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New medical college inAndaman and Nicobar expected

to be ready by 2015: LGPort Blair, Feb 10: Andamanand Nicobar Lt Governor Lt.Gen. (Retd.) A.K. Singh hasannounced that a newmedical college will be set upnear GB Pant Hospital toovercome the shortage ofdoctors. The new medicalcollege will likely be ready by2015 and will studying easierfor medical aspirants withinthe state.

“While we have verygood facilities at the GB PantHospital, the problem is thatwe are acutely short ofdoctors, whether general orspecialists. So we areplanning to come up with amedical college attached tothe hospital,” Andaman andNicobar Lt Governor Lt. Gen.(Retd.) A.K. Singh saidduring a media interactionrecently.

“We are hopeful ofstarting the college on atemporary basis initially by2015 and graduallydeveloping it into a full-fledged institution whichwill not only produce doctorsbut also enable people hereto train and serve the people,”he said. He said experts willbe consulted over setting upthe medical college but

refused to divulge detailsabout investment.The 412-bedded GB PantHospital in Port Blair, thelone hospital in the unionterritory with specialisedservices in various fields,receives an average of 1,200OPD patients daily.

Singh also said anarts and science college toowill be set up soon.

“Right now, we haveonly four colleges and thereis a huge gap between theavailability of colleges andstudents passing out ofschools. Education is one ofthe key areas of focus and weare progressing steadily,” headded. (Source: IANS)

Milan 2014 CulminateswithTraditional NavalSeeing off Ceremony

Port Blair, Feb 10: MILAN2014, the multinationalnaval congregationunderway at Port Blair since04 Feb 14, culminated withthe nine foreign ships fromfriendly foreign countriescasting off from theirrespective berths toparticipate in aPhoto andPassage Exercise (PASSEX)along with six ANC ANFLOTships, prior to setting sail forrespective home ports on 09Feb 14.

The PASSEX wasconducted with the fifteen

ships formed in threecolumns of five ships each.Indian Navy Ships were theleading and aftermost shipin all three columns. Theexercise facilitatedinteroperability betweenmultinational ships duringmanoeuvres andCommunication Drills.Thereafter all ships formed ina single column for ‘Man andCheer Ship’.With CINCANembarked, the flagship INSSaryu steamed past thecolumn of fourteen ships.The crew of all ships

manning the sides andcheering, each ship CO salutedthe CINCAN, while CINCANreturned salute to each ship.The PASSEX is aimed atenhancing the coordinationbetween the participatingcountries andwas a befittingfinale to the MILAN 2014 andits motto ‘Friendship Acrossthe Seas’. The littoral countriesdeparted with a message ofharmony and peacefulcoexistence, and with apromise to meet again in 2016at Port Blair, with the samespirit and enthusiasm.

Ophthalmic Assistant punchesAyurvedic Doctor of PHC

Billyground during duty hours

Billyground, Feb 10: In ashocking incident theOphthalmic Assistant ofPHC Billyground on 8 th

February 2014 punched theAyurvedic Doctor of thesame Health Centre.According to report, theDeputy Director Health ofNorth and Middle Andamanhad issued a MEMO to theOphthalmic Assistantrecently following publiccomplaints that theOphthalmic Assistantremains absent from hospitalin working days.

But instead oflearning some lesson fromthis, the OphthalmicAssistant targeted theAyurvedic Doctor of thesame Health Centre alleging

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that the Doctor must havecomplained against him. Immediately he startedabusing the doctors withfilthy language alsopunched him infront ofpatients.

The matter did notend here instead of feelingguilty the OphthalmicAssistant went to

Billyground Police Station,again without intimating theCMO about leaving hospital,and registered a complaintagainst the Ayuvedic Doctor.

But later it was foundby the Police Team that therewas no fault of the AyurvedicDoctor and hence the matterended with compromisebetween both the parties.

Two more arrests in graft caseAnti corruption Unit arrests Pradhan &

Panchayat Secretary ofShibpur Panchayat for accepting bribe

Diglipur, Feb 10: A teamof Anti Corruptiontoday arrested, Mr.Neelu Mazumdar, thePradhan & Mr.G.Srinivas Raju, thePanchayat Secretary ofShibpur Panchayat atDiglipur for acceptingbribe.

