The Gauhati High Court has allowed prominent cardiac surgeon Dr Dhaniram Baruah to proceed with his research works which was barred by the state health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
According to information, hearing a writ petition on Wednesday a bench of the court said the health department's order imposing restrictions on Dr Baruah was one sided.
It may be noted that addressing a recent press conference in the city, the minister threatened to arrest Dr Baruah if he fails to stop his research in the form of administering vaccine to to the human body. But Dr Baruah opined that he had already received permission in 2005 by the same department.
PermalinkSubmitted by A concerned hum... on Mon, 13/07/2009 - 08:21
It is not certain if Dhaniram Baruah has any knowledge of cancer research and treatment. I happened to meet and interact with the families of certain cancer patients who had sought treatment from him in a desperate endeavour to save their loved ones but it proved to be further detrimental to the lives of the patients. Today those families have nothing but regret, they say.
They state that there is no clarity as to what 'medicine' Dr Baruah administers. His institute is in the middle of a forest and travel to the city Guwahati) is very difficult. There are no trained nurses and the local village boys/girls inject the patients intravenously!!!
At the start when talks are on regarding admitting patients, the Dr and his assistant are extremely polite, appear very concerned, keep calling and enquiring about the health of the patient. However, once you are at the clinic, have done the payment and have admitted the patient, the behavior gradually changes. In fact when the patients complain of certain new symptoms, the Dr clearly states ' we don’t treat those'. Well if you don’t or cannot, for whatever reason, why do you ask for the patients to be brought to you in the 1st place.
The charges are very high and the quality of the treatment and related facilities are substandard. There are 400 stray dogs in the ram shackled campus. These dogs, as the doctor claims, are extremely significant for his research efforts.
Sources say that he appears confused and unsure about symptoms that develop in terminal patients. Subsequently he becomes thoroughly insensitive to the needs of such patients. None of the patients/ relatives can go to him claiming any compensation or file any compliant against him, as he ensures that documents are signed at the start as well as the time of leaving the institute disclaiming him from any responsibility . No doubt, patients come to him for treatment- and a lot of cancer patients too- but this appears to be more out of a mixture of hope and despair( as in the case of the families that have spoken to me) There is no properly and thoroughly documented case regarding a successful treatment procedure. No patient reports have ever been shared with families.
Dr Dhaniram Baruah may have been a very good heart surgeon and his contribution to the field of cardiac surgery may be immense, however, that is where it ends. As far as cancer is concerned there is no clarity or transparency about his treatment process. Unless he is able to clearly display the properties of the medication he uses and prove their effectiveness, he should not be encouraging patients to come to him for treatment.
Ulfa is trying to regroup that could dampen the peace process with the government. In statement issued on Friday the outfit said a recent meet appointed Dr Asompran as the new foreign secretary.
Udalguri Police on Friday arrested 2 nos so called ULFA who demanded money by mobile phone, using ULFA Letter pad etc at Ghagra area & other part Ualguri district from last 1 year. They are: Krishna Sarma-28 of Panery & Bablu Saha-24 Of Tangla. Recover demanded mobile hand sets with SIM cards etc. Interrogation is going on for further ops . In this reg a case was reg vide Horisinga PS Case No-41/2011 u/s 387/506 IPC, RW sec 10/13 UA(P) Act.
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi on Thursday a day after he was granted bail by the Gauhati High court. Gogoi left the GMCH premises where he was undergoing treatnent since he was remanded to judicial custody. Gogoi was escorted to his home by his fans who shouted anti-govt slogans in the evening. Talking to reporters before leaving the GMCH premises, a visibly upbeat said he and the peasant body would never tone down the voice of protest against big dams and corruption. He said his arrest was a conspiracy to gag the voice of protest. He further said the big ships ferrying the NHPC-owned turbines would not be allowed to proceed.
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi said that his organization will keep fighting for the poor people. Talking to reporters immediately after procuring bail on Wednesday evening, he said KMSS will always raise the voice of protest against the injustice by the ruling clique. Gogoi who was remanded to judicial custody a week ago was granted bail by the Gauhati High Court on Wednesday. Meanwhile, several parties, organisations have hailed the Gauhati High court judgment saying it would boost the morale of the peasants who have been fighting for landrights.
Much to the respite of KMSS, the Gauhati High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Akhil Gogoi in Dispur violence case on June 22. Gogoi was granted bail when a special bench of Justice Anima Hazarika was hearing a bail petition moved last week.
Shree Marwari Panchayat, Shillong alongwith Dorbar Dong Demseiniong, Shillong will be organising a free medical camp of Osteoporosis, Neuropathy, Orthopedics, ENT, General Medicine, Random Blood Sugar Testing, Maleria Test, Uric Acid Test and Vaccination. All these testing will be conducted with the help of modern computerised machines at Dorbar Dong Demseiniong, Dorbar cum Community hall, Near NEEPCO, Shillong on July 9, 2011 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Patients are requested to register their name at Dorbar Dong Demseiniong on July 6th, 7th and 8th, 2011 between 6 pm to 8 pm. For vaccination patients are to bring along their immunization card.
Integrated Farmers Association (IFA) today denounced the inclusion of a non-Manipuri in the Rashtriya Madhyamik Abhiyan eligible list of Manipur Education Department. The association said in a statement that Dr Taiyabur Rehman, an Assamese was found included in the recent RMSA eligible list of the state Education Department. The association further said that they cannot accept such policy of the state Government. It also asked whether we lack any appropriate candidate for RMSA here in Manipur.
The association based in Mojing Leitanpok of Thoubal district also expressed their desire of selecting only those candidates who were brought up on the soil of Manipur. The Manipur Government...
Summer Cultural Workshop is going on from July 1. The worskhop is organising by Greater Guwahati Karbi Students' Union in collaboration with Parijat Academy. More than 100 children took part in the Cultural workshop. Children are learning folk dance Bihu and Karbi dance. In the opening ceremony Local MLA was invited to inauguarate the programme, Mr Dhireswar Ronghang , secretary of Karbi Cultural Society, Henry David Teron National Youth Youth Awardee also presence in the opeining day. The workshop will be continued upto July 10.
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A hardcore ULFA militant was killed two others have been injured at an encounter with security forces in Tinsukia on Sunday. The incident took place at Kailashpur village under Pengeri police station which lasted for nearly 2 hours. Acting on a tip off, police and army jawans conducted an operation in the village where the heavy gunfight took place. One ULFA cadres died on the spot, two others have been injured while another managed to escape from the spot. Security forces have cordoned off
Jnyanpith award winning litterateur Dr India Goswami is gradually recovering. Dr Goswami is likely to be shifted to Guwahati within the next couple of days. Dr Goswami was airdashed to a Gurgaon-based hospital following severe cerebral damage a few months back. She suddenly fell ill at her residence in Guwahati and was immediately shifted to Guwahati Medical College Hospital on February 13. When her condition deteriorated she was flown in an air ambulance to New Delhi on February 19 and admitted to the Medanta Medicity where she slipped into coma. She was attended by Dr. Yatin Mehta, chairman of Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology at The Medicity.
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