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There is no dearth of Eye Donors. We need to create more awareness: Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister

Oct 10, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #CAMBA, #Dr. Prashanth Garg, #Eye Donors, #Hyderabad, #LV Prasad Eye Institute, #Nitin Gadkari

National Eye Donation Pledge Contest achieves a record number of 3.08 lakh Eye Pledges from across India in just 14 days from Sept 21 to 4th October.

This was disclosed in the Virtual Valedictory Function of National Contest on Eye Donation Pledge held on the eve of World Sight Day Today. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was the Chief Guest.

Lucknow District stood first in India in mobilising 35, 717 Eye Pledges, Jabalpur District stood second with 30,641 Eyes Pledged.

Speaking on the occasion, Nitin Gadkari said, there is no dearth of Eye Donors. We need to create more awareness. You come and meet us. We will bring MSME, Social Justice and Tribal Welfare Ministries together to spread the reach of Eye Banks in India. If Sri Lanka achieves a remarkable status of exporting Corneas to 27 countries, why can’t India achieve this? Why can’t we adopt their model? he told Saksham, the organisers.

Due to Corona, the eye donations has come down from 60,000 per annum to just 10% I.e 6,500. In this light of background a massive awareness and promotional drive was launched, which resulted in collecting little over three lakh pledges informed Dr Santosh of Saksham.

A contest towards this effect was organised across India. And the NGOs who procured maximum pledges were declared. Where Lucknow and Jabalpur Districts stood in first two positions.

It was an initiative of CAMBA. CAMBA is a project of SAKSHAM.

CAMBA stands for Cornea Andhatv Mukta Bharat Abhiyan (in Hindi). It means Corneal Blindness Free Bharat Movement.

“Cornea Andhatv Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (CAMBA)” is a pan India movement of Saksham to bring down the incidence of Corneal Blindness in India and to motivate millions of Indians to pledge their eyes for this noble cause. Samadrishti, Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal (SAKSHAM) is a charitable national organization with a major presence in Hyderabad.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Prashanth Garg from LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad said, we need two lakh corneas every year on an assumption that 50% of them are not fit for transplantation. We have more than 400 Eye Banks in India. Still, we collect 60,000 corneas annually and 50% of them are not fit for corneal transplantation. Eye Banks have to be more efficient. Sri Lanka exports Corneas to 27 countries. Their PM and their Buddhism religious gurus promote eye donation. In 2018, Sri Lanka has exported 48,000 corneas to 27 countries, he said.

There are 11 lakh blind in the country and their number is on the rise felt many experts, corneal surgeons and eye banks experts.

Three reasons why the Eye Donation Movement is very vital at this juncture:

1. Due to COVID-19, eye donation has dropped to almost 10% of what was being done previously. Another very big issue being faced is lack of storage for longer times. And to store for 10-12 days, the cost has doubled. The biggest problem has been transport and logistics.

2. So, increase in awareness is most essential during COVID-19 do that there is a surge in eye donation activity after the epidemic plateaus. So all the backlog has to be covered, 60,000 eye donation could decrease to 10,000 this year. And we need to enhance the capacity to clear the extra backlog.

3. The biggest reason to start the movement is to increase awareness. Every year around 80 lakh people die but only 30,000 people donate which is less than 1%. The main reason is to build this awareness and also to make them understand the need.

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Hari Srinivas’ art exhibition ‘Epitome’, inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice Sri Raghavendra Singh Chauhan!

Oct 5, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #art exhibition, #Epitome, #Hari Srinivas, #Hyderabad, #JNTUC, #Sri Raghavendra Singh Chauhan!

Hyderabad, October 3rd, 2020: The three-day art exhibition, ‘Epitome’, by artist Hari Srinivas, was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Hon’ble Justice Sri Raghavendra Singh Chauhan, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court; His Excellency DrNawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan Honorary Consul General of Republic of Kazakhstan for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Managing Director, MAK Projects P. Ltd., graced the occasion as the Guest of Honor; Shri S.Venugopala Chary, Ex-MP and Shri Mahesh Bhagwat, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda; were also present, today at ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet.