T h eComplainant, who is acontractor, had earliercompleted a footpathwork but the paymentwas held up by thePradhan and thePanchayat Secretary. Toclear the bills allegedlythey demanded anamount of Rs. 50,000/-.

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Which was later fixed forRs. 30,000/- .

Meanwhile, theContractor approachedto the Anti CorruptionUnit, following which theACU laid trap today.Notes withdenominations of Rs.500/- were arranged topay. As per the deal, hepaid to Pradhan NeeluRs. 20,000/- andSecretary Rs. 10,000/-.After accepting the bribeboth kept the money inthe drawer. ImmediatelyACU officials entered theoffice and nabbed bothof them. After arrestingboth were bought to PSDiglipur from there in theafternoon the teamproceeded to Port Blair.

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ANSCB, Neil Island distributesCooperative Cards for Door delivery of pensions

for old age, widow and specially abled peoplePort Blair, 10th February,2014: The Andaman &Nicobar State CooperativeBank Ltd. has organised afunction at RadhagovindMandir Hall, Neil Island forthe distribution of Coopera-tive Cards of Neil Islandbranch for Door Delivery ofPensions to Old Age, Widow& Disabled Persons on 9thFebruary, 2014.

Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma, Vice Chairman ofthe Bank was the ChiefGuest of the occasion. Theprogramme was also at-tended by Mr. Sukumar Das,Zilla Parishad Member, NeilIsland, Mr. Ravi Kumar,Pradhan, Gram Panchayat,Neil Island, Smt. AbalaSamaddar, Ex-Adhyaksha,Zilla Parishad, SouthAndamans and a large gath-ering of pensioners, custom-ers, general public and localresidents of Neil Island.

Mr. Ravinder Rao,Managing Director of theBank in his address wel-comed all the delegates andinformed the gatherings re-garding the benefits of theCooperative Cards meant fordoor delivery of pensions. He

briefly explained the Opera-tional procedures of the cardsthrough electronic machineand informed the gatheringthat the bank is willing to pro-vide all sorts of assistance.

Mr. Sukumar Das,Zilla Parishad Member, NeilIsland also spoke on the oc-casion. He appreciated theefforts undertaken by the bankin delivering pensions at thedoor steps of pensioners. Mr.Ravi Kumar, Pradhan, GramPanchayat, Neil Island alsodelivered her valuable wordsfor the pensioners and cus-tomers.

Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma, Vice Chairman ofthe bank in his key note ad-

dress presented a brief port-folio of the different schemesof the Bank. He fur therurged all the youths and gen-eral public of Neil Island tocome forward and avail fi-nancial assistance with theBank. The Chief Guest dis-tributed Cooperative Cards toDisabled, Widow and Oldage pensioners with pensionamount.At the end of theprogramme, the Bank distrib-uted the Cooperative Cardsto all the pensioners availableat the function. Theprogramme ended with voteof thanks proposed by Mr.Ratnam Thangadurai,Branch Manager, NeilIsland.

Indian Coast Guard detains25 Sri Lankan fishermen, seizes 5 boats

KARAIKAL: The IndianCoast Guard detained 25 SriLankan fishermen and seizedfive of their boats thatstrayed into country’s terri-torial waters around 50 nau-tical miles off Karaikal onSunday.

India Coast Guardship Rajshree intercepted thefive Sri Lankan fishing boatsand booked 25 fishermen

onboard under the MaritimeZone of India (MZI) Act,1981.

Coast Guard person-nel escorted the fishermen andtheir boats to Karaikal andsubsequently handed themover to the Coast Guard sta-tion in Nagapattinam at 3pmon Monday.

The Coast Guard hasapprehended seven boats with

34 crew members sinceJanuary this year. It has beenmaintaining continuous vigilalong the eastern seaboard bydeploying ships and aircraftregularly to monitor suspi-cious activities.

It has been providingsolace to fishermen by assist-ing them when they are in dis-tress, according to a releasefrom the Coast Guard.

China, Pak will take advantageof India’s weakness: MM Joshi

VARANASI: Encouragedby its prime ministerial can-didate Narendra Modi’sbooster, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) is eye-ing young voters for successin the for thcoming LokSabha elections.

Senior BJP leaderand local MP Murli ManoharJoshi, while addressing theChhatra Yuva Sammelan atDiesel Locomotive Works

on Sunday, exhorted the youthto make the nation economi-cally strong and prosperous.

