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.
A TADA court in Guwahati is set to deliver its final judgment on ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's bail petition on Wednesday. The bail is expected as the government refused to raise any objection citing its earlier promise to facilitate the release of these ULFA top leaders to ensure early talks. The Assam government has already cleared its before the court where altogether 6 cases are pending before it. The court judgment was expected on Monday. But the ruling was reserved to Wednesday citing non receipt of more affidavit from the government. In yet another development Rajkhowa would be brought before the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate in connection another bail petition he moved a...
One student died and three others injured while their vehicle rammed into a speeding truck at Koliabar. The injured have been shifted to Bokakhat civil hospital. The deceased have been identified as Rahul Swargiary. Details awaited.
Guwahati Tada court will deliver its final judgment on ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's bail plea on Wednesday. The court has fixed the date on Monday. It was to be delivered on Monday. But the judge reserved the ruling citing some legal hurdles. Rajkhowa's bail is almost sure if one goes by the Assam Government's earlier stand to facilitate the release of ULFA leaders.
The Electronic Media Forum Assam has announced three yearly awards to encourage the journalists, associated with the news channels, for their continued endeavour to reveal the truth through visual journalism. The three awards include best story of the year, best story on development issues and best story on environment issues of the region.
The decision was finalised in a meeting of EMFA held in Guwahati Press Club on Sunday (December 19, 2010). The awards will be delivered during a function in Guwahati scheduled in the first half of January, 2010.
The forum has also decided to pursue with the government and respective managements of the channels for ensuring both physical security...
A local TADA court is all set to give its final judgment on ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa's bail petition today. The court is expected to clear the bail to Rajkhowa in view of the government's written submission that it will not oppose the bail plea. On December 16, the Assma government counsel Pradeep Gogoi informed the court that the government would not oppose it in the light of its earlier decision to facilitate the release of the ULFA chief to ensure the much-awaited talks at an earlier date. The ULFA chief has 6 cases pending before the TADA court.
The Electronic Media Forum Assam has instituted an annual EMFA Awards for electronic media professionals in Assam. The categories of awards will include ‘Best Story of the Year’, ‘Best Development Story’ and ‘Best Environmental Story.’ The formal announcements regarding the details of the awards will be made on December 19 at 11 am in Guwahati Press club.
On the occasion the executive committee of the forum will also be formed, stated in a release issued by the conveners (Nava Thakuria, Pranjit Saikia and Bimal Ghosh) of the forum.
Yet another ULFA top leader has been arrested in Bangladesh. According to reports, top gun of the insurgent outfit and close aide of Commander in Chief Paresh Baruah. Antu Chaodang has arrested in Bangladesh. He was arrested by BDR personnel from near Dhaka four very recently on his way back to to Bangladesh from a base in Myanmar.
The banned ULFA has claimed that two of its leaders were picked up by Indian intelligence agencies in Bangladesh.In an e-mail to Assamtimes, signed by ULFA publicity secretary Arunudoy Dohotia, the outfit said 'captain' Antu Saudang and 'second lieutenant' Pradeep Chetia were picked up on December 13 and their whereabouts were not known since then.
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National Federation of Newspaper Employees has expressed shock at the incident of assault on two women journalists of Arunachal Pradesh and condemned the incident. The national organization of media persons also extends moral support to the ongoing agitating programmes of local journalists against the authority for its failure to nab the culprits even after four days of the incident, stated in a release issued by Nava Thakuria, zonal secretary, NFNE.
It may be mentioned that the entire press fraternity of the State has come out strongly against the assault and demanded to book the culprits. They have dressed in black and demonstrated in front of Capital Complex DC’s office...
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The preparation for the proposed ULFA-government peace process beefs up on Friday when government appointed interlocutor P C Haldar discussed the modalities of the talks with Arabinda Rajkhowa in the morning at the Guwahati Central Jail.
The authorities are tightlipped about the development. But according to sources, the former intelligence bureau chief and Rajkhowa are understood to have discussed modaltities for holding talks by January, 2011. Haldar, who arrived in Guwahati hold several rounds of crucial meeting with a few rebel outfits. Harlder's date with Rajkhowa assumes significance on Friday a day after a local TADA court reserved its final judgment on Rajkhow'a bail plea to...
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