Community med seats in TN likely to go up

TNN | Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 00:24 IST

Chennai: Community medicine, the stream that encompasses prevention and management of disease outbreaks, is seeing a resurgence of interest among budding doctors after a decade-long lull. Tapping into this, the government has given the go-ahead to increase the number of postgraduate seats in the subject from the existing 19 in all state colleges to 25.

The six additional seats will be offered at the Institute of Community Medicine at Madras Medical College, which will increase its PG intake from 4 to 10 the next academic year. The government also sanctioned 15 new faculty posts at the institute.

Earlier, those who failed to get the subject of their choice in the highly competitive scramble for limited PG seats chose community medicine, said director of medical education Edwin Joe, adding, "We are seeing a change in trend now. Students are choosing community medicine even when they are eligible for other clinical courses."

Community medicine, also known as social medicine, preventive medicine, public and community health, largely involves managerial and research work towards prevention of diseases, promotion of health in a community and monitoring implementation of various health policies.

"A community medicine practitioner doesn't see the patient alone. A personal disease is seen as a symptom of a wider social malady afflicting the individual, family and community," said Dr Sanjay Zodpey of the Indian Institute of Public Health. The practitioner identifies non-medical factors that led to the disease, including poverty, illiteracy, poor hygiene or limited access to health care facilities, and chalks out a plan to prevent this through health education.

Only 5% of the 16,191 MD seats in medical colleges across the country have been reserved for community medicine. Director of public health K Kolandaisamy said the highest number of postgraduates take up teaching, while a large number apply for managerial roles in the state health department. "A sizeable number are also recruited by international agencies like the WHO, while a smaller number pursue research," he added.

Community medicine could have played a crucial role when the state was in the grip of a dengue outbreak just before the recent spell of rain. "Most of the dengue deaths happened because families sought medical help too late. Ideally, community medicine doctors should have been utilised to pick up cases directly from the field," said former director of public health S Elango. "We need community medicine because a doctor's responsibility is not just to those who seek help but also to those who can't afford to."

Medico's dad slams delay in probe into sexual harassment complaint

TNN | Updated: Nov 4, 2017, 11:55 IST

VILLUPURAM/CHENNAI: More than a week after a medical intern at the Government Villupuram Medical Collegefiled a sexual harassment complaint against an assistant professor, her father, a retired government employee, has slammed the delay in initiating an inquiry, adding that they were 'victimising' his daughter instead.

While the assistant professor, who has been named in the complaint dated October 25, continues to work in the same college, the medico has been shifted to another batch under another faculty. The complaint accusing the professor of 'unwanted deliberate touch' was addressed to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University vice chancellor Dr V Geethalakshmi. A copy was sent to the director of medical education Dr Edwin Joe and college dean Dr M Vanithamani along with signatures of 32 batch mates, who claimed to have either known or witnessed the incident which happened on October 22.

While the student could not be contacted, her father said college officials were "attempting to safeguard the culprit" instead of punishing him. "The faculty told me my daughter was a drug addict and she was being vindictive as he turned down her proposal. We have now decided not to let this go. We will ensure that the professor is punished," he said.

Two of the complainant's batch mates, who sought anonymity, said they decided to sign the complaint as they wanted the assistant professor to be punished. "We wanted the professor to go on leave till the inquiry is completed. The hospital turned our request down," they said.

The university registrar Dr T Balasubramanian said his office received a complaint on Friday. "We will seek an inquiry report from the college dean. Our university is not an administrative authority, but an academic body," he said.

Dr Vanithamani told TOI that she moved the medico under another faculty so that the girl does not have to face her alleged abuser. A committee comprising senior doctors, social workers, journalists and hospital administrators will conduct a two-day inquiry from November 8. "The medico, her batch mates, parents, the assistant professor and other faculty members will be called for a detailed inquiry," she said.

Medical intern terms assistant professor sexual predator

By Karal Marx L  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 03rd November 2017 07:38 AM  |  

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VILLUPURAM: A graduate in medicine doi­ng her compulsory rotatory residential internship recently levelled sexual harassment charges against an assistant professor in the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital here. She lodged a complaint with the Dean and sent a copy to the Director of Medical Education and vice-chancellor of the Dr MGR University, Chennai.

In her complaint, the 21-year-old claimed that on October 22, an assistant professor from the Department of Surgery had been touching her inappropriately on multiple occasions while she was on duty.
The girl’s father said she sounded disturbed when he spoke to her that day, adding that he heard about the incident a couple of days later through her close friend. The girl filed the complaint with the Dean and university officials on Oct 25, co-signed by 32 batch mates. “Nothing has been done. We suspect the officials are trying to protect the accused,” he alleged.

