Officials can’t be posted in home dists: EC

Officials can’t be posted in home dists: EC

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Chennai:21.12.2020

The Election Commission has issued an advisory on postings and transfers of officials in the states, including Tamil Nadu, where assembly elections are scheduled to take place next year.

The advisory, which was issued ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, bars the state governments from posting officials to their home districts or where they have already served for a long period.

Officials should not be posted in their home districts or in places where they served long years.

Officials should not have served for three years in the last four years or completing three years on or before May 31, 2021, the advisory said.

Officials against whom the commission had recommended disciplinary action in the past and which is pending or which has resulted in a penalty should not be posted for any election related duties, the advisory said.

50% drop in inquiries from state for medical seats in univs abroad

50% drop in inquiries from state for medical seats in univs abroad

Covid-Induced Financial Crisis, Travel Restrictions Are Reasons For Less Interest

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:21.12.2020

Every year in Tamil Nadu, after the first round of medical counselling, students rush to book a seat in foreign universities. This year, delayed medical counselling, the Covid-induced financial crisis and travel restrictions have brought down the number of inquiries for study abroad.

With NEET 2021 only a few months away, many students have begun cancelling admissions to give the entrance test another try.

The number of inquiries for medical admissions has come down by more than 50% in most countries, educational consultants said. R Sureshkumar, managing director of Chennai-based Truematics - Overseas Education Consultancy, said only students with low NEET scores have confirmed admissions.

Countries like the Philippines and Ukraine have another admission window in January.

Many consultancies have opted out of doing admissions to universities in China, which was one of the top destinations for Indian students, due to travel restrictions.

A Mahendran, managing director of Foreign Students Study Centre in Trichy, said there was still no clarity over when the flight services and physical classes would resume. “It discourages students and parents. Despite the still raging Covid-19 pandemic, students are still interested in studying medicine in China due to the quality of medical education offered and the lower cost,” he said. Last year, the Medical Council of India (MCI) approved 45 universities in China.

D Subhas Chandrabose, managing director of St John’s Educare India Private Limited, said many students wanted to give another try, with NEET 2021 only six months away.

“Due to online classes and travel restrictions, we are also experiencing cancellations of admissions,” he said, adding that his consultancy was guiding students seeking admissions to universities in Philippines, Jamaica and Kazakhstan.

However, there is not a big change in the admission trend to Russian universities.

“Since more students have cleared NEET, we expected admissions to increase two-fold. But there is only a slight increase in admissions to Russian universities compared to last year,” said C Ravichandran, managing director, Study Abroad Educational Consultants.

While deemed universities in India charge between ₹1 crore and ₹1.25 crore, it would cost around ₹35 lakh in several foreign universities, with institutions in countries like Malaysia charging around ₹80 lakh.

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No isolation zone needed on int’l flights under 4 hours

No isolation zone needed on int’l flights under 4 hours

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Mumbai:19.12.2020

As air travel gets increasingly safer with norms like mandatory testing for Covid, airlines have begun seeking relaxation of certain norms. Following a request from Air India, the ministry of civil aviation has now removed the requirement of an isolation zone inside aircraft for flights under four hours.

Under the ministry’s standard operating procedures (SOP), when Air India restarted international flights in May, the last row had to be reserved as quarantine area and so the seats had to be left vacant.

However in the recent months, with Covid testing emerging as a mandatory requirement for international passengers, the probability of a passenger developing and showing symptoms on board the flight has reduced. In the last week of November, the Air India chairman and managing director sought the relaxation of that norm for all international flights.

In an office memorandum issued on December 16, the ministry amended the said norm to allow flights with duration of four hours or less to be operated without such a quarantine area. Airlines operating international flights, like Mumbai-Dubai, for instance, don’t need to block the last row three seats from now.

“Airline shall carry sufficient number of PPE kits to be provided to passengers who develop symptoms while in flight,” the ministry order said.

Use Ayush docs for clinical work and you could lose accreditation: NABH to hosps

Use Ayush docs for clinical work and you could lose accreditation: NABH to hosps

Rema.Nagarajan@timesgroup.com

19.12.2020

The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH) has warned allopathic hospitals accredited with it that they could face withdrawal of accreditation if they were found employing Ayush doctors for performing clinical duties in ICUs and other patient care areas in place of MBBS resident medical officers (RMOs) and emergency doctors.

A “cautionary notice” the board issued on Thursday said, “This is a blatant violation of NABH standards for healthcare accreditation and very much against patient safety norms and compromise quality of modern medicine clinical care outcomes.” TOI had, in October, reported on the use of Ayush doctors in ICUs for night duty being a fairly common practice in many private hospitals, particularly in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Thursday’s notice stated that the NABH has taken a serious note of the matter and reiterated that deploying of Ayush doctors in allopathic hospitals for writing independent orders and clinical work without the supervision of allopathic doctors is not permitted. In case the allopathic hospitals are employing such doctors to work as clinical assistants, under applicable state laws, they should not be involved in direct patient care and should strictly follow job responsibilities as defined by hospital management, it added.

