Friday, March 30, 2018

Trichy in summer 2018 in The Hindu Trichy 31.3.2018

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/march-scorches-delta-region/article23396655.ece

All religions preach love: Governor

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/all-religions-preach-love-governor/article23378549.ece

Achievements of state in edu field are exemplary: TN Guv

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/trichy/achievements-of-state-in-edu-field-are-exemplary-tn-guv/articleshow/63523598.cms

Setup AIIMS at Sengipatti- News in The Hindu Tiruchi 28.3.2018

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/set-up-aiims-at-sengipatti/article23368737.ece

The Hindu Tiruchi 28.3.2018
TAMIL NADU

Set up AIIMS at Sengipatti: activists
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
TIRUCHI,  MARCH 28, 2018 00:00 IST
UPDATED: MARCH 28, 2018 03:49 IST
Civic activists urge State government to exert pressure on Centre

Civic activists here have urged the State government to exert pressure on the Centre to establish the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital at Sengipatti in Tamil Nadu at the earliest.

They also felt that people of the State should stand united on bringing the facility to Tamil Nadu instead of bickering over the location.

“The State government should not delay any further and mount pressure on the Centre to bring the hospital to Sengipatti,”said M.Sekaran, president, Federation of Consumer and Service Organisations, Tiruchi.

Tracing the developments since the genesis of the proposal, he pointed out that after the Centre announced the proposal on establishing an AIIMS hospital in Tamil Nadu, the State government had suggested five possible places, including Sengipatti. The Central team also decided to go by the merit of the location and go by the marks awarded for various parameters.

The State government too recommended that the hospital can be established at Sengipatti. As the Centre sought some clarifications, some persons started “exerting undue pressure” to establish the hospital at Madurai. The federation had represented the matter to the Prime Minister and the Union Health Ministry requesting them to go by the suitability of the location without bowing to pressure from any quarter. Subsequently, a demonstration was organised at New Delhi pressing that the AIIMS be established at the most suitable location in Tamil Nadu.

Subsequently, the government has given its clarifications suggesting that the hospital can be established at Sengipatti as the other locations. “The Chief Minister has now only reiterated in the Assembly what has been conveyed to the Centre. The people of the State should remain united on the issue so as to ensure that the AIIMS was set up in Tamil Nadu,” Mr. Sekaran.

“Though Tiruchi had been denied such major projects, especially in the health sector previously, we only wanted the hospital to be established in the best suitable and most easily accessible location to all. Sengipatti being centrally located, it will cater to people of all parts of the State” Mr.Sekaran said

Contending that Sengipatti is the most appropriate place for the hospital, N.Ramakrishnan, coordinator, Welfare Organisations of Tiruchi, observed that they were not seeking any favouritism. “Sengipatti is situated at the heart of the State. It has got all required infrastructure and land is readily available,” he pointed out and underlined the need for speeding up the process of setting up the hospital.

M.A.Aleem, former vice principal of the K.A.P.Viswanatham Government Medical College, expressed gratitude to the State government for recommending the establishment of the hospital at Sengipatti, which was located in the central part of the State.

AIIMS at Sengipatti in the Hindu Tiruchi 27.3.2018 18:44 IST

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/appeal-for-hospital/article23365125.ece

The Hindu Tiruchi 27.3.2018 18:44 IST

 

Expedite steps to set up AIIMS at Sengipatti’

MARCH 27, 2018 18:44 IST
UPDATED: MARCH 27, 2018 18:44 IST

Civic activists urge State government to exert pressure on Centre

TIRUCHI

Civic activists here have urged the State government to exert pressure on the Centre to establish the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital at Sengipatti in Tamil Nadu at the earliest.

They also felt that people of the State should stand united on bringing the facility to Tamil Nadu instead of bickering over the location.

“The State government should not delay any further and mount pressure on the Centre to bring the hospital to Sengipatti,”said M.Sekaran, president, Federation of Consumer and Service Organisations, Tiruchi.

Tracing the developments since the genesis of the proposal, he pointed out that after the Centre announced the proposal on establishing an AIIMS hospital in Tamil Nadu, the State government had suggested five possible places, including Sengipatti. The Central team also decided to go by the merit of the location and go by the marks awarded for various parameters.