The 88th Solo Art Exhibition – Epitome, being hosted at the Marco polo Banquet of ITC Kakatiya till 4th October 2020, is an endeavour of renowned painter Hari under his banner, Visual Art Gallery (VSL). Light and Shadow plays a very important role in Hari paintings. The Exhibition has over 40 Random Collection of paintings on the display of different sizes, vibrant colours with oil, AcralicCharcol, Abstracts, Watercolours, Landscapes etc. Visual Art Gallery is associated with several cancer hospitals and is extending succour to impoverished Cancer patients, towards their medical treatment.

HE Dr Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan, by virtue of his exemplary leadership and philanthropic bent of mind, has been a role model for many aspiring entrepreneurs and young achievers, inspiring them to contribute towards Nation building. The event was attended by many eminent personalities of the city and the state.

VSL visual international art gallery has hosted 87 solo art exhibitions with paintings by Hyderabad artist Hari, who is an alumni of JNTUC, Hyderabad. Some of his amazing pieces of art, each of which is a visual treat adorn the walls of Taj Group of hotels Art galleries, Palaces in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune.VSL is associated with Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Institute, NTR Trust, Bibi Cancer Hospital, Devnar Blind School, and several orphanages and organisations by way of supporting the students.

Health

Cancer mangled lower jaw, reconstructed with 3-D virtual planning in a COVID recovered patient, a first in Telangana!

Sep 8, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dr B Rahul, #Dr Umanath Nayak, #Hyderabad, #Oncologists at Apollo Cancer Institutes

Hyderabad, September 2020: The team of Oncologists at Apollo Cancer Institutes, Hyderabad, performed the first mandible or jawbone reconstruction of a COVID recovered patient with a massive cancer tumour in the lower jaw, using 3-D virtual computer technology, in the Telangana state and probably for the first time in the country. The 45 years old male patient Mr Rajesh Kumar (name changed), hailing from Hyderabad, presented himself with an extensive cancerous growth on the floor of his mouth and a badly mangled mandible or the lower jawbone, at Apollo Cancer Institute on 24th July 2020. He was suffering with it for the past 3 months and delayed taking treatment due to COVID prevalence. He was detected to be COVID positive two weeks prior to reporting to us, at another private cancer centre and was refused surgery there. On investigation at Apollo Hospitals, he was found to be asymptomatic for COVID and the CT chest did not show any COVID related lung changes. He was re-tested after a week, was found to be negative and a surgery was planned on him.

The surgery involved removal of the extensively spread cancer in the floor of the mouth along with the central segment of the mandible and excision of lymph nodes on both sides of his upper neck. The removal of the central arch of the mandible would result in debilitating effects on the overall structure, speech and swallowing, which would decapacitate the patient and life could become traumatic besides impacting his livelihood. To mitigate the functional disruption of the jaw and reduce disfigurement, the team of Specialists headed by Dr Umanath Nayak, Senior Consultant Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist, and aided by Dr B Rahul, Reconstructive Surgeon, Apollo Cancer Institutes, Hyderabad; performed a mandible reconstruction surgery with a vascularized segment of bone harvested from the fibula, using specialized computer software, the 3-D virtual planning, on 3rd August 2020.

The software aided in contouring Fibula, one of the minor bones in the leg, which is straight too, to the shape of the jaw with high precision. CT scans of the affected jaw and the fibula were fed into the computer and acrylic models and surgical guides were prepared which were then used in the operation theatre to provide a precise match. During the surgery after the removal of cancer and adjoining central part of the mandible, the remodelled segment of the fibula was fixed to the remaining portion of the jawbone with titanium plates and screws. The blood supply to the transplanted bone was restored by connecting its artery and vein to blood vessels in the neck using very fine (10-0) nylon sutures under a microscope. The entire procedure lasted around 10 hours. The patient recovered from the surgery with no major complications was discharged with good cosmetic and functional outcome.

