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.
Hundreds of pro talk NDFB leaders took out a huge bike rally in Kokrajhar on Thursday demanding safety and security for tribal people in the BTAD areas.
The rally was flagged off by Peoples Joint Action Committee convener Zebraram Moosahary which received overwhelming support support from the various organizations including NDFB, Adivasi Cobra Military, Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement, Ex-BLT and UPDF. The protesters demanded expulsion of outsiders from the tribal belts.
Uncertainty is over. Efforts are on to rehabilitate the Bengali-speaking Muslims in BTAD areas from October 19.
The district administrations in BTAD areas have scanned 19,632 families to be rehabilitate which has got seal of approval from the ministerial panel set up to deal with the problem.
Altogether 19,632 families of these people from Kokrajhar and Chirang districts have been found to be genuine land owners in the BTAD after scrutiny of their land documents.
Secretary of the Green Guard Nature Organization, Rituraj Phukan is all set for the International Antarctic Expedition. Scheduled for the 28th of February 2013, the 14 day expedition will be lead by Robert Swan- the first man to walk to both the North Pole and the South Pole and recipient of the OBE honor from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and the 2041 team.
In recent years, global warming and climate change due to unplanned human development activities has emerged as a major threat to the two polar areas of the globe. Rising temperatures and change in climatic conditions has adversely effected global biodiversity and threatened the existence of innumerable species of plant...
Eminent lawyer and politician Bedabrata Barua will attend the Guest of the Month programme of Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday, October 10. The programme will begin at 1 pm. Member-journalists are requested to participate in the interactive session.
Brief Bio-data of Bedabrata Barua:
Born on 13 .07.1928
Passed Matriculation Examination from Calcutta University -1945 (Second in Assam)
B.A. Hons from Presidency College, Calcutta- 1949
M A (Politics ) Calcutta University- 1951 and L L B -1952
Joined D R College Golaghat -1951
Elected to Lok Sabha from Kaliabar Parliamentary Constituency 1967 (again in 1971...
The Gauhati High Court has given Centre and Assam government four weeks to apprise it of the steps taken to check rhino poaching in Kaziranga.
Taking up a suo-moto cognizance of reports on unabated rhino poaching in the world heritage site, a divisional bench of Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice N.K. Singh issued notices to the government to come out with an affidavit on it. The court has also asked the respondents to file the affidavits within four weeks.
Animal experts are camping at Rani Chapri in the outskirt of Guwahati to monitor a rhinoceros strayed out of Pabitora wildlife sanctuary last week. According to the 17 member team, the rhinoceros is fit to be airlifted.
A IAF chopper has been deployed to provide food to the animal. The rhino from the Pabitora wildlife sanctuary strayed out of the Park on September 29 and was washed away in flood water as it reached the waterbody. It would be airlifted as soon as the weather improves.
Two businessmen were killed and 29 others have been injured when a truck skidded off the road in Sonitpur district on Saturday.
The mishap took place at Narayanpur when a goods truck carrying 30 people on board coming from the Hugrajuli weekly market skidded off the National Highway 52 at around 9-30 at night.
Two died on the spot and 25 others have been injured. The condition of 11 people is stated to be serious. They were admitted to the Tezpur Kanaklata Civil Hospital.
Mizoram will allow at least 300 workers from Assam to work without inner line permit to ease the simmering tension along Assam-Mizoram inster state border.
The Mizoram government has planned to prepare a set of rules jointly with Assam to ease the tension that resulted in a paralyzing blockade. The 'job registrar will have 300 names of workers from Cachar district to be prepared after verifying the citizenship of the workers by Cachar administration and police.
Police have apprehended five youths in connection with the Agiathuri shoot out near Guwahati in which a gaon panchayat official was shot at and money looted on Friday.
Four persons were nabbed on Friday and that the fifth on was nabbed on Saturday and his motorcycle was seized. Notably, seven youths had fired upon Mokibur Ali at Agiathuri area after they had withdrawn Rs 2.60 lakh from a bank and were on way to Guwahati on Friday.
Assam on Friday confirms dengue outbreak. According to official sources, the death of a school student at a private hospital on Thursday was due to dengue. The victim was identified as Anisha Singh of Gotanagar died in a private hospital in Guwahati.
Out of 19 dengue cases across the state in recent months, 16 cases were reported in Guwahati. Officials said that the only way to control dengue is to keep the surroundings clean.
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