Bone, joint clinic in city

Ludhiana: Medanta - The Medicity today announced the launch of super specialty bone and joint clinic in Ludhiana. Dr Sanjiv KS Marya, Chairman, Bone and Joint Institute, Medanta -The Medicity will head the clinic at Medanta Mediconsult Centre located at Sarabha Nagar.

The clinic will offer patients from Ludhiana and neighbouring cities access to world-class care for orthopaedic disorders.

Marya has been in the field of medicine and orthopaedic surgery for over 35 years. He said: “With rising life expectancy, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and surge in incidence of obesity, India is witnessing a resultant rise in orthopaedic problems. With the launch of this facility, we will address this health concern better. Providing preventive care, we will help patients with orthopaedic problems conserve their joints so that they can avoid joint replacement surgery, which should only be the last option.”

Health Minister’s statement absurd: IDPD

Reacting to the statement of Health Minister of Assam Himanta Biswas Sarma that cancer is caused as a result of sins committed by a person or his predecessors, the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) termed it as totally unscientific and absurd. President Dr SS Soodan, senior vice-president Dr Arun Mitra and general secretary Dr Shakeel-Ur-Rahman said such statement that too from a health minister, who is suppose to be the custodian of people’s health, is dangerous and spreading myths and strengthening false beliefs. “Cancer is caused as a result of several factors which may be environmental, due to dietary habits, intake of carcinogenic substances or genetic outlay of a person. It is in no way a divine justice as propounded by the minister. The medical fraternity should refute such obscurantist ideas. There are several myths about healthcare in our society and such ideas from a minster further strengthen such myths and therefore must be refuted scientifically. Instead of taking steps to improve the healthcare delivery system, such statements also seem to be a deliberate attempt to escape the responsibility to provide healthcare to the people of India, who are reeling under heavy economic burden as a result of out of pocket expenditure on health,” said Dr Mitra.

CMC celebrates Newborn Week

The pediatric nursing and pediatric medicine department at the Christian Medical College and Hospital celebrated the Newborn Week on the theme “Reducing gender gap in Neonatal survival – time to act” today.

Unit head neonatology, CMC Hospital, Ludhiana, Inderpreet Sohi, encouraged mothers and relatives to take care of newborn girls.

Balqis Victor, associate professor, obstetrics gynecology department, College of Nursing, spoke on “Diet for Antenatal and post-natal mothers”. Prem Lata Prakash, associate professor, HOD child health nursing department, encouraged mothers for breastfeeding and taught about its benefit, technique and weaning diet.

B Sc and M Sc nursing students prepaid posters on breastfeeding, diet in pregnancy , danger signs of newborn, kangaroo mother care and also put up stalls on clothing for the newborns according to season, diet supplements for mother during pregnancy and gave demonstration on the technique of baby bath. Certificates were distributed to all students.