transplant. has grown up. Dr Jawahar also lays bare science.

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Unemployment major cause RareRare DiseasesDiseases of suicide in 45,000 cases Inflammation of blood vessels

Rohit.Kumar for nine times as many @drugtodayonline.com suicides as they were re- ported during the eco- Unemployment is known nomic crisis. to cause not only mental The team also found that stress but also adverse af- suicide rates tended to in- fect on physical well-being crease six months before of a person. Here is a little a rise in unemployment known fact about unem- rates, and that increasing ployment. That in most of unemployment rates af- the cases of suicide it is a fected men and women leading factor. equally – a finding that In fact, suicide is consid- challenges that of previ- ered to be the main reason ous studies. behind the 45,000 deaths “What is more,” the team per year globally. A new adds, “our data suggest research published in The that not all job losses A patient of Handigodu Syndrome (HS) Lancet Psychiatry found necessarily have an equal that between 2000 and impact, as the affect on 2011, unemployment was suicide risk appears to the only factor of approxi- be stronger in countries mately 45,000 deaths by where being out of work A toddler suffering from Behcet's syndrome suicide and accounted is uncommon. It is pos- for around nine times as sible that an unexpected ehcet’s syndrome is a disease that toms may come and go, and it may take many deaths as during the Organization’s (WHO) data in times of economic this period, and unem- increase in the unemploy- Binvolves inflammation of the blood months or even years to have all of the recession, which first hit in mortality database and stability (2000-07) and in ployment accounted for ment rate may trigger vessels. It causes problems in many symptoms. 2008. International Monetary times of economic crisis around 45,000. greater fears and insecu- parts of the body. The most common The exact cause of Behcet’s is un- Lead author Dr Carlos Fund’s World Economic (2008-11). Perhaps most interest- rity than in countries with symptoms of Behcet’s syndrome are: known, but it may be an autoimmune Nordt of the University of Outlook database. The researchers found ingly, the researchers higher pre-crisis unem- n Sores in the mouth disorder, which means the body’s im- Zurich Psychiatric Hospi- The team used longitudi- that over all the regions found that unemploy- ployment levels.” n Sores in sex organs mune system mistakenly attacks some tal in Switzerland, and his nal modeling to calculate included in the analysis, ment was associated with Based on their findings, n Other skin sores of its own healthy cells. colleagues say the findings the effect unemployment the rate of suicide asso- 41,148 suicides in 2007 and the researchers say sui- n Swelling in parts of the eyes Both genetic and environmental fac- warrant increased focus by had on suicide in 63 coun- ciated with unemploy- 46,131 in 2009, which sug- cide interventions need to n Pain, swelling and stiffness of joints tors may be responsible for Behcet’s governments on reducing tries over four regions of ment increased by 20-30 gests that the recession in be put in place that focus More serious problems can include disease. unemployment in order the world between 2000 per cent in 2000-11. They 2008 was responsible for on the negative health ef- meningitis, blood clotting, inflamma- There is no cure for Behcet’s. Treat- to lower its fallout in the and 2011. The research- estimated that around 4,983 additional suicides. fects of unemployment in tion of the digestive system and blind- ment focuses on reducing pain and pre- form of suicides. The study ers looked at this period 2,33,000 suicides took This indicates that unem- times of economic stabil- ness. venting serious problems. is based on World Health so they could analyse the place each year during ployment is responsible ity and economic crisis. Doctors aren’t sure what causes Be- Most people can control symptoms hcet’s. It is a common in the Middle East with treatment. Treatment aims at re- and Asia. It mainly affects people in ducing the signs and symptoms of Be- their 20s and 30s. Diagnosing Behcet’s hcet’s disease and to prevent serious Asia-Pacific countries commit Speak out loud at risk can take a long time because symp- complications, such as blindness. to ending AIDS by 2030 of getting your brain