For her part, hospital dean Dr Vanithamani said the complaint was forwarded to the college anti-sexual harassment committee and a four-member team would conduct an inquiry with the assistant professor on Monday. “Strict action will be taken against the accused if the charges are proved, but if charges are proved false then the student will face action,” she said.

After suicides, college pushes teacher-student interaction

TNN | Updated: Nov 2, 2017, 11:33 IST



CHENNAI: The recent suicides of two MBBS students of the prestigious Madras Medical College has brought into the spotlight a growing trend: medicos are stressed and they need help.

In an effort to ease the pressure, MMC's administration has asked lecturers to dedicate 10 minutes of their hour-long sessions to inviting feedback from students and addressing their concerns - academic or personal. "Each classroom has 125 students. Lecturers barely have the time to interact with students beyond what they teach. This will have to change," said MMC dean Dr Narayana Babu. On Tuesday, he held a meeting with the heads of all the departments and issued a series of directives to reduce stress levels among students.

Each lecturer will now be assigned seven students to mentor. "The mentors will also mediate between the students and the administration, and hold meetings every fortnight," said the dean. In addition, two counsellors from the Institute of Mental Health, Kilpauk, will visit the campus twice a week to interact with students. "We have asked the faculty and the hostel warden to recognize signs of depression and refer the students to the counsellors," said Dr Narayana Babu. At present, MMC - one of the oldest education institutions in the city -- has only one student counsellor for nearly 1,000 undergraduates.

On Sunday night M Arun Selva, a second year student in MMC hanged himself in his hostel room. Two weeks prior to his death, P Soujanya, another second year student, had committed suicide. Both of them had shown signs of depression.

It isn't just students in government medical colleges who are struggling to cope with academic pressure coupled with the strain of meeting their families' expectation. A study published last week in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine revealed high stress levels among 750 undergraduates in a private medical college in Chennai. Researchers found that final-year students were psychologically disturbed the most. The most cited reason: vastness of curriculum and fear of failure.

Acknowledging the trend, Director of Medical Education Dr Edwin Joe said students struggled the most in the first and final years. "We've seen state toppers failing in the first year as they are unable to cope. Many of them are used rote learning," he said. Colleges, he said, have been instructed to factor in the students' psychological well-being by including more extracurricular. "We have also directed the psychiatry departments of medical colleges hold group counselling sessions regularly for students and parents," he added.

Students, however, say most of these measures taken by the administration of medical colleges are largely perfunctory. "Most of our classes are impersonal. The lecturers don't even know many of us by name," said a third year student in MMC. "It's a factory of clinicians."

Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, founder-psychiatrist of Chennai-based anti-suicide helpline Sneha, said they receive calls from two groups of medical students seeking help: "A section of students who have been pushed into medicine against their will, and another who don't know how to handle failure," she said. Dr Vijayakumar said the administration needs to take three immediate steps to help students. "They have to acknowledge there has been a death instead of being in denial; find the complexities of the reasons behind the death and then enabling children to talk about what has happened," she said.

டாக்டரின் பரிந்துரை சீட்டு இன்றி மருந்து விற்றால் கடை உரிமம் ரத்து!

பதிவு செய்த நாள்

03நவ
2017
03:43

'டாக்டர்களின் பரிந்துரை சீட்டு இன்றி, மருந்து கொடுக்கும் கடைகளின் அங்கீகாரம் ரத்து செய்யப்படும்' என, சுகாதாரத் துறை எச்சரித்துள்ளது. 

வட கிழக்கு பருவ மழை துவங்கி உள்ளதால், காய்ச்சல், சளி, இருமல் மற்றும் தொற்றுநோய்கள் அதிகம் ஏற்பட வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. இதற்கு, டாக்டர்களின் ஆலோசனை பெறாமல், பொதுமக்கள் தாமாக மருந்து, மாத்திரை வாங்கி உட்கொள்வதால், நோய் வீரியம் பெற்று, உயிரிழப்புகள் ஏற்படுகின்றன. 

உத்தரவு:

இந்நிலையில், 'டாக்டர்களின் அனுமதி சீட்டு இல்லாமல், மருந்துகள் விற்கக் கூடாது' என, சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சர் உத்தரவிட்டார். ஆனாலும், மருந்து கடைகளே, நோய் பாதிப்புகளுக்கு ஏற்ப, மருந்துகளை விற்பனை செய்வது தொடர்ந்து வருகிறது.