The State government too recommended that the hospital can be established at Sengipatti. As the Centre sought some clarifications, some persons started “exerting undue pressure” to establish the hospital at Madurai. The federation had represented the matter to the Prime Minister and the Union Health Ministry requesting them to go by the suitability of the location without bowing to pressure from any quarter. Subsequently, a demonstration was organised at New Delhi pressing that the AIIMS be established at the most suitable location in Tamil Nadu.

Subsequently, the government has given its clarifications suggesting that the hospital can be established at Sengipatti as the other locations. “The Chief Minister has now only reiterated in the Assembly what has been conveyed to the Centre. The people of the State should remain united on the issue so as to ensure that the AIIMS was set up in Tamil Nadu,” Mr. Sekaran.

“Though Tiruchi had been denied such major projects, especially in the health sector previously, we only wanted the hospital to be established in the best suitable and most easily accessible location to all. Sengipatti being centrally located, it will cater to people of all parts of the State” Mr.Sekaran said

Contending that Sengipatti is the most appropriate place for the hospital, N.Ramakrishnan, coordinator, Welfare Organisations of Tiruchi, observed that they were not seeking any favouritism. “Sengipatti is situated at the heart of the State. It has got all required infrastructure and land is readily available,” he pointed out and underlined the need for speeding up the process of setting up the hospital.

M.A.Aleem, former vice principal of the K.A.P.Viswanatham Government Medical College, expressed gratitude to the State government for recommending the establishment of the hospital at Sengipatti, which was located in the central part of the State.

PURPLE DAY 2018    DR. M.A.Aleem Neurologist And Epiletologist PURPLE  DAY AMBASSADOR TRICHY  TAMILNADU  INDIA

PURPLE DAY 2018 

 

DR. M.A.Aleem

Neurologist And Epiletologist

PURPLE  DAY AMBASSADOR

TRICHY 

TAMILNADU 

INDIA

EPILEPSY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Since seizures can come without warning, people with epilepsy may be at higher risk of accidents that can cause head injuries, fractures, bruises, drowning, cuts and burns. But you can help minimize these risks and live an active life by taking some extra safety measures and informing people close to you about your condition.

TIPS FOR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY

If you have epilepsy, you can still do most activities as long as you take some extra precautions:1, 2
Carry identification with you at all times, particularly when venturing out alone. Make sure it includes your name, address, an emergency telephone number of a close friend or relative, your doctor’s contact information, a list of your medications and information about your condition. This information will help others around you provide assistance if you have a seizure.

Avoid potentially dangerous places and things at home and work, such as sharp instruments, hot appliances or heavy machinery.

Avoid alcohol because it could interfere with your medication.

Do not drive if you have seizures that are not controlled by medication because having a seizure behind the wheel could result in serious injuries to yourself and others. Check with your doctor and local authorities to determine whether you can drive safely and legally with your condition.

Take extra precautions to make activities like swimming and cycling safer. For example, only go swimming with a competent swimmer who knows about your condition and always wear a helmet while riding a bike. And be sure to talk to your doctor before starting any new sport or activity to make sure it is safe, particularly if your seizures are not well controlled.

For more safety tips, read Living with Epilepsy.

TIPS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Friends, family members and coworkers of people with epilepsy should learn to recognize symptoms of seizures because they are often the first point of contact. Common symptoms include staring and unresponsiveness, twitching of the arms or legs, body stiffening and shaking, falling down, rhythmic but jerky muscle movements, and loss of consciousness or awareness.

SPORTS, LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND TRAVEL

People with epilepsy can participate in most sports and leisure activities by taking a few safety precautions. For example, you can go swimming, but you should take a good swimmer with you and notify a lifeguard about your condition if there is one.

When traveling, it’s a good idea to pack extra epilepsy medicine in case yours is lost or stolen or your return home gets unexpectedly delayed. If you have to make a long journey across time-zones, the lack of sleep and fatigue might trigger a seizure. That’s why it’s best to travel with someone who is familiar with your condition.

WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE HAS A SEIZURE

If you have a friend or family member with epilepsy, it’s important to follow these guidelines in the event of a seizure.

DOs 

Do gently roll the person onto one side.

Do put something soft under the person’s head.

Do loosen tight neckwear.

Do move dangerous objects like furniture if the person is moving.

Do time the seizures and observe the person closely so that you can provide details about the event.

Do keep calm and reassure others nearby.

Do call for an ambulance if the person is injured or has another seizure without fully recovering from the first seizure.

DON'Ts

Don't try to put your fingers or anything else in the person's mouth. It is physically impossible for someone to “swallow” his or her tongue during a seizure.

