5 May 2024 : Indian Meteorological Department has forecast that heat wave conditions with reduced intensity are likely to continue in isolated pockets over East India till Sunday and some places over south Peninsular India till 6th May. Heat wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on Saturday and Sunday. Interior Karnataka will face heat wave conditions till the 7th of May whereas Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are likely to face heat wave till the 8th of May.
Yesterday, highest maximum temperature of 46.3 degree Celsius was reported at Nandyal in Rayalaseema. Heat wave conditions have been prevailing over Odisha since 15th April, Gangetic West Bengal since 17th April and Rayalaseema since 24th April. Rise in maximum temperatures by two to four degrees is very likely over many parts of Northwest India, except Uttar Pradesh, during next five days.
Meanwhile, Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall spell accompanied with thunderstorms and gusty winds over Northeast India in the next two days. Wet spell accompanied with thunderstorms and gusty winds is very likely over East India during 5th to 9th of this month with maximum intensity on 6th and 7th May.
PTI, New Delhi, May 4, 2024 : The intensity of the heat wave prevailing in east and parts of southern peninsular India came down slightly on Saturday, with the weather office predicting relief from the scorching conditions in these regions after two days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailed in parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Telangana, with maximum temperatures settling 3-5 degrees Celsius above normal in these regions.
The mercury settled above 44 degrees Celsius in at least 10 places in these states.
According to IMD data, 13 places on Friday and 17 on Thursday recorded maximum temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius. Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 46 degrees Celsius and was the hottest place in the country for the third consecutive day on Saturday.
Maximum temperatures were recorded at 45.9 degrees Celsius in Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), 45 degrees in Mahbubnagar (Telangana), 44 degrees in Odisha’s Boudh, 43.5 degrees in Karur Paramathi (Tamil Nadu), 44.6 degrees in Nizamabad (Telangana), 45.4 in Andhra Pradesh’s Cuddapah, and 43.5 degrees in West Bengal’s Kalaikunda.
The IMD said the ongoing heatwave spell in east and south peninsular India will continue until May 5-6 and abate thereafter.
Light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms are predicted in Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand from May 5 to 9.
Scattered light to moderate rainfall is expected in east Uttar Pradesh, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh during this period.
Scattered light to moderate rainfall is also very likely in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka from May 6 to May 9.
The Met office on Wednesday said above-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country in May and a significantly high number of heatwave days expected over the northern plains, central region and adjoining areas of peninsular India.
April witnessed record-smashing maximum temperatures in east, northeast and south peninsular India, prompting health warnings from government agencies and some states to suspend in-person classes in schools.
A number of stations also recorded their highest-ever April day temperatures. Five active western disturbances led to rainfall, thunderstorms and hail storms over north and central India at regular intervals in April, preventing heat waves.
The IMD data shows that heat waves this April were far worse than in 2023, the warmest year on record so far.
This trend is likely to continue in May, with around eight to 11 heatwave days predicted over the south Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada and the Gujarat regions.
The remaining parts of Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and some parts of Chhattisgarh, interior Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, north interior Karnataka and Telangana may record five to seven heatwave days during the month.
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The petition highlighted the alarming rise in temperatures, which are expected to go beyond 40 degree Celsius, and also stated that the number of voters over the age of 40 is high and that they are vulnerable to the heatwave
PTI, Bengaluru, 03.05.24 : Citing the ongoing heatwave in the state, Karnataka BJP on Friday petitioned the Election Commission with a request to modify the polling hours to the 6am-7pm period in the 14 parliamentary constituencies in the state that goes to polls on May 7.
Polling is currently scheduled to be held in the second phase in the state in 14 segments in the northern districts between 7am to 6pm on May 7.
“It has become hard to come out and vote between hours 10.00 to 17.00 due to uncontrollable heat. The average heat in those parts (north Karnataka) covering 14 parliamentary constituencies are between 37 and 42 degree (Celsius). The mercury is rising at an alarming level and it would become hard for the electors to come out and vote,” BJP’s petition said.
The petition highlighted the alarming rise in temperatures, which are expected to go beyond 40 degree Celsius, and also stated that the number of voters over the age of 40 is high and that they are vulnerable to the heatwave.
