A new AIIMS in Bhatinda

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of a new AIIMS at Bhatinda in Punjab under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The institution shall have a hospital with capacity of 750 beds which will include Emergency/Trauma Beds, Ayush Beds, Private Beds and ICU Speciality & Super Speciality beds. In addition, there will be an Administration Block, Ayush Block, Auditorium, Night Shelter, Hostels and residential facilities … (PIB, 27th July, 2016)

National Plan of Action for Children 2016 under preparation

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has drafted the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) 2016. The NPAC 2016 is based on the principles embedded in the National Policy for Children 2013(NPC 2013) and provides a road-map that links the policy objectives to actionable programmes and strategies as well as indicators for monitoring the progress. In alignment with the NPC 2013, the rights of the children are categorized under four key Priority Areas: Survival, Health and Nutrition; Education and Development (including Skill Development); Protection and Participation.

The draft NPAC defines objectives, sub-objectives, strategies, action points and indicators for measuring progress under the four key priority areas and also identifies key stakeholders for the implementation of different strategies. The first draft is already in the public domain; i.e.; on the website of the Ministry (http://wcd.nic.in/acts/national-plan-action-children-2016). The Ministry is currently finalizing the draft based on comments and suggestions received from other Ministries/Departments/Governments of States/UTs/Individuals and civil society organizations … (PIB, 25th July, 2016)

Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future

An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches. The reason?

It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future.

Although most cockroaches don’t actually produce milk, Diploptera punctate, which is the only known cockroach to give birth to live young, has been shown to pump out a type of ‘milk’ containing protein crystals to feed its babies.

The fact that an insect produces milk is pretty fascinating – but what fascinated researchers is the fact that a single one of these protein crystals contains more than three times the amount of energy found in an equivalent amount of buffalo milk (which is also higher in calories then dairy milk).

Clearly milking a cockroach isn’t the most feasible option, so an international team of scientists headed by researchers from the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India decided to sequence the genes responsible for producing the milk protein crystals to see if they could somehow replicate them in the lab.

"The crystals are like a complete food - they have proteins, fats and sugars. If you look into the protein sequences, they have all the essential amino acids," said Sanchari Banerjee, one of the team, in an interview with the Times of India.

Not only is the milk a dense source of calories and nutrients, it’s also time released. As the protein in the milk is digested, the crystal releases more protein at an equivalent rate to continue the digestion.

"It’s time-released food," said Subramanian Ramaswamy, who led the project. "if you need food that is calorifically high, that is time released and food that is complete. This is it."

It’s important to point out that this dense protein source is definitely never going to be for those trying to lose weight, and probably isn’t even required for most western diets, where we are already eating too many calories per day.

But for those who struggle to get the amount of calories required per day, this could be a quick and easy way to get calories and nutrients.

"They're very stable. They can be a fantastic protein supplement," said Ramaswamy.

Now the researchers have the sequence, they are hoping to get yeast to produce the crystal in much larger quantities- making it slightly more efficient (and less gross) than extracting crystals from cockroach’s guts. 

Who needs kale and quinoa when you have cockroach milk supplements?

…Yeah, we aren’t 100 percent convinced either. But if it helps alleviate the food shortages we’ll have to deal with this generation, we’ll take it.

The research was published in IUCrJ, the journal of the International Union of Crystallography. 

Source - http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-show-why-we-should-all-start-drinking-cockroach-milk

Good News Regarding Smoking

Johnson & Johnson Finally Admits: Their Baby Products Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Mothers have that natural instinct and they care about one thing only. The health of their children. We all know this is huge importance of them so they care about the food they eat, the physical activity they have, the toxins they are exposed to and many, many other things. Sometimes, they do mistakes which are not aware of it, mistake for example like this:

They bath their children every night with the Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest manufacturer products for baby care. Did you know that this products are filled with toxins which cannot be even near the baby’s skin? Probably not. Well it is time for you to find out what these products do for your baby’s skin and its immune system in general. 

The immune system of your child – Toddler or baby, it doesn’t matter, has one delicate immune system. If you put it into bubbles, it won’t be exposed to pathogens and bugs which can be helpful for the work of its immune system and the growth of their other systems. Chronic illnesses, autoimmune issues and poor health can be the side effects of exposing your child to toxins and unnatural ingredients.

The products of Johnson & Johnson are testing your child’s immune system and trigger many immune responses as irritating skin, and leave the immune system vulnerable and it easily can get other pathogens and diseases.

