Nasheman News : At least 12 persons have died and over 30 others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor at a tea garden in Assam’s Golaghat district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday night at Salmira tea estate in Golaghat, 300 km from here.

“We have got 12 bodies here at the Golaghat Civil Hospital. Apart from these, there are reports of death of people from adjoining areas of the tea estate,” Golaghat Additional Deputy Commissioner Dhiraj told IANS.

He said they have referred 27 others to the Jorhat Medical College for better treatment and condition of some is serious.

Locals said several people consumed liquor in the estate from a particular seller on Thursday night. Several of them took ill immediately and many have not even been hospitalised.

They also complained about a nexus between police authorities and illegal liquor sellers.

[Nasheman news] New York Active, middle-aged men who can complete more than 40 push-ups at a time had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes compared to those who did less than 10 push-ups, says a new study.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that men who are able to do more than 40 push-ups had a 96 per cent reduced risk of CVD events compared with those who were able to do less than 10 push-ups. 

In addition, push-up capacity was more strongly associated with lower incidence of cardiovascular disease events than was aerobic capacity as estimated by a submaximal treadmill exercise test.

For the study, the researchers from Harvard University analysed health data from 1,104 active male firefighters whose mean age was 39.6. 

During the 10-year study period, 37 CVD-related outcomes were reported. 

“Our findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy, no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease risk in almost any setting,” said lead author Justin Yang at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the US. 

The results are not generalisable to women, men of other ages or who are less active, the researchers noted.

Live Total Knee Arthroplasty surgery was performed at Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal in association with Karnataka Orthopaedic Association. The live surgery was performed using latest minimally invasive techniques, implants and recent advancements in the field of joint replacement.

Dr. Ravi Kelkar is one of the veteran doctor in the field of Orthopaedics, who has performed more than 4,000 knee replacement surgeries co-ordinated the programme. The surgery was performed between 9:30am and 11:30am.Post the surgery ‘hands on saw bone workshop’ was conducted, where the delegates performed on the prototypes and experienced the Total Knee Arthroplasty surgery. The workshop also consisted of Live surgery and lecture sessions on topic related to Total Knee Arthroplasty from eminent faculties.

Over 2,000 delegatesfrom India and overseas attended the event to understand the latest trends in the field of orthopaedics. This live knee replacement surgery was designed to deliver enhance education on Total Knee Arthroplasty which will help orthopaedic surgeons to improve their skills and also help to clear myths about this procedure. 

“Knee replacement surgeries are very beneficial for patients who are suffering from chronic knee problems. The surgery helps patients return to their active lifestyle soon. We have performed the surgery live, so that it helps in providing an educative experience to the medical students” said Dr. Ravi Kelkar, Consultant Orthopaedics, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal.

About Columbia Asia

Columbia Asia is an international private healthcare company founded by an American entrepreneur, Mr. Daniel Baty in 1996. From the outset, Columbia Asia envisioned to provide quality, affordable healthcare services easily accessed by people wherever they live – driven by our vision statement, a passion for making people better.It is owned by an investment fund, International Columbia US, LLC (ICU). In 2016, Mitsui & Co., a Japanese conglomerate with deep operating experience in Asia joined as a shareholder in ICU.

Today, Columbia Asia is one of the largest and fastest growing hospital groups in Asia. It currently has 12 hospitals in Malaysia, 11 in India, 2 in Vietnam and 3 in Indonesia. 

With no more than 200 beds per hospital, it leverages modern technology to provide efficient specialist care and to reduce length of hospital stays which results in more cost-effective care. The hospitals of Columbia Asia provide a wide array of specialist services such as General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Bariatric surgery and more.  These are appropriately supported by ancillary services that include an Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Care Unit, Physiotherapy, Laboratory, Pharmacy and Imaging.  

At Columbia Asia, strict clinical governance, ethics and excellence is demanded.

Nasheman News :  Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to be shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital for examination, a BJP official said here on Thursday.

“The Chief Minister will be shifted to the AIIMS for a regular check up either later today or on Friday. It is a routine check up. He is expected to be admitted to AIIMS for 48 hours,” the Bharatiya Janata Part official said, requesting anonymity.

The former Defence Minister is suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in February last year. He has been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York since then.

On Wednesday while presenting the state budget for 2019-20, he made a brief speech from his chair, even as he was strapped with medical paraphernalia.

Nasheman News : Even though the number of leprosy cases have steadily declined worldwide, an estimated two lakh cases continue to be reported every year, with India accounting for more than half, said World Health Organization (WHO).

“Leprosy-related discrimination, stigma and prejudice are the most powerful barriers to ending leprosy for good, especially given the disease is 100 per cent curable when detected early,” said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia.

According to WHO, apart from India, a significant number of leprosy cases are detected in the Southeast Asia region, Brazil, sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific.

“Though leprosy is often equated with serious deformity and disability, the percentage of patients having these symptoms is down to six per cent, demonstrating the disease is being diagnosed earlier than ever,” Singh added.

She further noted that core public health interventions such as active case-finding, improved treatment regimens and strengthened surveillance continue to drive down leprosy’s incidence and spread, but the disease’s bio-social components must be brought to the fore.

“As outlined in WHO’s Global Leprosy Strategy 2016-2020, policies that promote inclusion and aim at ending leprosy-related discrimination, stigma and prejudice should be at the front and at the centre of all leprosy programmes, as powerful tools to achieve a leprosy-free world,” she noted.

Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that Arun Jaitley, who is in the United States for medical treatment, was in good health and recovering rapidly.

Jaitley, who ran the finance ministry, would not be presenting the interim budget on Feb. 1, news agency Reuters reported quoting its sources. The government has not commented on his medical condition.

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Nasheman News : An alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand after 11 people died of swine flu in less than one month, mostly in Dehradun, health officials said on Thursday.

“We have issued an alert and are taking all measures that are required in the wake of swine flu cases,” Dr Tara Chand Pant, Director General Health, said here.

Almost one death related to swine flu is being reported after every two days since the first case became known in January. 

On Wednesday, a one-year-old child died of H1N1 virus at a private hospital here, raising fresh concern over the rapidly spreading cases in the hill state.

Doctors said though most of the cases were being reported from Dehradun and Haridwar, a couple of people have been affected by the virus in the hill districts of Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag also. 

“HIN1 is like a seasonal influenza which can be cured just like cold,” said Dr Pant. However, Dr Pant said in case the patient is affected with weak immune system as in the case of old age or infants or diabetes, then the condition may deteriorate.

A total of 95 samples have been sent for laboratory tests to New Delhi. Till now, nearly 25 cases have been tested positive, of which 11 people are still admitted in various hospitals in the state including Dehradun. 

Three others infected with the virus have been discharged after being treated, he said.

“We are fully prepared to deal with the situation. There are a total of 176 isolation beds in different hospitals in the state where patients with the swine flu symptoms can be admitted without delay. Also, we have enough stock of medicines,” Dr Pant said.

He dismissed the suggestion that lack of sample testing facility in Uttarakhand was responsible for delays in treatment leading to higher mortality rate and said the doctors have been advised to prescribe the medicines of swine flu immediately in case of symptoms. 

Nasheman News : BJP President Amit Shah was on Sunday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here where he was admitted after contracting swine flu.

“With the grace of god I am fully healthy now and have come home after being discharged from the hospital. I am grateful to all of you for wishing me speedy recovery,” the BJP National President said in a tweet in Hindi.

Earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s media cell convenor Anil Baluni had confirmed the news.

“It’s a matter of joy, happiness that our President Amit Shahji has been discharged from AIIMS. He is completely healthy and have reached his residence. Thanks to all the well wishers and party cadres for their wishes,” Baluni tweeted.

Shah, 54, was admitted on Wednesday. He was under the observation of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria.

Nasheman News : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who left for the US for medical treatment, has been diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer and may not be able to present this years Interim Budget on February 1, sources said.

Jaitley had left for the US on Sunday for what was believed to be a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment. However, sources said he was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma, a rare type of cancer, and decided to go for treatment in New York.

There was no word on when he was likely to return, but some sources said he was expected back on January 19, but others said it could be later. 

Jaitley, 66, had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14 last year. Officials have been tight-lipped about the trip which has come at a time when the Finance Ministry is busy with the preparations of the vote-on-account budget to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 1 — his sixth and the last by the BJP-led NDA government in its current term.

By convention, an interim budget normally does not contain fresh proposals, especially relating to taxation measures. But the coming vote-on-account budget may spring some surprises like increase in the exemption threshold for income tax assessees and some measures to address agrarian unrest.

Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS last year in early April following which he underwent dialysis. He had a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018. In his absence, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of Finance Ministry on May 14.

Jaitley stopped attending office at the beginning of April and was back in North Block – the seat of Finance Ministry – on August 23. 

Earlier, in September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery on account of severe diabetics. 

The doctor said the patient is recognising people but is still not conscious and his mind is completely under the influence of the ‘PUBG’ game.

Nasheman News : The PUBG online game addiction has landed a fitness trainer in hospital in the sixth such case in the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir.

As per reliable sources, a fitness trainer (name not disclosed), got addicted to play PUBG online nearly ten days ago and ultimately he was admitted to the hospital when after completing one of the rounds, he started hitting him with blows and injured himself.

“The patient is unstable at the moment and has partially lost his mental balance,” a doctor (neurologist) treating him, pleading anonymity said.

He said that he is recognising people but is still not conscious and his mind is completely under the influence of the ‘PUBG’ game.

“He is under observation and we have started the treatment. We are hopeful that he will be fine in days,” said a doctor.

However, hospital sources added that it was the sixth case in a row reported in the winter capital, adding, “these are the case that has been examined and diagnosed after the patients were brought to the hospital but we apprehend that there might be many other such cases existing around but either left ignored or not being understood by the families.”

 The doctors however, have appealed to the people to keep watch on their children especially when they prefer to sit alone and operate mobile phones for long hours.

“The night hour mobile use should not be ignored and if possible, the cellphones should not be in the custody of their children during night time to prevent them from entering into trauma, which could be fatal if remains unchecked,” they added.

Meanwhile the locals have also appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to raise the concern at the right corner and get such kind of “life-threatening” online games banned in the state and the country has well.

Pertinently China’s Online Gaming Ethics Review Committee last year in December has reviewed 20 games for containing “ethics risk” and nine of these games have been reportedly banned including “Fortnite” and “PUBG”, whereas corrective action has been proposed for the remaining 11.

‘Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds'(PUBG) is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole.

In the game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves.

The available safe area of the game’s map decreases in size over time, directing surviving players into tighter areas to force encounters.

The last player or team standing wins the round.