Criticizing the centralgovernment, he said that thecountry had been trapped ina critical situation due to theweak and wrong policies ofthe government.

“I have tried to drawthe attention of the prime min-ister thrice in the Parliamentto the critical situation of the

country,” he said, addingIndia’s share in the globalmarket was 24% in 1600when the British came herebut today it had reduced tobelow 1%.

He further statedthat though it was claimedthat the country was on thepath of development the factremained that people werenot getting proper food andother essential items.

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Bishnu lays foundation stonesfor more works under MPLAD

Port Blair, Feb 10: Followingdemands of the general pub-lic of the respective area, theMember of Parliament ShriBishnu Pada Ray has under-taken more works under theMPLAD Scheme for the de-velopment of the area and laidthe foundation stones and alsoInaugurated the completedproject in a simple functionorganized by the general pub-lic of the area.

Accordingly, the MPlaid the foundation stone forconstruction of rural roadand RCC Culvert from ATRmain road towards

Murdakhari, Uttara GramPanchayat, foundation stonefor construction of YouthClub-Cum-Dharmashala un-der R. K. Gram, GramPanchayat and foundationstone for construction ofClub for Seva Sang at WardNo. 1, Bakultala underUrmilapur Gram Panchayatduring the last week.

The Member of Par-liament also inaugurated a‘dry cloths shed’ for laundrywork at Dhobi Khana atPhoenex Bay, Ward No. 5on Feb 8, a communicationfrom MP Bhawan said.

Govt sets 20th Feb deadline to installGPS in public transport vehicles

The government has set adeadline for public transportvehicles in major cities with apopulation of over 10 lakh toinstall Global Positioning Sys-tem, GPS, device by 20th ofthis month.According to a Min-istry of Road Transport andHighways circular, owners ofpublic service vehicles are re-quired to get GPS installed intheir vehicles failing whichnecessary action will be takenagainst the defaulters. In Janu-ary this year, the Cabinet Com-mittee on Economic Affairs

had approved Rs. 1,405 croreproject to track and monitorpublic transport and providealarm buttons for alerting au-thorities. The project involvessetting up of closed circuit tele-vision (CCTVs) and using GPSto ensure safety and securityof women and girls in distress.It is part of the Nirbhaya Fundfor women’s safety.The policywas formulated in the wake ofgang-rape of a 23-year oldparamedic student on a mov-ing bus in December 2012 inDelhi.(PIB)

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STRESS ON IMPROVING CD RATIOIN PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING

Port Blair, Feb 02: The IslandsChief Secretary, AnandPrakash called upon theBankers both from public andprivate sector to make all outefforts to improve the lend-ing in the priority sector. In-augurating the Union Terri-tory Level Bankers’ meetheld at Megapode resort atPort Blair this morning, heexpressed concern over thelow credit deposit ratio, espe-cially in the priority sectorlending(PSL), under whichthe banks are required to lend40 % of their loans to agri-culture, exports and other eco-nomically weaker sections.

Pointing out the dif-ficulties faced by the Indus-tries in the islands owing tolack of infrastructural facili-ties and other constraints, hesought the support of thebankers through financial as-sistance to the entrepreneursof these islands and therebypaving way for the region’seconomic development.

The Chief Secretaryrevealed that the significantadvantages in the islands forindustrial development arerich resources of wood andvast potentials for tourism.However, the wood industry

suffered a setback followingthe ban on tree cutting as perthe orders of the SupremeCourt. To boost the tourismin the islands, the administra-tion already took initiatives todevelop certain islands includ-ing Little Andaman and Longisland as major tourist desti-nations, he added.

Addressing the bank-ers, A K Bhattacharya, Gen-eral Manger of RBI, Kolkatastressed the need for con-certed efforts by all the bank-ers to achieve a state of fullfinancial inclusion in the re-gion.He appealed to the bankersto make sincere attempts tocover all the 260 villages inthe islands under banking net-work through business corre-spondents, mobile banking,extensions counters or full-fledged branches to offerbanking services to the peopleat grass roots. He also clari-fied that there is no need forany permission from the Re-serve Bank of India(RBI) toopen new commercialbranches by the banks in theun-banking rural areas.