The team of specialists confronted multiple challenges in treating this patient, including the advanced stage of cancer, the resulting disruption in form and function of the jaw and the timing of the surgery, considering the COVID status of the patient. Prolonged surgery in COVID patients can often lead to major complications and a 3-week waiting period is generally recommended from the time patient has tested positive or shows the first signs of infection, however for this patient any delay was detrimental due to cancer proliferation, says Dr Umanath Nayak. The redeeming factor which offset all the impediments was the virtual surgical planning, it enabled precise contouring of the anterior mandibular arch and significantly reduced operating time, he adds.

The surgery was performed by a team of specialists comprising of Dr Umanath Nayak, Senior Consultant; Dr Buggaveeti Rahul, Consultant; Dr Abhishek B, Junior Consultant; Dr Ashwin Shastri, Fellow and Dr Ankita K, Fellow; Department of Head & Neck surgical oncology, Apollo Cancer Institutes, Hyderabad.

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‘Son of Hyderabad’ Pt. Jasraj, returns to Hyderabad forever, laid to rest alongside his father Pt. Motiramji!

Sep 3, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Hyderabad, #Pt. Motiramji!, #Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj

The ashes of the ‘Son of Hyderabad’ and doyen of Indian Classical music, Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj, was laid to rest alongside his parents at the Hindu Shamshan ghat, Amberpet, today. His son Shaarangdev, daughter Durga Jasraj, performed the Asthi Sthapna puja on the occasion. Also present were disciples Tripti Mukherjee, Ratan Mohan Sharma and several of his ardent fans and music lovers from Hyderabad.

Pt. Jasraj, despite having a hectic scheduled through the year, always yearned to be in Hyderabad and religiously for the last 47 years visited Amberpet shamshanghat to offer his prayers to his parents and host the Pt. Motiram Pt. Maniram Sangeet Samaroha, every year in the month of November. The festival is held in memory of Pandit Jasraj’s gurus, father Sangeet Ratna Pandit Motiram and his elder brother Sangeet Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Maniram.

A few hours before Sangeet Ratna Pandit Motiram was to be honoured as the Royal singer in the court of the Nizam, (today is known as the Chowmahalla Palace), he left for his heavenly abode. At that time, Pandit Jasraj was only 4 years old. Thus, Pandit Jasraj had a deep emotional bond with the City of Hyderabad and the people of Hyderabad. As a musical tribute to his Gurus, Pandit Jasraj began this Festival in 1972 and never has he accepted any kind of sponsorship or sold tickets for organising this event, which was absolutely free for all the music lovers. People thronged for this musical treat from within the city and across India and abroad.

Business World

DXC Technology Onboards 500 Women New Hires in a Single Day

Aug 27, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Bangalore, #DXC Technology, #Hyderabad

Hyderabad/Bangalore, India, 27 August 2020 – DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) today announced that it has onboarded 500 women hires in one single day in India. The new women joiners come from leading institutes and engineering campuses across India to begin their professional careers across a variety of technology disciplines with DXC.

DXC in India has hired approximately 5000 campus graduates this year and 50% of them are women. The company continues to invest in campus relationships and has plans to increase the number of graduate hires next year with the aim to ensure the right representation and talent pool required to serve customers.

DXC’s hiring practices reflect the company’s commitment to promoting a diverse and inclusive corporate culture. By hiring women employees to create a healthy gender balance, DXC is cultivating an inclusive environment where all employees are rewarded for superior performance and recognized with equal opportunities for growth.

“DXC is proud to welcome these young people and future technology leaders to our team. We strongly believe that an inclusive culture powers better business results. As diversity is one of the cornerstones of our growth strategy, our future success depends on how we leverage our collective and diverse talents and strengths,” said Lokendra Sethi, Vice President and India Human Resources leader, DXC.