DTMT.Network ing the commitment to of the HIV epidemic in shut off on its own Apollo Hospitals to develop healthcare @drugtodayonline.com achieve universal access the ESCAP region shows to HIV prevention, treat- that current efforts need DTMT.Network services in Republic of Macedonia NEW DELHI: In a meet- ment, care and support.” to be refocused to ensure @drugtodayonline.com ing convened by United The new regional frame- that all countries are able DTMT.Network gy, pediatrics, gynecology, Nations Economic and work of cooperation for to meet the commitments NEW YORK: According to a study, the part of the brain @drugtodayonline.com anesthesiology, neurosur- Social Commission for ending the AIDS epidemic made at regional and identified as the control centre for human speech does gery, orthopedic surgery, Asia and the Pacific (ES- by 2030 seeks to fast- global levels. not actually work when we speak loudly. NEW DELHI: Apollo Hos- ophthalmology, ENT, neu- CAP) and hosted by Bang- track the HIV response Responding to these The Broca’s area named after 19th century French phy- pitals Group will develop rology, dermatology and kok, leaders of 30 Asia- with specific actions. commitments, the region- sician Pierre Paul Broca has been recognised for more standards of healthcare in venereal diseases, radiol- Pacific countries pledged Michel Sidibé, Execu- al framework for action than 150 years as the command centre for human speech, the Republic of Macedo- ing courses for medical ogy, radiotherapy, urology, to accelerate the pace of tive Director of UNAIDS, on HIV and AIDS beyond including vocalisation. nia, a southeastern Euro- specialists, nurses, techni- plastic surgery, nuclear change and committed to said: “Asia and the Pacific 2015 builds upon the ES- Now, scientists at the University of California Berkeley pean nation. An agreement cians and other healthcare medicine, robotics and ending the AIDS epidemic are moving the world for- CAP roadmap endorsed and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland are demand- to this effect was signed professionals from the transplant. in the region by 2030. ward into new frontiers of in 2012 and seeks national ing this long-held state- here by Ms Anne Marie Republic of Macedonia at “The MoU was signed to The leaders pledged development. You have reviews and consultations ment with new confir- Moncure, CEO, Southern various locations across provide quality education, rapid scale-up of preven- all the right tools in your on barriers to accessing mation that Broca’s area Region, Apollo Hospitals the Apollo Hospitals net- training, and development tion, treatment, care and hands, beginning with HIV prevention, treat- actually switches off Group and Toni Atanas- work in India. to healthcare workers of support programmes as political commitment. I ment, care and support. when we talk out loud. ovski, Ambassador of the Further, the agreement the Republic of Macedo- well as addressing the challenge you to be the The framework in- Lead authors of the Republic of Macedonia on involves numerous ter- nia. We also plan to launch needs of people at higher first region to end the cludes a move towards Study Adeen Flinker behalf of its Ministry of tiary specialties in internal Telemedicine services that risk of HIV infection. AIDS epidemic.” sustainable financing of said, “Broca’s area shuts Health. medicine, surgery, cardio will help physicians and Inaugurating the meet- The President of Fiji and AIDS response and en- down during the actual The MoU provides for surgery, thoracic surgery, patients living in Macedo- ing, United Nations Un- chair of the intergovern- suring affordable access delivery of speech, but observerships and train- vascular surgery, cardiolo- nia.” said Ms Moncure. der-Secretary-General mental meeting Ratu Epe- to life-saving medicine it may remain active and ESCAP Executive li Nailatikau said, “In the and diagnostics. during conversation as part of planning future words Secretary Dr Shamshad Pacific, a more robust By September, gov- and full sentences.” Akhtar said, “We must human rights-based ap- ernments will decide Neuroscientists have conventionally organised the promote laws, policies proach to HIV and sexual on a new set of sustain- brain’s language centre into two main regions, one for and practices that are and reproductive health able development goals perceiving speech and one for producing speech. evidence-based and firm- and rights is urgently re- (SDGS) for the period af- “This finding helps us move towards a view that ly grounded in human quired. In the 21st century ter 2015, as the Millenni- Broca’s area is not a centre for speech production but rights. We must continue countries must adopt leg- um Development Goals rather a serious part for integrating and coordinating to identify and remove le- islation that recognizes come to an end. information crosswise other brain regions,” Flinker gal and policy barriers to sexual orientation and The regional framework said. universal access to HIV gender identity.” will provide important The discovery has major implications for the diag- services.” The AIDS response in input to the global re- noses and treatments of stroke, epilepsy and brain “I believe that Asia and Asia and the Pacific has view of progress and help injuries that result in language impairments. the Pacific can, if ef- witnessed some of the shape the future of the Flinker concluded that the results could help us ad- fectively mobilised, be world’s greatest successes. HIV response worldwide vance language mapping during neurosurgery as well a pathbreaker in meet- Nevertheless, the course post 2015. as the assessment of language impairments.