Emphasizing on theneed to improve the CD ratio

COAST GUARD INTRA-REGION CROSSCOUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 2013-2014

Port Blair, Feb 10: The CoastGuard Region (A&N) con-ducted Intra Region CrossCountry Championship2013-2014 as part of its An-nual Sports Calendar on 10Feb 2014 at Port Blair. Theaim of this event was to de-velop esprit de corps, cama-raderie and competitive spiritbesides ensuring physical fit-ness amongst officers andmen of this region. The 8 kmlong cross country champion-ship was flagged off from

Coast Guard Enclave at 0530hrs by Deputy Inspector Gen-

eral KBL Bhatnagar, Chief of

State Open ARPAN Rolling CupVolley Ball Championship begins

Port Blair, Feb 10: “StateOpen ARPAN Rolling CupVolley Ball Championship -2014” was inaugurated atForest Ground, Tushnabad byMr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma,President ANTCC. In agrand opening ceremonywhich was witnessed by Ms.Mariyam Bibi, Adhyaksha,ZP SA, Dr. S DineshKannan, DFO SouthAndaman and host of otherimminent citizens from all

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EDITORIAL.....Rightful remedy

Years ago I heard a doctor in In-dia make the case that we didnot need pain relief to the ex-tent that people in the West did,because we believe that painhelps us develop spiritually andare therefore more willing toendure it. Attitudes such asthese have done a great disser-vice to millions of our coun-trymen and women.

Ask the man, woman orchild who is doubled over inpain whether they want pain re-lief. Our home care teams, wholook after people with advanc-ing cancers, ask this questiontime and again. The answer, notsurprisingly, is an unequivocal"Yes!" And yet, adequate painrelief still continues to eludeus. Why is this so?

The villain of the pieceis an antiquated and cumber-some Act that owes its originsto our colonial past. The Nar-cotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstances (NDPS) Bill,through the multiple licensingprocedures that have governedit, has made it well-nigh impos-sible to obtain and dispenseopioids like oral morphine, soneeded for pain that does notrespect the limits of human en-durance.

For the first time in ourmodern history we have achance to reverse this state ofaffairs. We now know throughresearch and experience thatopium derivatives have a me-dicinal value that far outweighthe fear of misuse and abuse.The NDPS Bill has recentlybeen amended so that all arecognised medical institutionwill now need to do to get a li-cence for oral morphine is getclearance from a single author-ity, the State Drugs Controller.So, no matter where you livein India, you should be able toaccess oral morphine shouldyou need it for pain. Till now, itwas just a few states that hadsimplified their licensing pro-cedures, so where you residedultimately determined whetheryou would get pain relief or not.

The amended NDPSBill 2013 is now awaiting pas-sage in Parliament. It was listed

on the agenda of the last sessionof Parliament but unfortunately,due to the repeated disruption ofproceedings, other Bills consid-ered more important were givenprecedence.What can be more important thanrelieving pain? Someone in ter-rible pain cannot eat, drink orthink. It is an issue that affectsthe health and well-being of ev-eryone around this suffering per-son. So many of the families wehave looked after have thankedus profusely for our interven-tions. Their gratitude is not justfor ensuring that those they lovespent their last remaining daysfree of pain, but also for enablingthem to restore themselves. Iknow of many families wherecaregivers have found it hard toeat or sleep in face of the agonyof a loved one.

CanSupport is fortunateto have a licence for oral mor-phine. But generations of doc-tors in India have been trained tofear oral morphine for its addic-tive qualities. Consequently, theylack experience and the confi-dence to use it when indicated.It is important that they receivetraining as well as become con-versant with the widespread datathat exists globally, validating theuse of oral morphine for unre-mitting pain.

Oral morphine is beingprescribed all over the world formedicinal use and its consump-tion is on the rise. It is a matterof concern that in India our con-sumption levels are abysmal andcontinue to drop. Obviously, mil-lions in our country are being de-prived of a drug that is an abso-lute necessity for effective painrelief. Some would argue accessto it is a basic human right. Wecan only alter this state of affairsif our lawmakers give theamended NDPS Bill the priorityit deserves in this session of Par-liament. It will not be a minutetoo soon for millions in thiscountry who suffer in silence,though their pain screams louderthan words.

The writer is founder-president of CanSupport, whichoffers home-based palliativecare for cancer patients in India.


