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Chandigarh

Huge potential in medical technology sector in India: MTaI Chairman

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 20, 2022

“India has the potential to make great strides in the field of medical technology. Just as the pharmaceutical sector in India has made a lot of progress, similarly, a lot of progress can be made and production can be increased in the fields of medical devices and medical devices.”
This was stated by Pavan Choudary, Chairman of Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI ) while interacting with the media at a hotel in Panchkula on Saturday enroute Shimla to attend his alma mater Himachal Pradesh University’s mega Alumni Meet 2022. 
Choudary informed that India is one of the top destinations for medical devices, including pharmaceuticals. As far as the members of Medical Technology Association of India are concerned, they have invested heavily and set up many large R&D centers in India.
Presently CEO of a French MNC , Bygon India, Choudary further said that there is also a medical device park coming up at Nalagarh and the pharma sector is already much better here. Similarly, three more medical device parks are being set up in the country. This will help in increasing the export of medical devices and other equipment from the country, he said.
He said that along with healthcare, renewable energy, electric vehicles, real estate, smart cities, defense and aerospace also have great potential. In these sectors, Indian private sector companies are introducing new products and services by doing R&D at a very fast pace. His clients include Indian companies as well as global corporations.
Speaking about the  need to have an R&D ecosystem, Choudary said that in the evolving scenario of geo-politics, the friend-shoring trend has evolved which will impact geo-commerce in the coming time. In the future, friendly countries will trade and do business with each other.

To protect its security and economic interests, India has to set up R&D for those technologies which are not accessible to us in this peripheral. The Indian Government has already recognised these challenges and is coming up with an R&D policy framework which will help many sectors like medical technology, electric vehicles, aerospace, defence, renewable energy, etc to flourish without any hindrance, he asserted.  

 
About Pavan Choudary

Shri Choudary has written commentaries on Chanakya and Machiavelli. His 2-minute video series on Leadership Wisdom, the Deep Slice is popular among advanced leaders. He has also hosted the nation-building TV show, Hum Aisey Kyun Hain on Doordarshan where he raised social reform, civic and healthcare issues, and has written columns Mera Gaon Mera Desh for the Times of India, and Sacred Bull for Financial Chronicle. The Times of India once rated him, “amongst the foremost thinkers of the world”.In the recent past, he has been awarded the Intellectual Icon of the Year, Business Excellence Award, the Global Leadership Award, and the Eric Hoffer Award for his non-fiction work. As a speaker and visiting faculty, Choudary has spoken at the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO); the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad; IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management at Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Kozhikode), Sydney Technical University; Singapore Management University; and other prestigious institutes in India and abroad.

Shri Choudary is the author of critically acclaimed best-sellers like When you are Sinking become a Submarine (Revised edition How a Good Person can Really Win), A Trilogy of Wisdom (on Chanakya, Confucius and Kabir), and Machiavelli for Moral People. He is also the author of The Rx Factor, a seminal work on healthcare marketing and strategy. He has co-authored the Hygiene & Conduct guide, Broom & Groom with Kiran Bedi and Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership with Congressman Anil Shastri.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Vygon India, the French multinational and also a Trustee of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust; Trustee Bhartiya Videsh Niti Parishad; Chairman, Blue Circle; Chairman, Medical Technology Association of India; and Member Advisory Board, Executive Access, and Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute (RGCI). Additionally, an angel investor for some of India's leading startups.
Chandigarh

Civil Surgeon reviews various health programs and schemes

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IEP CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 10, 2022

Civil Surgeon Dr. Adarshpal Kaur held a monthly review meeting with the District Program Officers and Senior Medical Officers and gave instructions for more effective implementation of various health programs and schemes. Emphasizing on the prevention of dengue, malaria, chikungunya and other diseases that mostly occur in the rainy season, the civil surgeon asked all the officials to make people more aware about the symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment of these diseases and step up house-to-house anti-dengue drive. She said although the cases of dengue fever are very less this year compared to last year, still vigilance is very important.

         Dr. Adarshpal Kaur also asked the officials to make the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign a success. Taking stock of the preparations of ‘Aam Aadmi Clinics’ starting from August 15, the Civil Surgeon said that as of now all the 14 clinics are to be functional in the district on August 15 and concerned officials should ensure that all the arrangements are in place.

           The civil surgeon specifically directed the doctors not to prescribe medicines which are available at outside chemist shops. She further said that patients should be given medicines from the hospital pharmacy itself. She said that emergency teams and kits should be ready in ambulances at all times. Health officials were asked to pay special attention to cleanliness in the hospitals as well. She said that punctuality and discipline must be maintained in every hospital and timely attendance of staff is mandatory. She further said that the staff dealing directly with the public should be present in their seats. She added that corruption or bribery in any government hospital or institution will not be tolerated at all.

          Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr. Renu Singh, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr. Parvinder Pal Kaur, District Immunization officer Dr Girish Dogra, District Health Officer Dr. Subhash Kumar, District Epidemiologist Dr. Akshay Kumar, Dr. Harmandeep Kaur, all senior medical officers etc. were present in the meeting.

Chandigarh, Punjab

OPIUM RECOVERY FROM AMBULANCE: DIG ROPAR RANGE TO TAKE UP MATTER WITH HEALTH, CIVIL AUTHORITIES

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 24, 2022

Taking a cognisance of the matter related to arrest of three persons misusing an Ambulance to smuggle drugs, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ropar Range Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that he will take up this issue with Civil, Health and concerned regulatory authorities.

Pertinently, amid the ongoing war against drugs on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Mohali Police on Sunday have busted an inter-state drug smuggling racket after recovering 8Kg opium concealed in a pillow placed under the head of a fake patient lying in an Ambulance during a special Nakabandi on Ambala-Chandigarh Highway near village Dapper. The arrested accused have been identified as Ravi Shrivastav (28) of Rampur, (UP), presently residing at Ram Darbar in Chandigarh; Harinder Sharma (47) of village Naya Gaon in SAS Nagar; and Ankush (27) of village Khudda Ali Sher in Chandigarh.

The DIG said that as the Punjab Police have strict directions from the Chief Minister to root out drug menace from the state, the Mohali Police have busted an inter-state module which has raised serious concern about misuse of emergency services. “This has come to the fore during the investigation that how accused persons had purchased a second hand Ambulance and started using it for smuggling of drugs,” he said. This was at least for the 10-12th time accused persons have used the Ambulance to smuggle opium from Bareilly, reveals the investigations.

Besides taking up matter with all the concerned authorities, DIG Bhullar said that he has also asked all the three SSPs in the range to hold meeting with representatives of all the Hospitals and NGOs in their concerned districts and get the list of Ambulances assigned to them, so that the police could provide safe passage to genuine patients, while nabbing the anti-social elements using the Emergency Services for criminal activities.

          He also suggested using a special beacon on top of the ambulance which could signify whether there was a patient in the Ambulance or not.

          Divulging more details about the drugs recoveries in his Range since April 1, 2022, the DIG said that they have recovered a total of 2.41Kg Heroin, 20.42 Kg Opium, 2.10 quintal poppy husk, 200grams charas, 7.29Kg Ganja, 40945 intoxicant injections, 870590 intoxicant tablets besides seizing drug money worth Rs 8.08 lakhs. He said that the Police have registered a total of 211 FIRs including 14 commercial after arresting 307 drug smugglers/suppliers. The Police have also arrested 11 Proclaimed Offenders, he added.

          Meanwhile, DIG Bhullar said that the War against drugs waged by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will continue till drug menace is not wiped out from the state.

Chandigarh, Haryana

27 Dengue Testing Labs are functional in Haryana

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IEP Chandigarh July 15, 2022

The situation of Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) namely Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is well under control in Haryana. All necessary measures for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of VBDs are in place. All four VBDs prevalent in the State have been made notified till March 31, 2024 under Epidemic Disease Act.

This was informed by Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Sh. Rajiv Arora while presiding over an inter-sectoral meeting with the representatives of various Departments chalk out the cumulative strategy for the prevention and control of Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs). MD, National Health Mission, Sh. Prabhjot Singh, Director General Health Services, Dr. Veena Singh and Additional Director General Health Services (ADGHS), Dr. Usha Gupta also attended the meeting.

Haryana is poised to the path of malaria elimination

He said that Haryana is poised on the path to malaria elimination. Since 2015, there is a steady decline in malaria incidence in the State. As many as 9308 Malaria cases were reported during the year 2015 which reduced to 54 cases during the year 2021. Seven Districts viz. Ambala, Bhiwani, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Rohtak reported ‘Zero Indigenous Malaria Case’ during the year 2021. District Kaithal has achieved ‘Zero Indigenous Case Status’ for last three consecutive years i.e. since 2019 and District Ambala and Jind for last two consecutive years.

Mission Director, NHM,Sh. Prabhjot Singh informed that seeing the multi-sectoral approach for proper management of stagnant water, the help of other sectors and community is essential for prevention & control of VBDs and therefore inter-sectoral meeting has been convened to seek the help of other Departments/Sectors for proper management.