Scientists give clean chit to rats in Black Deaths Scientists say they may LOOKING FOR have solved a centu- ries-old whodunit. Why did Europe experience outbreaks of bubonic plague over hundreds of years, starting with the Black Death of 1,347 to 1,353? Maybe you can blame gerbils in Asia. The dis- ease is caused by a bacterium that lives in rodents. The general thought had been that once the germ arrived from Asia to kick off the Black Death, it settled into European rodents and periodically jumped to humans until it dis- appeared in the early Full time/freelance journalists in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & 1800s. But now, scientific Kolkata for our pan India level English monthly medical newspaper. Science sleuths are suggesting background will be preferred. that the true source of those periodic outbreaks ‘DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES’ was Asia. Maritime trade may have inadvertently Interested candidates can contact at: imported the disease repeatedly from its ul- (011) 22792554, 22792078 timate reservoir, great Or gerbils and other small E-mail at: [email protected], Website: http://www.drugtodayonline.com mammals in Asia, they suggest.—DTMT DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 14 DTMT EXCLUSIVE 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi

Swacch Bharat Abhiyan — a lost opportunity

responsibility towards our country. It is not enough to make long speeches and when WHAT WENT WRONG? it comes to taking the respon- SLIPSHOD PR EXERCISE sibilities, just to point finger towards others. It is high time The Government failed to transform the to get on to the street and campaign into a mass movement. Ban- come to action. ners to promote the sanitation drive A lot of suspicion prevails can be seen only at Government offices over the success of this cam- sending out a message that it is the mo- paign, as many are arguing nopoly of the Government to carry for- that until the attitude and ward the mission. Common man is not mentality of people changes involved in the campaign from where real Swachhta (cleanli- no campaign can clean India. ness) comes. When the campaign was on PHOTO-OP DISCTRACTION its peak, VIPs including ne- tas and film stars could be Public figures from Bollywood to seen wielding broom cleaning sports roped in to carry forward the streets and roads and peo- campaign as ambassadors of the Ab- ple taking an oath of keeping hiyan did nothing beyond public pos- their localities clean. The mo- turing and posting their photographs mentary bonhomie died down with brooms on social networking soon. Today, there is no talk of sites and earning momentary glory. swachhta any more. They squandered an opportunity to A resident of a Dalit colony in interact with the public to send the message across and be- Burari informed us on phone come a catalyst for change. After all, it is a collective respon- about the litter strewn on the sibility. streets and a heap of garbage lying unattended in the colony INADEQUATE CIVIC AMENITIES as also various other areas. Forget small cities and towns, even This correspondent visited the metropolis and mega cities including spot for a reality check and Delhi and Mumbai lack basic facil- found that what he was saying ity of public conveniences with fewer was right. public urinals and toilets on road- Used cups, rotten flow- sides and highways. Railway stations, ers and garlands were seen hospitals and schools do have toilets, ROHIT KUMAR/BS RAWAT streets, spot spitting, peeing scattered all around at the but most of them lack proper mainte- and on the roadside and open site since a local neta de- nance. People prefer to relieve themselves out in the open to t was like a promo of a block- defecation in the absence of parted after a mass cam- use stinking public conveniences for fear of infection. Ibuster Bollywood movie public urinals and toilets is paign in the colony. Prior ready to be released to sway still the order of the day. to the event, some other LACK OF ACTION the box office and set cash The goal of Clean India programmes culminated Nearly a decade ago, the Delhi Gov- registers ringing across the Movement is a as elusive as at the same venue, but a ernment introduced penalty for country. However, it did not ever even as there is a con- heap waste collected post spitting in public place. Nobody take long before the euphoria sensus in support of the cam- the event left to rot. knows how many have been penal- created around by the Swachh paign. The Swachh Bharat Squalor can be spotted ised for spitting on roads. People Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) to set- Abhiyan announced by Prime all around VIP areas. House- still can be seen spitting every- tle down. Today, five months Minister Narendra Modi on keeping staff could hardly be where with aplomb. Like spitting, down the line, the enthusiasm October 2 last year could not seen cleaning