Singapore Technologies Electronics AndISRO To Launch TeLEOS-1 Satellite Next YearTeLEOS-1 is the first com-mercial remote sensing satel-lite being developed bySingapore Technologies Elec-tronics Limited (ST Electron-ics) to be launched in 2015. Ithas come to light that for thefirst time this satellite belaunched on an Indian PolarSatellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) in collaboration withISRO. This earth observationsatellite will be moving in theorbit near to the Equator at anorbital height of about 550kmand will be used for capturingimages for shipping and mari-time security. The TeLEOS-1weighs about 400 kg and willhave an update rate of 90 min-utes and the satellite imagesthat it provides will be of 1metre ground sampling dis-tance from an electro-opticscamera.ST Electronics is go-ing to work with India's AntrixCorporation Ltd. for thesatellite's launch and has signedan agreement for the same.

This is not the first time thatSingapore is working with In-dia on their mission. Back inApril 2011, they had launchedtheir first experimental satellitecalled XSAT. So, this is theirsecond project in collaborationwith the Indian Space Re-search Organisation.Partnering with ST Electron-ics on this project's develop-ment are Nanyang Techno-logical University and DefenceScience Organisation Labora-tories. The uses of the imagescaptured through this satellitewill be used in multiple appli-cations such as mineral explo-ration, environmental monitor-ing, agriculture resource stud-

Future spaceships could bemade up of artificial `bones`Scientists in Germany, used ahigh-tech 3D printer, have cre-ated a lightweight but verystrong material that was in-spired by the intricate micro-scopic architecture of livingtissue – our own bones. Thestudy may pave the way forfuture super-light materialswhich can be used inmicrofluidics devices or tomake lighter (and thuscheaper) spacecraft,Stuff.co.nz reported.

Lead author JensBauer, a mechanical engineerat the Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology, said that it’s along-standing aim in engineer-ing to create new materials thatare even lighter and stronger,but there’s some limit that canbe reached with standard ma-terials. Industrial materials

such as steel are often solid andthus very dense and heavy.

Even though expertshave managed to make artifi-cial ‘cellular’ materials like alu-minum foam, which is full ofair pockets and thus muchlighter than a solid hunk ofmetal, there’s a trade-off – theporous metal is much weakerthan solid metal would be.

It’s not easy to engi-neer strong materials lessdense than water (which isabout 1,000 kilograms per cu-bic meter).

The researchers useda 3D printer to build very tinymicrostructures out of a ce-ramic polymer composite, andmade several different designs,from cubic grids with diago-nal supports to hexagonal hon-eycomb-like structures.

ies and management, urbanplanning, precision farming andhomeland security.As thisnews develops, the news hasalso surfaced that SingaporeTechnologies will be workingwith ATK Space Systems (thecompany known for buildingsmall satellites primarily forU.S. government) for devel-opment and marketing of theirmicro-satellite platformsglobally.The development ofTeLEOS-1 satellite should becomplete by the fourth quar-ter of 2015 and then it will be-come launch ready. Till then,we will keep you updated withmore details about the projectthat shall follow.

in A & N region, he said the RBI al-ready directed the banks to fix thetarget of 5 % improvement in the in-cremental Credit DepositRatio(ICDR) for the current quarter.He categorically stated that CD ratiocan be improved only by fixing thetarget to be achieved by the end ofMarch this year. He also asked themto improve their performance in theissue of Kissan Credit cards to thefarmers, as the targets have not yetbeen met by any bank.The RBI Gen-eral Manager also appealed to thebankers to spread the financial lit-eracy and education among the ruralpopulace in the islands.Speaking onthe occasion, the General Manager,NABARD, G Tarai informed that theNABARD supported a large numberof women self Help groups (SHG) inthe islands through financial assis-tance by the Andaman andNicobar State Cooperative Bank(ANSCB). However, heexpressedconcern over the fact that out of the3800 SHGs registered in the region,only 1800 are credit linked and theremaining are defunct. He stated thatthe NGOs who supported the SHGsin the aftermath of the Tsunami leftthe islands subsequently, causing mostof the SHGs non functional in theabsence of proper support and guid-

ance. He announced that theNABARD would extend its fullestsupport to revive these defunct SHGsand release financial assistance of Rs.3000 to each of them through NGOs.He also called upon the NGOs in theregion to come forward to revivethese SHGs in association with theNABARD.

