THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 4 TIMES CITY T he gall bladder is a small organ just below the liver in the right upper abdomen. The gall bladder stores bile juice formed by the liver and helps in digestion of food. Stones in the gall bladder can create health problems; it’s best to remove them surgically. Types of gall stones Cholesterol gallstones develop when bile contains excess cholesterol and not enough bile salts. The obese are at risk of developing stones, besides women on oestrogen medication, diabetics and those losing weight rapidly. A healthy lifestyle minimises development of cholesterol gallstones. Pigmented stones are made up of bilirubin and risk factors for pigment stones include hemolytic anemias such as sickle-cell disease and hereditary spherocytosis, cirrhosis or liver failure, and biliary tract infections. Mixed stones are the most common. They are composed of both cholesterol and salts. Diagnosis Gallstones may remain asymptomatic or may lead to "gallstone attack" — intense pain in the upper-right side of the abdomen, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, that steadily increases. Attacks may occur after a fat-laden meal. Other symptoms include abdominal bloating, intolerance of fatty foods, belching, gas, and indigestion. An ultrasound can identify gallstones. Complications The stone can block flow of bile and interfere with flow of pancreatic juices leading to complications like empyema or pus in the gall bladder, jaundice, cholangitis, infection of the bile duct, pancreatitis or inflammation of pancreas. These are potentially life- threatening complications. Prolonged inflammation of the gall bladder from stones can lead to gall bladder cancer. Treatment Asymptomatic gall stones are found in many patients, but those diagnosed with probability of developing gallstone complications are advised surgery. High-risk asymptomatic patients includes diabetics, patients on chemotherapy or those who are HIV positive. Symptomatic patients should consult a medical expert for surgery. Laparoscopic, key hole, and gall bladder surgery is the accepted treatment. Stone-dissolving therapy is ineffective for mixed and pigmented gall-stones and shows inconsistent results for cholesterol stones. An inability to identify stone composition and high prevalence of mixed stones, limits use of this therapy in Indian-Asian population. There is no sure way to prevent gallstones, but risk can be reduced with lifestyle modifications. Losing weight with regular exercise is important. Also avoid foods with excess fat. Take a high- fibre diet. (Send feedback to [email protected]) Guard against gallstones Gallbladder stones are a common cause of abdominal pain. Keeping a healthy lifestyle can protect you from them, says medical expert, Avinash Kumar Tank Ahmedabad: The Gujarat University (GU) has issued show cause notices to Ah- medabad dental college and Karnavati dental col- lege on the issue of grant- ing admission to PG stu- dents. Both the colleges have conducted their own PG dental entrance exams and have also approached the Gujarat high court seeking a larger share of the management quota. The colleges have ap- proached the HC on this is- sue — 75 per cent of the seats are filled up by the GU’s admission committee and 25 per cent are consid- ered as management quota. The college administra- tions want the manage- ment quota to be 50 per cent of the total seats. On April 9, PG medical entrance interviews were to be conducted by the GU. However, this had to be postponed because admis- sion of the all-India en- trance test candidates is yet to be finalized. “No less than 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for these can- didates who are selected from all-India entrance tests. Once this process is complete, the PG medical entrance exams for the rest of Gujarat’s students will be conducted,” said GU of- ficials. The entrance interview for PG dental colleges that was scheduled to be held on April 12 also has been post- poned. “This interview was postponed because of the legal issue raised by the two colleges. “Both the colleges have been show caused on issues like PG affiliation, approv- al for their PG teachers, percentage of manage- ment quota, whether the re- sult of the entrance tests taken by them has been de- clared and whether they want to be part of the com- mon consortium for admis- sion that is governed by GU. If students are admitted by these two institutes in an arbitrary fashion, these candidates shall not be reg- istered by GU. If the college administrations fail to re- ply within three days, suit- able punitive action shall be issued,” said GU VC Pa- rimal Trivedi. GU notice to two dental colleges TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (GSHRC) has asked the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of Jivaji Marwadi who died after he fell into a massive cave in on Vasna-Guptanagar road. The incident had taken place on September 16, 2008. The commission held that Marwadi died due to negligence of the AMC machinery. “Right to life is a human right. Public ser- vants of the AMC have failed to prevent the vi- olation of this right which is proved by the re- port submitted by the police commissioner. The AMC is recommended to pay a compensa- tion of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of victim Jivaji Marwadi”, a single bench GSHRC order signed by Sudhir Sinha, member GSHRC said. “Civic amenities are expected as per the status of the city. It is unbelievable that a man without any rhyme