“To keep up the good spirit of voting, necessary action should be taken,” the BJP petition urged the Election Commission, saying, “In this background, it is requested to modify the time of voting in the 14 parliamentary constituencies from 06.00 to 19.00 hours on May 7”.
Polling was held between 7 am and 6 pm during Karnataka’s first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies on April 26.
Severe heatwave situations will, however, continue in districts like Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore, East Burdwan and West Burdwan on Friday
MP, 3 May 2024, Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore held out a ray of hope for the heatwave situation to change from Sunday or Monday with the possibility of rains in the coastal districts on Saturday.
Severe heatwave situations will, however, continue in districts like Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore, East Burdwan and West Burdwan on Friday.
The MeT office also predicted that mercury will start sliding down in the next 48 hours. Many of the South Bengal districts will receive rainfall between Sunday and Tuesday. The MeT office said that heatwave conditions are very likely to continue till Sunday over south Bengal, which has been reeling under a scorching sun.
Several districts in the Western parts of Bengal have been consistently registering temperatures over 45 degrees Celsius for the past many days.
The MeT office prediction said severe heatwave is likely to continue in Bankura, Birbhum, Jhargram, West Midnapore, East Midnapore and West Burdwan. There will not be any large change in maximum temperature during the next two days and thereby it will fall gradually in the subsequent three days in the region.
The severe weather conditions in the southern and western districts of Bengal are being caused by dry westerly winds and strong solar insolation, the MeT office said. Kolkata is also bracing for severe heatwaves.
The city and its adjoining areas like Dum Dum, Salt Lake, Barrackpore, Barasat already witnessed the highest temperature of over 42 degrees in the past couple of days.
The Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha are all reeling under the extreme heatwave conditions, according to reports.
Thunderstorms may hit districts like Nadia, Murshidabad, Birbhum, parts of North and South 24-Parganas and East Midnapore on Sunday. Rainfall may intensify on Monday.
A mild breeze may also sweep through several parts of South Bengal. North Bengal districts like Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri will receive thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds measuring around 30-40 kmph in the next 48 hours.
Kolkata on Thursday registered the highest temperature at around 40 degree Celsius, Salt Lake 39, Dum Dum 39, Diamond Harbour 39, Midnapore 43, Purulia 43, Asansol 42.
Other than praising this initiative, people also urged the government to plant more trees for a long-term solution.
News 18, MAY 02, 2024: By the time we reach May, many parts of India start recording temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius. Stopping at a signal and waiting for the light to turn green can feel like an hour-long task. Now the Public Works Department in Puducherry has set up green shade canopies for a few meters at the traffic signal. This offers respite to those who are on two-wheelers to escape the direct sun as they wait at the signal. On Thursday, an X user shared a video that showed these shaded nets over a small stretch of roads at the traffic signal.
This small clip got over 7 lakh views in less than 24 hours. In the comments, many people praised the Puducherry government for these considerate gestures.
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Installing shades at traffic lights can help deter people from jumping red lights, especially during the summer when some individuals may be tempted to do so to escape the heat.
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An X user praised this initiative and said, “What a wonderful initiative by the Pondicherry Public Works Department! Erecting a shaded structure at a busy traffic crossing is a simple yet impactful way to improve the daily lives of local residents and commuters. In the sweltering heat, having a place to find respite from the sun’s relentless rays can make a big difference, both in terms of physical comfort and overall well-being.”
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An X user recalled, “Takes me 6 years back. Oh yes, I remember the PY sun. It was summer. I was starting work in a Cafe, as a Barista. Doing supply runs in this heat, on the same exact road. God knows how much I welcome this move. It’s the small things that count.”
Takes me 6 years back.
Oh yes, I remember the PY sun.
It was summer. I was starting work in a Cafe, as a Barista.
Doing supply runs in this heat, on the same exact road.
Many people also urged the government to plant more trees alongside roads. Making this point, an X user wrote, “Rather than this, perhaps the government can focus on planting more trees, which would provide shade to individuals riding two-wheelers while also benefiting the environment and lowering temperatures by 3-5 degrees Celsius.”
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Another person wrote, “There is a natural shade giver which has 20000 times more use than these tarpaulins- it’s called a ‘TREE’. Plant more trees at junctions out of the way of pedestrian footpaths and traffic, on traffic islands.”