the roads, parks there is penalty on litterbugs too. surrounding the campaign has sustain after the initial eu- and toilets. Concerned author- But no action seems to have ever vanished without trace. phoria going by the ground ities could not even clear the taken against anybody for littering streets. Unless imposed To the chagrin of an aver- reality in different parts of the trash lying in their areas for strictly these norms will have just of academic importance age common man who had country. more than a month-and-a-half. while people go about littering and spitting with impunity. cherished hope for success When the campaign was on Citizens do take oath to keep of the mission, from all the its peak, Netas and VIPs could their localities clean but they HOLLOW PROMISES reckonings Prime Minister be seen wielding broom clean- ony. Prior to the event, some about dirty toilets, bro- never keep their word. Why Construction of toilets was the main Narender Modi’s pet dream ing streets and roads in their other programmes culminated ken sever lines. All these things would they when authorities agenda under the clean-India drive project turned out to be a flop respective constituencies and at the same venue, but a heap paint a picture of neglect. themselves are least bothered. the Government had undertaken at as it failed to leave any impact people taking an oath of keep- waste collected post the event There is no sign of hygiene The movement was a step in the launch of the drive. Six months on the ground. While it is too ing their cities, towns and vil- left to rot. at all in the public toilets and the right direction and needed have passed, but it is far from early to judge an initiative, lages clean on the camera. The Squalor can be spotted all washroom especially in gov- active support and mass par- achieving its target. So far, only which has set for itself a five- momentary bonhomie died around VIP areas. Housekeep- ernment schools and market ticipation instead of debates 24.79 lakh individual household year timeframe, it is expected down. Today, there is no talk of ing staff hardly had seen clean- places. Visitors are irked and and discussions. toilets could be constructed against give a glimpse of hope given swachhta any more. ing the roads, parks and toilets. often talk about unhygienic It was a movement to make an annual target of 1.25 crore, while the energetic and enthusiastic A resident of a Dalit colony in It is deplorable that authori- conditions of these places. people realise their duty to- the progress in providing schools with toilets is still tardy. With response it generated initially Burari informed us on phone ties concerned could not even The movement is definitely wards the country. It is much only 5.33 per cent of the target met, the Government’s annual when the prime minister took about the litter strewn on the clear the trash seen at open an appreciable, which requires more than making long target of 1.25 crore is unlikely to be met. personal interest in it. streets and a heap of garbage the locality since more than a support and mass active par- speeches on advantages of Leave alone the country as lying unattended in the colony month-and-a-half. ticipation instead of debates sanitation and when it comes MINDSET OF MASSES a whole, the campaign failed as also various other areas. Citizens do take oath to keep and discussions. to taking the responsibilities to make any impact locally in This correspondent visited the their localities clean but they It is the way to convey the pointing finger against others. Last but not the least; people too the National Capital where the spot for a reality check and never keep their word. Why message that not just the Though a lot of cynicism have to realise their responsibility campaign originated. While found that what he was saying would they when authorities Government, but to keep the prevails the campaign, the towards making the environment the common man failed to im- was right. themselves are least bothered. nation clean and hygienic, it movement is still relevant. Its clean. Because a real cleanliness bibe the message, civic agen- Used cups, rotten flowers Today, Dalit colonies are requires an active and whole- success hinges on the change starts from their home and when cies miserably failed to keep and garlands were seen scat- in the most deplorable state hearted participation by the in the attitude and mindset a person understands his/her duty up the momentum. Lack of tered all around at the site when it comes to hygiene. citizens. of the people. If we fail to re- it will not only bear an impact but sanitation in the environment, since a local neta departed af- Some residents responsible It is a movement to make alise this, it will remain a lost also inspire others to do so. unattended garbage on the ter a mass campaign in the col- for littering around, but what people realize their duty and opportunity.