Wearing of full sleeve uniforms by students may also be ensured

Sh. Prabhjot Singh said that Education Department has been directed to sensitize school children in prayer assembly about VBDs like dengue, malaria and sensitize them to observe every Sunday as ‘Drying Day’ in their home and school premises i.e. emptying of water from coolers, uncovered water containers, pots, bird-baths, rooftop water carrying utensils/disposable cups, bottles etc. wearing of full sleeve uniform by students may also be ensured, especially during the transmission season.

27 Dengue Testing Labs are functional in the state

ADGHS, Dr. Usha Gupta said that the Dengue test is free in Govt. hospitals and at present, total 27 Dengue Testing Labs are functional in the state, at least one in each District. In addition, private hospitals/labs are restricted to charge maximum Rs. 600/- for the recommended dengue test (ELISA-based NS1 and IgM). Platelets is provided free of cost to dengue patients of Haryana residents admitted to Government Hospitals since 2020. Total 5 Government platelet apheresis facilities and 72 private apheresis facilities are functional in the State.

List of Do and Don’ts released

For public awareness, it was apprised in the meeting that Potholes around houses be filled with sand. Water from coolers, flower pots, handles etc. be emptied once a week and scrubbed properly to kill the eggs of mosquitoes. Wear full sleeve clothes. Use mosquito repellants and Bednets (machhardani). Use mosquito proof wire-nets on doors & windows. Cover the overhead water tanks & other household water containers. Ensure insecticide spray in each room of the house in high-risk areas and don’t paint the house at least for 3 months after the spray. Co-operate during spray operations. Seek Doctor’s advise on having fever immediately.

Further, it was informed that do not take Aspirin or Brufen, or Ibubrufen by your own. Don’t allow water to stagnate inside houses and surroundings for more than a week. Don’t throw the broken cups, disposable cups/ glasses unused tyres, pots, plastic bottles etc. in open so that water may not get accumulated in these containers during rain. If it is not possible to keep these items inside, cover these with tarpaulin. Don’t fill the cooler with water while it is not in use. Don’t let the water to accumulate around hand pumps and taps.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

2,573 regular health workers given appointment letters today for civil hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres and sub-centres in Haryana: Health Minister Anil Vij

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 11,2022

Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that today 2,573 regular health workers have been allotted stations in civil hospitals, community health centres, primary health centres and sub-centres of the state. Health services will be strengthened by the appointment of these health workers.

        Giving information in this regard, Sh. Vij said that among these regular health workers, 1,469 staff nurses (nursing officers), 544 multipurpose health workers (female), 289 laboratory technicians (laboratory technicians), 183 clerks, 84 operation theater assistants and 4 TB Health visitors are included.

        Sh. Vij said that the State Government is making continuous efforts to improve the health services in Haryana and in this direction the State Government will soon complete the recruitment process of doctors. Apart from this, medical colleges are being set up in 8 districts of Haryana including Faridabad, Sirsa, Jind, Bhiwani, Kaithal, Yamunanagar, Mahendragarh and Gurugram.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

MCM holds session on Female Health and lecture on Waste Management

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 07, 2022

The Equal Opportunity Cell of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, under the aegis of Swachhta Committee (Commerce), organised an online interactive session on Female Health and Wellness. The resource person for the session was Dr. Ananya Kumar, Faculty, Department of Pharmacology, AIMS, Mohali. Dr. Ananya covered various aspects of women’s health in detail including menstrual health, breast cancer, birth control and mental health. Various mental health issues like anxiety of menarche, relationship anxieties and depression were also discussed in detail.

Dr. Ananya made the students aware about the eight dimensions of wellness i.e. social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, and occupational. The session had 118 participants. In another event, the PG Department of Economics and Swachhta Committee (Arts) organised an expert lecture on ‘Economic Indigenous Techniques in Waste Management’ to raise awareness about the importance of waste management.

The resource person, Dr. Sandeep Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science of the college, highlighted the benefits of circular economy in waste management.

Dr. Kaur discussed the latest case studies of innovations in waste management including the innovations of Plastic Man of India Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, Recycle Man of India Binish Desai, etc. She also elaborated the waste management practice in the college wherein dual waste management system has been adopted to use the mess waste in order to produce biogas and compost.


Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava lauded the endeavours of the organising teams for sensitising the stakeholders about the important aspects of female health and waste management. She added that such initiatives help in widening the horizons of the students and empower them to deal with various challenges.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

Besides raising issues related to Haryana in RS, will work in sectors-edu, health, sports: Kartikeya Sharma

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH/AMBALA JULY 05, 2022

The newly elected Rajya Sabha member Kartikeya Sharma said that besides raising issues related to Haryana in the Upper House of the Parliament, he will work in sectors like education, sports, job generation and health to provide better facilities to the common people of the State.

