Thursday, November 28, 2019
‘Include yoga & naturopathy in bill to create new regulator for Indian system of medicine’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:28.11.2019
A parliamentary committee has sought the inclusion of yoga and naturopathy in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, stating these age-old practices with focus on holistic health are an integral part of Indian culture and the Ayushsystem.
The department-related parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare, in its report submitted to the Rajya Sabha, said the absence of a central regulatory body at a time when yoga is being considered as a panacea for a meaningful life and living “may result in proliferation of poor standard institutes and unchecked practices by unqualified practitioners”.
The committee also suggested integration of Indian systems of medicine with modern treatment to provide accessible, affordable and quality primary health care. It also asked the state governments to implement measures to enhance the capacity of existing health care professionals, including Ayushpractitioners to address primary care issues and challenges.
Drafted on the lines of the National Medical Commission, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 seeks to create a new regulator, replacing the statutory body, Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), governing higher education in Indian systems of medicine.
The committee has also recommended that a Board of Yoga and Naturopathy be constituted under Clause 18 in the bill. The bill provides for conducting a common National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test and common counselling by the designated authority for admission to all the medical institutions offering Indian system of medicine so as to ensure quality and transparency in admissions.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:28.11.2019
A parliamentary committee has sought the inclusion of yoga and naturopathy in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, stating these age-old practices with focus on holistic health are an integral part of Indian culture and the Ayushsystem.
The department-related parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare, in its report submitted to the Rajya Sabha, said the absence of a central regulatory body at a time when yoga is being considered as a panacea for a meaningful life and living “may result in proliferation of poor standard institutes and unchecked practices by unqualified practitioners”.
The committee also suggested integration of Indian systems of medicine with modern treatment to provide accessible, affordable and quality primary health care. It also asked the state governments to implement measures to enhance the capacity of existing health care professionals, including Ayushpractitioners to address primary care issues and challenges.
Drafted on the lines of the National Medical Commission, the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 seeks to create a new regulator, replacing the statutory body, Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), governing higher education in Indian systems of medicine.
The committee has also recommended that a Board of Yoga and Naturopathy be constituted under Clause 18 in the bill. The bill provides for conducting a common National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test and common counselling by the designated authority for admission to all the medical institutions offering Indian system of medicine so as to ensure quality and transparency in admissions.
Melavalavu convicts must stay in Vellore: HC
K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com
Madurai:28.11.2019
The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the13 convicts in the Melavalavu massacre in Madurai district to stay in Vellore district till the petition challenging the GOs passed for their premature release is disposed of.
A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the interim order while hearing the PIL filed by advocate P Rathinam, appearing as partyin-person in the plea challenging the GOs. The case involves the massacre of six dalits at Melavalavu on June 30,1997, by members of another caste following the election of a dalit as the village council president. The state government released all the convicts earlier this month citing good conduct.
The judges noted that they were not inclined to grant any stay since it will virtually amount to granting final relief in the petition. However, due to the sensitivity of the issue and to avoid law and order problems at the village, certain interim directions had to be given till the petition is disposed of. The convicts have been asked to report before the Vellore district probation officer on the second and fourth Sundays and the Vellore superintendent of police on the first and third Sundays. They should not move out of Vellore district without getting the court’s permission. Neither the petitioner nor any other organisation shall take up the issue of the release of the convicts through print media or social media.
No meetings or gatherings are to be allowed regarding the issue till the disposal of the petitions and law and order is to be ensured at Melavalavu village. The judges further directed the secretary of home department, IG prisons and Madurai central prison superintendant to file a counter before January 2 and posted the case for final hearing on January 6.
Meanwhile, the state government stated in the status report that the secretary of home department had submitted that the inspector general of prisons and the state-level committee constituted considered the cases of the prisoners who are eligible for premature release as per the eligibility criteria in GO dated February 1, 2018. However, the bench observed that an earlier bench had come to a conclusion that the act of the accused persons was not a murder but to terrorize the scheduled caste community.
“This observation made by the earlier bench in criminal appeals clearly shows that this case cannot be looked from the angle of a regular murder case and this case clearly has an impact on the persons belonging to the downtrodden section of the society and the society at large. A reading of the status report prima facie shows that this case has not been strictly scrutinized from this angle,” observed the judges.
The convicts have been asked to report before the Vellore district probation officer on the second and fourth Sundays and the Vellore superintendent of police on the first and third Sundays
K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com
Madurai:28.11.2019
The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the13 convicts in the Melavalavu massacre in Madurai district to stay in Vellore district till the petition challenging the GOs passed for their premature release is disposed of.