a permanent basis. Hence, It is the job of the gov- ernment does not install it has to be done by those ernment to maintain de- bins. Where would any- Sanitation drive alone won’t work; whose job it is to do so. corum. But, if the govern- body dispose of waste in They are paid for it. ment fails to do its job the absence of a proper However, we need to properly, we have to make place? Make the authori- ensure that civic agencies it do. Besides manpower, ties realise this and put make civic administration work do not shirk from their re- it is the job of the govern- bins along the roadside. Let the administration AFREEN FATIMA The point to be noted build and maintain urinals, here is that Banta did not We need to ensure civic agencies do not shirk from toilets and sinks. The ones Prime Minister Narendra remove the peal of banana available now are woe- Modi has taken a step in when he slipped on it even their responsibility and no sanitary employee (safai fully inadequate and those the right direction by an- though this is the logical karamchari) is found wanting. Unless we, as citizens too are well maintained. nouncing Swachh Bharat thing to do when you see and consumers of civic services, keep a vigil on civic As a result people choose Abhiyan. The issue of something troubling you. to pee road side for fear sanitation remained un- This is the psyche of most administration, we can’t ensure clean environment of getting infected from addressed for far too long. of us Indians for whom, stinking urinals. Only a leader of Modi’s sanitation is but of sec- Nowhere in the world stature and diligence ondary importance. Un- sponsibility and no sani- ment and civic authorities have sanitation drives could be able to bring the less we instill a sense of tary employee (safai kara- to arrange for the logistics, ever ushered in cleanli- topic out in the public duty towards the society in mchari) is found wanting like dustbins, toilets and ness. Hence, rather than domain. Sustaining the our countrymen we can’t in his duty. Unless we, as public conveniences. banking on such drives, momentum and taking win a war against garbage. citizens and consumers of We complain against we need to ensure that the forward the initiative is a Before setting off on civic services, keep a vigil people throwing garbage civic administration works responsibility of all of us. Mission Clean India, we on civic administration, roadside. Before pointing towards the goal of total As for the success of the need to determine the fac- we can’t ensure clean en- fingers at who do so, we cleanliness with a holistic mission, it depends on our tors that come in the way vironment. need to ask why the Gov- approach. dedication, perseverance of realisation of clean en- and commitment to the vironment. Let’s analyse. cause because the task at We can’t ask anybody and hand is not as easy as most everybody to clean the of us think. Inculcating garbage proper place i.e. garbage porate sanitation as a sub- our houses. Why don’t we values of sanitation and If you look around on dump – it is lethargy. Why ject in school curriculum treat our streets, city and hygiene in a conservative our streets and roads you don’t our civic authorities towards this end. the country as a whole society like ours, which is find squalor all around. If are found wanting? Be- Our day starts with the like our house? This is due averse to any change in at some place garbage is cause of corruption. And mandatory bath. We brush to lack of civic sense. It’s the status quo, is no mean lying unattended, stink is finally, why can’t we take our teeth regularly, wash civic sense that deters us thing. It is though difficult emanating from toilet at the initiative to clean our our hands before eat- from indulging in some- to change the mindset of other. There many factors streets ourselves? Because ing and keep our houses thing which cause incon- the people, but it is not im- that contributes to the we treat an inferior task. squeaky clean. But once venience to others. possible. sanitary mess in our soci- As regards individual we venture out, we start While anyone can vol- The mindset of the peo- ety. It can be laxity, corrup- reform, apart from aware- soiling everywhere we go unteer the cause of clean- ple reminds me of a joke. tion or the stigma associ- ness campaign, education except, of course, at places liness and go around Banta slips on a banana ated with the sanitary job. is the best bet to inculcate where we know we can’t sweeping and cleaning peel. But when he finds it Why do we litter our good values and bring get away with it such met- surroundings, it is not again the next day, he ex- streets in the first place? about positive change in ro stations, offices, and au- possible for everyone to claims, “Oh no! I’ll have to Because we don’t want the mindset of an entire ditoriums. leave their respective jobs slip again today.” to dump our waste in its generation. We can incor- We never litter inside and engage in the drive on DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi Business 15