The dangerous ingredients of Johnson & Johnson – Do you read the labels on the backside of the product you buy from this company and why not? Grab the nearest product of it and start reading. Many products that are written on the backside cannot be pronounced and you never even heard about them. The 1, 4- dioxane is one of the toxins that can be found in this products and it is linked to many skin irritations, headaches and liver damage. Also, quaternium- 15 is one of the carcinogens which is found in Johnson & Johnson, it releases formaldehyde and reacts to skin over time.

Alternatives – The Manufacturers declare that they are working on this problem, they are in process of removing the toxic ingredients of the products but this kind of process takes time. This company which you are giving your money to, damages the health of your family and you should stop buying and consuming them.

The problem is strictly in America, other countries have toxin- free Johnson & Johnson products, Sweden, Japan, Norway, Africa, Finland and Denmark.     Companies like Burt’s Bees make healthy products and are good as alternative. Also, Little Twig, Aveeno, Baby Hanics, California Baby are good alternatives, try them all and decide what is best for your baby. Always make best choices for your child, protect him and make everything around him better as much as you can.

Source - http://www.fhfn.org/johnson-johnson-finally-admits-baby-products-contain-cancer-causing-chemicals/

डेंगू की समीक्षा

• डेंगू यह एक विषाणु से होने वाली बीमारी है जो Aedes aegypti की मादा मच्छर से पैदा होती है। 
• डेंगू एक सूचनीय बीमारी है. सभी स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रदाताओं के लिए हर डेंगू के मामले को स्थानीय अधिकारियोंको हर सप्ताह, (दैनिक संचरण अवधि के दौरान) निर्धारित प्रारूप में सूचित करना होगा जैसे, जिल्हा स्वस्थ अधिकारी/जिल्हा के सी. एम. ओ., और नगर निगम के नगर स्वास्थ्य अधिकारी, नगर निगम।
• सामान्यतः डेंगू वायरस के चार अलग अलग सीरम प्रकार रहे हैं। Den 1, Den 2, Den 3 and Den 4. व्यक्ती को अपने जीवनकाल के दौरान चार बार डेंगू हो सकता है।
एक सीरोटाइप से संक्रमण केवल उस विशेष सीरोटाइप के लिए आजीवन उन्मुक्ति (immunity) प्रदान करता है।
• दूसरी डेंगू संक्रमण आमतौर पर पहले से ज्यादा गंभीर है।
• डेंगू से संबंधित चार बीमारिया हैं: अविभाजित बुखार, डेंगू बुखार, डेंगू रक्तस्रावी बुखार, डेंगू आघात सिंड्रोम।
• डेंगू के मुख्य लक्षण तेज बुखार, गंभीर सिर दर्द, पीठ दर्द, जोड़ों में दर्द, मतली और उल्टी, आंख में दर्द और दाने होते हैं।
• रेट्रो कक्षीय दर्द, आंखों में दर्द का एहसास, या पालक झपकते वक़्क़त आंखों पर दबाव, यह डेंगू बुखार से संबंधित की विशेषता है।
• डेंगू रक्तस्रावी बुखार डेंगू बुखार के और अधिक गंभीर रूप है।
• एक मरीज को केवल NS1 और  IgM (not IgG) का उपयोग कर परीक्षण के RDT तकनीक के आधार पर डेंगू के संभावित मामले के रूप में घोषित किया जा सकता है। 
• IgM रक्त परीक्षण सकारात्मक (पॉजिटिव) होने के लिए 5 दिन लग  सकते है।
• तापमान का गिरना एक धोकादायक अवधी होता है। तथा ज्यादा बुखार से कम बुखार होने वाली परिस्थिति ज्यादातर बीमारी के 3 दिन बाद उत्पन्न होती है। अक्सर लोगों को अस्पताल से छुट्टी पर जोर देते हैं जब बुखार खत्म हो गया है या एक बार बुखार खत्म हो गया है तो भर्ती कराना नहीं चाहते हैं।
• सिस्टोलिक (upper ) रक्तचाप (blood pressure) में गिरावट और  नाड़ी दबाव (pulse pressure) में गिरावट यह खतरनाक नैदानिक लक्षण है।  
• जब तक प्लेटलेट गिनती 10,000 से कम है या सहज रक्तस्राव की उपस्थिति नहीं है, तब तक प्लेटलेट चढ़ाने की आवश्यकता नहीं होती है, 
• एक लाख से कम प्लेटलेटस काउंट डेंगू रक्तस्रावी बुखार या डेंगू आघात सिंड्रोम का प्रतीक है।
• उच्च जोखिम वाले रोगियों की पहचान के लिए:20 का फॉर्मूला याद
• 20 से नाड़ी में वृद्धि
• 20 से अधिके  ऊपरी रक्तचाप (upper blood pressure) में पतन
• 20 प्रतिशत से अधिक से hematocrit में वृद्धि
• प्लेटलेट्स में तेजी से गिरावट 20,000 से कम 
• बंधन परीक्षण के बाद हाथ पर एक इंच में 20 से अधिक रक्तस्रावी धब्बे
• ऊपरी और निचले रक्तचाप के बीच 20 से कम का अंतर   