Don't try to restrain someone having a seizure.

Don't attempt to rouse the person by shake

outing at or shaking him or her.
Don’t leave the person until medical personnel arrives.

Medical tourism: Tiruchi fast catching up with rivals The Hindu TIRUCHI, MARCH 23, 2018 00:00 IST UPDATED: MARCH 23, 2018 04:54 IST C. Jaisankar http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/medical-tourism-tiruchi-fast-catching-up-with-rivals/article23327749.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/medical-tourism-tiruchi-fast-catching-up-with-rivals/article23327749.ece

Medical tourism: Tiruchi fast catching up with rivals

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C. Jaisankar

TIRUCHI,  MARCH 23, 2018 00:00 IST
UPDATED: MARCH 23, 2018 04:54 IST

Call for ‘pragmatic approach over issuance of medical visa to foreign patients’

With a strong medical infrastructure, Tiruchi, a tier-II city, is slowly but steadily emerging as a medical tourism hub next only to Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai in the State.

The emergence of hospitals that boast of quality intensive care units, medical and surgical experts, operation theatres, pre and post-operative care facilities have strengthened the promotional pitch.

Besides extending basic healthcare services, experts say the city has a slew of good hospitals with multi speciality departments to provide quality services at affordable cost. Though the hospitals in Tiruchi primarily promote their names rather than that of medical practitioners, it has well-known experts in various fields such as cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology, ophthalmology and neurology. It has facilities for kidney, liver and eye transplants too.

“There are good signs of Tiruchi being projected as an emerging medical tourism hub. The city boasts of good quality healthcare to treat patients of heart attack and cardiac failure. It can even offer cardiac resynchronisation therapy,” says Senthilkumar Nallusamy, a cardiologist.

Quite a few hospitals in the city are already receiving patients from Southeast Asia and the Middle East including Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Kuwait. Many of them are non-resident Indians employed abroad.

“I get 30 to 40 patients from the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries a month. Depending upon their health issues, they stay three to seven days in Tiruchi for investigation and follow up. What we hear from them is that the investigation and treatment cost is much cheaper than their countries,” says M.A. Aleem, a neurologist in Tiruchi.

Good air connectivity to Tiruchi from Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Middle East is said to be another important reason for patients preferring Tiruchi. Doctors say they can reach their respective hospitals in Tiruchi within four to five hours.

K. Balasubramanian, an orthopaedic surgeon, said the city had good potential to grow as an affordable healthcare centre. “The time has come for the medical fraternity to work out a strategy to attract more foreign patients. The government has to follow a pragmatic approach over issuance of medical visa to foreign patients,” he added.

Times of India Trichy Tamilnadu 23.3.2018 Govt’s choice of AIIMS site riles Madurai campaigners

Times of India Trichy Tamilnadu 23.3.2018
Govt’s choice of AIIMS site riles Madurai campaigners

Mar 23, 2018, 00:46 IST

Madurai/Trichy: Chief Minister Eddapadi K Palaniswami’s disclosure in the assembly on Thursday that the government had decided to recommend Sengipatti in Thanjavur district as the site for setting up the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) has come as a shocker for those who have been campaigning for the premier health institute in Madurai. On the other hand, the decision has cheered up the people of Thanjavur.

It may be recalled that several organisations and trade bodies of Madurai had joined hands to constitute the AIIMS for Madurai movement to demand that the hospital be established at Madurai at all costs. ``If the CM had suggested that AIIMS should come up at Sengipatti it would be a gross injustice to the people of Madurai and also the people of 13 southern districts, for which Madurai is the headquarters. It will be unacceptable and we will launch a protest not only in Madurai, but in Chennai and Delhi too till the hospital is brought here,’’ said the movement’s chief co-ordinator V S Manimaran.
Senior president of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, S Rethinavel said if Sengipatti had been the decided by the government, it was done purely on vested interests and not merit. Former CPM MLA, R Annadurai said that the campaign for AIIMS for Tamil Nadu originated in Madurai, which was the most suited place for the hospital. ``If Madurai is deprived of this facility, a protest would be launched on a large scale,’’ he said.
Meanwhile, M Sekaran, president of the Federation of Service Organisations, said that out of five locations identified by the state government for the project, Sengipatti had an edge on several aspects. “Our stand is that the location should be chosen by the union health ministry based on the challenge method. We want an AIIMS in Tamil Nadu at an easily accessible place to people from all parts of the state,” he said. He also cited an RTI reply which said that Sengipatti scored better than Madurai in the challenge method.
AIIMS for Madurai movement’s Manimaran said that a pipeline of the IOC passed through the land identified in Madurai at Thoppur for the institute. However, even IOC had given a no objection certificate for the establishment of the hospital on the land. He pointed out that the matter was pending before the Madurai bench of the Madras high court. Petitioner K K Ramesh had pleaded for establishing the hospital in Madurai. The court had asked the central government to decide the positive and negative aspects of the locations identified by the Tamil Nadu government in establishing AIIMS and file a report before June 15 this year. ``How, can the CM make such a statement now?’’ he said.
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Dr M A Aleem, who has also been fighting for AIIMS at Sengipatti said that it would will be a suitable place as it was equidistant from all parts of Tamil Nadu. “People from anywhere in Tamil Nadu can reach the location easily because of its geographically central location,” Aleem told TOI.