This initiative of covering roads at traffic signals with shade is also implemented in other cities around south India such as Trichy, Bhubaneswar, Gadag-Betgeri and more.
The risks which are now causing paranoia have been known since 2021 – and experts believe they do not outweigh the benefits the vaccine brought at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the adverse effects show up a few months after vaccine delivery, at the latest.
A vial of the Covishield vaccine candidate. Photo: Covid-19 vaccination/Flickr, CC BY NC 2.0
Banjot Kaur, The Wire, 01 May 2024 : New Delhi: The Telegraph‘s report that the maker of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was sold in India as Covishield, has “admitted” to an adverse event called ‘Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome’ or TTS in “very rare cases” has led to deluge of social media posts and a growing sense of paranoia among people.
TTS is a spectrum that involves blot clots along with a low platelet count in the body, which at times can cause serious injury or even death.
While there had been reported cases of deaths and serious adverse effects following the administration of the vaccine, all drug regulators and scientific bodies have categorised them as extremely rare occurrences. All of them have said there are risks, but the benefits of the vaccine, including saving lives, have outweighed the risks.
The Wire breaks down the risk v/s benefits scenario for those who took Covishield in India.
How rare is rare?
One of the keywords that was reported to have been used by AstraZeneca, in terms of adverse events occurring, was ‘rare’ – something that most of the commentary is now missing.
But how rare is it? By looking at the data from the UK and the European Union, the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety assessed that the risk was low. The committee consists of independent vaccine and other domain experts. It advises the World Health Organisation on vaccine safety.
“[The] data from the UK suggest the risk is approximately 4 cases per million adults who receive the vaccine, while the rate is estimated to be approximately 1 per 100, 000 in the European Union (EU),” it said back in 2021. It was in late 2020 and early 2021 that the Covid-19 vaccination drive picked up globally.
There are several other studies that looked into the rate of TTS caused by the AstraZeneca vaccine. One such study looked at the AstraZeneca Global Safety Database in 2022. They found the rate of this adverse event to be 7.5 per million vaccinated persons, while yet another meta-analysis, which studied two mRNA vaccines and the AstraZeneca vaccine, found the rate of severe adverse reactions with the latter as two per million vaccinated in 2020.
For how long does one run the risk of developing clots?
An Australian assessment says the serious adverse events may develop within four to 42 days of administration of the vaccine. The TTS can develop within a short stretch of duration, and not years after the vaccination. Hence any TTS event, or clotting, can’t occur with Covishield/Astrazeneca vaccine unless one has taken it in the immediate past.
“This time period may also stretch to 3-6 months,” Jacob John, an infectious diseases expert with Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, told The Wire.
“The vaccine can’t cause an epigenetic effect. It is not something that it has altered your genes,” he explained, and so can’t lead to the development of clots years down the line.
Is this new information?
Another claim that is doing the rounds is that this is the ‘first time’ we have come to know that TTS could take place in rare instances due to the vaccine. While it may be the first time the information has reached such a wide audience, scientific papers had spoken of the issue back in 2021.
Moreover, the company too had put in the public domain something called a ‘package insert’ while rolling out the vaccine for use. That package insert, shared on the AstraZeneca website, mentions the occurrence of clotting as a rare event.
However, what did not happen was adequate publicising of this information. Neither governments around the world, including India’s, nor the company itself, made meaningful efforts to let the risks be known on a large scale. Therefore, people are now raising questions regarding the transparency of governments and vaccine companies – even if such adverse events were rare.
How does the rare clotting happen?
The British Heart Foundation says the exact pathway is still being studied.
Satyajit Rath, a noted immunologist who has also been associated with Institute of Immunology in India, says it may be due to an inadvertent event. Apart from making the antibodies against the Covid-19 virus, the autoantibodies against a protein found in blood called platelet-4 also got developed in some rare cases, he explained.
“This, in turn, seems to be contributing to triggering a cascade of platelet clumping, and, therefore, the clots,” Rath said.
He added that why it happens in the case of some people – even though rare – and not in others, is yet to be understood clearly.
Heart attack because of Covid-19
There are ample studies, like this long-term research, now, on Long Covid – a spectrum of diseases that many have developed even after patients have recovered from the initial infection. Heart attacks are the most common among them. The British Heart Foundation says the clots were far more common after a Covid-19 infection than after the vaccine.
