சித்தா மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு 2,300 பேர் விண்ணப்பம்

Added : செப் 13, 2019 22:55

சென்னை : சித்தா, ஆயுர்வேதம் மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு, 2,300 பேர் விண்ணப்பித்துள்ளனர். பாரம்பரிய மருத்துவ படிப்புகளான சித்தா, ஆயுர்வேதம், யுனானி, ஓமியோபதி ஆகிய மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு, அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், 280 இடங்கள் உள்ளன.

அதேபோல், தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில், 1,000 இடங்கள்; நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டில், 500 இடங்கள் உள்ளன.இந்த படிப்புகளுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை, 'நீட்' நுழைவு தேர்வு வாயிலாக நடத்தப்படுகிறது. இதற்கான, 'ஆன்லைன்' விண்ணப்ப பதிவு, ஆக., 28ல் துவங்கியது. விண்ணப்பங்களை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து, உரிய ஆவணங்களுடன் சமர்ப்பிப்பது, நேற்று மாலை, 5:00 மணியுடன் நிறைவடைந்தது.இதில், அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு, 1,600 பேர்; நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு, 700 பேர் என, 2,300 பேர் விண்ணப்பித்துள்ளனர்.

விண்ணப்பங்கள் பரிசீலிக்கப்பட்டு, அடுத்த வாரத்தில், தரவரிசை பட்டியல் வெளியிடப்படும் என, இந்திய மருத்துவம் மற்றும் ஓமியோபதித் துறை அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர்

‘IVf for women above 45 years is unethical’

Published: 14th September 2019 06:26 AM 

By Sowmya Mani

Express News Service

CHENNAI: The recent case of a 74-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh delivering twins has sent shock waves across the medical community. Doctors from the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR), Indian Fertility Society, and the Academy of Clinical Embryologists have issued a joint statement, slamming the hospital. They called it a ‘mindless misutilisation of IVF technologies’. CE speaks to Dr P Padma Priya, consultant obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility specialist at Jeyam multi-speciality & Fertility Hospital, Tiruchy, to understand what IVF means and what are the rules that govern it.

GUIDELINES

“This case from Andhra Pradesh is a total misuse of Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART). IVF is supposed to be done only for women between the age of 18 years and 45 years, and only three times. If it doesn’t work, the patients have to go in for adoption,” says Dr Priya.

Explaining why it is a risk to perform IVF on an elderly person, she says, “It’s completely unethical. There are so many problems in doing this to a woman aged 74. First problem is raising the child, when the child grows up, how can the parents take care of him/her.

Parental attention will not be there. From a medical perspective, maternal mortality is very high, and mothers have a high chance of getting diabetes and hypertension.”

THE PROCEDURE

IVF is an artificial reproductive technique where sperm and eggs are fertilised outside the body in a dish in the lab. The fertilised eggs, called embryos, are transplanted into the uterus after growing them for three to five days. Alternatively, the embryos can be frozen and transferred to the uterus in the next cycle. “In IVF,

fertilisation happens outside the body instead of inside the fallopian tube,” says Dr Priya.

WHEN TO OPT FOR IVF
There are male and female indicators that make IVF necessary:

MALE INDICATORS
The man can’t perform sexual intercourse
Semen parameters are too low

FEMALE INDICATORS
Blockage or removal of the fallopian tube
Previous sterilisation
Ovulation problems like PCOD
Severe endometriosis

RISK FACTORS
Ovarian hyper stimulation: When the gonadotropin injection is given, sometimes too many follicles develop. Ovaries become swollen and fluid appears in the cavities
Multiple births: IVF increases the risk of multiple births

WHY IVF IS ON THE RISE
Increased cases of PCOD. Many women don’t ovulate
The age when women conceive is delayed. We see many cases of pregnancy after 35
Chance of natural pregnancy lowers with age
Obesity is on the rise. Obesity leads to problems in ovulation

‘DON’T TRY THIS AFTER 45’
The worldwide success rate of IVF is 35%-40% per cycle. “There is a need to counsel patients, especially those who are above 50 years. We must not entertain such patients. They must be strictly told that IVF cannot be administered to them,” she says.