“DXC’s diversity charter is core to its success. We are committed to building our future by collaborating with the right talent and furthering a culture which rewards diverse strengths and merit. Bringing on board 500 skilled women colleagues in a single day reinforces our belief in the value of diversity,” said Nachiket Sukhtankar, Managing Director, India, DXC.

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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mr G. Kishan Reddy Inaugurated Telugu States’ first Rotary Plasma Bank “The Rotary Plasma Bank” today in the city

Aug 23, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Chairman of the Rotary Challa Blood Bank, #Corona, #Hyderabad, #Plasma Bank, #Plasma Therapy., #Rtn Sharath Choudary, #The Rotary Plasma Bank, #Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mr G. Kishan Reddy

Hyderabad, August 23, 2020….The only hope to Corona until Vaccine introduced is Plasma Therapy. Making that easy is Plasma Bank.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mr G. Kishan Reddy Inaugurated Telugu States’ first Rotary Plasma Bank “The Rotary Plasma Bank” here in the city today at Challa Blood Bank.

It is the initiative of Rotary Club of Hyderabad Deccan.

The plasma bank is the need of the hour of treatment for Covid-19 shared VVSN Raju, President of the Rotary Club of Hyderabad Deccan while welcoming the gathering and the media at the launch press conference held at Hotel Paryatak Bhavan after its inauguration earlier in the morning. He outlined the earlier work of the Club in setting up dialysis centres and cancer treatment facilities in recent times

Addressing the press Rtn Sharath Choudary, Chairman of the Rotary Challa Blood Bank said “Our journey of Plasma Bank started when young engineering graduates of Manipal approached us to have a website to promote plasma donation. Then our spouses got involve to match with hospitals, patients, donors etc. We also observed that we must make plasma donation easy and cumbersome as not many donors were venturing out for many reasons some of which include safety, privacy etc.

Many doctors and hospitals have been prescribing plasma rich in antibodies. The patients and doctors are under stress as the number of patients far outnumber the number of donors coming forward to donate plasma. Donors’ fear of loss of privacy, re-infection and the long waiting at Hospitals make them reluctant to come forward to donate. To ensure that the need in society for COVID Convalescent Plasma is met, Rotary Club of Hyderabad Deccan is launching the plasma bank initiative at the Rotary Challa Blood Bank.

The initiative requires patients and donors to register at the www.plasmaforyou.org platform. The Donors will be pre-screened for antibodies and other blood parameters from samples collected at home by our technicians, and eligible donors are then requested to come to the blood bank or transport to the blood bank at a designated time thus eliminating the worries of re-infection and the discomfort of waiting at Hospitals. The process takes just 15 minutes.

The plasma is made available for patients for Rs 10,500/-, for patients in private hospitals who can afford it. This is just the cost of extraction of plasma from a donor. In the case of poor, we will even provide free of cost-shared Sharath Choudhary.

Rotary District Governor NV Hanmanth Reddy informed that the Plasma Bank was set up on the lines of one in Delhi and Noida, will fulfil the needs of people in Telugu states in these difficult times.

Rotary plasma bank is the initiative of the Rotary Challa Blood Bank to cater to the requirement for COVID Convalescent Plasma being prescribed by many doctors as a line of treatment for patients suffering severe symptoms of COVID SARS II, he added.

Addressing the media at the launch press conference, Mr G. Kishan Reddy, Honourable Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India expresses his happiness for inaugurating Telugu States’ First Rotary Plasma Bank. He thanked Rotary on behalf of the people of this country at large and Union Government in particular.

Carelessness may prove dearly and may cost lives. He gave a clarion call “your careless is your punishment and your alertness is your protection (“మీ నిర్లక్షమే మీకు శిక్ష . మన జాగ్రత్తే మనకు శ్రీ రామ రక్ష”.)