This large-scale study looked into the records of 10.17 million vaccinated and 10.39 million unvaccinated people in the UK, Spain and Estonia. The researched concluded:
“[The] COVID-19 vaccination reduced the risk of post-COVID-19 cardiac and thromboembolic outcomes. These effects were more pronounced for acute COVID-19 outcomes, consistent with known reductions in disease severity; following breakthrough [or reinfection] versus unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2 [virus causing Covid-19] infection.”
Another study by a group of scientists from Oxford University published in 2021 compared the possibility of thrombocytopenia after Covid-19 infection, and after the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
They concluded that there was an ‘increased’ risk of thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and venous thromboembolism (clotting in veins) in short time intervals after the administration of the first dose of the vaccine.
But they also wrote that these risks were much higher if one got the Covid-19 disease, as compared to the vaccine.
“Importantly, the risks of these outcomes after vaccination were much lower than those associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the same population,” they wrote.
Countries suspended/stopped use of AstraZeneca vaccine for young populations
More than a dozen countries, especially in Europe, suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for an interim period after reports of clotting surfaced in 2021. However, many of them resumed using it a month or so later.
The governments in the UK and Australia have maintained that younger people, especially those below 50, should not take the AstraZeneca vaccine. They recommended alternative vaccines for this age group; Australia recommended Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine for the younger cohort.
Should India have altered its strategy too? The answer heavily rested on the fact that the Indian government did not allow the import of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Therefore, it had limited the options for itself, should a change in strategy have been required.
Moreover, the Indian government had hardly initiated any study, like the other governments, to understand the adverse effects of the vaccine on the younger population after its rollout.
“In order to make a good determination of Covid risk versus vaccine risk to an individual, it would be necessary to have really robust evidence for local transmission situations and clinical risk profiles,” Rath said.
Even though the Astrazeneca vaccine-associated adverse effects were rare, Rath questioned whether India had collected reliable background information as the basis for any potential decision to halt vaccine use in a specific set of the population.
Lack of adverse events monitoring system in India
One of the reasons that a paranoia of sorts has taken over people after the reports of AstraZeneca’s admission is the lack of a proper monitoring mechanism for the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines, or Adverse Effects Following Immunisation (AEFI), in India.
Till date, there is no public platform that the Indian government has built where one can easily look into the data regarding this. As against this, many governments around the world have been transparent.
A case in point is this website of the UK’s drug regulator, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
On this website one can look for the number of adverse reactions caused by each of the three available vaccines in the country – two mRNA vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna, and Novovax. Not only have they put in the public domain how many adverse events occurred, they have also put a summary of how many events were reported and studied to be finally characterised as adverse events.
The US’s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) gives anyone the opportunity to download data for the vaccine’s side effects.
The public availability of this information is one point. Another worrisome point in India, as far as Covid-19 vaccines are concerned, is how one should report if an adverse event has occurred.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India created a toll free number for this. But there were no efforts made to widely circulate that number – definitely much less than the efforts taken to convince people to take vaccines.
There have been reports how registering an AEFI event caused due to Covid-19 vaccination has been an uphill task in India. On the other hand, the MHRA has an easy-to-use ‘yellow card reporting’ website for this.
There have been 180 reported deaths in India following Covid-19 vaccination, but experts don’t rule out some sort of an undercounting here
“Our regulator really needs to learn regarding creating an efficient AEFI reporting system,” CMC’s John said. There have been no post-approval real-life long-term studies in India done by the government to understand how the vaccines performed.
“If such a system [of monitoring] isn’t created, then it is bound to hit the trust of the people in Science. Worse, should an epidemic occur again, how are people going to trust [the vaccines],” John asked.
Other vaccines causing side effects
A panic has now set in among common people. They are questioning why this ‘unsafe vaccine’ was rolled out in India. However, there has been no vaccine against any virus in history which was shown to have 100% safety. Rare side effects have been associated even with those jabs which have been in use for decades now.
“The oral polio vaccine can, in rare instances, lead to vaccine-induced poliomyelitis disease,” Rath explained. He cited another example of the BCG vaccine which, in rare instances, can cause severe inflammation and abscess formation.
It is then not entirely unsurprising – and perhaps not a cause for widespread panic – that the Covid-19 vaccine too can lead to rare adverse events.