They must be strictly told that IVF cannot be administered to them,” she says.

Tragedy strikes Ganesh idol immersion in three States

33, including two minors, drown in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi

14/09/2019, , STAFF REPORTER,BHOPAL/MUMBAI

Tragedy at dawn: Rescue workers retrieving a boat that capsized during the idol immersion in Bhopal.A.M. Faruqui

Thirty-three people, most of them in their 20s, drowned during the immersion of Ganesh idols in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi, officials said on Friday. Some of the dead were minors, they said.

In Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, 11 people died when two overcrowded country boats carrying a 20-ft. tall idol for immersion in Lower Lake in Khatlapura capsized. Eight were rescued. Seventeen people were on the boats when the incident took place around 4.30 a.m., Bhopal Collector Tharun Kumar Pithode said.

Six of the dead in Madhya Pradesh were in their 20s, while two were minors.

In Maharashtra, at least 18 people drowned during the immersion of Ganesh idols. The immersion of idols, which began on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, continued till Friday morning. Drowning incidents were reported in 11 districts — Amravati, Nashik, Thane, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Dhule, Bhandara, Nanded, Ahmednagar, Akola and Satara, an official said.

Four people drowned in Amravati, three in Ratnagiri, two each in Nashik, Sindhudurg and Satara, one each in Thane, Dhule, Buldhana, Akola and Bhandara.

Two men and two women drowned in the Yamuna in Delhi during Ganesh idol immersion, officials said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath ordered a magisterial inquiry and announced a compensation of ₹11 lakh each for the families of the victims.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “The capsizing of a boat at Khatlapura Ghat in Bhopal is saddening. In this hour of grief, our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives.”

Meanwhile seven people, who were carrying a tall Ganesh idol from Seawoods in Navi Mumbai, suffered injuries from electric shock at 12.25 a.m. on Friday, while exiting a flyover.

The idol came into contact with an overhead high tension wire.

Two of the injured are in a critical condition.

The four who drowned in Delhi, in their 20s, were residents of Nihal Vihar, Nangloi, officials said.

(With PTI inputs)

AIADMK asks cadre not to erect flex boards

Stalin says he will not participate in functions if partymen put up banners

14/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

A banner erected on Peters Road in Chennai on Friday by the AIADMK cadre welcoming the Chief Minister and Dy. Chief Minister on the occasion of food festival . B. Jothi Ramalingam

The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which was being blamed by its political adversaries for being “responsible” for the death of a young woman in a road accident in Pallikaranai on Thursday, asked its members to avoid “fully” putting up cut-outs and flex boards.

“Under no circumstance and for any reason,” should the cadre violate this stipulation, Deputy Chief Minister and the party co-ordinator O. Panneerselvam and Chief Minister and the AIADMK’s co-coordinator, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, said.

In a statement, the two leaders pointed out that they were “saddened” when they came to know that people were put to hardship due to “acts” committed by some persons “out of over-enthusasim, unmindful of consequences and ignorance of rules.”

They added that at the time of events of the party and the party workers’ private functions, the party cadre should not erect the banners that would create hurdles to the public.

Meanwhile, DMK president M.K. Stalin on Friday called upon his partymen not to put up vinyl posters, banners, cutouts, warning that he would not participate in functions if the organizers failed to heed to his advice.

Recalling his earlier message to partymen against the banner culture, Mr. Stalin said he was pained by the death of Subasri, who was killed in a road accident after posters put up by the AIADMK men fell on her.

“You may erect a couple of banners after obtaining permission from the authorities. Displaying them all over the place causing inconvenience to the public and motorists is unacceptable. It should be stopped,” he said in a statement.

Mr. Stalin also urged the party functionaries to strictly follow his direction to prove that the “DMK is a disciplined organisation.”

Compensation to kin

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri demanded that a compensation of ₹10 lakh be given to the family of Subasri while slamming the AIADMK for her death. “It is because the AIADMK cadre illegally put up banners that Subasri lost her life,” he said.