Ayush doctors working in allopathic hospitals will not be considered by the NABH as RMOs during the process of assessment and for the purpose of grant of accreditation, stated the notice, adding that any violation may invite adverse decision by NABH, including withdrawal of accreditation.

However, even as the NABH has been carrying out surprise inspections in hospitals in this matter, it is yet to have a definite list of states that allow Ayush doctors to be employed in allopathic hospitals to either prescribe a pre-defined set of allopathic medicines or to do clinical procedures after completing a bridge course.

NABH officials clarified that the board’s legal team was in the process of determining the status of the law in different states.

காலமுறை ஊதிய உயர்வு அரசு டாக்டர்கள் மனு

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காலமுறை ஊதிய உயர்வு அரசு டாக்டர்கள் மனு

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சென்னை:காலமுறை ஊதிய உயர்வு வழங்க வலியுறுத்தி, சுகாதாரத் துறை கூடுதல் செயலரிடம், அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கான சட்ட போராட்டக் குழு தலைவர் பெருமாள் பிள்ளை மனு அளித்துள்ளார்.

மனுவில் கூறியுள்ளதாவது:தமிழக அரசு டாக்டர்கள், காலமுறை ஊதிய உயர்வு கோரி, பல ஆண்டுகளாக போராடி வருகிறோம். தற்போது, காலமுறை ஊதிய உயர்வு, நோயாளிகள் எண்ணிக்கைக்கு ஏற்ப டாக்டர்கள் நியமனம், பட்ட மேற்படிப்புகளில், அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு.மேற்படிப்பு டாக்டர்களுக்கு கவுன்சிலிங் முறையில் பணி ஒதுக்கீடு போன்ற, நான்கு அம்ச கோரிக்கைகளை வலியுறுத்தி, எட்டு டாக்டர்கள், சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்கு தொடர்ந்துள்ளோம்.

இந்த வழக்கு விசாரணைக்கு வர உள்ள நிலையில், அதற்கு முன்னதாகவே, டாக்டர்களின் நியாயமான கோரிக்கையை, அரசு ஏற்க வேண்டும். குறிப்பாக,கொரோனா காலம் என்பதால், போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டால், பொது மக்கள் பாதிக்கப்படுவர். அதனால், நீதிமன்றத்தை அணுகி உள்ளோம்.தற்போது, 2,000 'மினி கிளினிக்' திட்டத்தை, தமிழக அரசு செயல்படுத்துகிறது. இதபோன்ற பல்வேறு திட்டங்களுக்கும், சாதனைகளுக்கும், டாக்டர்கள் துணையாக இருக்கிறோம். எனவே, எங்கள் கோரிக்கையை நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

'நீட்' தேர்வு தில்லுமுல்லு: மாணவி, டாக்டரை கைது செய்ய முடிவு

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'நீட்' தேர்வு தில்லுமுல்லு: மாணவி, டாக்டரை கைது செய்ய முடிவு

Added : டிச 19, 2020 02:08

சென்னை:'நீட்' தேர்வு போலி மதிப்பெண் சான்றிதழ் அளித்து, மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில் சேர முயன்ற வழக்கில், மாணவி மற்றும் அவரது தந்தையான பல் டாக்டரை கைது செய்ய, போலீசார் முடிவு செய்தனர்.

ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்டம், பரமக்குடியை சேர்ந்தவர் பாலசந்திரன். இவரது மகள் தீக் ஷா, 18. இவர், சென்னை, நேரு விளையாட்டு அரங்கில், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்பில் மாணவர்களை சேர்ப்பதற்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்றார். தந்தையுடன் கவுன்சிலிங்கிற்கு வந்திருந்த மாணவி தீக் ஷா அளித்த, நீட் தேர்வு மதிப்பெண் சான்றிதழ் போலி என, தெரியவந்தது.

இதுகுறித்து, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை செயலர் செல்வராஜன், பெரியமேடு காவல் நிலையத்தில் புகார் அளித்தார். பாலசந்திரன், தீக் ஷா ஆகியோர் மீது மோசடி உள்பட, ஆறு பிரிவுகளில் வழக்கு பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர். விசாரணைக்கு நேரில் ஆஜராக வேண்டும் என, இரண்டு முறை, 'சம்மன்' அனுப்பியும் வரவில்லை.அதனால், இருவரையும் கைது செய்து, சட்டத்தின் முன் நிறுத்த, போலீசார் முடிவு செய்துள்ளனர்.