बरेली/ शेरगढ़ । शनिवार को सीएचसी की ओपीडी में 207 मरीजों का पंजीकरण किया गया जिनमें खांसी, सर्दी, जुखाम तथा त्वचा रोग संबंधी मरीजों की तादाद ज्यादा रही।
शनिवार को ठंड का इस कदर असर देखा गया कि पर्चा बिंडो पर पहले की अपेक्षा कम मरीज देखने को मिले। चिकित्सा अधीक्षक डॉ गजेंद्र सिंह ने बताया कि सीएचसी की ओपीडी में रोज़ाना सर्दी,जुकाम,त्वचा एवं सांस रोगी पहुंच रहे हैं जिन्हें दवा वितरण के साथ ही ठंड से बचाव का मंत्र दिया जा रहा है वहीं बुजुर्गों एवं बच्चों को पोष्टिक आहार देने के साथ ही उचित देखभाल की सलाह दी जा रही है।
चिकित्सा अधीक्षक डॉ गजेंद्र सिंह ने बताया कि आगामी 10 से 28 फरवरी तक क्षेत्र में फायलेरिया कार्यक्रम चलाया जाएगा जिसकी तैयारियां पूर्ण की जा रही हैं कार्यक्रम की सफलता के लिए स्वास्थ्य कर्मियों को प्रशिक्षित किया जा रहा है। उन्होंने बताया कि अब क्षेत्र वासियों को एक्सरे के लिए इधर उधर भटकना नहीं पड़ेगा इसके लिए सीएचसी में एक्स-रे मशीन की व्यवस्था हो चुकी है। उन्होंने बताया कि एक्सरे टेक्नीशियन की व्यवस्था होते ही एक्सरे करने का कार्य आरंभ कर दिया जायेगा।
इधर सीएचसी में एआरवी प्रभावित मरीज भी पहुंच रहे है बीती एक जनवरी से 13 जनवरी तक तकरीबन 252 लोगों का पंजीकरण किया गया। जिसमें गुरुवार को 40, शुक्रवार को 15 लोगों का वैक्सीनेशन किया गया जबकि शनिवार को 20 लोग रैबीज के टीके लगवाने सीएचसी पहुंचे।
फार्मासिस्ट प्रमोद कुमार ने बताया कि सीएचसी में पर्याप्त मात्रा में एआरवी वैक्सीन उपलब्ध है प्रभावित लोगों को वैक्सीनेशन के करने के साथ ही सतर्कता बरतने की सलाह दी जा रही है।
बरेली/शेरगढ़। ब्लाक शेरगढ़ की एएनएम,आशा संगिनी एवं आशा बहुओं का चार दिवसीय अभिमुखीकरण कार्यक्रम सीएचसी में आरंभ हुआ जिसमें प्रशिक्षकों ने मातृ मृत्यु दर एवं शिशु मृत्यु दर की रोकथाम का मंत्र दिया।
चिकित्सा अधीक्षक डॉ गजेंद्र सिंह की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित चार दिवसीय जागरूकता प्रशिक्षण में गर्भवती महिलाओं का पंजीकरण,उनकी महत्वपूर्ण जांच,संस्थागत प्रसव,शीघ्र स्तनपान पर प्रकाश डाला गया। चिकित्सा अधीक्षक डॉ गजेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि क्षेत्र वासियों को बेहतर स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं उपलब्ध कराने में एएनएम,आशा संगिनी एवं आशा बहुओं की भूमिका सर्वाधिक रहती है ऐसे में उनका जागरूक रहना अत्यंत जरूरी है। उन्होंने एएनएम,आशा संगिनी एवं आशा बहुओं को जिम्मेदारी का पाठ पढ़ाते हुए क्षेत्र वासियों को बेहतर स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं उपलब्ध कराने में सहयोगी की भूमिका निभाने पर जोर दिया।