‘Medical device industry facing perceptional, J&J MD Sushobhan Dasgupta policy and regulatory challenges in India’ elected president of NATHEALTH DTMT.Network retary and treasurer re- create a robust platform BS.Rawat are due to NCDs and by What role does the medi- regulatory challenges that @drugtodayonline.com spectively. for helping in the long @drugtodayonline.com 2020, over 60 million Indi- cal device industry play in prevent the industry from Anjan Bose, secre- term growth and sustaina- ans will succumb to them. helping India address its contributing to its full po- NEW DELHI: India’s tary general, will lead bility of India’s healthcare Devices are central to med- In this context, medical healthcare challenges? tential. apex healthcare body, NATHEALTH in its goal to sector. ical practice and form an devices have an increas- Sanjay Banerjee: Current- What are the major regu- NATHEALTH, elected extremely diverse product ingly critical role to play ly, average expenditure latory challenges faced by Johnson & Johnson category with over 14,000 in helping diagnose and on medical technology the medical device indus- Medical India manag- different types of devices manage NCDs. in India is very low – at try in India? ing Director (MD) Sush- such as adhesive band- What is the size and po- $3.33 per capita. However, Sanjay Banerjee: Cur- obhan Dasgupta presi- ages, drug delivery devic- tential of the medical de- as India moves towards rently, 14 categories of dent for one year. He es, diagnostics, implanted vice industry in India? universal health cover- medical devices and eight took over from Fortis cardiac, cardiovascular Sanjay Banerjee: Glob- age, medical technology additional products are Healthcare executive and neurological devices, vices play in promoting ally, medical devices form will become an even more regulated as “drugs” un- vice-president Shivin- stair-walking wheelchairs, quality healthcare? a $200-billion industry, integral part of the coun- der the D&C Act, 1940. This der Mohan Singh. robotic surgical systems Sanjay Banerjee: Medical but in India it constitutes try’s public health system. is problematic because Max India MD and and magnetic resonance technology plays key role only a small segment of There is an urgent need to medical devices are very Max Healthcare Insti- imaging devices. AdvaMed in diagnosis and manage- the healthcare industry. provide increased access different from drugs, and tute head Rahul Khosla is a key player in the medi- ment of complex diseases It is currently valued at to quality health technolo- thus need to be regulated and Philips India vice- cal devices sector in India. and thereby alleviates about $4.0 billion – which gies. as a different category al- chairman A Krishna With a view to get insight pain, restores health and is around 7-8 per cent of The medical device indus- together. Kumar were elected as into problems faced by extends lifespan. India’s India’s healthcare sector. try can do a lot in this con- The recently introduced senior vice-president the medical device indus- disease burden is gradu- With 700 medical device text by using their exper- Drugs and Cosmetics and vice-president of try and the impact of the ally transitioning from makers, India’s medical tise to engage in technol- (Amendment) Bill, 2013 the body respectively. Government’s policies on communicable to non- device market is currently ogy transfers, skill devel- addresses several of the Speaking on his pri- healthcare infrastructure communicable diseases the fourth-largest in Asia opment and innovation to industry’s challenges by orities, Dasgupta said, in country, DTMT spoke driven by socio-economic (after Japan, China and address India’s healthcare ushering in a new regula- “One of the major chal- to AdvaMed chair, India advancements. The World South Korea). According challenges. tory regime. lenges facing India to- Working Group Sanjay Health Organization to a 2014 CII-BCG report, However, in the cur- The Drugs & Cosmetics day is providing afford- Banerjee spoke to DTMT (WHO), NCD Country Pro- the industry can grow to rent operating environ- (Amendment) Bill is a big able healthcare to mil- during a media roundtable files, 2011 states that more $50 billion by 2050 if a ment, the industry is suf- leap forward as it accords lions of unserved and discussion. than 53 per cent of total conducive environment is fering from a variety of distinct status to the medi- underserved patients. What role do medical de- deaths every year in India created. perceptional, policy and cal devices industry. We are committed to work towards reaching our goal of providing Green norms to be relaxed accessible and afford- ​Cipla to form JV with Biopharm able healthcare for eve- for development projects ryone”. Dasgupta said activi- in Algeria, to invest $6 milliona BS.Rawat ties and initiatives of the @drugtodayonline.com NATHEALTH will be in DTMT.Network products for Algeria. The as formed subsidiaries in line with its six mission @drugtodayonline.com new company is expected Europe, the US, South Af- NEW DELHI: The BJP led NDA Government at the Centre pillars as enabling the to make an investment of rica and Sri Lanka in the is in a rush to relax green norms for industries to avoid environment to fund MUMBAI: Cipla, India’s up to $15 million to build a past couple of years. frequent governmental intervention as per the recom- long-term growth, help second largest generic factory. In an unrelated devel- mendations of a committee set up to study the environ- develop and optimise drug maker, has signed a Cipla (EU)’s initial in- opment, Cipla said it has mental roadblocks in the way of development projects. healthcare infrastruc- binding agreement with vestment in cash in the been awarded $188.95 mil- Speaking at annual flagship event ‘India Climate Policy ture, help shape policy its existing foreign distri- joint venture is expect- lion of Global Fund ARV and Business