நடவடிக்கை:

இது குறித்து, சுகாதாரத் துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது: தமிழகத்தில், 52 ஆயிரம் மொத்த, சில்லரை மருந்து விற்பனை கடைகள் உள்ளன. டாக்டர்களின் பரிந்துரை சீட்டு இன்றி, மருந்து விற்பனை செய்ய தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதையும் மீறி, மருந்துகளை விற்பனை செய்யும் கடைகளின் அங்கீகாரத்தை, ரத்து செய்ய திட்டமிட்டு உள்ளோம். மருந்து கடைகளை கண்காணிக்க, குழு அமைக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது. அந்த குழுவின் அறிக்கை அடிப்படையில், நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும். இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.
- நமது நிருபர் -

Neuro pioneer, Krishnamoorthy Srinivas passes away

 NT Bureau  November 1, 2017  

Chennai: Dr Krishnamoorthy Srinivas, the first person to achieve the qualification of DM (Doctor of Medicine) in neurology, in the country, passed away due to age-realted illness today.

Having been inactive in the field for a while, due to his ailment, he was admitted to a private hospital in Mylapore two days ago, where he passed away this morning at the age of 85.

He is survived by his wife Padma Srinivas and his children Dr Ennapadam S Krishnamoorthy, Aparna and Saikrishna Rajagopal and grandchildren.

His last rites were performed at the Mylapore crematorium later in the day.

Doctor Krishnamoorthy was a true pioneer in the field of neurology and to him goes the credit of improving treatment and diagnosis in stroke, epilepsy and related stuff in the country.

A disciple of the founder of the Voluntary Health Services Medical Centre, the legendary K S Sanjivi, prof. Srinivas set up the department of neurology there, which later became the much-acclaimed of Institute of Neurological Sciences.

Ata a time when he was flooded with offers from abraod, Dr Srinivas chose to cast his lot here in Chennai itself. In his own words, he said, “I needed to be at a place where I could treat anybody, including poor patients and have the freedom to do what I chose to do.”

More than five decades ago (1965, to be precise), he set up an outpatient clinic at the VHS, that functioned out of a corridor in the building, with minimum furniture.

Srinivas dedicated his life to the development of neurology community. The two full-fledged departments of community neurology that he set up in Chennai, at the Voluntary Health Services and at the Public Health Centre, are models in community neurology that many find as inspirations even today.

Fully focused on serving the community at large, he willing waived off patients’ fees if they were poor. Prof Srinivas has rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty of the country (he had treated, among others, Jawharlal Nehru, Indra Gandhi, long before he settled down in Chennai), but he always remained close to his roots and treated every patient the same.

Professor Krishnamoorthy Srinivas was also inducted into the American Academy of Neurology, the largest body of professional neurologists worldwide, in July.

He was the first Indian to become an honorary member of the two top neurology associations in the world, having got a membership at the the American Neurological Association in 2003. He is also the first Indian neurologist to be elected to the Royal Colleges of London, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

His famous quote suggesting doctors to take the news slowly to the families of the patients, reads, “We cannot break the news of the disease immediately to the patient’s family. We have to do it slowly. Otherwise, the family will go away and may even go for multiple consultations, aggravating the condition of the patient.”

Srinivas was Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, and an Honorary Visiting Professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Madras, and at the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati. He was honorary consultant in Neurology for the armed forces between 1979 and 1995. He had published over 50 research articles in neurosciences in several national and international journals.

Over several years, through his Institute, Srinivas brought thought leaders and practitioners of neurology to the city and helped further research and treatment facilities in this part of the world.

Prof. Srinivas had established eight endowment orations, which have over the past 25 years brought to India more than 70

MMC student hangs himself, 2nd in 2 weeks

TNN | Oct 31, 2017, 00:06 IST


Chennai: A second year Madras Medical College student hanged himself in his hostel room on Sunday night, allegedly over depression, police said.

The suicide of M Arun Selva, the second such death of an MMC student in less than two weeks, has caused concern, with the Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE) calling for a probe by the administration.

Police said Arun Selva, a 20-year-old native of Vandavasi in Tiruvannamalai district, refused to accompany his friends for dinner, claiming he had to make a phone call. When he returned, they found him hanging from the ceiling of the room and called police. A team arrived and sent his body for autopsy.

On Monday, a student told TOI that Arun usually kept to himself. "He would rarely talk unless spoken to. This was often mistaken for disinterest. Everyone knew he was a bright student," said the third year student.

On October 16, P Soujanya, a second year student, committed suicide, after appearing depressed for two days. Police, quoting her parents, said the 20-year-old had joined the course despite having little interest in it and even told them that she might not be able to cope up with the pressure. On October 13, she was said to have been taken to a private hospital on Greams Road with a complaint of depression.

"Soon after her suicide, the MMC management conducted counselling session for students. Since then, Arun Selva had appeared depressed," said a police officer quoting some of Arun Selva's friends.

On Monday, DASE general secretary Dr G R Ravindranath said the trend was disturbing. "The management should investigate and take necessary steps," he added.