ऐसे रोगियों में तुरंत 20 मिलीलीटर  / किग्रा / घंटा, पर द्रव को बदलना प्रारंभ करे, और निकटतम चिकित्सा केंद्र में तुरंत अवलोकन के लिए ले जाये।
संक्रमण होने की संभावना को कम करने का सबसे अच्छा तरीका यह है की मच्छर जहा पनपते है उन स्थानों को खत्म करना ।

प्लास्टिक कंटेनर, बाल्टी, ड्रम आदि है कि में और घर के आसपास पानी पकड़ कवर रखा जाना चाहिए या ठीक से खारिज कर दिया जाना चाहिए।

घर के बाहर रखे हुए पानी के कंटेनर, पालतू पशु के पिने के पानी के कंटेनर, फूल बागान में गमले, हफ्ते में एक बार खली करके अच्छे से साफ़ करने चाहिए।

यह पोस्ट डॉ. के. के. अग्गरवाल सर के लेख से अनुवाद किया है।

आपका
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Original Article by Dr. K. K. Aggarwal

Revisiting Dengue

• Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection transmitted by female Aedes aegypti mosquito. • Dengue is a notifiable disease. All healthcare providers are required to notify every dengue case to local authorities i.e. District Health Officer/CMO of the district concerned and Municipal Health Officer of the Municipal Corporation/Municipality concerned every week (daily during transmission period) in prescribed format. • There are four different serotypes of dengue virus: Den 1, Den 2, Den 3 and Den 4. A person can have dengue 4 times during his lifetime. • Infection from one serotype produces lifelong immunity only for that particular serotype. • The second dengue infection is usually more severe than the first one. • The four dengue-related illnesses are: Undifferentiated fever, dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue shock syndrome. • The main symptoms of dengue are high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains, nausea and vomiting, eye pain and rash. • Retro-orbital pain presenting as pain in the eyes or pressure on eye movement is characteristic of dengue-related fever. • Dengue hemorrhagic fever is the more severe form of dengue fever. • A patient can be declared as probable case of dengue only on the basis of RDT technique of testing by using NS1 or IgM (not IgG). • IgM blood test may take 5 days to become positive. • The critical period is during defervescence - transition from the febrile to the afebrile stage - and usually occurs after the 3rd day of illness. Often people insist on a discharge from the hospital when the fever is over or do not want to get admitted once the fever is over. • The two dangerous clinical signs are falling systolic (upper) blood pressure and fall in pulse pressure. • Platelet transfusion is not required unless platelet count is less than 10,000 or there is presence of spontaneous bleeding. • A platelet count of less than one lakh signifies dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. • Remember the Formula of 20 to identify high risk patients: o Rise in pulse by 20 o Fall in upper blood pressure by more than 20 o Rise in hematocrit by more than 20 percent o Rapid fall in platelets to less than 20,000 o More than 20 hemorrhagic spots on the arm in one inch after tourniquet test o Difference between upper and lower blood pressure is less than 20 Start fluid replacement at 20 ml/kg/hour immediately in such patients, and shift to nearest medical center for observation. • The best way to reduce chances of getting the infection is to eliminate the places where the mosquito breeds. Plastic containers, buckets, drums etc. that hold water in and around the home should be kept covered or discarded properly. Outdoors, water containers like pet and animal water containers, flower planter dishes should be emptied and scrub cleaned at least once a week.


