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              DR VARSHA RATHI                                   Dr Somasheila Murthy   Have ‘Vision’ about eye, else you may lose sight Dr Somasheila Murthy and Dr Varsha Rathi both strongly feel that people should donate eyes By Vikas Vaidya Both are specialists in Ophthalmology. Both have Maharashtra connection. Both are working L V Prasad Eye Institute. Both are doing great work in their respective superspecilities but both are equally modest as it is said that a tree laden with fruits always bends low. Both endeavor with a vision to give sight to visually impaired people. Both are in Nagpur to be a part of ‘Captivating Cornea’, a “Live Surgical Workshop & CME” on the latest technologies in corneal transplantation organised by Departm...

“Women should not ignore incontinence, it has a solution” Dr Rekha Hammarstrom, native of  Nagpur but now in Sweden since the past 30 years, performs TVT procedure By Vikas Vaidya Urinaryincontinence (UI) is any involuntary leakage of urine. Huge number of women (between 5 – 65% depending on different age groups, race and other factors) suffer from incontinence. They feel ashamed as it can happen both at home or in public. It is a social taboo because of which the women do not talk or seek help and thus isolate themselves. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a profound impact on quality of life. There is a solution to it. Originally from Nagpur, now settled in Sweden, Dr Rekha Hammarstrom does Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT) procedure.Dr Rekha Hammarstrom nee Dr Rekha Job did her MBBS, DGO from Government Medical College (GMC), Nagpur. She worked in a Missionary hospital in Raipur with her uncle. She started conducting surgeries immediately after her ...

“Asthama can be controlled by Pranayam” By Vikas Vaidya Asthma is a disease of the airways in the lungs. Its symptoms are caused by inflammation, which makes the airways red, swollen, narrower and extra-sensitive to irritants. This leads to recurrent attacks of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. Dr Sushant H Meshram (Maitreya) MD, FCCP (USA), Fellow Sleep Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical University, USA said that the prevalence of asthma in children is 4.9% and 2.38% in adults. The national burden of asthma 17.23. Adult women living in households using biomass and solid fuels have a significantly higher risk of asthma than those living in households using cleaner fuels. Female sex, advancing age, usual residence in urban area, lower socio-economic status, history of asthma in a first degree relative, and all forms of tobacco smoking were associated with significantly higher odds of having asthma. Dr Meshram who is Asthma and Respiratory Senior Consultant said,...

Will the Cancer Institute at Nagpur remain a distant dream? Central Govt says no provision of financial assistance more than Rs 6 crore By Vikas Vaidya Considering the growing menace of Cancer, Government of India has allocated Rs 3200 crore for Tertiary Cancer Centre. But the dream of establishing Cancer Institute at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur seems to remain a distant dream. A proposal for financial assistance of Rs.378.47 crore has been received by Department of Health and Family Welfare from Government of Maharashtra to establish a comprehensive Cancer Institute at Government Medical College and Hospital at Nagpur. The extant scheme for cancer (The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke-NPCDCS) does not have provisions to consider a proposal of this magnitude. The existing scheme provides for a financial assistance up to Rs.6 crore (Rs.4.80 crore from Central Government and Rs.1.20 ...

Over Rs 100 crore of scholarship amount of colleges in Nagpur pending with government By Vikas Vaidya Most of the private colleges in Maharashtra State are suffering heavily as Maharashtra Government is not clearing the scholarship amount of over Rs 750 crore. The colleges in Nagpur are waiting to get clear the dues of over Rs 100 crore. Though, Shivajirao Moghe, Maharashtra’s Minister for Social Justice always throw the ball in the court of finance department, this time he is very positive as far as disbersing the amount. He has got Rs 50 crore sanctioned from the Finance Department, but still it did not solve the issue of pendency. The demand being made by the colleges and from other sectors also to have some income limit for the students of reserved categories which presently is missing. Earlier Moghe had taken stand of colleges opening accounts of the students and amount need to be deposited to their accounts. Government of Maharashtra had implemented a scheme for payment of ...

Seek approval or charge as per Govt rate only By Vikas Vaidya Adopting a quite tough stance against professional colleges not diligent enough to get their fee structure sanctioned on the basis of audited documents, the Shikshan Shulka Samiti has cautioned that they would be allowed to levy modest fees charged by Government run Colleges. This means, a lot of colleges which are allowed to take benefit of average fees, will have to race against time to submit their proposals or be content with receiving only pittance of what they normally charge, if Samiti remains firm on its decision. Samiti in its recent meeting framed the rules and guidelines for the courses under Medical Education and Higher and Technical Education. While pondering over proposal to finalise the fee structure for Higher and Technical Education and Medical Education, and the overwhelming sentiments expressed during open hearing conducted for fee determination, Samiti decided to crack whip against erring colleges. S...