With regard to Arun Selva's death, MMC dean Dr Narayana Babu said, police were investigating the cause. He ruled out harassment by professors to be among the reasons that pushed the student to the brink. "Some of our students complain of high stress levels. That is bound to happen in a medical college. We have several programmes and facilities on campus to help students cope, including mentorship and counselling," he said.

மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மாணவர்களுக்கு பரிசு

பதிவு செய்த நாள்

28அக்
2017
22:20

மதுரை, மதுரையில் வேலம்மாள் கல்வி அறக்கட்டளை சார்பில் மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி மாணவர்களுக்கான கட்டுரை போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெற்றவர்களுக்கு பரிசுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன.
சமூகத்திற்கு தொண்டாற்றிய அன்னைதெரசா உள்ளிட்டோரின் மொழி, கல்வி, மருத்துவம், அரசியல் பணிகளை போற்றும் விதமாக வேலம்மாள் கல்வி அறக்கட்டளை சார்பில், அனைத்துமருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி மாணவர்களுக்கான கட்டுரைப் போட்டி நடந்தது.வெற்றி பெற்ற 
மாணவர்களுக்கு பரிசளிப்பு விழா மதுரை வேலம்மாள் மருத்துவமனையில் 
நடந்தது.
அறக்கட்டளை தலைவர் முத்துராமலிங்கம் வரவேற்றார்.மதுரை அரவிந்த் கண் மருத்துவமனை துணைத் தலைவர் நாச்சியார் தலைமை வகித்தார். முதலிடம் பெற்ற பெரம்பலுார் தனலட்சுமி சீனிவாசன் மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி மாணவிஐஸ்வர்யாவிற்கு ஒரு லட்சம் ரூபாய்,இரண்டாமிடம் பெற்றவேலம்மாள் மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி மாணவி ஹரிதாவிற்கு 75 ஆயிரம், மூன்றாமிடம் பெற்ற திருநெல்வேலி அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி மாணவி மதிகாவிற்கு 50 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய்க்கான காசோலை மற்றும்தடகள போட்டியில் வென்ற வேலம்மாள் மருத்துவக் 
கல்லுாரி மாணவர்களுக்கு பரிசுகள் 
வழங்கப்பட்டன.
பேராசிரியர் கு.ஞானசம்பந்தன், பட்டிமன்ற பேச்சாளர் பாரதி பாஸ்கர், மருத்துவமனை தலைமை நிர்வாக அதிகாரி மணிவண்ணன்பங்கேற்றனர். கல்லுாரி டீன் ராஜாமுத்தையா நன்றி கூறினார். கல்விக்குழும துணைத் தலைவர் கணேஷ் நடராஜன் ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்தார்.

MBBS students forge internship certificates, DMC denies medical registration numbers

An investigation by the Delhi Medical Council found 52 MBBS students who produced forged medical internship certificates.

Priyanka Sharma | Posted by Vivek Surendran

New Delhi, October 13, 2017 | UPDATED 06:28 IST

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As many as 52 MBBS students have not been issued medical registration numbers by the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) as they were found to have "forged" medical internship certificates.

For the first time, DMC investigation has come out with a huge list of medical aspirants with bogus internship certificates.

Dr Girish Tyagi, registrar, Delhi Medical Council told Mail Today, "This came as a shock to us. We suspect a nexus as 30 students are from Rajasthan. They had initially approached Rajasthan Medical Council and we got a tip off from there."

These were medicine students from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Now, DMC has written to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and State Medical Council to verify internship certificates too.

DMC has now issued a show cause notice to all of the 52 students. "Three students are from MCD-run Hindu Rao Medical College and Hospital and two are from Delhi-based primary healthcare centre. Some are from UP's Jaunpur district, while few are from Chattisgarh, Mehrauli," he said.

Experts say that because of the nexus that has been providing fake certificates, lives of patients are at risk.

"If by any chance, these students with fake internship certificates, get a registration number, they can put patients' life at risk. During internship, medical students get a practical training. And if they have not practiced it, then how can they provide a medical consultation to patients. This is a criminal act." said Dr Tyagi.

An FIR has been lodged in this matter.

Pay stipend to trainee doctors’

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, OCTOBER 27, 2017 00:00 IST

UPDATED: OCTOBER 27, 2017 03:44 IST

The Doctors’ Association for Social Equality (DASE) has urged the government to pay stipend for trainee doctors of Sivaganga Medical College. The students have suspended work as they had not been paid stipend for the past two months.

According to DASE general secretary G.R. Ravindranath, the students told him that for the past five years, fees in excess of the stipulated amount had been collected and that the college had not issued any receipt.

He also alleged that similar complaints were being received from other government medical colleges too.

