லஞ்சம் கொடுக்க மறுத்ததால் மகனை பறிகொடுத்த தந்தை: மதுரை அரசு ராஜாஜி மருத்துவமனையில் பரிதாப சம்பவம்

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மதுரை அரசு ராஜாஜி மருத்துவமனையில் ஊழியருக்கு 300 ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் கொடுக்க மறுத்ததால் தாமதமான சிகிச்சையால் மகனை பறிகொடுத்த தந்தை போலீஸில் புகார் செய்த சம்பவம் அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது.

மதுரை கோ.புதூர் பகுதியைச் சேர்ந்தவர் கணபதி. தட்டச்சு வேலை செய்து வருகிறார். இவர்களுக்கு இரண்டு பெண் குழந்தைகள், ஒரு மகன் உள்ளனர். மகன் ராஜேந்திர பிரசாத்துக்கு, (18) கடந்த 2-ம் தேதி காலை 10.30 மணியளவில் வலிப்பு ஏற்பட்டதால், 108 ஆம்புலன்ஸுக்கு போன் செய்து மதுரை அரசு ராஜாஜி மருத்துவமனைக்கு கொண்டு சென்றுள்ளார்.

மருத்துவமனையில் இறங்கியதும் உடனடியாக அவசர சிகிச்சை வெளிநோயாளிகள் வார்டுக்கு கொண்டு சென்றுள்ளனர். அப்போது, அங்கிருந்த மருத்துவர்கள் உடனடியாக சிகிச்சை அளிக்காமல், மருத்துவர் சீட்டு எழுதி வாங்கிக் கொண்டு, அவசர சிகிச்சைப் பிரிவு உள்நோயாளிகள் பிரிவுக்குக் கொண்டு செல்லும்படி கணபதியிடம் தெரிவித்துள்ளதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது. அதனால், கணபதி 20 நிமிடம் வரிசையில் நின்று உள் நோயாளிகள் அனுமதிச் சீட்டை வாங்கியுள்ளார்.

அப்போது ஸ்டெரெச்சர் தள்ளும் மருத்துவமனை ஊழியர், கணபதியிடம் 300 ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் கொடுத்தால்தான் ஸ்டெரெச்சரை தள்ளுவேன் எனத் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

கணபதி லஞ்சம் தர மறுத்ததால், உயிருக்குப் போராடிக் கொண்டிருந்த ராஜேந்திரப் பிரசாத்தை ஸ்டெரெச்சரிலேயே ஊழியர் விட்டுச் சென்றுள்ளார். அதனால், கணபதியே ஸ்டெரெச்சரை தள்ளிக் கொண்டு, உள் நோயாளிகள் பிரிவுக்குக் கொண்டு சென்றுள்ளார். அப்போது, அவரைப் பரிசோதித்த மருத்துவர்கள் ஏற்கெனவே இறந்துவிட்டதாகத் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இதனால் அதிர்ச்சியடைந்த கணபதி, லஞ்சம் கேட்ட நபர் மீது மருத்துவமனை காவல் நிலையத்தில் புகார் செய்தார். போலீஸார் அந்த நபரை தேடினர். ஆனால், அவர் தலைமறைவானார்.

இதையடுத்து, மருத்துவமனை டீனிடம் கணபதி புகார் செய்தார். இதுதொடர்பாக விசாரிக்க டீன் உத்தரவிட்டார். இச்சம்பவம் தொடர்பாக டீன் எம்ஆர். வைரமுத்து ராஜுவிடம் கேட்டபோது, உயிரிழப்பு வருந்தத்தக்கதுதான். லஞ்சம் கேட்ட நபர் மருத்துவமனை ஊழியர் இல்லை. அவர் இடைத்தரகராக இருக்கக்கூடும். விசாரித்து வருகிறோம். தவறு செய்தது யாராக இருந்தாலும் கண்டிப்பாக நடவடிக்கை எடுப்போம் என்றார்.

108 ஆம்புலன்ஸில் கொண்டு வரப்படும் அளவுக்கு உயிருக்கு ஆபத்தானநிலையில் இருந்த நோயாளிக்கு, உடனடியாக சிகிச்சை அளிக்காமல் கண்டிப்பு காட்டிய மருத்துவர்கள், நுழைவுச்சீட்டு சீட்டு வாங்கச் சொல்லி அலைக்கழித்தது, லஞ்சம் கேட்டு ஊழியர் ஸ்ட்ரெச்சரை தள்ள மறுத்தது உள்ளிட்ட காரணங் களால் தாமதமான சிகிச்சையால் ஒரு உயிரிழப்பு நடந்துள்ள சம்பவம் அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது.