Conclave’ organised by Ficci, Environment and regulations, help bution partner, Biopharm ed to be $6 million. The (anti-retroviral) Tender as Secretary Ashok Lavasa said, “We are working towards bridge the skill and ca- SPA in Algeria, to form a company has said that the Indian drug maker has bringing amendments in Budget Session. The recom- pacity gap, encourage joint venture company in the formation of the joint been selected as a panel mendations of the committee are being examined.” innovation and support that market. venture is part of Cipla’s supplier. “As far as India is concerned, we are already working best practices and pro- According to the com- strategy to create a global “We are extremely proud towards finalising intended nationally determined con- mote accreditation. pany’s announcements, in footprint through direct to have won this tender tributions (INDCs) in consultation with state govern- Other office bearers this joint venture, Cipla presence in the foreign from Global Fund which ments,” Lavasa said. of the newly elected will hold 40 per cent equity markets, moving from its offers us a great oppor- “The state governments,” the secretary said “have their body are Suyash Borar through its European sub- traditional business model tunity to make HIV/AIDS own action plans on climate change. To an extent, the CEO, Calcutta Medical sidiary Cipla (EU) Ltd and of partnering with local treatment accessible to state action plans can be transformed into INDCs.” Research Institute and Biopharm share would be companies to enter those more than 140 countries,” INDCs will become operative from 2020 but nations Preetha Reddy, execu- 60 per cent. The new com- locations. In this process said Subhanu Saxena, MD should not miss taking action right now, he said, adding tive vice-chairperson, pany will manufacture the company has had ac- and global chief executive, that India is calibrating its approach to meet the twin ob- Apollo Hospitals Group and market respiratory quired companies as well Cipla. jective of development and environment protection. who are elected as sec- Swine flu to cost Rs 5,500 crore to Rajasthan, Maharashtra tourism

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New Delhi: The outbreak of swine flu in Rajasthan and Ma- harashtra must be dealt with on a war-footing both by the Cen- tre and the state governments as the disease taking epidemic proportion is expected to re- sult in a loss of Rs 5,500 crore to the tourism and aviation in- dustries, according to a study. The worst hit would be Ra- jasthan which attracts fairly a large number of foreign tour- ists during the winter season beginning November-Decem- ber and running through end of February and the first week jasthan cities), accounting for the domestic tourism as well, of March. Maharashtra, includ- about 30 per cent of the total though the domestic tourists ing Mumbai, also attracts the number of the inbound traffic flow slows down in January second best number of foreign in the country. and February with the exami- tourists in the winter season. According to official figures, nation season in schools,” DS With both these states getting the arrivals at the Delhi airport Rawat, Secretary General, As- affected by swine flu, Rajasthan of the foreign tourists with des- socham said. being hit worst, the number tinations is about 30 per cent of In all, the monthly foreign of tourists visiting Jaipur , monthly traffic of about eight exchange earnings from the Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, lakhs and most of them are foreign tourists arrivals are Jaisalmer and other locations headed for the Golden triangle. between 1.5-two billion USD a in the western state is coming With increasing cases of month during the winter sea- down drastically with the state swine flu and the kind of nega- son. While the arrivals get dis- government itself cautioning tive reaction on the tourists, bursed to Maharashtra, south tourists against the disease. the traffic is set to drop dras- India and Goa coasts, a large According to the study con- tically in the running month concentration is around the ducted by Assocham recently, of February leaving a bruising Golden triangle. in the winter season, roughly impact on businesses such as As per the data, the percent- two -2.50 lakh foreign tourists hotels, airlines, taxi operators, age share of Foreign Tourist visit the Golden triangle of Del- restaurants etc. Arrivals (FTAs) in India during hi-Agra-Jaipur (and other Ra- As much as Rs 4,000 crore January 2015 among the top 15 could be a hit ports was highest at Delhi Air- only on account port (28.72 per cent) followed Disclaimer: of the net for- by Mumbai Airport (21.87 per eign exchange cent), Chennai Airport (8.39 We exercise due care, diligence and earnings while per cent ), Bangalore Airport caution in publishing the news and the secondary (5.83 per cent ), Goa Airport articles. None of the report or arti- losses could (5.09 per cent ), Haridaspur cles constitute any form of advice, add up another Land check post (4.99 per cent recommendation or arrangement Rs 1200-1500 ), Kolkata Airport (3.60 per cent crore, as per ), Cochin Airport (3.56 per cent by us. Readers are requested to the Assocham ), Ahmedabad Airport (3.33 per make their own research and en- ’s conservative cent ), Hyderabad Airport (3.05 quiries prior to making any invest- assessment. per cent ), Trivandrum Airport ment or other decisions. We are not “The real impact (1.79 per cent ), Tiruchirapalli liable for any claim of loss or dam- could be even Airport (1.34 per cent ), Gede ages suffered by any person due to more. Rail (1.14 per cent ), Attari Wa- such decisions solely based on our Then, theregah Land check post (0.92 per reports or articles. is going to be cent ) and Sonauli Land Check an impact on post (0.86 per cent ). DRUG TODAY MEDICAL TIMES 16 Trends 1st - 31st March 2015, New Delhi Share love with your dog, not disease Think twice before sharing ice cream or kissing your pet to avoid infection