Conjoined twins separated at AIIMS after 16 hours' surgery

By PTI  |   Published: 26th October 2017 10:02 PM  |  

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NEW DELHI: In one of the rarest medical interventions in India, two-year-old twins joined at the head were separated during a 16-hour-long surgery performed by doctors at AIIMS which ended today.

The twins are on ventilator and their condition was critical, doctors said.

Odisha twins--Jaga and Kalia--were under observation and being monitored by a team of experts constantly. They are also being given blood, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said.

Guleria said though the 28-month-old twins have been separated, the next 18 days would be extremely critical to ascertain the success of the surgery.

The team of doctors involved in the procedure also seemed concerned about the survival of one of the twins, citing his deteriorating health.

"The children have been separated. There were many challenges in this surgery which we have never seen before.

During the surgery a total of 3.5 litres blood was also lost," A K Mahapatra, the chief of the neurosciences centre at the AIIMS said.

A team of about 30 specialists from the institute's neurosurgery, neuro-anaesthesia and plastic surgery departments performed the marathon surgery which began yesterday at 9 AM and got over at around 3 AM today.

Mahapatra said Jaga was of more fragile health and his condition was more critical while Kalia was thought to be stable.

The twins, hailing from Milipada village under Phiringia block in Kandhamal district, are craniopagus conjoined twins, joined at the heads. This is a very rare condition, a senior doctor had said.

"Both the children have other health issues as well.

While Jaga has heart issues Kalia has kidney problems. Though initially Jaga was healthier, now his condition has deteriorated. Kalia is better," Mahapatra said.

The first phase of the surgery was performed on August 28 when the doctors created a venous bypass to separate the veins shared by the babies that return blood to the heart from the brain.

The twins were admitted to AIIMS on July 13.

Elaborating on the challenges faced during the surgery, the medical team said each of the children required 20 units of blood.

"There was a situation in which one of the kids did not have blood nerves which had to be created. The skin grafting was also done and later extra care had to be taken for the blood, nutrition and overall health of the two so that they could sustain during the surgery," said Guleria.

The most challenging job after the separation was to provide a skin cover on both sides of the brain for the children as the surgey had left large holes on their heads.

"The skin was generated from the expansion of two balloons which were placed in their heads during the first surgery. If the twins make it, the next step will be reconstructing their skulls," Maneesh Singhal, professor and head of plastic surgery at AIIMS.

Neurosurgeon Deepak Gupta, who played an important role in the surgery, said the twins also had seizures during the procedure which had to be taken care of by the operating team.

Gupta had earlier said the condition, which the twins suffer from, afflicted one in 30 lakh children, of which 50 per cent die either at birth or within 24 hours.

In the country, two similar surgeries had taken place earlier to separate twins joined at the head but were not successful as the children died during the procedure.

வேலை பார்த்தபடி டாக்டர்கள் உண்ணாவிரதம்

பதிவு செய்த நாள்

27அக்
2017
01:43

புதுடில்லி: ஏழாவது சம்பளக் கமிஷன் பரிந்துரைகளை, முறையாக அமல்படுத்த வலியுறுத்தி, வேலை பார்த்தபடி உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபடப் போவதாக, எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனையின் டாக்டர்கள் சங்கம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

ஏழாவது சம்பளக் கமிஷன் பரிந்துரைகள்படி, மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கான சம்பளம் மாற்றி அமைக்கப்பட்டது. 'பல்வேறு அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில், இது அமல்படுத்தப்பட்டாலும், முழுமையாக செயல்படுத்தவில்லை' என, டில்லி எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை டாக்டர்கள், சமீபத்தில் போராட்டம் நடத்தினர்.

புதிய ஊதிய விகிதத்தை நிர்ணயிப்பதில் உள்ள குளறுபடிகளை, நிவர்த்தி செய்ய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வலியுறுத்தி, வேலை பார்த்த படியே, உண்ணாவிரதப் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபடப் போவதாக, எய்ம்ஸ் டாக்டர்கள் சங்கம் அறிவித்துள்ளது. இந்த சங்கத்தில், 2,000 டாக்டர்கள் உறுப்பினர்களாக உள்ளனர்.

தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 1094 மருத்துவர்கள் விரைவில் நியமனம்: அமைச்சர் சி.விஜயபாஸ்கர் தகவல்

By DIN  |   Published on : 26th October 2017 02:09 AM  |

தற்போதைய நிலையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 1094 மருத்துவர்கள் நியமிக்கப்பட உள்ளதாக சுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சர் சி.விஜயபாஸ்கர் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
சிவகங்கையில் எம்ஜிஆர் நூற்றாண்டு விழாவை முன்னிட்டு புதன்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற பூமி பூஜை மற்றும் கால்கோல் நடும் விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்ட பின்னர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் அவர் கூறியது: 
டெங்கு தடுப்பு நடவடிக்கையில் தமிழக அரசுடன், அனைத்து மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் தலைமையிலான அலுவலர்கள் இணைந்து போர்க்கால அடிப்படையில் தீவிரமாக செயலாற்றி பொதுமக்களுக்கு விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்தி வருகின்றனர்.
இதன் காரணமாக, சென்னை, திருவண்ணாமலை, காஞ்சிபுரம்,திருவள்ளூர் ஆகிய மாவட்டங்களில் உள்ள மருத்துவமனைகளில் டெங்கு பாதிப்புக்குள்ளாகி சிகிச்சை பெற்று வந்த நோயாளிகளின் எண்ணிக்கை குறைந்துள்ளது. 
மதுரை, திருச்சி, திருநெல்வேலி ஆகிய மாவட்டங்களில் டெங்குவின் பாதிப்பு இன்னும் குறையவில்லை என புள்ளி விவரங்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. இந்நிலையை மாற்றுவதற்கு அரசு அலுவலர்கள் மற்றும் மருத்துவர்களுக்கு பொதுமக்கள் ஒத்துழைப்பு கொடுக்க வேண்டும்.
காய்ச்சலின் அறிகுறி இருந்தால் அதனை சாதாரணமாக எடுத்துக் கொள்ளாமல் அருகிலுள்ள அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் பரிசோதனை செய்து சிகிச்சை பெற்று கொள்ள வேண்டும். இவைதவிர, டெங்கு காய்ச்சல் என உறுதி செய்யப்பட்டால் ஊசி போடுவதை தவிர்க்க வேண்டும். 
சிவகங்கை மாவட்டத்தைப் பொறுத்தவரை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வரும் நோயாளிகளை ஆய்வு செய்தபோது, டெங்கு காய்ச்சலுக்கான பாதிப்புகள் அதிகமாக இல்லை, இருப்பினும் இந்நிலையை அடுத்து டெங்கு இல்லாத மாவட்டமாக மாற்ற மாவட்ட நிர்வாகம் தொடர்ந்து விழிப்புணர்வோடு செயல்பட அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.
தமிழகம் முழுவதும் காலியாக உள்ள மருத்துவ பணியிடங்களுக்கு கடந்த மாதம் 1113 மருத்துவர்களுக்கு பணி நியமன ஆணைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
மருத்துவமனைகளில் லேப் டெக்னீசியன் பணியாளர் பற்றாக்குறை உள்ளதாக வந்த புகாரை அடுத்து, புற ஆதாரமுறையில் 300 லேப் டெக்னீசியன்கள் பணியில் அமர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இவை தவிர, நோயாளிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை பொறுத்து மாவட்ட அரசு தலைமை மருத்துவமனைகளில் கூடுதலான படுக்கை அறைகள் கட்டவும், கட்டில், விரிப்புகள், மருத்துவ உபகரணப் பொருள்கள் வாங்குவதற்காக அந்தந்த துறை சார்ந்த அலுவலர்களுக்கு ரூ.10 லட்சம் நிதி ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. 
மேலும், தற்போதைய நிலையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு இன்னும் சில தினங்களில் தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 350 மருத்துவர்கள், 744 சிறப்பு மருத்துவர்கள் என மொத்தம் 1094 மருத்துவர்கள் நியமிக்கப்பட உள்ளனர் என்றார்.

'தூக்கு தண்டனையின்போது டாக்டர்கள் வேண்டாமே!'

பதிவு செய்த நாள்

26அக்
2017
05:26

புதுடில்லி: 'துாக்கு தண்டனையை நிறைவேற்றும்போது, டாக்டர்கள் உடனிருக்கும் நடைமுறையை ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும்' என, இந்திய டாக்டர்கள் சங்கம் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

துாக்கு தண்டனையை நிறைவேற்றும்போது, தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டவரின் உடலைப் பரிசோதித்து, அவர் இறந்து விட்டார் என்பதை உறுதி செய்வதற்காக, டாக்டர்கள் உடன் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்ற நடைமுறை உள்ளது.