Dr K K AGGARWAL

Hospital Fined 8.38 Lakhs for Medical Negligence in Chennai

A decade and a half after a hip surgery bungle at Bharati Raja Hospital in Chennai, it has been ordered by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to pay the patient Rs. 8.38 lakhs. Davig Tyagraj, a lawyer involved in a road accident in 2000, was admitted at Bharati Raja Hospital in Chennai. The doctor, alleged to be negligent, conducted a hip surgery using poor quality plates, leading to delayed treatment, and also undertaking the procedure without appropriate knowledge. The patient ended up suffering from permanent disability. Allegations were also charged against the hospital for having poor infrastructure, leading to referral of the patient to another hospital for a CT scan. Dr. Nahappa, the accused doctor, claimed that the patient was under observation for two days with the surgery performed on the third day, claiming that complete surgery could not have occurred immediately. He also recommended that the patient consult another doctor, who suggested total hip replacement, but no clarification was given on why he was referred or asked to go to another facility. He further claimed the patient did not follow up with the post operation regime suggested. Finding the doctors submissions to be erroneous, the court found him guilty of multiple counts of negligence, leading to a Rs. 1 lakh fine to the hospital, on top of Rs. 6.18 lakh for medical expenses, on top of another lakh for loss of income and litigation fees of Rs. 20,000.

WHO encourages countries to act now to reduce deaths from viral hepatitis

 

Ahead of World Hepatitis Day falling on 28th July 2016, WHO is urging countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. 

Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated. Around the world 400 million people are infected with hepatitis B and C, more than 10 times the number of people living with HIV. An estimated 1.45 million people died of the disease in 2013 – up from less than a million in 1990.

“The world has ignored hepatitis at its peril,” said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. “It is time to mobilize a global response to hepatitis on the scale similar to that generated to fight other communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.”

 

In May 2016, at the World Health Assembly, 194 governments adopted the first ever Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis and agreed to the first-ever global targets. The strategy includes a target to treat 8 million persons for hepatitis B or C by 2020.

Humanity Alive

Reference - Patrika Tue 12 July 2016

Community Service on 9th of every month

The Hon’ble Prime Minister has urged all doctors to examine pregnant women free of cost, on 9th of every month, and suggested that doctors give 12 days in 12 months to this noble cause.
The recently introduced “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)” provides the platform for collaboration between public and private health sectors with the aim of ensuring quality antenatal care to over 3 crore pregnant women every year.
The PMSMA has been designed to provide complete and quality ANC to women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy on the 9th day of every month. Essentially, these services are to be provided by the Medical Officers and (Ob Gyn/MBBS) specialists.
In Public Health facilities, where such trained manpower is not available, State Governments have been asked to collaborate with the specialists/doctors from the private sector and engage the services from Private Practitioners (Ob Gyn/MBBS) on voluntary basis for the PMSMA.
Facilities can also be provided at private clinics and institutions volunteering to provide free antenatal services under the PMSMA.
One ultrasound has been recommended for all pregnant women during the second/third trimesters of pregnancy. If required, States have been asked to arrange for USG services in a public-private partnership mode.
If each and every pregnant woman in India is examined by a doctor and appropriately investigated at least once during the PMSMA, the Abhiyan can play a critical and crucial role in reducing the number of maternal deaths in our country.
Indian Medical Association has pledged its support to this movement and will join hands with the State Governments to make this movement a phenomenal success. We request all leaders to propagate this among your members.

Source : an update posted by Dr. K. K. Aggarwal @ eMediNexus.com

Eating more fruits and vegetables predict happiness and satisfaction with life

Eating more fruits and vegetables predict happiness and satisfaction with life New research suggests that eating more fruits and vegetables can also increase levels of happiness later in life. In a study to be published in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers found that alterations in fruit and vegetable intake were predictive of later alterations in happiness and satisfaction with life. People who had been eating almost no fruits and vegetables and changed their diet to include fruits and vegetables per day experienced an increase in life satisfaction comparable to finding employment from an unemployed state. Their level of happiness increased incrementally for each extra daily portion of fruit and vegetables up to eight portions per day. The improvement in well-being was observed within 2 years of the study participants improving their diet. The study examined food diaries of 12,385 randomly sampled Australian adults over 2007, 2009, and 2013 in the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. A collaboration between the University of Warwick, England and the University of Queensland, Australia, it is one of the first major scientific attempts to explore psychological well-being beyond the well-known finding that fruits and vegetables can reduce risk of diabetes, cancer and heart attacks. (Source: Science Daily)
Courtesy : Dr K K AGGARWAL http://www.emedinexus.com/ apge

नामी अस्पताल का कारनामा !!

