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U T Khader urges not to sell, consume Maggi noodles

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Bengaluru: Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader has appealed to retailers to not sell Maggi noodles till the test reports are ready in the state and advised people to not buy it.

Mr Khader said he had directed officials to collect random samples from the manufacturing unit in Nanjangud and retail shops in the State. “The test reports will be made public in the next two days,” he said.

The Minister said the samples would be tested in the four Food Safety and Standards Association of India (FSSAI)-identified divisional laboratories, Mysuru-based CFTRI as well as six NABL-accredited private laboratories in the State.

“If required, we will get it tested by laboratories outside the State too,” he said.

FSSAI Deputy Director H.S. Shivakumar said the food safety officers had started surveillance from May 27 as a precautionary measure.

Naresh Bhat, consultant hepatologist and gastroenterologist at Colombia Asia Hospital, said there was no need for people to panic as only long-term regular consumption of the product could affect a person’s health. While MSG can cause certain reactions only in people who are sensitive to it, lead can cause swelling of the brain in children. In adults, it can cause constipation, nerve paralysis, stomach pain and anaemia in some cases, he said.

After samples of Maggi noodles manufactured in March 2014 were found to have high levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead, the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry had directed State governments to get samples of the product tested.

After receiving an official communication from the ministry on Monday, 66 food safety officers in the State have been put on the job of collecting samples.

(Agencies)

Karnataka Health Minister UT Khader appears for MA exam

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Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader on Tuesday appeared for his Master of Arts (M.A.) examination at Austin College here in the state capital.

“Though I am a B.A., LL.B. from Mangalore University and have practical experience through public life as a politician and lawmaker, I wanted knowledge in subjects of my interest such as public administration, politics and governance,” Khader told media persons after writing the first of the five papers for his Master’s.

The 45-year-old Congress legislator from Mangaluru assembly constituency, enrolled as a student of the Karnataka State Open University in 2014 for post-graduation in public administration, 19 years after graduating in arts and law in 1996.

“I am keen on doing post-graduation in subjects that would widen my general knowledge and keep me abreast of the latest information in the field I have been involved over the last two decades,” Khader said.

Like other students of an open university, Khader paid Rs.5,600 as fee for the two-year course and Rs.1,400 to write the first set of five papers.

“As I will be busy with the ensuing gram panchayat polls in my constituency next week, I may have to skip the other papers, as their dates are clashing with poll dates (May 29 and June 1),” he said.

“I will appear for them during the supplementary exams in the next six months with the university’s permission,” Khader said.

Admitting that he could not devote enough time to study the course material due to his occupation as a minister, Khader said he had, however, prepared for the exams by reading the subject text books thoroughly over the last five-six days.

“I have done well and am confident of getting through the papers. More than passing or failing, acquiring as much knowledge as possible is important,” he said.

(Agencies)

Doctors' team from Karnataka leaves for Nepal

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Bengaluru: As many as 10 doctors from Karnatala have left for Nepal to provide medical aid to the earthquake victims.

While six doctors departed on Monday evening from the residence of Health Minister U T Khader, the other four left on Tuesday morning with almost 200kgs of drugs.

According to Minister Khader, the team will treat the patients not only from India but also foreign countries at army camps in Kathmandu.

Dr Srinivas, Dr Manjunath, Dr Ramesh Dr Dakshin Kumar, Dr Asha are Dr Jayanthi among the doctors who have departed to Nepal.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: Bike ambulance service to start from Wednesday

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Bengaluru: The much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances finally hit the streets in Karnataka on Wednesday.

Health Minister U.T. Khader, who launched 30 first responder bike ambulances in Bengaluru on Tuesday, said his department was working at introducing air ambulances in the State by year end. Two companies have evinced interest in taking up the air ambulance project, he said.

Mr Khader terming the bike ambulance project as a “platinum 10 minutes” trauma care initiative. In Bengaluru on Wednesday the bikes will be flagged off by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Aimed at reducing deaths owing to road accidents, the platinum trauma care initiative is useful for negotiating heavy traffic in urban areas where it is difficult for four-wheeler ambulances to reach.

Of the 30 bike ambulances, 21 will be stationed at strategic locations in the city and one each in the districts of Mysuru, Mangaluru, Kalaburgi, Belagavi, Hubbali-Dharwad, Davangere, Tumakuru, Vijayapura and Shivamogga. The initiative will be implemented through GVK-EMRI, the organisation that runs the 108 Arogya Kavacha ambulance service. The bike ambulance rider will be a trained paramedic.

“The paramedic will reach the spot in ten minutes and give first aid and start resuscitation measures to save the victim till the four-wheeler ambulance arrives,” Mr. Khader said. Each bike ambulance will carry 40 medical items, including stethoscope, pulse oximeter, bandages, and IV normal saline, apart from 53 basic drugs. The government has spent nearly Rs. 2 lakh on each bike ambulance.

A year after it was announced, the State government’s road traffic accident relief scheme is all set to be rolled out next week.

Mr. Khader told presspersons on Tuesday that the scheme will be launched by Mr. Siddaramaiah next week. The scheme, implemented with assistance from the Chief Minister’s medical relief fund, aims to bear the treatment cost incurred up to 48 hours of admitting to government empanelled hospitals. It would bear the treatment cost only up to Rs. 25,000.