CPI (M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan condemned the ruling AIADMK slamming it for the death of Subasri, ‘due to misuse of their powers and atrocities of the ruling party’.

In a statement, Mr. Balakrishnan said when opposition parties want to paste posters, police officials do not give permission. “But when it comes to the ruling party, they turn a blind eye when banners, posters, cutouts are put up even for birthdays, weddings, party events. ”, he said.

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi president Thol. Thirumavalavan demanded that the family of the girl be given a compensation of ₹1 crore and a government job should be provided to one of her family members. Slamming the inaction of the police over banners of the ruling AIADMK, he said the police gave total freedom to the AIADMK cadre to erect banners and cutouts, despite strict orders of the courts against these.

“The government and the police are solely responsible for this death,” Mr. Thirumavalavan said.

Tamil Maanila Congress president G.K. Vasan issued a directive to his party cadre to not put up banners, posters, boards on road sides, pavements and public places. “If there is a need to put up such banners, it should be done only with permission, as per rules and regulations,” he said.

Ethiopian Airlines to start direct flight to Addis Ababa

14/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,BENGALURU

Ethiopian Airlines will launch a non-stop flight between and Addis Ababa from October 29. The airline will operate the flight four days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. A one-way ticket will cost ₹38,525 and return fare will be ₹61,432.

HC again denies bail to paper leak accused

14/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,BENGALURU

The Karnataka High Court has declined to grant bail to prime accused in the 2016 second-year pre-university question paper leak case saying it would send a wrong signal to society as allegations, if proved, would result in jeopardising the credibility of the educational system of the State.

Justice B.A. Patil passed the order while rejecting, for the second time, a petition filed by Kumaraswamy seeking bail.

It was contended on behalf of the petitioner that the court had granted bail to all other accused persons, and he had spent more than three years, which is almost half of the maximum sentence that could be imposed for the alleged offences, in prison and the trial of the case is yet to begin.

However, prosecution contended that Kumaraswamy has been booked under Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act that prescribe life imprisonment for the offences alleged against him. It was alleged in the chargesheet that Kumaraswamy gained entry into the sub-treasury with the help of Santhosh Agasimani (accused number-4), a second division assistant in charge of the sub-treasury in Hanagal, and opened a bundle of question papers, and had taken photographs of the same.

Meanwhile, the court has directed the trial court to expedite the trial and complete it within a year.

Rajasthan launches information portal

Citizens can access 13 departments

14/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,JAIPUR

In a pioneering step, the first-ever public information portal was launched in Rajasthan on Friday promising to provide information about government authorities and departments suo motu to the public in the true spirit of the Right To Information Act. The portal has brought yet another distinction to Rajasthan, where the RTI movement had started in 1990s.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the portal at B.M. Birla Auditorium here in the presence of former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, former Law Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah and a galaxy of RTI activists, including Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy.

The State government collaborated with the civil society groups to develop the portal, the first of its kind in the country, initially giving information pertaining to 13 departments on a single platform.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Gehlot said the new web portal, named the Jan Soochna Portal-2019, would ensure compliance with Section 4(2) of the RTI Act mandating the public authorities to disclose information in the public domain, so that the people need not file applications under the law to obtain information. “I have a sentimental attachment with the RTI Act... I attended the first dharna seeking this right 20 years ago,” he said.

In a veiled reference to the RTI Amendment Bill passed by the Parliament recently, Mr. Gehlot said attempts to weaken the statute would only erode the resolve to bring transparency and accountability in administration. “We will not let this happen and will never allow this path-breaking law to lose its teeth. This portal displays our government's resolve for strict enforcement of RTI Act.”

Ms. Roy said the portal would eventually turn out to be an effective medium for “digital dialogue” with the people as well as a strong instrument for ensuring transparency in governance. She applauded the State government's action to combine technology, justice and information and said the civil society would take the RTI movement to the masses.

The State government will set up information kiosks in village panchayats and self-service e-mitra centres in the towns to enable the people to access the information useful for them. A message of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi praising the initiative and expressing the hope that it would strengthen the spirit of the RTI Act, was also telecast.