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Health

Seven member committee to explore alternatives to pellet guns

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Tuesday, approved the constitution of a seven-member expert committee for exploring possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons. The committee under the chairmanship of T V S N Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, will submit its report within two months. A rethink on the use of pellet guns was necessitated after its use was blamed for causing fatal injuries and blindness among protesters during the recent unrest in Kashmir. Last week, Rajnath while speaking in the Parliament had rejected apprehensions of some…

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Drugs supplied to hospitals in J&K not tested before given to patients: CAG report

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Putting lives of patients at risk, the J&K government has been approving use of medicines in hospitals without any quality check, an official report has revealed. In its latest report, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has brought to fore some damning revelations on how patients’ health is being compromised due to absence of a drug testing policy in Jammu and Kashmir. “The audit revealed that no policy mechanism was in place for testing of drugs before these are administered to patients,” reads the report which was tabled in…

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Patients at risk as ‘lethal’ injection supplied under ‘non-lethal’ tag

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Anesthesia drug available as ‘muscle relaxant’ in govt hospitals The patients are facing life-threat at government-run hospital as the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) has supplied a huge stock of lethal Anesthesia drug to the health institutions under non-lethal tag. The drug ‘Sodium Thiopentone’, which is commonly used in Critical Care Department of a hospital to induce general anesthesia, has been supplied as ‘synthetic muscle relaxant’ by JKMSCL. The drug vial of ‘Sodium Thiopentone’ (Batch number Bio 16165) manufactured by M/s Health Biotech Ltd, Nalagarh Road, Baddi-Solan Himachal…

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Sub-standard medicines being administered to patients in valley

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CAG report points out Govt failure to ensure independent quality check of drugs In the absence of a proper testing mechanism, sub-standard drugs continue to be in use in the various health institutions of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s report, around 50.95 lakh sub-standard tablets/capsules/injections, worth Rs 82.74 lakh, were found to be used in the health institutions. “Data collected from the state Drug and Food Controller Organization, Srinagar as well as Jammu showed that organization had lifted 1833 samples from health institutions during…

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Unborn baby dies after woman gets stuck in lift at LD Hospital

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A baby died in the womb after a pregnant woman got stuck in a lift at the Valley’s lone tertiary care maternity hospital, Lal Ded (LD). Officials said the woman (name withheld) from south Kashmir was stuck in the lift in the wee hours of Friday when a doctor was taking her for surgery. “Due to some technical snag in the lift, both woman and the accompanying doctor got stuck inside for around 45 minutes,” said a senior doctor at LD Hospital. The patient was being taken to the operation…

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At SMHS hospital, female patients robbed of right to privacy

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Patients see it a ‘sheer molestation’, castigates hospital authorities The door of the ultrasound room at SMHS hospital is left ajar, Sana (name changed) a girl in her early twenties peeps into the rooms and sees a group of men doing the examination of the patients. Scared to see no provision of privacy in the room, Sana tells her friend in a hushed up voice, “I will not go inside the room. You see they are making women to take off clothes in front of men.” Sana had to do…

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10 Health Tips to a happier Ramadan

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So Ramadan is already in and you’re thinking… How to stay healthy? If you want to avoid fasting headaches, weight gain and hunger pains read on for some tips on how to stay healthy this Ramadan. 1. Don’t skip suhur. This will help you avoid getting hungry during the day. Try to eat complex carbs and proteins at suhur, they take much longer to digest and this will effectively keep you feeling fuller for longer. Good options include yogurt parfaits, dried fruits, scrambled eggs, dates, raw nuts, labneh with whole…

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Two sweets manufacturing units sealed

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State Food Control Organisation on Thursday sealed two sweets manufacturing units here after these were found to be manufacturing food items in insanitary conditions which are detrimental to human health. Acting of a specific information, a team from FCO, led by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar Hilal Ahmad Mir raided various food business operators in the summer capital. Following the inspection, two units manufacturing sweets and confectionaries were sealed after the inspection team found these operating from unhygienic premises. ‘During inspection, two units namely Haldi Rahman and Mantassa Sweets were…

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Setup food testing labs in Jammu, Srinagar: High Court

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the state government to initiate process for setting up two food testing labs at Jammu and Srinagar and for procuring mobile food testing vans. A division bench of Justices Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Ali Mohammad Magrey in its orders today observed that it hoped that before the next date, the two laboratories — one at Srinagar and one at Jammu — would be made functional. On May 24, while conceding that the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, had not been implemented…

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People throng ‘healing’ spring in Doda district

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Hundreds of people these days are flocking to Gandho area of Doda district from different corners of the country to take a dip in a spring which is believed to possess healing powers. Situated about 70 km away from district headquarters, the natural spring in Gandho subdivision is considered to be best for skin disorders, joint pains, blood pressure and headache. Even patients of paralyses are also reaching there. Mansa Mohammed, who came from Kathua, said, “I had a paralysis attack a few years back, but when we came to…

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