Briefing on the financial in-clusion programme, he revealed thatthe ANSCB already issued Coopera-tive smart cards to the people in therural areas and started disbursing thepayments like old age pension, widowpension and other benefits to the ben-eficiaries at their doorsteps. TheANSCB has now come in to the CoreBanking Services (CBS) platformand the entire works will be completedin the next two months to make it fullyfunctional on CBS, he said.Mr Taraifurther informed that the NABARDplanned to open four new financialliteracy centres in the remote islandsincluding Nancowry and Diglipur.

The senior officers fromState Bank of India also spoke. Themeet ended with discussion on vari-ous issues. The Managers and seniorofficers from different public sectorand private banks and heads of dif-ferent departments of the administra-tion attended the meet.(PIB)

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Indian-origin doctor in US implants firstleadless pacemaker inside patient's heart

NEW YORK: An Indian-ori-gin doctor in the US has im-planted the first miniature-sized, leadless cardiac pace-maker directly inside apatient's heart without sur-gery.

The leads-free pace-maker is implanted directly in-side the heart during a cath-eter-guided procedure

through the groin via thefemoral artery.

The device implantedby Vivek Reddy from TheMount Sinai Hospital, re-sembles a small metal silvertube, and is only a fewcentimetres in length, makingit less than ten per cent thesize of a traditional pace-maker.

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Organ donation: A kidney donordies – and brings new life to two people‘We are asking people to do some-thing for others at a time that is sodevastating for them’. Photo-graph: Sean Smith for the Guard-ianAs Mrs X begins to die in a lilac-painted hospital side room, sur-rounded by her husband and chil-dren who are perched on a semi-circle of purple plastic chairs, ateam of surgeons and nurses ismaking preparations for her after-life. In an operating theatre a fewmetres down the corridor, a six-person team of organ retrieval spe-cialists has arrived to remove herkidneys, her liver and possibly hercorneas.

It is midnight on a wetweekday night, and it isn't clearhow long they will be here wait-ing. Once the extubation process(the removal of the breathing tube)begins, death needs to happenwithin three hours or the organswill no longer be in a fit state to beused. A square bag, not unlike apicnic cooler bag, filled with ice,labelled Human Tissue, is pre-pared and a courier is on standby.

Hospitals around thecountry have already been con-tacted to establish where the or-gans should go, and not long af-ter the nurses have switched offthe breathing apparatus, Mr Ygets a phone call, telling him topack his bags and make his wayto hospital as quickly as possible.He is at a late-night church ser-vice, so he asks the pastor to drivehim in.Elsewhere, another possiblerecipient receives a midnight call,and is summoned to a third hospi-tal to await the second kidney.Forthe operations to be successful,the removal of the organs and thetransplant must happen veryswiftly. Complex arrangements be-gin around lunchtime when MrsX's family are made to understandthat there is no hope of her recov-ering from the catastrophic heartattack that brought her to hospi-tal two weeks earlier, and agreethat it is time to let her die.She hassigned the organ donor register,and the family have supported herrequest, so a specialist nurse for

organ donation (shortened withthe ugly acronym Snod), has beenpaged in to help them, and tolaunch the laborious job of search-ing for the best recipients. If a re-cipient is found on the other sideof the country, then air transportwill have to be arranged, becauseonce the kidney is out of the bodythere is only a 12-hour transplan-tation window, otherwise its func-tions begin to deteriorate.

The Snod is here beforethe donor has died, before the re-cipients even know their lives areabout to be transformed by thelong-awaited arrival of an organ.He will be here for a day's workthat won't end until early the fol-lowing morning, supporting thefamily through the process, per-forming the last offices on the do-nor, washing and dressing thebody and placing her in a shroudonce the organs have beenremoved.The family has had twoweeks coming to understand thattheir mother will not survive, sothey are better prepared for theprocess than many. Doctors havescanned her head, established thatthere is an unsurvivable brain in-jury, and concluded that it wouldbe in her best interests to with-draw treatment. In her late 50s, thedying patient is not too old to do-nate her organs. "Kidneys haveno sell-by date," a doctor says.

The nurse has spentmuch of the afternoon talking tothem, explaining what will happen.Families find it easier to talk tonurses than doctors. "Sometimes

you have to explain informationagain and again and again, be-cause they are at a stage of suchgreat grief that we have to ensurethey have understood. Doctorsare not very good at having thisconversation. They use medicalterms people don't understand. Itis a lot of information to take in.The consultant on the intensivecare ward will be looking after 22people. Nurses have more time.Families feel they can ask the sillyquestion," he says.

