Minister thinks of unique way to win
over Maoists – organises eye camps
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh seems to have
adopted a unique method to win over the impoverished and exploited population
in Jharkhand’s forested and remote areas that are under Maoist sway – holding
eye camps.
‘Poor children, youth and old people are suffering from eye
problems. Such camps can inculcate confidence among villagers, particularly
among children and youth, that the government is concerned about them and their
health and studies,’ an official told IANS of the camps Ramesh has been
organising as a means to penetrate areas that are controlled and dominated by
Maoist rebels. The latest camp, to be held in Latehar district July 30, is
linked to the Saryu Action Plan in Latehar and neighbouring districts to fight
Maoist guerrillas. It will be organised in association with Ranchi’s Kashyap
Eye Memorial Hospital.
Bharti Kashyap, director of the hospital, told IANS: ‘Jairam
Ramesh will inaugurate the eye camp. The camp is a continuation of our series
of eye camps focussing on children living in Maoist-infested areas.’ Around
2,000 people of 12 panchayats will be checked for eye problems by 200 local
teachers who have been trained by the hospital’s optometrists in taking vision
tests in schools to identify visually challenged children. Kashyap said the
State Bank of India has assured financial assistance for cataract surgery on 50
patients in Latehar district.
Ramesh had first launched the Saranda Action Plan in
Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district under which the central government provided
funds to 2,750 Ho tribals to build houses under the Indira Awas Yojna. Singhbum
had for long been the headquarters of the CPI (Maoist). In January, an eye camp
was organised at Maoharpur block of West Singhbhum district. In Maoharpur of
West Singhbhum district, the hospital had checked 1,000 patients and found that
over 32 percent of them had cataract. Doctors from the hospital – in
association with Red Cross – had operated on 250 people, including children,
restoring their vision.
29.07.2013
Doctors worldwide get to see live
surgery in India
More than 5,000 doctors from all
over the world will witness a live surgery to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(OSA), a sleep disorder, to be performed at the Asian Heart Institute (AHI)
here Tuesday, an official said . This is the first time that such a live
robotic surgery will be performed before a global audience of medicos along
with expert lectures on the occasion.
Leading ENT surgeon Vikas Agrawal
will operate on three patients to show the different issues pertaining to OSA
among Indians. Two Italian medicos and pioneers in OSA – Claudio Vicini and
Filippo Montevecchi – shall discuss different aspects of Transoral Robotic
Surgery for OSA.
OSA is a disorder in which a person
stops breathing during night, maybe several times – with the gaps called
‘apneas’ (literally ‘without breath’). The disorder occurs when tissues in the
upper throat collapse at different times during sleep, thereby blocking passage
of air.
According to Agrawal, OSA increases
with age and the latest Indian studies have revealed that its prevalence is
three times higher in men as compared to women. Agrawal is the first Indian
medico to cure this complex ENT procedure robotically and endoscopically. AHI
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Ramakanta Panda (who operated on Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh four years ago), has lauded the initiative which would
help AHI set new benchmarks globally.
29.07.2013
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