यूनिसेफ के बीएमसी योगेश शर्मा ने कहा कि आशा संगिनी एएनएम एवं आशा बहुएं गांवों में भ्रमण के दौरान जन्म के 1 घंटे के अंदर शिशु को मां का दूध देने के लिए माताओं को प्रेरित करें। उन्होंने बच्चों का वजन,लंबाई की माप,टीकाकरण,शिशु की उचित देखभाल एवं पौष्टिक आहार पर विस्तृत चर्चा की। वहीं टीवी रोग की रोकथाम के लिए जांच करने के साथ ही प्रत्येक व्यक्ति का गोल्डन कार्ड एवं आभा आईडी बनाने को प्रेरित किया। उन्होंने कहा कि उत्तम स्वास्थ्य जीवन की आधारशिला है इसलिए प्रशिक्षण की बारीकियों को समझें और गांव-गांव जाकर स्वास्थ्य विभाग की योजनाओं का क्रियान्वयन करने में सहयोगी बनें।
कार्यक्रम में एएनएम उमेश चौहान, सलमा, मोनिका, किरन,संगिनी भावना गंगवार,कमलेश,सरिता,निर्दोष तथा आशा बहुएं प्रीति,सावित्री,सर्वेश,रेखा,चित्र रेखा,अर्चना तथा सरोज आदि समेत स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता मौजूद रहे।
इस परिचर्चा में दिल्ली के बीएल कपूर मैक्स सुपर स्पेशलिटी हॉस्पिटल के डायरेक्टर डॉक्टर सज्जन राजपुरोहित मुख्य रूप से उपस्थित रहे। परिचर्चा में कैंसर विशेषज्ञ डॉक्टर सज्जन राजपुरोहित ने उपस्थित लोगों को बताया कि आजकल की आधुनिक चिकित्सा प्रणाली में अब कैंसर का उपचार काफी आसान हो गया है और पहले की तुलना में अब मरीज़ भी बहुत तेजी से ठीक हो रहे हैं।
उन्होंने कहा कि अब कैंसर एक ऐसी बीमारी नहीं रह गई कि जो लाइलाज हो। एक सवाल का जवाब देते हुए उन्होंने बताया कि कैंसर होने का एक विशेष कारण लोगों के जीवन में आजकल सबसे ज्यादा उपयोग में आने वाला फास्ट फूड भोजन भी है। तुलना बताते हुए उन्होंने बताया कि पश्चिम के देशों में कैंसर एक बहुत बड़ी बीमारी बन चुका है क्योंकि भारत की तुलना में पश्चिमी देशों में फास्ट फूड का चलन काफी ज्यादा है। उन्होंने बताया कि 70% से अधिक मामले कैंसर के धूम्रपान की वजह से भी सामने आते हैं, इसलिए धूम्रपान कैंसर का एक बड़ा कारण है।
डॉ सज्जन ने विशेष तौर से लोगों को जागरुक होने पर जोर देते हुए कहा कि कोरोना जैसी बड़ी महामारी के बाद आज हम सभी को बीमारियों और उनके इलाज के प्रति जागरुक होना बहुत आवश्यक है लेकिन खुद डॉक्टर बनने से बचें। खासतौर से माता – पिता को बच्चों के खानपान का सही खयाल रखना बहुत जरूरी है। परिचर्चा में उपस्थित कई गणमान्य व्यक्तियों ने डॉ सज्जन राजपुरोहित से सवाल कर बीमारियों और उनके इलाज के लिए जानकारी प्राप्त की।
इस अवसर पर व्यापार संगठन के जिला अध्यक्ष अनिल अग्रवाल, महानगर अध्यक्ष मनीष अग्रवाल, महानगर महामंत्री अमित शर्मा, सौ फूटा इकाई अध्यक्ष रवि तोमर, संस्कार स्कूल के निदेशक आलोक प्रकाश, उपजा प्रेस क्लब के अध्यक्ष डॉ पवन सक्सेना एवं सचिव आशीष जौहरी, बीएल कपूर मैक्स सुपर स्पेशलिटी हॉस्पिटल के सेल्स एंड मार्केटिंग कंट्री हेड अजय मेहरोत्रा, नॉर्थ इंडिया हेड मुदित त्यागी, धर्मेंद्र गुप्ता, पारस अग्रवाल, वैभव सक्सैना, सचिन खंडेलवाल, पूर्व जिला पंचायत अध्यक्ष संजय सिंह, गंगा चरण ग्रुप के निदेशक डॉ प्रमेंद्र माहेश्वरी आदि मुख्य रूप से उपस्थित रहे। परिचर्चा का संचालन देवेंद्र तिवारी ने किया। कार्यक्रम उपरांत उ0प्र0 उद्योग व्यापार संगठन की ओर से जिलाध्यक्ष अनिल अग्रवाल एवं महानगर अध्यक्ष मनीष अग्रवाल ने डॉ सज्जन राजपुरोहित को स्मृति चिह्न देकर सम्मानित किया।