August 22nd was the very significant day in the country as a record number of 10,25,000 tests were done on a single day. It is the record by far but it must go up and the need is more.

Mr Reddy suggested that no one should compromise on doing tests and the number must be constantly increased.

Prime Minister has been constantly speaking CMs and all others to contain the spread of the virus. Delhi being a UT on which Union Home Ministry has administrative control. Because of which the control of the spread of the virus is effectively managed in Delhi and it is standing tall as a model state in managing the virus spread. Today it has 25,000 empty beds.

Whenever I inaugurate any hospital I always wish that no one needs it, Minister shared Union Home Ministry is the nodal Agency in looking into Corona and its related issues. Corona is becoming uncontrollable in five states which have to Improve their testing and Telangana is one amongst them, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs informed.

Telangana is lagging behind other states in terms of testing. When we see the data of 36 cities/regions across the country, Telangana stands poorly 7th position from the bottom

The Central Government is helping Telangana in every possible way. We have so far supplied 14 lakh N-95 masks; 2,35,000 PPE Kits, 42,50,000 HCQ Tablets and 1400 ventilators to Telangana. If need be we will extend more help. We have approved 16 Govt and 24 private labs.

Central Experts teams visited the Telangana thrice and have been continuously monitoring the situation and giving necessary suggestions to the state government.

Minister gave a comparative performance to the USA in managing the COVID in the country. The USA has 17,498 COVID cases for every one million of their population and India has 2.156. Even if you see deaths we have 40 as against their 545 deaths, he shared.

Union Government has given free hands to the state. On Union Governments front, several of our facilities such as Railway, ESI are converted into COVID hospitals he shared.

He dismissed news reports purporting Governor criticising the state government. Governor is the constitutional head of the state. She also being doctor herself it was her concern and she made few observations and suggestions. It doesn’t tantamount to criticising. She has every authority to do so, he said and maintained that the relationship with the state government is cordial and reciprocal.

Minister lauded the efforts of the Rotary organisation and urged them to spread their service range a bit more to serve more needy people.

The success of the plasma bank initiative will be the participation of donors in this endeavour of Rotary to create a hassle-free and safe donation experience Rotarians by registering and to move from a COVID Survivor to be a COVID Saviour.

Rotary Challa Blood Bank is a not for profit blood bank with component separation, apheresis and plasmapheresis facilities. The Blood Bank Bank has been by the Rotary Club of Hyderabad Deccan set up to encourage voluntary blood donation in society and to provide blood products on a free of charge basis to poor patients in government hospitals, Thalassaemics, and other people who cannot afford blood products whilst maintaining the sustainability of the blood bank.

The bank has processed and delivered over 40000 units of blood products in the last 5 years.

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Hyderabad Chapter of the Retailers Association Of India (RAI) Expresses Gratitude to Telangana State Polic

Jun 21, 2020 by Neel Achary 0 Comments #Hyderabad, #Hyderabad Chapter of RAI

Hyderabad: Key members of the Retailers Association of India (RAI) – Hyderabad Chapter came together to donate over 300 Pulse Oximeters to the Telangana State Police as a gesture of their gratitude towards these frontline COVID-19 soldiers. RAI members Ratnadeep Retail Pvt. Ltd.; Neeru’s; Q Mart; Reliance retail; KRD Exports; and Vishal Peripherals thanked the police for their key role in helping retail operate safely in the state as well as in helping prevent the spread of the pandemic.

The Hyderabad Chapter of RAI was formed in November 2019 to help accelerate the growth of modern retail in Telangana and to bring different retailers in the state under a common umbrella. It is governed by a regional council comprising key retailers in the region who further RAI’s mandate through various initiatives with different stakeholders.

Hyderabad is one of the most thriving metros of the country with a bustling retail scene, growing on the back of a flourishing IT industry. The city of Nawabs is home to an eclectic mix of local, national and international retail brands. Some of the home-grown brands have been delighting customers for several decades and have achieved iconic status.