Indian enterprise to set up $30 mn cancer centre in Ethiopia |  |
- Indian enterprise to set up $30 mn cancer centre in Ethiopia
- First dengue death of 2011 reported in Delhi
- 1.33 lakh Anganwadi centres not functional: Tirath
- Chemists in four states to down shutters Aug 1
- Health check-ups, legal aid pffered for women in Delhi
- More contaminated medicines found in Rajasthan hospital
- NSF awards $3 million to triangle scientists to improve federal data
| Indian enterprise to set up $30 mn cancer centre in Ethiopia Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Ethiopia, July 24 - An Indian healthcare enterprise plans to construct a cancer care centre in Ethiopia at a cost of over $30 million. Dinesh Madhavan, marketing director of HealthCare Global Enterprises -, an Asian cancer care network which is headquartered in India's Bangalore city, said the construction of the centre will help cancer patients in Ethiopia to get better treatment. Madhavan said the enterprise will train and educate doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in the latest advances in treatment and management of cancer. HCG focuses exclusively on cancer in India. HCG's vision is to make high quality cancer care accessible by adopting global innovations to all segments of the society, he said. An agreement was reached between HCG and the African Union to start cancer care treatment through video conferencing in all member states two years ago, said Madhavan who added that the enterprise has started providing cancer care through videoconferencing in the Black Lion Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia. Not just in healthcare, India is a leading private sector investor in Ethiopia with investments of $4.35 billion. Over 450 Indian companies are currently operating in Ethiopia. Indian investors are now being engaged in various sectors, from flower market and agriculture sectors they have moved to manufacturing, agro processing, information technology - and other sectors. Sridhar P.S., an Indian doctor from HCG who is on a mission to help treat cancer patients in the country, said that Ethiopia has a huge number of breast cancer patients. 'We are here to treat cancer patients with new technology that can scan the entire body. We can detect cancer in its early stages which increases the chance for a cure,' Sridhar said. Sridhar, who is on his second visit to Ethiopia, told IANS: 'The reason we came here is that cancer patients should not go from place to place for treatment unless special medication is required. Cancer... http://www.rxpgnews.com    |
| First dengue death of 2011 reported in Delhi Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:25 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 23 - A man has died of dengue in Delhi - the first fatality due to the disease in 2011, officials said Saturday. According to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi -, a total of six cases have been reported in the capital so far this season since the first was detected at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences - March 3. 'One dengue death has been reported from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Saturday,' MCD health officer N.K. Yadav told IANS. According MCD health committee chairman V.K. Monga, the man passed away at the Ganga Ram hospital July 9 but the MCD received the notification only on Saturday. The drive to check air coolers and other sources of mosquito breeding has, meanwhile, been expedited across the city. 'The checking is on all over the city. Coolers are being checked, as well as other possible sources of mosquito breeding,' an MCD official said. A total of 6,229 dengue cases were reported from Delhi last year while eight deaths were occurred. The high number of cases last year were attributed to the heavy rainfall and water logging, while the eight deaths were reported in December after onset of winter, which is not the season for dengue. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| 1.33 lakh Anganwadi centres not functional: Tirath Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:59 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 23 - More than one lakh Anganwadis, government-run child care centres that are an important tool in implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services -, are not functional. This was revealed here Saturday by Woman and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath. In a statement Saturday, on the conclusion of a conference to review the ICDS programme, Tirath said: 'The priority area is to ensure operationalisation of all the 13.67 lakh sanctioned Anganwadi Centres - as there is still a backlog of around 1.02 to 1.33 lakh AWCs.' She said the government shared the ministry's perspective to strengthen and restructure the ICDS scheme through a set of comprehensive, management and institutional reforms. 'During discussions there was a consensus and demand for setting ICDS in a mission mode,' the minister said. On the issue of malnutrition, Tirath said the high level of malnutrition in the country was a matter of 'serious concern'. 'Early detection and prevention - is critical. The states were asked to take specific steps for conducting independent surveys to detect levels of malnutrition and devise nutrition guidelines at community level for treatment of severely malnourished children,' she said. 'The states have been advised to set up nutrition councils immediately and to take further steps for a concerted action to address the challenge of malnutrition,' she added. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Chemists in four states to down shutters Aug 1 Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 23 - The government's proposal to introduce stricter norms for sale of antibiotics has not gone down well with chemists across the country, who plan to stage a protest here and down shutters in four states Aug 1, drug sellers said Saturday. 'Chemists from 32 states are coming to Delhi on Aug 1 and a protest will be staged at Jantar Mantar while over 91,000 shops in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Orissa will remain closed on the day,' All India Chemist Association president Kailash Gupta told IANS. The association has over six lakh members, he said. The chemists are opposed to a proposal which requires them and doctors to retain prescriptions so that the abuse of antibiotics could be checked. 