सीबीगंज (बरेली)। तमाम अव्यवस्थाओं के बीच मेयर उमेश गौतम ने निराश्रितों और महिलाओं को कंबल वितरित किये। जमीन पर बैठे निराश्रितों और महिलाओं ने कंबल के इंतजार में खुले आसमान के नीचे कप कपाती ठंड में बिताए दो घंटे से अधिक।
प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार, सीबीगंज स्थित लोहिया बिहार कॉलोनी के पार्क में शहर के मेयर उमेश गौतम द्वारा कंबल वितरण कार्यक्रम में हिस्सा लिया गया। हालांकि यह कंबल वितरण कार्यक्रम मेयर उमेश गौतम द्वारा ही प्रस्तावित था क्षेत्र की जनता को कड़ाके की ठंड से बचाने के लिए मेयर के द्वारा कंबलों की व्यवस्था की गई थी, इस कार्यक्रम में भाजपा के पूरे लाव लश्कर की उपस्थित के बीच उमेश गौतम ने सरकार की योजनाओं का बखान किया, लगभग दो घण्टे तक चले इस कार्यक्रम में तमाम अव्यवस्थाएं देखी गई, जहां एक तरफ कप कपाती ठंड में दूर-दराज से आई हुई महिलाएं जमीन पर बैठी नजर आईं, वहीं दूसरी तरफ खुले आसमान के नीचे बैठी इन महिलाओं के लिए ठंड से बचने के लिए किसी प्रकार का कोई अलाव जलता हुआ नही दिखा।
शहर के प्रथम व्यक्ति उमेश गौतम ने इस कार्यक्रम में कंबल के अतिरिक्त गर्म टोपी भी वितरित की। मीडिया का ध्यान आकर्षण करने के लिए कुछ देर के लिए मेयर और उनके कारिंदों ने भी जमीन पर बैठ कर लोगों की वाहवाई बटोरी। सुबह 8 बजे से कड़ाके की ठंड में कंबल के इंतजार में जमीन पर बैठी महिलाओं को कम्बल मिलने से कुछ राहत मिली।
इस अवसर पर मेयर उमेश गौतम के सहयोग के लिए क्षेत्रीय पार्षद रचित गुप्ता, वेद राम मौर्य, राम सिंह पाल, के साथ सत्येंद्र प्रजापति, सुखदीश कश्यप, गिरीश चंद्र शर्मा, ज्ञान प्रकाश लोधी, पूरन लाल लोधी, सुदेश कांडपाल, अमन गुप्ता, कृष्णपाल मौर्य, सोमपाल लोधी मौजूद रहे।
बरेली। भोजीपुरा क्षेत्र के धौंरा टांडा में फैमिली हॉस्पिटल दे रहा है कम ख़र्च में अच्छी स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं। डॉ. आई. ए. सिद्दीकी द्वारा संचालित हॉस्पिटल में नगर पंचायत धौंरा टांडा मे स्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धित अच्छी सुविधाओं का लाभ मिल रहा है अगर देखा जाये तो किसी भी हॉस्पिटल में तीन-चार सौ रुपये से कम का पर्चा नही बनता है लेकिन फैमिली हॉस्पिटल में ये फीस मात्र पचास रुपये ही है उसके बावजूद भी अगर किसी मरीज के पास ये भी नही होता है तो उससे वो भी नहीं लिया जाता है। हॉस्पिटल में एक्स-रे, पैथोलॉजी, डेंटिस्ट, आई स्पेशलिस्ट, कॉर्डियो, ECG, फिजिसियन, प्रसव आदि के अनुभवी डॉक्टर अपनी सेवाओं को देने के लिए तत्पर रहते हैं जिससे कि नगरवासियों को अच्छा और सस्ता इलाज़ मिल सके। इस हॉस्पिटल में खून की कमी होने वाली बीमारी में भी खून चढ़ाने की सुविधा उपलब्ध है। फ़ैमिली हॉस्पिटल एक तरह से समाजहित हेतु कार्यरत है।
