Civil Hospital, You’re Disgustingly Filthy

Every year same story: two resident docs down with dengue...BJ Medical College students arefurious with Civil Hospital authorities who keep proving year after year thatthey are incapable of maintaining hygiene on campus

Time and again, Civil Hospital authorities have been pulled up for not maintaining cleanliness on its premises, especially during monsoon. But it seems to make no difference. The hospital’s apathy towards providing a clean environment to its patients and doctors is evident from the most recent cases where two students of BJ Medical College Hostel were diagnosed with dengue. In the past, too, doctors at Civil have fallen victim to the aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the vector transmitting dengue.   

Maninagar police refuse to file FIR, play agony uncle

A helpless and distraught 22-year-old woman has beentrying to report her abusive husband to Maninagar police for the last twomonths. But the cops are apparently so 'concerned' about her family life andher son's future that they have been playing agony uncles instead ofregistering an FIR. According to the law, it is the statutory duty of a policeofficer to register an FIR whenever any information pertaining to a cognisableoffence is reported to him/her. However, despite approaching the cops fivetimes to report the alleged dowry harassment, an FIR has not been registered.Police inaction has only worsened Sarita Joshi's (name changed) plight. Herhusband, who allegedly used to thrash and abuse her when she was living withhim, now goes to her mother's house and allegedly beats up both the women.

Gujarat is extremely resistant to TB drugs

Gujarat has recorded the second highest number ofextreme drug-resistant TB since the discovery of the disease in India threeyears ago; the state has recorded the third highest number of deaths afterMaharashtra and Delhi
Thirty-four-year-old Anita Agarwal (name changed) was admitted to TB Hospital on the Civil campus in Ahmedabad. When she did not recover after six months of treatment, worried doctors tested her sputum, only to discover that she had developed third-line drug-resistant TB.

AMC blocks society's attempts to go green

Residentsof ICB Island Society on New SG Road sought AMC's approval to plant saplings inthe area devoid of greenery. But corporation cancelled it citing laying ofpipelines

At a time when Ahmedabad is struggling to preserve its green patches, an initiative by a group of people to make their society green gets a cold response from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).

A year ago, the residents of ICB Island Society on New SG Road had sent an application to the AMC, seeking approval for planting 100 saplings in and around their society.

However, though the corporation initially supported the initiative, it backed off later.

The area surrounding the society, constructed four years ago, is devoid of greenery. Still, there has been no initiative by the AMC to create green spaces, the residents complain.

At BJ, saftey is a PJ

Ticker leading to the headline: Last October, twoKashmiri youths were detained for illegal stay at BJ Medical College hostel.You would like to think it was a wake up call for authorities. Nope. The newhostel blocks are even more unsafe

*The new hostel is located in a slum area, 4 km from the college

* Anybody can get in since guards do not check ID cards.
*A month ago, local goons barged into the hostel with weapons and threatened students

* Cellphone worth Rs 40,000 stolen from hostel room

Authorities of BJ Medical College have still not learnt their lesson. After a fire broke out in the one of their hostel rooms last October, police had detained two Kashmiri youths who were found to be staying illegally in a room allotted to an undergraduate doctor.

Microbes, heavy metals slip past AMC water labs

The laboratories are not equipped to test heavy metals and advanced microbes in drinking water; this despite the fact that water-borne diseases has surged by about 25 per cent in a year

# 8,000 Amdavadis were diagnosed with diarrhoea in 2014, up by about 25 per cent over the 2013 figure.

# Jaundice and typhoid have also raised their heads as their cases soared by 26 per cent and 44 per cent respectively.

 Despite the shocking surge in the water-borne diseases in the city, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s water testing laboratories are not equipped to test advanced microbes and heavy metals and in drinking water as prescribed by World Health Organisation (WHO). This is not only contributing to rise in water-borne diseases but also damaging vital body organs like kidney, liver, bone and blood.

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.

Demand for yellow fever vaccine plunges over Ebola scare

Widespread fear of Ebola in African countries has resulted in few people optingto visit those places, thereby reducing the demand for yellow fever vaccinationin the city.

According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials, around 1,200 people used to visit AMC-run hospitals to get vaccinated against yellow fever every year normally before embarking on a trip to any African nation either for business or leisure. As per rules, it is mandatory for anyone above nine months of age to get vaccinated against yellow fever before visiting any African country.