A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the interim order while hearing the PIL filed by advocate P Rathinam, appearing as partyin-person in the plea challenging the GOs. The case involves the massacre of six dalits at Melavalavu on June 30,1997, by members of another caste following the election of a dalit as the village council president. The state government released all the convicts earlier this month citing good conduct.
The judges noted that they were not inclined to grant any stay since it will virtually amount to granting final relief in the petition. However, due to the sensitivity of the issue and to avoid law and order problems at the village, certain interim directions had to be given till the petition is disposed of. The convicts have been asked to report before the Vellore district probation officer on the second and fourth Sundays and the Vellore superintendent of police on the first and third Sundays. They should not move out of Vellore district without getting the court’s permission. Neither the petitioner nor any other organisation shall take up the issue of the release of the convicts through print media or social media.
No meetings or gatherings are to be allowed regarding the issue till the disposal of the petitions and law and order is to be ensured at Melavalavu village. The judges further directed the secretary of home department, IG prisons and Madurai central prison superintendant to file a counter before January 2 and posted the case for final hearing on January 6.
Meanwhile, the state government stated in the status report that the secretary of home department had submitted that the inspector general of prisons and the state-level committee constituted considered the cases of the prisoners who are eligible for premature release as per the eligibility criteria in GO dated February 1, 2018. However, the bench observed that an earlier bench had come to a conclusion that the act of the accused persons was not a murder but to terrorize the scheduled caste community.
“This observation made by the earlier bench in criminal appeals clearly shows that this case cannot be looked from the angle of a regular murder case and this case clearly has an impact on the persons belonging to the downtrodden section of the society and the society at large. A reading of the status report prima facie shows that this case has not been strictly scrutinized from this angle,” observed the judges.
The convicts have been asked to report before the Vellore district probation officer on the second and fourth Sundays and the Vellore superintendent of police on the first and third Sundays
Centre’s nod for 3 more medical colleges in TN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
The Centre on Tuesday cleared new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu at Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur in addition to the six cleared last month. Each will have 150 MBBS seats.
The six colleges are at Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, the Nilgiris, Dindigul, Namakkal and Tirupur. These nine colleges will not just increase MBBS seats in the state but will also create 9,000 jobs for doctors, nurses, paramedics and other allied health workers.
“At one stroke we will be able to added 6,750 tertiary care beds in the state, where treatment including for complex conditions including organ failure is done free of cost. This means people don’t have to travel from these districts to cities like Chennai, Madurai or Coimbatore for healthcare. Every medical college and hospital will have at least 300 doctors,” said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
Vijayabaskar said the availability of abundant land parcels in the proximity of the district headquarter hospitals in Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur, helped the state get the sanction in no time.
Vijayabaskar and health secretary Beela Rajesh met Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday and thanked him for sanctioning three more colleges. “It is a dream of Amma (former CM J Jayalalithaa) to have colleges in each district. We are close to achieving. In the last six years of the AIADMK government, we have increased MBBS seats by 1,350. Nine more colleges will add another 1,350 seats,” the minister told TOI.
Vijayabaskar said the health department was also planning to take over Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital in Chidambaram, on the lines of medical colleges of ESIC, and IRT medical college in Erode.
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government for sanctioning the colleges. “I requested PM to sanction three colleges and funding for the same. The proposals were sent within a short span of time and land for the colleges was allotted immediately. On my request, the Centre has sanctioned. It is a historic achievement to obtain permission for nine colleges in a year,” the CM said.
TOI REPORT ON NOV 19
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
The Centre on Tuesday cleared new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu at Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur in addition to the six cleared last month. Each will have 150 MBBS seats.
The six colleges are at Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, the Nilgiris, Dindigul, Namakkal and Tirupur. These nine colleges will not just increase MBBS seats in the state but will also create 9,000 jobs for doctors, nurses, paramedics and other allied health workers.
“At one stroke we will be able to added 6,750 tertiary care beds in the state, where treatment including for complex conditions including organ failure is done free of cost. This means people don’t have to travel from these districts to cities like Chennai, Madurai or Coimbatore for healthcare. Every medical college and hospital will have at least 300 doctors,” said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.
Vijayabaskar said the availability of abundant land parcels in the proximity of the district headquarter hospitals in Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam and Tiruvallur, helped the state get the sanction in no time.
Vijayabaskar and health secretary Beela Rajesh met Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday and thanked him for sanctioning three more colleges. “It is a dream of Amma (former CM J Jayalalithaa) to have colleges in each district. We are close to achieving. In the last six years of the AIADMK government, we have increased MBBS seats by 1,350. Nine more colleges will add another 1,350 seats,” the minister told TOI.