'If the medicines are restricted from sale, black-marketing will increase and it will give rise to corruption,' said Gupta. 'Ultimately the patients will suffer, as medicines will not be available,' he said. The government claims the steps are needed to check the overuse of antibiotics, leading to development of multi-drug resistant bacteria. 'At present, only advanced antibiotics have been included -. This system - is prevalent in many countries. The step is necessary, as overuse of antibiotics has led to several problems like development of multi-drug resistant bacteria. This will be a long term problem,' said a union health ministry official, who did not wish to be named. 'New policies need more effort, we have to take this step and expect cooperation,' he added. The chemists said if their demand for scrapping this proposal was not met, they would intensify their protest. 'This is the first stage of the protest that we are closing shops in four states. If our demands are not met, we will extend it to all states,' Gupta added. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| Health check-ups, legal aid pffered for women in Delhi Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:15 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) New Delhi, July 23 - Offering free health check-ups and legal counselling on issues related to domestic violence, divorce and dowry harassment, NGOs and the Delhi government organised a camp in west Delhi, a statement said Saturday. The camp was held Friday at Khaira village on the outskirts of the city and had the main theme of tackling anaemia. 'The focus of the health camp was the Dalit community in the village. Around 200 people attended the camp, including girls and women between the ages of 13-70,' said NGO Apne Aap, which works in the field of human trafficking. 'A general physician, a pediatrician and a gynaecologist provided medical advice at the camp. It was organised under the Mission Convergence programme of the Delhi government,' it added. Parivar Seva Sanstha, another NGO, set up a pathology lab to test anaemia among women and provided iron tablets to those in need. 'A legal support counter was also set up with an advocate ready to help any woman with problems like domestic violence and dowry harassment,' the statement added. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| More contaminated medicines found in Rajasthan hospital Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:58 PM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Jaipur, July 22 - After the deaths of at least 17 pregnant women in Rajasthan's Jodhpur city this year allegedly due to contaminated IV fluids, another such batch of bottles have been found in a government hospital in the state's Tonk district. At least 85,00 bottles of IV fluids were removed from the stock of the Government Hospital in Tonk, some 90 km from state capital Jaipur, when some bottles were found contaminated during an inspection. 'Fungus was found in some bottles from a batch of IV fluids. The entire batch has been removed from the stock and an enquiry has been ordered,' a senior hospital official told IANS. The bottles were to be administered to patients admitted at the hospital. Over February and March, at least 17 pregnant women died of excessive bleeding at state-run Umaid Hospital and Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur after they were allegedly administered contaminated IV fluids of a particular batch manufactured by Parental Surgical India Pvt Ltd. Three doctors had been suspended and an FIR had been lodged against the IV fluids manufacturing company. The newly-born of a pregnant woman who was allegedly administered contaminated IV fluid at Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital - in Bhilwara district had died Monday. The mother, Ratan Devi, had been admitted to the hospital Saturday and was allegedly administered contaminated fluids. She gave birth to a boy and according to hospital administration, he died of infection soon after birth. http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
| NSF awards $3 million to triangle scientists to improve federal data Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT ( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of statisticians, economists and political scientists from Duke University and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Census Bureau to improve how federal statistical agencies share government data with the public. U.S. Census Bureau data is protected under confidentiality laws and cannot be released without being modified to maintain individuals' and businesses' privacy. The Triangle Census Research Network will develop statistical methods for making more of the bureau's data available to researchers, policy makers and the public, while preserving anonymity. The team will also use new statistical methods to improve the quality of the data and link it to related sources of information. The grant for the Triangle Census Research Network begins October 1, 2011 and continues until 2016. Jerry Reiter, an associate professor of statistics at Duke University, said that the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies want to make their data available to the public because the information can lead to a deeper understanding of economic and social issues and more-informed policy-making. Reiter, who led the effort to obtain the NSF funding for the new network, recently worked with researchers from the Census Bureau to develop statistical methods to create a synthetic data set for the Longitudinal Business Database, an annual economic census of establishments in the United States comprising more than 20 million records dating back to 1976. The synthetic data mimics the trends and information contained in the original information, but protects the privacy of the businesses covered in the data set, Reiter said. It is the first time a U.S. federal agency has released a public-use, establishment-level dataset on businesses. With support from the NSF, the developing Triangle Census Research Network can now help the... http://www.rxpgnews.com   |
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