or reason, without any fault of his, suddenly falls into a cave in on a road and loses his life. This life was lost due to unpardonable negligence of officials and em- ployees of the AMC. The AMC should check all the gutters and potholes and cave-in on the city roads so that a similar incident can be prevented in the future”, the order said. The commission has asked the AMC to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the recommendations made by the GSHRC within a month’s time. A social activist Ashwin Karia had writ- ten a postcard to the GSHRC on September 25, 2008 saying that Marwadi had died due to neg- ligence of the corporation officials and that justice should be done to his family members. The GSHRC inquired into the case con- cluded that Marwadi had indeed died due to negligence of the AMC machinery. Cave-in Had Killed Jivaji Marwadi In 2008 A cop looks into a gutter on a city road that caved in TOI AMC asked to pay . `1L relief TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: Jivaji Marwadi, 40, was trying to start his loading rickshaw on the fateful day. Just as he pulled the cable, the cord slipped from his hand and he fell into a massive cave in on the Vasna-Guptanagar highway. The AMC had dug a big 10 feet x 20 feet ditch which was 15 feet deep to lay a gutter line. Rains came and road dug up caved in becoming an unsafe, unprotected zone. Marwadi became an accidental victim. After he slipped into the cave in, it took the authorities 10 hours of search operation, rummaging through the gutter line to find Marwadi’s body, at the Vasna Pumping Station. GSHRC noted that the western zone was aware about the incident but submitted apathetic and incomplete reports to the commission. Victim of AMC neglect Ahmedabad: Here is some good news for XII (Science) students who are facing two exams on the same day. In order to make these students’ life a little easier, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has given XII (Sci- ence) students appearing for their practical exams an option to postpone their test by a few days to accommodate common entrance tests. GSHSEB has taken the deci- sion and on Tuesday the board notified all the exam centres in Gujarat. “Practical exams for the XII (Science) began on Mon- day and will continue up to April 21. The exams are being held at different centres across the state. However, it has come to our no- tice that in some cases date of the practical exams clash with cen- tral or state-level common en- trance tests. In order to enable the students to avail of all op- tions, we have decided to allow them to shift their date of test,” said a GSHSEB official. GSHSEB has decided to in- troduce this provision of flexi- bility – “if the students produce a document to prove that he or she has to attend a common en- trance test in this state or any other on the same date, the stu- dent concerned shall be given a fresh date for the practical exam. The student shall also have to submit an application to formal- ize the shift in date,” said GSHSEB sources. The reason behind this shift is aptly highlighted by students in this manner: “During our practical exams in this month there are several common en- trance tests scheduled by univer- sities for engineering, medical and pharmacy courses. Several state boards and universities in Maharashtra and Karnataka al- so conduct their entrance exams during this period. Till last year, it was a difficult hurdle to over- come. We had to run from pillar to post to ensure that we do not miss our practical exam and also appear for national and state common entrance tests. This year, the board has decided to act before the confusion and com- plaints ensue.” Science students can postpone practical tests TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: About 400-odd cave-ins are reported every year during the monsoon season in the city. Officials said that during a rainy day about 10-12 cave-ins are reported every day. On an average, the city has about 30-35 rainy days. Last year, the corporation had decided that it would be using Trench Less Technology (TLT), an advanced Japanese technique, for fixing the dilapidated water and drainage pipelines without much excavation work. The technology is widely used in New Delhi, Bangalore and Goa. Officials said that the TLT laying of pipes is done with directional boring machines consisting of a boring unit, electronic tracking equipment and a drill component. The official further explained that the machines drive a soil-displacement-hammer through the soil and put drainage pipe created along the underground bore. Can TLT check such incidents? 108 services in UTs The 108 emergency response service will start its operations in the Union Terri- tories, including Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, from Tuesday on- wards. In all, 13 hi-tech ambulances including three advanced life support and 10 basic life support will be launched in these Union Territories. At present, 108 services are available in 11 states across the country. World Parkinson’s Day: Soul square and Parkinson’s Disease Society of Guj- arat are celebrating World Parkinson’s Day on April 11, 2012, at Vallabhsadan hall, off Ashram Road. Organizers will throw light on various personality types. CITY DIGEST Ahmedabad: Imagine hearing Car- natic-styled vocal recital of Sanskrit shloka Shantakaram Bhajagshaya- nam Padmanabham Suresham – in a musical backdrop created with amal- gamation of sounds of bass, lead gui- tar, soprano saxophone and drum. And can you visualize artists