Vijayabaskar said the health department was also planning to take over Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital in Chidambaram, on the lines of medical colleges of ESIC, and IRT medical college in Erode.
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government for sanctioning the colleges. “I requested PM to sanction three colleges and funding for the same. The proposals were sent within a short span of time and land for the colleges was allotted immediately. On my request, the Centre has sanctioned. It is a historic achievement to obtain permission for nine colleges in a year,” the CM said.
TOI REPORT ON NOV 19
Now, students also must register with TN med council
Rule In Place After Reports Of Fake Med Degrees
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
In an attempt to check those trying to register themselves as doctors with fake MBBS certificates ‘secured’ from universities, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council has now made it mandatory for all medical students to register with the council. Student registration numbers will be converted into doctors’ licence after completion of the degree.
The council resolved to introduce the rule after it found that many were applying for doctors’ licences armed with fake medical degrees and certificates.
Now, after completion of the course, medicos will be eligible to apply for a licence and practise only after they submit the student registration number to the medical council using their degree certificates. They will not be able to register themselves directly as doctors.
Each year, 8,580 students join the MBBS course from the 49 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and nine colleges in Puducherry.
“At least three times in the last two years, we have caught people submitting fake registration certificates in undergraduate courses. Sometimes students with post graduate degrees from colleges and courses not recogonised by the Medical Council of India also submit applications. We have been seeing so many scams including impersonation in NEET 2019. We wanted to be careful,” said Tamil Nadu State Medical Council president Dr K Senthil. Earlier, the council had even registered doctors with unrecognised postgraduate degrees such as emergency medicine, he said.
“They were cancelled after we were alerted by MCI,” he said.
Now, names of students along with documents including NEET scores, Class XII mark sheets and thumb imprints should be sent to the council by the respective deans of medical colleges as soon as they join the course. The names, batch details along with the college name will be listed on the webpage and moved into the medical register after they get their medical degrees.
The medical council plans to hold a meeting with the directorate of medical education and deans soon, said a senior official.
The council will upgrade its webpage to make it more user friendly. In the new site, which is likely to be launched in December, it will also give the names of doctors who have been suspended or removed from the medical rolls.
Now, users will have to type the doctor’s names or their registration number to check on their status. “Some don’t even have photographs. In the updated version, doctors will be allowed to give their contact details and practice address,” said a senior official, who is working on the new website.
Doctors can log into the council webpage to apply/renew licence, upgrade educational status or intimate change of address online. While renewal once in five years is mandatory to continue practising, as a pre-requisite, doctors should have completed at least 30 hours of continuing medical education in the five years, said the senior official.
Rule In Place After Reports Of Fake Med Degrees
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
In an attempt to check those trying to register themselves as doctors with fake MBBS certificates ‘secured’ from universities, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council has now made it mandatory for all medical students to register with the council. Student registration numbers will be converted into doctors’ licence after completion of the degree.
The council resolved to introduce the rule after it found that many were applying for doctors’ licences armed with fake medical degrees and certificates.
Now, after completion of the course, medicos will be eligible to apply for a licence and practise only after they submit the student registration number to the medical council using their degree certificates. They will not be able to register themselves directly as doctors.
Each year, 8,580 students join the MBBS course from the 49 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and nine colleges in Puducherry.
“At least three times in the last two years, we have caught people submitting fake registration certificates in undergraduate courses. Sometimes students with post graduate degrees from colleges and courses not recogonised by the Medical Council of India also submit applications. We have been seeing so many scams including impersonation in NEET 2019. We wanted to be careful,” said Tamil Nadu State Medical Council president Dr K Senthil. Earlier, the council had even registered doctors with unrecognised postgraduate degrees such as emergency medicine, he said.
“They were cancelled after we were alerted by MCI,” he said.
Now, names of students along with documents including NEET scores, Class XII mark sheets and thumb imprints should be sent to the council by the respective deans of medical colleges as soon as they join the course. The names, batch details along with the college name will be listed on the webpage and moved into the medical register after they get their medical degrees.
The medical council plans to hold a meeting with the directorate of medical education and deans soon, said a senior official.
The council will upgrade its webpage to make it more user friendly. In the new site, which is likely to be launched in December, it will also give the names of doctors who have been suspended or removed from the medical rolls.
Now, users will have to type the doctor’s names or their registration number to check on their status. “Some don’t even have photographs. In the updated version, doctors will be allowed to give their contact details and practice address,” said a senior official, who is working on the new website.
Doctors can log into the council webpage to apply/renew licence, upgrade educational status or intimate change of address online. While renewal once in five years is mandatory to continue practising, as a pre-requisite, doctors should have completed at least 30 hours of continuing medical education in the five years, said the senior official.