மருத்துவமனையில் உள்ள அனைத்து பகுதிகளும் சிசிடிவி கேமரா க்களில் கண்காணிக் கப்படுகிறது. அதனால், சிகிச்சைக்கு தாமதமான சம்பவங்களை கேமரா பதிவு மூலம் ஆராய்ந்து லஞ்சம் கேட்ட நபரை பிடித்து விசாரித்தால், இந்த துயரச் சம்பவத்தின் பின்னணி தெரிய வரும். தொடர்ந்து, இதுபோன்ற சம்பவங்கள் நடக்காமல் தடுக்கவும் உதவியாகவும் இருக்கும் என்பதே பொதுமக்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பு.

PIO-OCI conversion

June 30 deadline for India's PIO-OCI conversion

Posted on 9 June 2016 - 11:29am
Last updated on 9 June 2016 - 12:58pm

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KUALA LUMPUR: The last date for submission of application by PIO card holders for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holder is June 30, 2016.

All PIO card holders who have not applied for OCI card are required to fill-up the OCI online application form (https://passport.gov.in/oci), and submit the application at the High Commission of India before or by June 30, 2016.

The photograph (size 2x2 white background), signature, copy of Malaysian passport and PIO card (first and last page) also has to be uploaded with the OCI application.

Original and hard copy of the Malaysian passport and PIO card should be brought along for verification with the printout of the filled up online application form.

The applications are being accepted at High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur, Level 28, Menara 1 MK, No. 1, Jalan Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur between
9.30am-12pm (Monday-Friday). — Bernama

Registration opens for Overseas Citizen of India card June 9, 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: All Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders are required to submit their application for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to the Indian High Commission by June 30.

In a statement here today, the Indian High Commission said PIO card members who had not applied for their OCI cards were required to fill up the OCI online application form (https://passport.gov.in/oci), and submit the application at the commission by June 30.

Applicants needed to upload a photograph size 2×2 with white background, signature, copy of Malaysian passport and PIO card (first and last page), together with the OCI application, it said.

The original and hard copy of the Malaysian passport and PIO card need to be brought along for verification, alongside the printout of the online application form.

Applicants should send their application to the Indian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Level 28, Menara 1 MK, No. 1, Jalan Mont Kiara between 9.30am and noon (Monday-Friday).

Confusion Over Merger Of PIO, OCI Cards, High Commission Says 'No Panic'

Confusion Over Merger Of PIO, OCI Cards, High Commission Says 'No Panic'

Indians Abroad |Written by Radhika Iyer | Updated: June 10, 2016 18:58 IST

LONDON: The merger of Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) schemes, as announced by the Centre is turning out to be a confusing exercise for thousands of expats as the deadline for the conversion of cards nears on June 30.

However, the Indian High Commission in London says there is no reason to panic because for those converting the PIO cards to OCI cards - another document that allows unlimited visa-free travel to India - will be allowed to travel even after the deadline, pending issuance of OCI card.

"Currently, June 30 is the last date for applying for PIO to OCI conversion. All PIO cards holders are, therefore, advised to apply for conversion to OCI card well before the last date. At the time of application, the original PIO card is returned to the applicant after verification and only a photocopy is taken for processing," said an official statement from the High Commission of India, London in response to a query by NDTV.

"After processing, at the time the OCI card is issued, the PIO card will be cancelled. During the interim period (from time of application to issue of OCI card), the PIO card continues to be valid," the statement said.

It usually takes about 20 working days to process the OCI for an applicant.

"We are currently putting in place the necessary infrastructure to decentralise the process. Once this is done, the High Commission will be able to do the entire processing and issuance of OCI cards (for PIO to OCI conversion cases) in London which will bring down processing times," it said.

Meanwhile for Nilesh Shah, a visa agent in west London's Ealing area, it is an unusually busy time. He is busy preparing documents for several clients who require an OCI.

"These sudden changes in rules have cause confusion and panic, especially for Indian origin senior citizens. I take a small price but help them put together their applications and get them a VFS office appointment," said Mr Shah.

70-year-old British Indian businessman, Ashwin Kumar, who spent three days getting all documents ready, said: "I will appreciate if the Government of India doesn't change the policy again. The hassle of paper work and frequent trips to the High Commission is more work for us and them."

PIO cards allowed visa-free travel to India for 15 years and required that holders registered with the police if they stayed in the country for more than 180 days. People with Indian heritage and foreigners married to Indians were eligible for the cards.

Meanwhile, OCI cards allow visa free travel with no time limit. The announcement for this conversion was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his trip to the US in 2014.

Panel to monitor MCI goes after 'ghost' faculty

The Oversight Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) seems to have started cracking the whip.

MCI has issued a circular asking all medical colleges to send in details about their faculty within two days so that they can be uploaded on to the website as per the directions of the committee.