be ingested in a similar manner, the need for medication. The itchi- hold with one. Although there are people. The benefits of owning a though it is more commonly con- ness doesn’t last a long time because risks, they are not huge with the ap- pet outweigh the potential health tracted when larvae in infected dirt dogs are the mite’s main host, not propriate precautions and for most issues. penetrate your bare skin. humans. Toxoplasmosis, which is especially Similarly your dog dangerous to pregnant women and gets some diseases from can lead to birth defects, can be you. The good news is caught by touching the feces of an that there are steps you infected animal as well and by han- can take to prevent the dling raw meat without proper hand spread of diseases from washing afterwards. your animal to you. Other dog illnesses can be trans- n Practice good hy- mitted between animals and people giene. Always wash your through contact with an infected hands after handling animal’s skin and fur. One exam- your pets and cleaning ple is ringworm, which are actu- up after them. Consider ally a fungal skin infection and not wearing a mask and dis- a worm. Another pet illness is the posable gloves when highly contagious mite, Sarcoptes cleaning out a bird cage scabei, which can affect dogs, cats, or scooping a litter box. and people, resulting in hair loss and n Maintain your pet’s skin rash. health. Feed [your pet] Other ailments infect both animals high quality food, keep Afreen.Fatima Swine flu, bird flu, stomach flu, we and people, but are spread by a third the pet at a healthy @drugtodayonline.com are surrounded by myriad viruses source rather than directly from dog weight, keep current every time we venture out of our to human. Lyme disease is one ex- on vaccinations and It is no secret that dogs give com- homes. We expect viruses at the ample where infected ticks can bite parasite preventatives, panionship and fulfillment to their playground, at the office and at the and infect an animal and be carried brush their teeth, keep owner. After all, these are the two of mall, but not in our homes. We make indoors on a pet, only to crawl off them groomed, and the many reasons dogs are so loved. sure we don’t get infections from our them and onto a person’s skin and get them checked by However, if we are not careful while family members, but what about the bite them. the veterinarian if they handling them, we may end up get- pets? Scabies are the result of your dog show signs of illness or ting more than love from our pets – There are a variety of ways pet ill- itching and developing scabs all over if there are any changes. disease. nesses are transmitted, depending his body. What causes this is when a Being aware of the Since dogs can transmit various on the ailment. Some, such as the mite burrows itself in the skin and various diseases ani- medical conditions including dis- roundworm parasite, are spread causes constant itching, scabs and mals can transmit is eases to humans we should be ex- through touching feces of dogs, usu- hair loss. Luckily, if humans contract wise when you own a tra cautious while handling them. ally found in soil, followed by im- this condition from their dogs, the pet, but this possibil- Hence, think twice before sharing an proper or lack of hand washing. itchiness will only last a few weeks ity shouldn’t keep you ice cream cone or kissing your pet. The hookworm parasite can also and then go away on its own, without from sharing a house- SugarFree’s ‘Get in Shape India’ sends a message across BS.Rawat tor in cardio-vascular diseases, @drugtodayonline.com musculoskeletal disorders like osteoarthritis and some cancers. 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n Valentine special: A pig fell in love with a hen. One day, they kissed each other. Next day, both of them died. While the pig died of bird flu, the hen died of swine flu. Truly, Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani!!

n A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up. “Wow!” exclaimed her father. “That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?” “Wrong number,” replied the girl.

n Fred is 32 years old and is still single. One day a friend asked him, “Why aren’t you married? Can’t you find a woman who will be a good wife?” Fred replied, “Actually, I’ve found many women who I wanted to marry. But when I brought them home to meet my parents, my mother did not like them.” After a pause, his friend blurted out, “I’ve got the perfect solution. Just find a girl who’s just like your mother.” A few months later, they met again and his friend in- quired, “Did you find the perfect girl? Did Sudoku solution your mother like her?” With a frown on his face, Fred answered, “Yes, I found the per- fect girl. She was just like my mother. You were right, my mother liked her very much.” The friend asked, “Then what’s the problem?” Fred replied, “My fa- ther doesn’t like her.”

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