(Agencies)

Karnataka health minister U T Khader escapes unhurt as his car falls into gorge

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Mangaluru: Karnataka Health Minister and local MLA U T Khader escaped unhurt when his car fell into a 15-feet deep gorge in the wee hours today, police said.

Khader’s car fell into a gorge at Kalkatta, 15 kms from here around 12.45 AM when the driver apparently lost control over the vehicle, police said.

The Minister and his personal assistant, who were returning to the city after taking part in a programme in Manjanady near here, escaped unhurt while the driver was admitted to a to a private hospital with minor injuries.

The car was badly damaged and was lifted from the gorge using a crane.

Khader later told reporters that he was fine and did not make any changes in his programme for the day.

(PTI)

Real time data system to be put in place to curb female foeticide in Karnataka

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Bengaluru: Faced with the challenge of curbing female foeticide which continues despite a ban, the state government is mulling to take the help of technology to fight the same.

Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader who announced the same during the Legislative Council informed that a ‘real-time data system’ will be put in place to ensure that every scanning centre is put under round the clock surveillance.

The system will be put in place within a year said Khader replying to a question on Monday, February 9. Once the system is in place, information from an ultrasound centre will go into a central repository system automatically.

The overall female-male sex ratio in Karnataka rose from 965 to 968 between 2001 and 2011 census, the child sex ratio (between 0 to 6 years) declined from 946 to 943.

24 positive cases of H1N1 reported last week

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Bengaluru: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in the State has doubled, in the past one week. Health Department sources said that from the 24 positive cases reported last week, the number has now jumped to 54. However no deaths have been reported.

Of the total of 54 cases reported in the State from January 1, the majority have been reported in Bengaluru, itself. Of this, 37 cases have been reported in BBMP limits, while two other cases have been reported from Bengaluru Urban jurisdiction. Officials said 268 samples had been tested for H1N1.

Likewise earlier, last month cases were reported in Tumakuru as well, District Vector Borne Disease Control Officer, Dr.H. Veena informed, “Out of four H1N1 cases, three are from Sira taluk and one from Chikkanayakanahalli taluk.” She said they are all recovering from H1N1.

In the month of January, the hospitals in the city were finding it difficult to cope with the situation as the free supply of H1N1 medicine from the Centre has been stopped. The hospitals had been asked to procure it locally, which was turning out to be an expensive affair.

However Health Minister U.T. Khader said the situation was not alarming and it was being monitored.

RGICD Director Shashidhar Buggi attributed the cases to the fluctuating climate. “The flu can be treated if people seek medical advice at the earliest. But most people tend to ignore the symptoms and report it only when the condition worsens”, he said.

(Agencies)

U T Khader files complaint against mischievous WhatsApp message

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Bengaluru: Health Minister U T Khader has filed a complaint against mischief mongers for spreading false rumours about his daughter’s lavish marriage on social media.

The message, which has been spreading on WhatsApp for the past 10 days, reached the Minister when some of his friends, who received the forwarded message, called him to check.

The message carries a picture of a girl decked in gold and stated to be Mr. Khader’s daughter. It calls him “gold Minister”. The photo is not that of his daughter, who is aged 12.

Even some politicians took to social media to ridicule him.

Even some politicians took to social media to ridicule him.

His staff filed a complaint in Vidhana Soudha police station stating that some mischief mongers have misused the social platform to embarrass the Minister and damage his reputation.

The police have registered a case under Information Technology Act and said that they would seek the help of cyber crime officers to trace the person who initiated the message.

Karnataka: Never misguided the House, clarifies U T Khader

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Mangaluru: Clarifying on Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa’s complaint to the chief minister that he had misguided the House with false information, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader said that he had not furbished false information regarding the submission of proposal on increasing the salary of doctors working on contract.

Responding to the queries of media persons here on Sunday, Mr Khader said that the health department had not furbished false information in the Assembly regarding the proposal. “I have personally written to the Assembly Speaker explaining that the information provided by me during the assembly had not been false as alleged by a member of the House, and have provided him all necessary documents related to the proposal,” he said.

In a letter to Speaker Thimmappa dated January 3, 2015, the minister is believed to have provided the details of the proposal on increasing the salaries of doctors working on contract in the state, while also explaining that the information provided by the health department was not false.

Karnataka: Pranavananda Swami booked for insulting Muslims, abusing minister U T Khader

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Mangaluru: Controversial swami and Hindu Mahasabha chief Pranavananda has been booked for abusing Muslims and using derogator words against Karnataka Health and Family Welfare minister U T Khader last week.

Pranavananda, who had visited Gurupur on the outskirts of the city on December 7, had issued apparently provocative statements and called the minister a “loafer”. He also said that Muslims are terrorists.

The vide clipping of Pranavanada’s vulgar speech went viral after Sangah Parivar activists began to share it on WhatsApp and other social media.

Enraged over Pranavananda’s remark, Ullal block Congress president Eshwar lodged a complaint at jurisdictional Ullal police station.

The accused has been booked under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc) and section 298 (uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), and section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the IPC.

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