performing Kathak and Bharat Natyam on these tunes accompanied by flute, mrudan- gam, violin, ghatam, thavil and chen- da? To experience how seamlessly these art forms merge, you can partici- pate in three-day live concerts of Indo- French artistic creation at Natrani to be organised from April 12 by the Alli- ance Française d'Ahmedabad and Dar- pana Performing Group. “OZMA meets DARPANA is a spon- taneous experiment where the encoun- ter of French Jazz and Indian classical music and dance would happen on stage,” says Jayan Nair, Carnatic mu- sician, vocalist and versatile artist playing harmonium, synthesizer, vio- lin and percussion instruments. Nair is to lead this experiment as a vocalist. A group of six Carnatic artists — Nair, Rajesh Parichipully on flute, T Palanivelu playing thavil and ghatam, Manikanthan percussion artist play- ing mrudangam, Shajeesh Rajan play- ing violin — would be accompanied by four French artists — Adrien Denne- feld playing guitar, Stephane Scharie on drums, Edouard Sero-Guillaume on bass and David Florsch playing saxo- phones. Kathak artist Sanjukta Sinha and Bharat Natyam artist Reventa Sa- rabhai would perform on this fresh fu- sion. “This is first of its kind artistic im- provisation,” says Stephane – one of the OZMA band artists who are in In- dia on a residency programme since 2009 and has performed in more than 12 cities. “We are performing in Ahmedabad for the first time. And we plan to amuse the audiences with novel notes,” he says. French artists and Carnatic musi- cians have been practising together since beginning of April. “We are learning to collaborate arts with a new vision to create fresh patterns,” says David. Priya Adhyaru-Majithia Artists practising for the three-day live concert at Natrani Ahmedabad: With a view to keeping a tab on incidents of property-related crimes, the city police have decided to coordinate with watchmen of various localities and security guards manning important establishments in western city parts. A meeting of all the police inspectors of Sector I was conducted by joint commissioner of police Ajay Tomar on Tuesday. TNN Cops to coordinate with watchmen to control crime HUMANE APPROACH French artists and Carnatic musicians to play novel notes Bhadresh Gajjar sc 7. 1 c s 1 s b 0 J h 11 , . , 12 14.06.1935 09.04.2012 J J v J o sc J y * c c J c
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABADWEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 20124 TIMES CITY
The gall bladder is a small organ just below the liver in the right upper
abdomen. The gall bladder stores bile juice formed by the liver and helps in digestion of
food. Stones in the gall bladder can create health problems; it’s best to remove them surgically. Types of gall stones
Cholesterol gallstones develop when bile contains excess cholesterol and not enough bile salts. The obese are at risk of developing stones, besides women on oestrogen medication, diabetics and those losing weight rapidly. A healthy lifestyle minimises development of cholesterol gallstones.
Pigmented stones are made up of bilirubin and risk factors for pigment stones include hemolytic anemias such as sickle-cell disease and hereditary spherocytosis, cirrhosis or liver failure, and biliary tract infections.
Mixed stones are the most common. They are composed of both cholesterol and salts.Diagnosis
Gallstones may remain asymptomatic or may lead to "gallstone attack" — intense pain in the upper-right side of the abdomen, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, that steadily increases. Attacks may occur after a fat-laden meal. Other symptoms include abdominal bloating, intolerance of fatty
foods, belching, gas, and indigestion. An ultrasound can identify gallstones.Complications
The stone can block flow of bile and interfere with flow of pancreatic juices leading to complications like empyema or pus in the gall bladder, jaundice, cholangitis, infection of the bile duct, pancreatitis or inflammation of pancreas. These are potentially life-threatening complications. Prolonged inflammation of the gall bladder from stones can lead to gall bladder cancer.Treatment
Asymptomatic gall stones are found in many patients, but those diagnosed with probability of developing gallstone complications are advised surgery.
High-risk asymptomatic patients includes diabetics, patients on chemotherapy or those who are HIV positive. Symptomatic patients should consult a medical expert for surgery. Laparoscopic, key hole, and gall bladder surgery is the accepted treatment.
Stone-dissolving therapy is ineffective for mixed and pigmented gall-stones and shows inconsistent results for cholesterol stones. An inability to identify stone composition and high prevalence of mixed stones, limits use of this therapy in Indian-Asian population.
There is no sure way to prevent gallstones, but risk can be reduced with lifestyle modifications. Losing weight with regular exercise is important. Also avoid foods with excess fat. Take a high-fibre diet.
(Send feedback to [email protected])
Guard against gallstonesGallbladder stones are a common cause of abdominal pain. Keeping a healthy lifestyle can protect you from them, says medical expert, Avinash Kumar Tank
Ahmedabad: The GujaratUniversity (GU) has issuedshow cause notices to Ah-medabad dental collegeand Karnavati dental col-lege on the issue of grant-ing admission to PG stu-dents. Both the collegeshave conducted their ownPG dental entrance examsand have also approachedthe Gujarat high courtseeking a larger share ofthe management quota.