City set to get light rain starting today
Chennai:28.11.2019
After mild rain in the city over the past two days, the monsoon seems to be picking up pacewith the weathermen forecasting light to moderate spells in the next two days. Staring this weekend, they say, heavy rain is likely across the state including in Chennai.
An IMD forecast for Thursday said the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°C and 25°C.” Experts said the consistent flow of easterlies and northeasterlies will be one of the factors for the heavy spells.
Skymet Weather in its online post said moderate to heavy rain will lash Chennai between November 29 and December 2. “Thereafter, the rain activities over Chennai will subside but the southern districts will continue to receive moderate rain with a few heavy spells until the first week of December.”
At present, Chennai is staring at a 39% deficit and Tamil Nadu at 11%. But experts are hopeful that the weekend spells may push the state’s rainfall to a surplus, while it brings the deficit in the city down. TNN
Chennai:28.11.2019
After mild rain in the city over the past two days, the monsoon seems to be picking up pacewith the weathermen forecasting light to moderate spells in the next two days. Staring this weekend, they say, heavy rain is likely across the state including in Chennai.
An IMD forecast for Thursday said the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°C and 25°C.” Experts said the consistent flow of easterlies and northeasterlies will be one of the factors for the heavy spells.
Skymet Weather in its online post said moderate to heavy rain will lash Chennai between November 29 and December 2. “Thereafter, the rain activities over Chennai will subside but the southern districts will continue to receive moderate rain with a few heavy spells until the first week of December.”
At present, Chennai is staring at a 39% deficit and Tamil Nadu at 11%. But experts are hopeful that the weekend spells may push the state’s rainfall to a surplus, while it brings the deficit in the city down. TNN
Man buys ‘iPhone’ for ₹20K, gets glass shards inside pack
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
A software engineer at Nandambakkan who thought he had got a great bargain when a man offered him a brand new iPhone for ₹20,000 on Tuesday was dumbstruck when he opened the sealed pack and found only shards of glass inside.
Police said Dinesh Kumar, 32, of Nandambakkam, met the conman when he visited a travel agency to change foreign currency he had taken for a visit abroad back into rupees. The conman introduced himself as a businessman and casually displayed a sealed iPhone pack saying he had bought the phone on a recent visit abroad. He offered to sell it for ₹20,000, saying he had got it at a bargain.
Dinesh Kumar fell for the spiel and afer exchanging his foreign currency at the firm gave the conman ₹20,000 and bought the phone without even opening the pack. The conman vanished with the cash soon after.
After a while, Dinesh Kumar opened the pack to admire his new buy only to find piece of glass inside. Realising he had been conned, Dinesh Kumar approached the Nandambakkam police and lodged a complaint.
The crime wing of the Nandambakkam police has registered a case and launched a hunt for the suspect. Police collected CCTV camera footage from the travel agency and are sifting through it.
Preliminary inquiries revealed the suspect had sneaked into the firm pretending to be a customer and sat on the sofa in the visitors area for some time. He then got talking to Dinesh Kumar who was waiting to exchange his foreign currency.
The conman introduced himself as a businessman and casually displayed a sealed iPhone pack saying he had bought the phone on a recent visit abroad
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.11.2019
A software engineer at Nandambakkan who thought he had got a great bargain when a man offered him a brand new iPhone for ₹20,000 on Tuesday was dumbstruck when he opened the sealed pack and found only shards of glass inside.
Police said Dinesh Kumar, 32, of Nandambakkam, met the conman when he visited a travel agency to change foreign currency he had taken for a visit abroad back into rupees. The conman introduced himself as a businessman and casually displayed a sealed iPhone pack saying he had bought the phone on a recent visit abroad. He offered to sell it for ₹20,000, saying he had got it at a bargain.
Dinesh Kumar fell for the spiel and afer exchanging his foreign currency at the firm gave the conman ₹20,000 and bought the phone without even opening the pack. The conman vanished with the cash soon after.
After a while, Dinesh Kumar opened the pack to admire his new buy only to find piece of glass inside. Realising he had been conned, Dinesh Kumar approached the Nandambakkam police and lodged a complaint.
The crime wing of the Nandambakkam police has registered a case and launched a hunt for the suspect. Police collected CCTV camera footage from the travel agency and are sifting through it.
Preliminary inquiries revealed the suspect had sneaked into the firm pretending to be a customer and sat on the sofa in the visitors area for some time. He then got talking to Dinesh Kumar who was waiting to exchange his foreign currency.
The conman introduced himself as a businessman and casually displayed a sealed iPhone pack saying he had bought the phone on a recent visit abroad
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