दोस्तो,

आज मैं  आपके साथ एक किस्सा शेयर करने जा रहा हु, जिसे पढ़कर आप १ मिनिट जरूर सोच में पड़ जायेंगे।  

यह एक व्यक्तिगत अनुभव है और कुछ दिन पहले ही मैंने एक न्यूज पेपर में इसे पढ़ा और आप सभी दोस्तों के साथ शेयर करना जरुरी समझा।  

बड़े-बड़े नामी अस्पतालों का तो बुरा हाल है। 

अनुभव लिखने वाले व्यक्ती बतातें है की वे फेब्रुवरी 2015 में एक बड़े शहर के एक बहुत बड़े नामी अस्पताल में अपनी हार्ट प्रॉब्लम को लेकर उसी अस्पताल के प्रमुख में से एक और जाने माने डॉक्टर साहब से मिले। Rs.800/- उनकी consultation fees जमा की। उन डॉक्टर साहब ने जहां पहले इलाज चल रहा था उस शहर के रिकार्ड्स और पुरानी रिपोर्ट्स देख कर कहा कि उनके 3 valve ख़राब हैं। इन्हें बदलना होगा। खर्चा बताया 7.5 लाख रुपये। उनका 2D echo test भी किया गया और तब भी यही बताया गया। 

उस नामी अस्पताल के ही एक और निदेशक हैं जो की पेशंट के किसी सहयोगी के जान पहचान वाले थे, उनके ही reference वह उन्हें मिले। तब निदेशक साहब ने जो जाने माने डॉक्टर साहब है उनसे बात की और पेशंट को 5.75 लाख जमा करने को कहा। उन्होंने पैसे जमा कर दिए और एडमिट हो गए। चेक उप शुरू हो गए। और सर्जरी की तारीख12 मार्च  दी गयी।  

लेकिन 11 March की रात में जो लिस्ट release की गयी, उसमें उनका नाम ही नहीं था। अगली सुबह जब डॉक्टर साहब राउंड पर आये तो पता चला कि पेशंट के यूरिन में इन्फेक्शन है, उसका ट्रीटमेंट होगा और तब सर्जरी होगी। ट्रीटमेंट  में सुबह-शाम एंटीबायोटिक इंजेक्शन्स लगने थे। 6 दिन का कोर्स था। नामी अस्पताल रुम का किराया प्रति दिन 8000/- था। तो उन्होंने डिस्चार्ज ले लिया और बाहर किसी गेस्ट हॉउस में रहकर ट्रीटमेंट लेने लगे। 

5 दिन बाद उनके एक मित्र ने कहा कि एक बार cross check के लिए कहीं और भी echo कर लेना चाहिए, उनके कहने पर वह दूसरे जाने माने हार्ट अस्पताल में गए और वहां 2D echo कराया जिसमे 3000/- खर्चा आया।  उन लोगों ने बताया कि 01 valve खराब है। उसकी सर्जरी करके बदलने (replace) की कीमत बतायी सिर्फ 3.75 लाख।

अब सब बहुत confused हो गए क्योंकि पहले जिस नामी अस्पताल उनका 5.75 लाख जमा था। वह लोग फिर निदेशक साहब से दोबारा मिले और उनको हार्ट अस्पताल की echo रिपोर्ट दिखाई। 

निदेशक साहब सर पकड़ कर बैठे रहे, उनका पूरा स्टाफ  करीब 8-9 लोग उस समय उनके चैम्बर में थे, निदेशक साहब करीब 30-40 सेकण्ड के शांत रहने के बाद बोले कि - "यार मैं तो ०००० से (उस नामी डॉक्टर का नाम लेकर) पहले दिन से कह रहा हूँ कि आपका एक ही valve खराब है, लेकिन क्या करें, हम लोगों पर इतना प्रेशर रहता है।" He was shocked to hear this. उनका सारा स्टाफ एक दूसरे की शकल देखता रहा। उनके चेहरे पर शर्मिंदगी और पेशंट उनकी फैमिली के चेहरे पर असंतोष के भाव थे। 

उन्होंने कहा निदेशक साहब हम आपके पास फलाँ व्यक्ति के रेफरेंस से आये थे।  कम से कम आप उन्ही  का काम  सोच कर हमसे ईमानदारी रखते। खैर, उन  लोगों ने बाद में अपने पैसे वहां से वापस मांगे तो 80000/- काट कर उनको  पैसे वापस किये गए। 80000/- hospital ने अपने खर्चे के काट लिए, जो उनकी  जाँचे हुई थी और 4 दिन वे लोग 8 star अस्पताल में रहे थे। फाइनली, उन्होंने अपनी surgery दूसरे अस्पताल में कराई । 

इस प्रकार से बड़े अस्पताल में शायद मरीज़ को फसाया जाता हैं। 

यह उनका अपना व्यक्तिगत अनुभव रहा जो कि अत्यन्त दुख:दायी है। इतना बड़ा अस्पताल, इतने बड़े नाम वाला डॉक्टर और ये हाल !!! 