The colleges have ap-proached the HC on this is-sue — 75 per cent of theseats are filled up by theGU’s admission committeeand 25 per cent are consid-ered as management quota.The college administra-tions want the manage-ment quota to be 50 per centof the total seats.
On April 9, PG medicalentrance interviews wereto be conducted by the GU.However, this had to bepostponed because admis-sion of the all-India en-trance test candidates isyet to be finalized. “No lessthan 50 per cent of the seatsare reserved for these can-didates who are selectedfrom all-India entrancetests. Once this process iscomplete, the PG medicalentrance exams for the restof Gujarat’s students willbe conducted,” said GU of-ficials.
The entrance interview
for PG dental colleges thatwas scheduled to be held onApril 12 also has been post-poned. “This interviewwas postponed because ofthe legal issue raised by thetwo colleges.
“Both the colleges havebeen show caused on issueslike PG affiliation, approv-al for their PG teachers,percentage of manage-ment quota, whether the re-sult of the entrance teststaken by them has been de-clared and whether theywant to be part of the com-mon consortium for admis-sion that is governed by GU.If students are admitted bythese two institutes in anarbitrary fashion, thesecandidates shall not be reg-istered by GU. If the collegeadministrations fail to re-ply within three days, suit-able punitive action shallbe issued,” said GU VC Pa-rimal Trivedi.
GU notice totwo dental
collegesTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State HumanRights Commission (GSHRC) has asked theAhmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the kin ofJivaji Marwadi who died after he fell into amassive cave in on Vasna-Guptanagar road.The incident had taken place on September16, 2008. The commission held that Marwadidied due to negligence of the AMC machinery.
“Right to life is a human right. Public ser-vants of the AMC have failed to prevent the vi-olation of this right which is proved by the re-port submitted by the police commissioner.The AMC is recommended to pay a compensa-tion of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of victim Jivaji
Marwadi”, a single bench GSHRC ordersigned by Sudhir Sinha, member GSHRCsaid.
“Civic amenities are expected as per thestatus of the city. It is unbelievable that a manwithout any rhyme or reason, without anyfault of his, suddenly falls into a cave in on aroad and loses his life. This life was lost due tounpardonable negligence of officials and em-ployees of the AMC. The AMC should checkall the gutters and potholes and cave-in on thecity roads so that a similar incident can be
prevented in the future”, the order said. The commission has asked the AMC to
submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) basedon the recommendations made by the GSHRCwithin a month’s time.
A social activist Ashwin Karia had writ-ten a postcard to the GSHRC on September 25,2008 saying that Marwadi had died due to neg-ligence of the corporation officials and thatjustice should be done to his family members.
The GSHRC inquired into the case con-cluded that Marwadi had indeed died due tonegligence of the AMC machinery.
Cave-in Had KilledJivaji Marwadi In 2008
A cop looks into a gutter on a city road that caved in
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AMC asked to pay .̀ 1L relief
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad:Jivaji Marwadi, 40, was trying tostart his loading rickshaw on the fateful day. Just ashe pulled the cable, the cord slipped from his handand he fell into a massive cave in on theVasna-Guptanagar highway. The AMC had dug abig 10 feet x 20 feet ditch which was 15 feet deep tolay a gutter line.
Rains came and road dug up caved inbecoming an unsafe, unprotected zone. Marwadibecame an accidental victim. After he slipped intothe cave in, it took the authorities 10 hours ofsearch operation, rummaging through the gutterline to find Marwadi’s body, at the Vasna PumpingStation. GSHRC noted that the western zone wasaware about the incident but submitted apatheticand incomplete reports to the commission.
Victim of AMC neglect
Ahmedabad: Here is some goodnews for XII (Science) studentswho are facing two exams on thesame day. In order to make thesestudents’ life a little easier, theGujarat Secondary and HigherSecondary Education Board(GSHSEB) has given XII (Sci-ence) students appearing fortheir practical exams an optionto postpone their test by a fewdays to accommodate commonentrance tests.
GSHSEB has taken the deci-sion and on Tuesday the boardnotified all the exam centres inGujarat. “Practical exams forthe XII (Science) began on Mon-day and will continue up to April21. The exams are being held atdifferent centres across the state.However, it has come to our no-tice that in some cases date of thepractical exams clash with cen-tral or state-level common en-trance tests. In order to enablethe students to avail of all op-tions, we have decided to allowthem to shift their date of test,”said a GSHSEB official.