Some families are uncer-tain about what their relative wouldhave wanted, and staff wish thiswas a subject people were moreready to discuss. "We are askingpeople to do something for oth-ers at a time that is so devastatingfor them. It is an awful time to beasking someone this information.A lot of families say no becausethey don't know what their rela-tives would have wanted," hesays. NHS Blood and Transplant(NHSBT) figures show that de-spite the fact that most people ei-ther want to donate their organs,or would consider it, only half havetalked to their families about it. Fig-ures also show that seven out of10 families opt not to give permis-sion for their relative's organs tobe donated, if they don't knowtheir wishes.Fortunately Mrs X'sfamily knows want she would havewanted and are anxious for asmuch of her body to be trans-planted in new people as possible."They are a lovely family. Reallykind," the nurse says.


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Staff, RHQ (A&N). Theevent was attended by 120officers/ladies and men of CGfraternity. The personneldrawn from various ships andestablishments of the CoastGuard Region (A&N) wereformed into several teams toensure competitiveness. In theclosely contested event , theteam comprising runnersfrom CG Fast Patrol Ves-sels Team Aruna Asaf Ali,Durgabai Deshmukh, BhikhaijiCama & Kanaklata Baruastood first. Individual prizesfor the first two runners werebagged by M Kuiry, Nvk of

ICGS Aruna Asaf Ali andGanesh Raja, Nvk of ICGSKanaklata Barua. InspectorGeneral VSR Murthy, PTM,TM, Commander Coast GuardRegion (A&N) was the chiefguest for the prize distributionceremony at Coast Guard In-door Sports Complex. Speak-ing on the occasion, IG Murthycongratulated the winners andappreciated the enthusiasticparticipation by CG fraternity.He also stressed upon the im-portance of physical fitnessand maintenance of goodhealth by one and all. Hecomplemented Commander

Coast Guard District Head-quarters No-14 CommandantPR Lochen and his team forthe efficient conduct of theevent. A communiqué receivedfrom CommandantRajeev Sharma, PRO, CoastGuard.

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walks of life, Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma declared the champi-onship-season II open by hoist-ing the tournament flag. Alto-gether 12 best teams from dif-ferent parts of A&N Islandsare participating in the tourna-

ment. The Opening matchwas played between 22 PunjabRegiment and Nancowrygroup. 22 Punjab Regimentwon the match in two straightsets.Mr. Mohd Safiq,Pramukhand Secretary ARPAN wel-

comed the gathering and Mr.Anand, Upadhyaksh proposedvote of thanks.The tournamentis being organized by ARPANin association with Youth ClubOgrabraj and MAK AzadYouth Club Tushnabad.

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NGGOA organizes blood donation campPort Blair, Feb 10: As part ofthe ongoing Diamond JubileeCelebration of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ As-sociation, a blood donationcamp was organized by theDiamond Jubilee CelebrationCommittee at the GSS,Junglighat last week. TheChairperson, PBMC, Shri K.Ganeshan inaugurated theblood donation camp in simplefunction which was also ad-dressed by Shri SadanandRai, President, NGGOA. DrShahina M, CHS Specialist at

GB Pant Hospital explainedin brief the various aspects ofblood donation. Shri TSSreekumar welcomed thegathering. A team of officialsof Blood Bank, GB Pant Hos-

pital conducted the campwhich concluded with thevote of thanks proposed byShri D. Ayyappan, GeneralSecretary, NGGO Associa-tion, a communication said.

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Kuldeep highlights the issues ofOperational Staffs and Industrial Employees

Port Blair, Feb 10: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has taken up the is-sue of the categories of Op-erational staff and Industrialemployees of Andaman &Nicobar Administration whoare governed by the statutoryprovisions for payment ofovertime allowances with theUnion Home Minister and re-quested that these employees may also be paid over timeallowances on the basis of thewages being drawn by theemployees as per the SixthCentral pay Commission payscale.

During his recentmeeting with the MinisterKuldeep has stated that theGovernment of India by set-

ting up Central Pay Commis-sion in regular intervals of 10(ten) years has certainly up-lifted the financial and socialconditions of the governmentservants and in particular theUPA Government by imple-menting the Sixth CentralPay Commission recommen-dation.