तो दोस्तों, भगवान करे किसी को भी ऐसा परेशान ना होना पड़े।  यह हमारा जीवन है, सेहत के साथ भी उच नीच होती ही रहेगी, पर अगर हम इस तरह की या और भी अन्य कोई बीमारियों  घिरते है तो दूसरे जगह की सलाह ले सकते है, ताकी हम अंतिम निर्णय लेने के पहले सोच सकते है। 

इस ब्लॉग में, मैंने अनुभव बताने वाले व्यक्ति का नाम, डॉक्टर्स के नाम या अस्पताल का नाम नहीं लिखा है, यह खबर एक न्यूज पेपर में पढ़ी और आप सभी दोस्तों के साथ शेयर करना जरुरी समझा।  

धन्यवाद !

आपका 

डॉ. प्रशांत राजनकर 

बायो-केमिकल एंजिओप्लास्टी - Bio-Chemical Angioplasty

दोस्तों, 

आज मुझे मेरे व्हाट्सप्प पे एक सूचना मिलीं, जो की, चेस्ट पेन, हार्ट अटैक से जुड़ी है। मैंने इस जानकारी का विश्लेषण तो नहीं किया लेकिन, मुझे ऐसे लगा, अगर आपको किसी को और ज्यादा जानकारी चाहिए तो निचे दिए नंबरों पे जानकारी ली जा सकती है । 

"Bio-Chemical Angioplasty"

(बायो-केमिकल एंजिओप्लास्टी)

Recently, one person was admitted to a nursing home at Ahmedabad, due to severe chest pain. He had an earlier attack  in 2014 and was under treatment. The doctors now suggested Angiography.
 
Upon undergoing Angiography at multi speciality Hospital  Doctors diagnosed multiple blockages for which Angioplasty was ruled out and instead,  suggested 'Bypass Surgery'.

That evening, he was brought home as a doctor suggested his heart being very weak, bypass could be performed only after 10 - 15 days.
 
Meanwhile, after discussing the matter with relatives and close friends, fresh  information came from a family friend.
 
A new treatment which is known as-"Bio-Chemical Angioplasty" has been introduced into the Indian medical theatre.
 
With this therapy, a patient who has to undergo by-pass need not do so.

Instead, the patient is given about 20 bottles of IV fluids in which certain medicament are injected. The medicine cleans the system and removes all blockages from the heart and the arteries. The number of bottles given may increase depending upon the age-factor and health of the patient.

Cost per bottle Rs.2000/-

Currently, only a few doctors in India specialise in this field

One of them is DR. Bimal Chhajer MBBS MD Ex-Consultant AIIMS

He has a list of patients who had to undergo by-pass from major hospitals; but, instead after undergoing the new treatment, they are absolutely fine and are leading a normal life.
Doctor's details for your info are:
 
SAAOL HEART CENTER
Ahmedabad

Mob: 9712305556
Mob: 9714105556

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This microbe thinks plastic is dinner !!

This microbe thinks plastic is dinner

-- A newly discovered bacterium chows down on plastics which could make it helpful in pollution cleanup. Researchers have found a microbe that chows down on a major polluting plastic. 

People value this plastic because it can be made into stiff and strong fibers. This plastic also can be molded into semi-hard sheets. Because the material's name is such a mouthful, most people just refer to it as PET for polyethylene terephthalate. It is the basis of polyester fabrics and disposable beverage bottles. But the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis doesn’t wear clothes or sip from bottles. For this microbe, PET is simply dinner.

Researchers in Japan discovered the germ in samples of soil, wastewater and the sludge that accumulates at some recycling plants. Bits of PET tainted all of the samples. That’s not too surprising. This plastic is very stable, and few known microbes can break it down. But I. sakaiensis can use PET as its main food source, the new data show.

Tests show that these microbes first latch onto the plastic. Then they release a protein that breaks the plastic down into smaller molecules that the microbe can munch on. Millions of tons of PET are made every year. Most microbes that degrade plastics have no interest in PET. That's why the long-lasting plastic can build up in the environment, where it can pose a risk to wildlife. With its appetite for this pollutant, however, the newfound microbe might turn out to find a welcome role in plastic-waste cleanup, Yoshida’s team says.

References: (SPECTRO LAB NEWSLETTER)
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