இந்த நிலையில், இந்திய டாக்டர்கள் சங்கத்தின் தலைவர், கே.கே. அகர்வால், இந்திய மருத்துவக் கவுன்சில் தலைவருக்கு எழுதியுள்ள கடிதத்தில் கூறியுள்ளதாவது:ஒருவருடைய துாக்கு தண்டனையை நிறைவேற்றும்போது, டாக்டர்கள் உடனிருப்பது, மருத்துவ நியதிகளுக்கு எதிரானது. உயிரைக் காப்பாற்ற வேண்டிய டாக்டர்கள், உயிரைப் பறிக்கும்போது உடனிருக்கும் நடைமுறையை மாற்ற வேண்டும். சர்வதேச மருத்துவ சங்கம் இது தொடர்பாக நிறைவேற்றிய தீர்மானத்தின் அடிப்படையில், இந்த நடைமுறையை மாற்றுவது குறித்து முடிவு எடுக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு கடிதத்தில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

53 super-specialty medical seats remain vacant in TN

TNN | Updated: Oct 25, 2017, 00:01 IST

Chennai: At least a quarter of the super-specialty medical seats in Tamil Nadu, including cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric surgery and neurosurgery, remain vacant even after the Supreme Court allowed a 10-day extension for the Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi, to complete counselling. Thirty super-specialty courses at Madras Medical College (MMC) too found no takers. The seats were thrown open to postgraduate doctors across the country.

Admission process for all super-specialty courses in the country was conducted by the DGHS this year. There are 1,011 super-specialty seats in the country. As 553 seats, including 99 in Tamil Nadu, remained vacant until October 11, the Supreme Court allowed DGHS conduct a special mop-up counselling and granted 10 days' time, too. Postgraduate students from across the country were asked to apply for the vacancies and the allotted students were asked to join medical colleges by Saturday.

On Wednesday, the directorate of medical education in Tamil Nadu said 53 seats, including 30 in the Madras Medical College, remained vacant even after the mop-up. "Most of the seats were surgical speciality. About 14 seats from cardiothoracic surgery and eight in paediatric surgery were vacant just in Madras Medical College. There were also vacant seats in neurosurgery, neurology, hepatology and neonatology," said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

In June, doctors demanded reservation for super-specialty seats in state-run medical colleges and launched the 'Our State, Our Seat' campaign. "If they had reserved seats for domiciliary candidates, we could have minimised wastage," said Dr P Balakrishnan, Chennai unit president of Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association. Until last year, after surrendering 50% of the seats, the state was allowed to reserve 50% of the seats for students from its states.

Manual re-evaluation of PG medical answer sheets ordered

STAFF REPORTER

HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 24, 2017 00:00 IST

UPDATED: OCTOBER 24, 2017 04:57 IST

Justice A. Ramalingeswar Rao of the Hyderabad High Court on Monday ordered manual re-evaluation of answer sheets of about 50 PG medical students of NTR University of Health Sciences who appeared for the examination held in May 2017.

Till this exercise was completed, supplementary examination should not be conducted.

The court was dealing with cases filed by Dr. C. Sai Suveer Reddy and others.

The petitioners challenged the digital evaluation of answer sheets. They complained that they were not permitted to verify their answer sheets personally by the varsity.

The court was told that when manual evaluation was done, they got the chance to verify the answer sheets.

The court was also told that when the varsity introduced digital evaluation for the earlier batch, the High Court had found some discrepancies in the mechanism and had directed the varsity to re-evaluate answer sheets of those who had moved the court then.

MBBS student found dead in college hostel

STAFF REPORTER

OCTOBER 24, 2017 00:00 IST

UPDATED: OCTOBER 24, 2017 04:28 IST

His father alleges ragging by seniors

Raghu G.S., a 19-year-old who was pursuing MBBS at the Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), committed suicide by hanging in his hostel room on Sunday evening.

He was a native of Begur village in Shikaripur taluk. On finding Raghu’s body, his hostel mates rushed him to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead.

According to sources, Raghu had gone to his native place on October 18 to celebrate Deepavali. He returned to the hostel on Sunday afternoon.

In a complaint lodged with the Doddapet police, Raghu’s father Gurumurthy has said that his son was ragged by seniors at the college hostel. He has claimed that though his son had complained to the warden, no action was taken.

Raghu has not left behind a death note. The police have booked a case of unnatural deathand recorded statements of the warden and Raghu’s classmates and hostel mates. On Monday, all classes were suspended at SIMS.

B.V. Sushil Kumar, director of SIMS, said the anti-ragging cell of the college would also look into the incident. On Monday, residents of Begur staged a protest in the village demanding a thorough proper into the suicide.

More women in B'luru have cancer than men, says study

Raina Paul, DH News Service, Bengaluru, Oct 23 2017, 1:14 IST

Doctors say there is an increased detection of cancer in the recent past as people are willing to come forward for screening.

More women in Bengaluru have cancer than men, according to statistics from the Indian Council of Medical Research.

According to the data, from 2012 to 2014, the registered cases of cancer among women under population-based cancer registry (PBCR) was 4,547, while the number of men in the city with cancer was 3,824 in one lakh population.

According to doctors, breast cancer is being regularly detected in women in Bengaluru.