Sharma said that he was influenced by the policies of PM Narendra Modi and have come into politics only after being influenced by him and so will support BJP in the Rajya Sabha.

Media baron Sharma, who made his debut in politics by being elected straight to the Rajya Sabha in a nail-biting contest, expressed his special thanks to the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, BJP-JJP MLAs and independent MLAs for the support. He also expressed his gratitude to Congress rebel Kuldeep Bishnoi whose vote tilted the contest in his favour.

A businessman and a media proprietor by profession, 41-year-old Sharma did his B.Sc (Honours) in Business Management from Oxford University and his Masters in Business Administration from King’s College, London. Sharma set up the iTV network in 2007 which operates various English and Hindi news channels and vernacular dailies.

He further said, “I have entered politics just a few weeks back, but have experience in the field of education, sports and youth affairs. I have been involved in social events and activities for the last many years. I filed for the Rajya Sabha seat because I wanted to use my experience and work for the people of the State. Leaders of BJP, JJP, Independent candidates and some Congress MLAs supported me in this election and won. I will work on the above issues and raise the voice of Haryana in the Upper House of Parliament.”

Talking to reporters, Kartikeya further said, “I will work for the youth of the State. My focus will be on providing vocational training to youth, quality education in schools, colleges; alternate job employment for youth and opportunities to be created which are not to be dependent on the State only for government jobs, among others. I have been working with multiple sectors including sports for the last seven years. Healthcare facilities in rural areas and enhancing Sports facilities will be other topmost priorities.  I will raise all the issues of the people related to Haryana, be it SYL (Satluj Yamuna Link) among others in the Upper House.”

He further said, “I have worked in many sectors like education and unemployment extensively. We can do a lot in these areas which are the need of the hour. We need to work on creating opportunities for the youth. We need to understand our problems, and strength and come out with a solution to generate jobs. Private jobs have more scope when compared to government jobs. For the last 5 years, I have been working to provide employment to the youth and am confident that I will work with the central government to provide more employment opportunities to the youth. Many companies have come into the education sector and are making a lot of money out of this business.”

Kartikeya further said that like other RS members, I will adopt Ambala district. All the issues pertaining to the people of this district will be addressed. Ambala people dream that the Institute of Management and Technology should be established in Ambala. The people here have been aspiring to this dream for the last decade. I respect the sentiments of the people and have full faith that the BJP government will get IMT developed in Ambala. I will raise the demand for establishing IMT in Ambala in the Rajya Sabha also and will also make personal efforts for it.”

Chandigarh, Haryana

Health facilities like radiological tests to HIV patients in state under Public Private Partnership mode

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 04, 2022

Haryana Government has decided to provide free health facilities like radiological tests to HIV patients in the state under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Thus, the HIV patients have been included in seven categories of the State which are being provided various health facilities free of cost under PPP mode.

Sharing information in this regard, an official spokesperson of the Health Department informed that the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has approved a proposal to this effect. Thus, all the laboratory and radiological tests, including USG, CT Scan and MRI which are provided in Government Hospitals under PPP mode will be available free of cost to HIV patients.

Listing the categories, the spokesperson said in Haryana these seven categories namely, BPL and Urban Slum patients of Haryana, Patients receiving Handicap Allowance from the State Government, Poor patient who do not belong to any free category, patients belonging to SC category, patients belonging to economically weaker section, unattended victim of roadside accident, and State Government Employees, Pensioners, and Dependents are being provided services under PPP mode free of cost at various health facilities as per the reservation policy. He stated that HIV patients have been included in it as the eighth category.

Sharing more information in this regard he elaborated that at present around 22,000 patients suffering from HIV are taking Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). In addition, there is also an increase of approximately 300 patients per month. As per the information received from ART Centre, PGIMS, Rohtak, the requirement of radiological investigations for HIV patients is approximately only about 2 to 3 per cent of the total number of such patients. Thus, about 700 to 800 HIV patients in the State would require radiological investigations during their management on yearly basis. Moreover, on the basis of the present prevailing rates of various radiological investigations in the Centres being run under PPP mode at various public health facilities in the State the estimate of the expenditure will be about Rs 70 lakh per patient per annum.

The spokesperson said that the approximate budget of such investigations being provided to the seven categories free of cost under PPP mode by the State Government is Rs 45 crore. He added that the expenditure of Rs 70 lakh per annum per patient to be spent on HIV patients may be met from the existing funds.