However, as regardto the payment of overtimeallowance, the same is be-ing paid on the basis of thenotional pay admissible dur-ing Fourth Central Pay Com-mission pay scale, whichworks out to a very meageramount not even commensu-rate with minimum dailywage of an unskilled workercomputed on prorate basis

for an hour’s work. In theabove context, Kuldeep hasalso informed that the Min-istry of Railways and Minis-try of Defence in consulta-tion with the Minister ofLabours & Employment andDOP&T has granted over-time allowances to the em-ployees covered under thestatutory provisions of theFactory Act 1948 on the ba-sis of revised wages of SixthCentral pay Commission andwith effect from the date thewages were revised.

Relevant documentsof Ministry of Defence andMinistry of Railways respec-tively were also submitted tothe Union Home Minister forkind reference and perusal.

BJP woos OBCs byattacking ‘Muslim Quota’NEW DELHI: BJP hasstepped up its efforts to woo“other backward castes” inpolitically crucial UttarPradesh with an aggressivecampaign against its “secular”rivals on Muslim quota.

Party general secre-tary and, more important,Narendra Modi’s trusted as-sociate Amit Shah spelt outthe party’s stand on the con-troversial issue by saying thesupport of SP, BSP and Con-gress for “Muslim quota” wasunconstitutional.

Talking to TOI, hesaid the proposed 18% quotafor Muslims could be promul-gated only at the cost of“backwards” because of theSupreme Court order cappingthe quantum of quotas in jobsand educational institutions at50%.

Shah’s statementcomes amid reports fromUttar Pradesh about “apoliti-cal” campaigns against Mus-lim quota, seeking to organize

resistance to what they call a“serious threat to OBCquota”.

OBCs make upabout 35% of the populationin UP which with 80 LokSabha seats is vital for BJP’splan to retake the reins at theCentre.Of these, Yadavs, who ac-count for 12% of the popula-tion, are staunchly alignedwith Samajwadi Party.

BJP hopes to cornerthe bulk of the rest of the blocby upping the ante over Mus-lim quota. Though the plan didnot work during the assem-bly polls, party strategistsdon’t seem to be fazed.

They feel the planfailed last time because of theoverwhelming resentmentagainst the Mayawati gov-ernment and the realizationthat Akhilesh Yadav-led SPwas the most effective ve-hicle for achieving the objec-tive. They are optimistic thatthe resentment against the

advocacy for Muslim quotawill result into votes for BJPbecause of the popular ireagainst UPA at the Centreand the preference for theModi-led BJP as the alterna-tive.

Shah, however, de-nied that BJP was opposingminority quota because of itsalleged hostility to Muslims.He said the Constitution didnot recognize religion as abasis for reservations, andemphasized that BJP was notopposed to the quota that“backwards” among Muslimsenjoy under the overall OBCquota.

By this deed the undersigned Krishna Rao Uttara, S.o GurayyaUttara previously called Y.Krishna Rao, S/o Y. Garaiah doingstudent and resident of Durgapur village, Post-Aerial Bay,Diglipur Tehsil, North Andaman solemnly declare:-1. That for and on behalf of myself and my mother andfather and remitter issue wholly renounce/relinquish andabandone the use of me and my father’s former name ofY.Krishna Rao, S/o Y.Guraiah and in place thereof I do herebyassume from this date me and my father’s name Krishna RaoUttara, S/o Gurayya Uttara and so that I and my and my motherand Father and remitter issue may hereafter be called, knowand distinguished not by me and my father’s former name, butassumed named of Krishna Rao Uttra, S/o Gurayya Uttara.2. That for the purpose of evidencing such my determina-tion declare that I shall at all times hereafter in all records,deeds and writing and in all proceeding, dealings and transac-tions, private as well as upon all occasions whatsoever useand sign the name of Krishna Rao Uttara, as my name in placeand in substitution of my former name.3. That I expressly authorize and request all persons ingeneral and relatives and friends in particular, at all times here-after to designate and address me, my wife and children andremitter issue by such assumed name of Krishna Rao Uttara,S/o Gurayya Uttara accordingly.4. In witness where of I have hereunto subscribed my formerand adopted name of Y.Krishna Rao, S/O U Gaaraiah andKrishna Rao Uttara, S/o Gurayya Uttara affix my signature andseal in any, this 10th day of February,2014.

Krishna Rao UttaraS/o Gurayya Uttara,

R/o Durgapur, Diglipur

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