The city stands third in cases of breast cancer among females, with 34.4%, behind Delhi at 41% and Chennai at 37.9% (in one lakh population in each state) and second in brain tumours among women after Sikkim. Bengaluru stands first in brain tumors among men.

“Women are more independent and prefer to marry late and have children late. This is one of the reasons for increased breast cancer,” said Dr Shasikala Prabaharan, consultant radiologist, Health Care Global (HCG).

She added that one year of breastfeeding can reduce the chances of breast cancer by five percent.

Dr S Krishnamurthy, professor, surgical oncology and medical superintendent, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology said more people are getting obese. Lack of physical activity and change in food habits are reasons for increased rates of cancer.

A few doctors said that there is an increased rate of detection of cancers in the recent past as people are willing to come forward for screening.

Dr Sunil Furtado, senior consultant, Neurosurgery, Cytecare Cancer Hospital said that there is no reason for the occurrence of brain tumours other than a genetic mutation in cells. He added that increased numbers in brain tumours could be because Bengaluru has institutions like Kidwai and Nimhans which have a good registry that records the cases.

According to ICMR, the country will have more than 17 lakh cases of cancer by the year 2020.

Dr Shasikala said that there should be regular screening, especially when it comes to a history of cancer in the family. She added that reduced consumption of red meat and more vegetable intake can reduce the chance of cancer.

ஒரு மாதத்திற்குள் 1,044 டாக்டர்கள் நியமிக்கப்படுவர்: விஜயபாஸ்கர்

பதிவு செய்த நாள்

22அக்
2017
00:11

திருவண்ணாமலை:''தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில், ஒரு மாதத்திற்குள், 1,044 டாக்டர்கள் நியமிக்கப்பட உள்ளனர்,'' என, சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சர் விஜயபாஸ்கர் கூறினார்.
திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டத்தில், டெங்கு ஒழிப்பு பணி குறித்து, நேற்று முன்தினம், சுகாதார அமைச்சர் விஜயபாஸ்கர் ஆய்வு செய்தார். பின், அவர் நிருபர்களிடம் கூறியதாவது:

தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில், காலி பணியிடங்கள், தேர்வு வாரியம் மூலம் நிரப்பப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படித்த, 300 டாக்டர்கள், 744 எம்.டி., - எம்.எஸ்., போன்ற முதுநிலை சிறப்பு டாக்டர்களுக்கான சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்ப்பு பணி நடக்கிறது. ஒரு மாதத்திற்குள், 1,044 டாக்டர்கள் நியமிக்கப்பட உள்ளனர்.இந்தியாவிலேயே எந்த மாநிலத்திலும் இல்லாமல், தமிழகத்தில் மட்டும், மருத்துவ பணியாளர் தேர்வு வாரியத்தால் நியமிக்கப்படுகின்றனர். 
அதன்படி, தமிழகத்தில் இந்த தேர்வு வாரியம் மூலம், இதுவரை, 23 ஆயிரம் மருத்துவ பணியாளர்கள் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 

சித்த மருத்துவர்களுக்கான தேர்வும் நடத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. தேர்வு பெற்ற சித்த மருத்துவர்கள், 
விரைவில் பணியில் நியமிக்கப்பட உள்ளனர்.இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

Now, doctors to get patients’ test results online

By Express News Service  |   Published: 15th October 2017 08:49 AM  |  

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Granting the long- pending demand of the patients seeking treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College a new system to provide all medical reports online to the doctors was launched here. HDS Lab, X-ray, CT and MRI scan results will be made available on the computer of the doctors in the wards real time.

Simultaneously a message will be sent to the mobile phones of the bystanders.  As it is in the initial stages of implementation, once the message alert is received, the same has to be intimated to the doctor. The results can be accessed by using the bill number or name of the patient.

The facility will help the doctors avoid loss of time and start treating the patient without delay. Moreover, as part of the green protocol, films could be avoided. On a daily basis 2,500 patients approach the Central lab and 1,500 people at the HDS lab for blood tests.  While 600 people conduct X-ray tests, 200  undergo CT Scanning and 40 undergo MRI scanning. As these facilities are at various places, the bystanders have to go in search of these reports leaving the patient alone. 

The new facility has been put in place in view of the widespread complaints from the bystanders. The facility is already available in the casualty wing. Earlier, there had been a facility to bring the results to the lab using around 40 lab technician trainees.

The High-tech facility was introduced following the joint efforts of Medical Superintendent  Dr M S Sharmmad and Deputy Superintendent Santhosh Kumar. New software was installed and networking was done in the medical college. Now, a new app is being developed to bring the results in the phone of the respective doctors. More labs will be linked with the network to reduce the stress of the bystanders.