GSHSEB has decided to in-
troduce this provision of flexi-bility – “if the students producea document to prove that he orshe has to attend a common en-trance test in this state or anyother on the same date, the stu-dent concerned shall be given afresh date for the practical exam.The student shall also have tosubmit an application to formal-ize the shift in date,” saidGSHSEB sources.
The reason behind this shiftis aptly highlighted by studentsin this manner: “During ourpractical exams in this monththere are several common en-trance tests scheduled by univer-sities for engineering, medicaland pharmacy courses. Severalstate boards and universities inMaharashtra and Karnataka al-so conduct their entrance examsduring this period. Till last year,it was a difficult hurdle to over-come. We had to run from pillarto post to ensure that we do notmiss our practical exam and alsoappear for national and statecommon entrance tests. Thisyear, the board has decided to actbefore the confusion and com-plaints ensue.”
Science studentscan postponepractical tests
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: About 400-odd cave-ins arereported every year during the monsoon seasonin the city. Officials said that during a rainy dayabout 10-12 cave-ins are reported every day. Onan average, the city has about 30-35 rainy days.
Last year, the corporation had decided thatit would be using Trench Less Technology (TLT),an advanced Japanese technique, for fixing thedilapidated water and drainage pipelineswithout much excavation work.
The technology is widely used in New Delhi,Bangalore and Goa. Officials said that the TLTlaying of pipes is done with directional boringmachines consisting of a boring unit, electronictracking equipment and a drill component.
The official further explained that themachines drive a soil-displacement-hammerthrough the soil and put drainage pipe createdalong the underground bore.
Can TLT check suchincidents?
108 services in UTsThe 108 emergency response service will start its operations in the Union Terri-tories, including Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, from Tuesday on-wards. In all, 13 hi-tech ambulances including three advanced life support and10 basic life support will be launched in these Union Territories. At present, 108services are available in 11 states across the country.
World Parkinson’s Day: Soul square and Parkinson’s Disease Society of Guj-arat are celebrating World Parkinson’s Day on April 11, 2012, at Vallabhsadanhall, off Ashram Road. Organizers will throw light on various personality types.
CITY DIGEST
Ahmedabad: Imagine hearing Car-natic-styled vocal recital of Sanskritshloka Shantakaram Bhajagshaya-nam Padmanabham Suresham – in amusical backdrop created with amal-gamation of sounds of bass, lead gui-tar, soprano saxophone and drum. Andcan you visualize artists performingKathak and Bharat Natyam on thesetunes accompanied by flute, mrudan-gam, violin, ghatam, thavil and chen-da?
To experience how seamlesslythese art forms merge, you can partici-pate in three-day live concerts of Indo-French artistic creation at Natrani tobe organised from April 12 by the Alli-ance Française d'Ahmedabad and Dar-pana Performing Group.
“OZMA meets DARPANA is a spon-taneous experiment where the encoun-ter of French Jazz and Indian classicalmusic and dance would happen onstage,” says Jayan Nair, Carnatic mu-
sician, vocalist and versatile artistplaying harmonium, synthesizer, vio-lin and percussion instruments. Nairis to lead this experiment as a vocalist.
A group of six Carnatic artists —Nair, Rajesh Parichipully on flute, TPalanivelu playing thavil and ghatam,Manikanthan percussion artist play-
ing mrudangam, Shajeesh Rajan play-ing violin — would be accompanied byfour French artists — Adrien Denne-feld playing guitar, Stephane Scharieon drums, Edouard Sero-Guillaume onbass and David Florsch playing saxo-phones. Kathak artist Sanjukta Sinhaand Bharat Natyam artist Reventa Sa-rabhai would perform on this fresh fu-sion.
“This is first of its kind artistic im-provisation,” says Stephane – one ofthe OZMA band artists who are in In-dia on a residency programme since2009 and has performed in more than 12cities.
“We are performing in Ahmedabadfor the first time. And we plan to amusethe audiences with novel notes,” hesays.
French artists and Carnatic musi-cians have been practising togethersince beginning of April. “We arelearning to collaborate arts with a newvision to create fresh patterns,” saysDavid.
Priya Adhyaru-Majithia
Artists practising for the three-day live concert at Natrani
Ahmedabad: With a view tokeeping a tab on incidents ofproperty-related crimes, the citypolice have decided to coordinatewith watchmen of various localitiesand security guards manningimportant establishments inwestern city parts. A meeting of allthe police inspectors of Sector I wasconducted by joint commissioner ofpolice Ajay Tomar on Tuesday. TNN
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HUMANE APPROACH
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