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Higher Education In Manipur

Leader Writer: Hrishikesh Angom
The state government should take serious note of the present scenario in higher education sector of the state. The teachers and students of government colleges have been demanding for the upliftment of higher education in the state. The government college teachers under the aegis of Federation of College Teachers’ Associations in Manipur (FECTAM) and the students under the banner of Coordinating Committee of College students’ Unions have taken out different forms of agitations and submitted memoranda containing the charter of demands related to the improvement of higher education to the state government. College teachers are demanding for the implementation of 6th UGC pay scale along with enhancement of age of superannuation up to 65 years, while the students are raising their voices for the improvement of college infrastructures along with filling up of appropriate number of teaching and non-teaching staffs in the government colleges. There have been protest demonstrations urging the state government to fulfill their demands for the last many months. It is the high time for the state government to be responsive to the demands of both the teachers and students as the higher education has been in a deplorable condition for the past many years. The present situation in higher education sector of the state is very much evident from the fact that a large number of students after completing their higher secondary education in the state opt to study outside the state despite of huge financial implications it could leave on the state’s economy.

No doubt the state has got two popular central universities, namely Manipur University and Central Agricultural University where the education system is relatively good. However, the college education which is the backbone of every education system has been a neglected subject in the state thereby creating a large void in the whole education system of the state. The education system up to higher secondary level is somehow fair with a good number of well established government as well as private schools but higher education in the colleges is lacking the essence of education leading to the development of inferiority complex amongst the students of the state. The higher education of the state is again in a different scenario with only some government colleges and few aided colleges imparting education to a section of students who cannot afford education outside the state. The negligence of higher education is a great loss to the state as only those students who get to study outside the state cannot altogether contribute to human resource development of the poor state. It is through good education system that the state is going to reach new heights in development and the state government should chalk out measures to fill the void in the education system by addressing the problems of both the teachers and students of the government colleges. The demands of the teachers and students of the government colleges are rightful in the context of National Education Policy and the state government should take up the needful steps to soothe them at the earliest.

It is through college education that human resource of the state can be developed to a great extent. The colleges in the state have been defunct due to the ongoing cease-work strike of the teachers demanding concrete decisions from the state government on the implementation of revised 6th UGC pay scale. The impasse should be resolved at the earliest in the interest of the students who have been deprived of education on many such occasions in the past.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/08/higher-education-in-manipur/

Importance of Complete Health Check

By Dr. Chakshu Few instances in the last week forced me to think of few facts. Like, I have seen people spending lavishly on their dresses, shoes and jewelries. People… Read more »

By Dr. Chakshu
Few instances in the last week forced me to think of few facts. Like, I have seen people spending lavishly on their dresses, shoes and jewelries. People don’t bother about the cost of home appliances and also large amounts are spent heartedly on ceremonies but when it comes to their health, any medication , suddenly they become very conscious of the cost. With the change in our life style these days, we are now more vulnerable to so many silent killers (diseases) of which either we are ignorant or don’t want to know. People just think like a pigeon who closes his eyes in front of a cat assuming that it will not hurt him. But this doesn’t happen in reality. Everybody knows what happens. I mean to say that we have changed our life style but we haven’t changed our eating habits. In olden days, people used to work very hard and so was their eating habits. But now most of the hard work is done by machines. We have many helping appliances at home and at work. So most of the people have sedentary lifestyle, which leads to a lot of health problems. People think that only cancer and AIDS are deadly and nothing else is more dangerous. But let me tell you diabetes and hypertension are more dangerous if left uncontrolled. These and many other disorders do not affect our body suddenly. They damage our body organs slowly and silently. A diabetic person for many years may be without any complaint. Same is with hypertension, heart disease, liver disease. For example; liver disease usually manifests after 50 – 80% has been destroyed. Person comes to know about his raised BP, may be after one intracranial hemorrhage or CVA (stroke).

Majority of diseases, take time from starting in the body to expression as symptoms. This period is called latent period. Latent period depends on nature of disease & body response towards that disease. Heart disease, High blood pressure, Degenerative, Cancer diseases have more latent period before being symptomatic . Once it crosses certain threshold or body resistance then the disease expresses its presence by symptoms.

It is the duty of medical practitioners to make people aware of these diseases and try to control them before complications occur. Best way is to undergo regular complete health check up at least once in a year. This helps in two ways. One is, if you have dysfunction in any of the body organs, it can be controlled and treated and the other benefit is, if your all body organs are healthy and all the blood parameters are normal, than it may be considered as a positive biofeedback that your lifestyle is good and you can lead a quality life with your parents, children and friends. Early detection avoids irreversible damage by early treatment and cost of treatment is less because disease is detected in reversible phase or before complications. If the disease is detected late or after irreversible phase, the disease will control the patient as well as doctor in addition to being expensive. In such case treatment may be needed to avoid further damage, but is not reversible. That is the great benefit of early diagnosis of disease during this latent period.

Specially complete health check is need of the hour for those people who are chronic alcoholic, smoker, intravenous drug abusers. They are at high risk of HBV, HCV, HIV infections. These persons require timely detection and appropriate treatment.

With hectic life style and a stressful life, health checkups have become kind of mandatory in today’s life. With the concept of preventive health care picking up fast, hospitals in big metropolitan cities are now providing health checkup packages at reasonable prices.

It would be worth mentioning here that such type of complete health check facility is now available in Manipur. Shija Hospitals, Langol which is an ISO 9001:2008 certified hospital has been offering “Shija Health Check”, a comprehensive health check programme. The various packages available under this programme are Shija Special Health Check, Shija Executive Health Check, Shija Basic Health Check, Shija Well Women Health Check, Shija Stroke Check and Shija Child Health Check. Each package has been carefully customized to meet the different healthcare requirements of different individuals and age groups. It offers you a comprehensive basket of customized tests, as well as consultation and advice. It would also serve as a personal medical record for future reference. Once the check is completed, if treatment is required it can begin without any delay.

So, people should now start realizing the benefits of regular complete health checks and also make other people aware of it. This can prevent so many CVAs, heart attacks and many deaths. Let me quote the old adage which says “Prevention is better than cure.” So wake up and start taking care of your health. Remember God has given us this life to live for only once.
(Author is MD (Medicine), Consultant Physician, Shija Hospitals and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., Langol. Imphal).

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/08/importance-of-complete-health-check/

Fraud Social Worker Arrested

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