Skill courses to be conducted for youth

In a special meeting of the District Executive Committee on Punjab Skills Development Mission, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Sarabjit Singh Walia informed that PMKVY 3.0 scheme is to be started by the end of this year in which young boys and girls of the district would be imparted employment oriented courses. Industry was encouraged to contribute in these schemes. Committee members and industrialists also presented their views to make the learners skilled as per the need of the industry. District Employment Officer Rupinder Kaur, general manager District Industries Centre Amarjit Singh, DPMU Officers and industrialists were also present on the occasion.

IMA holds demonstration

The members of Indian Medical Association held public demonstrations to raise voice against the notification regarding amendment to regulation of postgraduate Ayurveda Education issued by Central Council of Indian System of Medicine (CCIM). Dr Navjot Dahiya and Dr Paramjit Mann, president and secretary, respectively, of IMA, Punjab, while strongly condemning the amendment, demanded its immediate withdrawal. "If such a mixing up of all the systems is allowed, the life of the patients will be at great risk," said the IMA office bearers, while maintaining that the purity of each system of medicine should be maintained and allowed to excel in its own field otherwise such a practice would destroy both the scientifically developed modern healthcare system as well as the greatly respected ancient Indian system. The Ayurveda practitioners should be allowed to excel in their own system and provide people with choice of alternative system of treatment rather than allowing them to practice allopathy by backdoor. 'Moreover, the Ayush Ministry should develop basic infrastructure and rigorous training modules on par with international standards before embarking upon the path of empowering Ayush practitioners to do surgeries," they added.

Don’t mistake Covid for normal flu: DC

Deputy Commissioner, Nawanshahr, Dr Sheena Aggarwal on Wednesday said that several rumours were doing the rounds that there was no need to be scared of Covid and it was just like normal flu. This is the reason why people have started violating guidelines and shunning precautions which is only making the condition worse, the DC said. "The second wave is only a matter of time and cases will increase, so, this attitude of people towards Covid will affect their health," she said, adding that although the initial symptoms are just like normal flu but a normal flu will end within 10 days, however, Covid reacts aggressively on body. "It becomes difficult for the body to react and within few hours, the condition of the patient worsens," she added.

(Contributed by Aakanksha Bhardwaj)