This has been a long-standing demand of those calling for greater transparency to help fight the rampant practice of 'ghost' faculty at medical colleges during inspection by MCI teams and the practice of the same professor being shown as faculty at several colleges.

The MCI's urgency is evident from the fact that deputy secretary administration A K Hair has in the circular sent on June 6 to deans and principals of all medical colleges asked them to treat it as "most urgent". The detailed proforma to be filled for each faculty member includes name, date of birth, photo, photo ID, details of qualifications, including year, college and university names, copies of degrees and details of previous appointments and teaching experience. Each completed form is to be countersigned by the principal and head of department, who will vouch for the veracity of the details.

"Not only is the website not regularly updated, currently only the first page of the declaration about faculty is put up on it. They ought to put all four pages in the public domain," said Punjab Medical Council president Dr GS Grewal. He had used forms uploaded on the website to investigate and expose the fraud being perpetrated by medical colleges in faculty hiring. He added that mechanically putting declarations on the website would be of no use unless the MCI used it to cross check the qualifications claimed and also find out whether the same people were being shown as faculty in different colleges.

MCI president Dr Jayshree Mehta and secretary Reena Nayyar did not respond to queries on the sudden urgency on the issue.
There have been several cases of medical colleges fraudulently claiming to have the required number of faculty. Though a few doctors who posed as faculty at various colleges got penalised, the colleges and their managements have gone scot-free.

HC blasts MCI for apathy towards Gondia GMC

Nagpur: Upset with the Medical Council of India 's (MCI) dillydallying attitude towards granting approval to Government Medical College at Gondia , the Nagpurbench of Bombay High Court , on Thursday, flayed the apex body for its casual approach while dealing with such an important issue pertaining to health of poor people.

A division bench comprising justice Bhushan Gavai and justice Vinay Deshpandedirected the MCI to reply before June 16. The court censuring came while hearing a PIL (No 65/2015) by Praful Agrawal , who sought opening of GMC in Gondia , being a backward district affected by naxalism.

Earlier, the MCI informed that it had referred the Gondia GMC's case to 'oversight committee' constituted by the Supreme Court , primarily to oversee the counselling and admissions under MCI, until Parliament enacts a law empowering the apex medical education body to conduct them. It's headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha with former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai , and eminent doctor Shiv Sarin , as its members.

The judges came down heavily on MCI for taking contradictory stands. In the morning session, its counsel Saurabh Tapadia made a statement which was later contradicted by another counsel Rahul Bhangde stating that the apex body was positively considering Gondia's case. The court then directed state to depute a responsible officer for assisting 'oversight committee' with entire set of documents and completing other formalities.

The petitioner knocked the judiciary's doors contending that the people from area need to travel long distance to Nagpur for serious ailments in absence of proper medical facilities. The central government had also included Gondia in list of places at which GMC is to be established and was ready to provide funds.

STATE FUMES AS DENTAL COUNCIL BLOCKS NEW COLLEGES

The Dental Council of India's decision to not sanction any new colleges in the country has angered the Maharashtra government, which has been struggling to get more dentists to rural areas. Of the total 25,000 dentists in the state, only 4,000 serve in rural areas. 

The DCI believes there is no need for new colleges as there are adequate number of dentists in the country. But Maharashtra fares poorly on this count.

"There is absolutely no penetration of dentists in the interiors of Maharashtra. The small number of dentists in rural areas are all at the taluka and district levels, and there is zero presence in remote villages and padas," said Dr Pravin Shingare, who heads the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER). 

He added that the state government was drafting a strongly-worded letter to the DCI, listing all the relevant statistics. "We will send the letter in the next few days," he said. 

Maharashtra has one civic-run, three government-run and 40 private dental colleges. A new state-run dental college is being planned in Washim district and two private institutions are also in the pipeline. The DCI's stand means the colleges may not get approval. 

The council is already sitting on over 40 proposals for dental colleges across the country. "DCI is the apex body and without its permission, no dental college can be started. It should consider special cases like Maharashtra," Shingare said. "The joint director of the dental stream is collating the data of how many more dental colleges are needed in Maharashtra. The data will be ready in the next 10 days." 

He added that dental care was important not only for oral hygiene, but also for the early detection of oral cancers. 

According to doctors, majority of oral cancer cases are reported in rural areas because of high tobacco consumption. Apart from the consumption of smokeless tobacco, the use of 'masheri' (tobacco roasted and then powdered), an indigenous alternative to toothpaste, also puts residents of rural areas at cancer risk. 

Of the 10 lakh tobacco-related deaths in the country year, 1 lakh are reported in Maharashtra. 

The state receives a number of applications for dental posts, but most aspirants don't want to practise in rural areas. "The moment we announce a new post, we get hundreds of applications. There are hardly any private dentists in the interiors. The moment we create a competitive environment, they will start practising there," Shingare said.