Navratri glare eludes CEPT, varsity hostels

Some 2,000 students are affected as they've been getting electricity for only 7 hrs for the last five days; they have to go out to study, rest and fetch drinking water; officials say it will take 3 more days to restore normalcy

When every street in the city is illuminated to celebrate Navratri, more than 2,000 students of CEPT University and Gujarat University hostels are struggling in the dark with no electricity for the past five days. Their repeated requests to the hostel officials has got them a generator set, but it is of little help as it supplies electricity for only a few hours.

Drug-resistant bacteria in infants worry doctors

Irrationally administering antibioticsto infants has led to this condition, claim city docs; they call for greaterawareness and caution

Fifteen-month-old Aniket was suffering from a minor bout of cold and fever. Instead of taking him to a paediatrician, his parents preferred to administer some over-the-counter drug from a medical shop. When his condition did not improve after three-four days, they took him to their general physician (GP) who administered another dose of antibiotic medicine. Unfortunately, Aniket showed no signs of improvement.

Cases of heart diseases among women up by 10%

 Though three in 10 women are prone to heart diseases, they continue to ignore earlydiagnosis and eat unhealthy food, say heart specialists

Shruti Shah, a 36-year old IT professional and mother of a teenager, worked 10-11 hours every day. Along with office work, she had to take care of the household chores. Busy balancing her life between work and family, she forgot to look after her health. Irregular sleeping hours, stress and eating junk food took a toll on her heart. She suffered a heart attack last week.

Don't sweat, keep your makeup smudge-free

To dance away nine nights without worrying about their look, Amdavadi women are making a beeline for plastic surgeons and cosmetologists offering permanent makeup, Botox shots

Amee Modi bore extreme pain inflicted by repeated needle pricks for hours on Wednes day. No, the 20-year-old was not suffering from any ailment. It was all done for the perfect look this Navratri. Amee no longer has to worry about smudged kajal, fading lipstick or the sweat melting her look, thanks to permanent makeup, a cosmetic tattooing procedure. In this treatment, a needle inserts colour pigment under the skin at the base of your eyes or over lashes, on the border of your lips or on the lips fully. Colours for kajal and eyeliner come in black, blue and green. Lip colours include a range from pink to maroon.

BIAS AGAINST HIV+ PLAYS HAVOC WITH LIVES OF PATIENTS

Also, fearing refusal of treatment,HIV+ patients are prompted to hide their status; this gives rise to risk ofmedical staff getting infected

Anil, a resident of Anand, was recently diagnosed with second stage oral cancer. Because of the ailment, he could not open his mouth properly to have food. With a lot of hope he came to Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad to undergo operation. He received proper diagnosis to begin with but things changed when he revealed that he was HIV positive.Doctors refused to operate upon him. He went to Vadodara and on Saturday got admitted to a private hospital. But sadly, he was again turned away.

Social media boosts emergency network

Several organisations and philanthropists are using popular networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to raise help for needy patients in critical conditions

Philanthropists, government organisations and NGOs have jumped on to encash the reach and popularity of social media to provide assistance to patients during medical emergencies. They are also using them to spread awareness of organ and blood donations.

Hitendra Parmer's relative needed AB+ blood during an emergency.But it wasn't available in blood banks.Despite several attempts when he couldn't arrange it, Twitter came to his rescue. Within 30 minutes of tweeted about it, he received a donor.And throughout the day he kept receiving calls with offer to help.

Durga puja in city gets khub bhalo

The celebrations get bigger forBengalis with two more puja pandals being set up at Parimal Garden andBhuyangdev, taking the number from nine to 11

Pujo gets bigger this year in Ahmedabad, thanks to the growing population of Bengalis in the city. To provide Bengalis who have migrated to Ahmedabad a culturally-rich experience, two new Durga pujas have been organised this time ­ one at Parimal Garden and the other in Bhuyangdev.

MISSING, EVEN THEIR PHOTOS

Cops do not have photos of nearly 40%of the kids gone missing in the city; children cell does not have sketch artistand tracing them is difficult without this vital clue
Thirteen-year-old Devi went missing when she went to beg at Subhash Bridge. After seven days her father Manojbhai Somajibhai from Nut commu nity lodged an FIR at Sabarmati police station, but as he did not have any picture of his daughter, he could provide only the physical description.

`The police treated us worse than animals'

 Tibetan students at MSU claim they were treated brutally by Vadodara police; cops sayround up was preventive action to stop them from holding protests during Chinese prez's visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Ahmedabad has the city on its toes but the Tibetan community in the state is not very happy. To start with, the Tibetan Youth Congress' Gujarat Chapter is miffed that the police has ignored their request to hold peaceful protests on Wednesday in the city. On the other hand, the crackdown on Tibetan students in MSU carried out by Vadodara police has left the community furious.

1.1 kg hairball removed from 22-yr-old's stomach

A team of doctors at Sarvajanik Hospital at Gojharia in Mehsana operated upon a girl and removed 1.1 kg hairball from her stomach.

Rajita (name changed), a 22year-old girl with no record of major medical illness, gradually started losing weight. Simultaneously, she started complaining of stomach pain, too.A medical diagnosis found a sizeable hairball mass in her stomach that left the medical team surprised.