Sengipatti in Thanjavur district was one of the five locations identified by the Tamil Nadu government in 2014 for the AIIMS.
The state government finalised the sites after the central and state teams of officials visited Sengipatti, Chengalpattu in Kancheepuram, Pudukkottai town, Perundurai in Erode and Thoppur in Madurai in 2015 after the BJP government at the Centre approved establishing AIIMS in Tamil Nadu.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Food should be appropriate for age, sex, weight, work, season and place. Aleem M A, Hakkim A M, Safina Parveen. BMJ 2018;360:k1190

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BMJ 2018 ; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1190 (Published 15 March 2018)

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Re: Food fights

Food should be appropriate for age, sex, weight, work, season and place.

Diet should also match healthy and diseased conditions.

Food should also be according to fasting status, time zone changes, space travel and deep sea travel.

Religions, spirituality, prayers, yoga, sexual acts, sleep patterns and sports activities can also influence food habits.

So in general food should be appropriate for time, space and people in health and disease.

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17 March 2018

M.A. Aleem
Neurologist

A.M.Hakkim., Safina Parveen.,

ABC Hospital . Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital
Annamalainagar Trichy 620018. Perambalure 621212

@drmaaleem

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Indiscriminate burning of plastic waste continues - The Hindu Tiruchi 12.3.2018

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/indiscriminate-burning-of-plastic-waste-continues/article23045181.ece

The Hindu Tiruchi 12.3.2018

Indiscriminate burning of plastic waste continues

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C. Jaisankar
TIRUCHI,  MARCH 12, 2018 09:35 IST
UPDATED: MARCH 12, 2018 20:21 IST

‘After surprise checks, there has been a lull in detecting usage of banned plastic’

At a time when Tiruchi City Corporation is initiating action against those selling banned polythene covers and plastic, complaints of plastics being burnt on road corners and streets continue to pour in.

According to an eyewitness, a woman worker out of ignorance burnt a heap of garbage at a corner on V. O. Chidambaram Road in Cantonment on Saturday.

Plastic mats, polythene covers and plastic boxes were among the garbage that she had lit. Within no time the entire plastic waste became ash but not before polluting the air.

While it was burning, a thick black smog engulfed the area and passersby and morning walkers had a tough time trying to avoid inhaling the noxious air.

Locals say that indiscriminate burning of plastic waste is a regular phenomenon on V.O.C Road and has been going on for quite some time.

V.O.C Road is not an isolated residential locality, where indiscriminate burning of waste happens. In many areas, a section of workers instead of taking the garbage to the dump yard or loading it onto the trucks conveniently dump the garbage on corners and burn them.

Plastic bottles, polythene papers, plastic bags and rubber footwear are some of the articles that are burnt.

Expressing serious concern over the issue, C. Balasubramanian, president, Tiruchi District Exnora, said that some workers might not have realised the impact of burning plastic. But, it was posing danger to the environment. Supervisors and concerned officials of the ward should be made accountable for burning plastic waste on streets, he added.

It has also been noticed that traders, meat sellers, flower merchants, roadside eateries and restaurants were still using banned plastic covers with less than 50 micron. After a few rounds of surprise checks in the city, there has been a lull in detecting usage of banned plastic, Mr. Balasubramanian pointed out.

M.A. Aleem, former vice principal, K.A.P. Viswanatham Medical College, said that inhaling the noxious air would lead to several complications. Constant exposure to polluted air could cause breathing trouble. Elderly persons and children would be the worst hit. It could cause severe headache, eye irritation and lung issues, he said.