CMC & H is committed to bring International level care

CMC doctor invited as guest speaker at International Yoga conference Yoga therapy beneficial for heart surgery patients 

Ludhiana :Yoga is now playing a major therapeutic role in the treatment of various diseases. Heart disease is a lifestyle disorder which can be tackled at an early stage by Yoga. Dr Harinder Singh Bedi – Head of Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery at Christian Medical College & Hospital in Ludhiana – has worked on the effects of yoga therapy before and after heart surgery. In a pilot study it was found that the results were dramatically better after yoga therapy.

Dr Bedi explained that at the CMC already they had results matching International standards. To further improve the results the complementary addition of yoga had various beneficial effects. Alternative medicine has already taken up in a big way in the West as was evidenced by the large number of papers and research work presented. Dr Bedi has previously delivered an oration at the 1^st Interantional Yoga conference in Haridwar .

He was judged by a distinguished panel which included Dr Luciano Bernardi from Italy, Prof Terence Ryan from UK , Dr Kim Innes from USA, Padamshri Dr Karthikeyan, Prof Robert Saper from UK , Dr Sat Bir Khalsa from USA and    Dr Shirley Telles . There were 10 other International papers. Dr Bedi’s research protocol got a standing ovation. On the basis of this paper he has now been invited to deliver a guest lecture at the International Association for Yoga Therapists (IAYT) on Sep 23-25, 2011 in Boston, USA.

Dr Abraham G Thomas – Director of CMC & H – told that CMC & H is committed to bringing International level care to the people of this region and alternative forms of therapy including yoga therapy were under active research.

Where pleasure takes over your worries

QUE  VIVA  LA  SALSA !

Rightly said by ~Dave Barry “Nobody cares if you can't dance well .  Just get up and dance.”
Dance is the only art form in which your body, mind and soul are completely in unison and one can enjoy the stuff of which he/she is made up off. An Ecstatic state of mind where pleasure takes over your worries and makes you free to float in the state of happiness .

Keeping all this in mind Ecstasy the dance studio by Gautam offered a free salsa and meringue workshop for beginners who love to dance but somehow can’t. Mr. Gautam the Director of Ecstasy is of view that through the platform of Ecstasy he always tries to fulfill the real aim of dance which is to spread happiness in today’s mechanized world we hardly take out time for ourselves, to treat our senses, to relax our minds from all the hellish work tensions .So through this workshop he tried to hit the target and it was indeed a success , as 30 to 40 people attended this workshop and danced their heart out , they learnt the basics of salsa and meringue dance forms.

 “learning salsa could be this much fun ,I never knew” these were the words of Sanya , one of the participant in the workshop she  was feeling at the top of the world as learning salsa was her dream but she never got the chance but in this workshop she achieved her dream. All the participants enjoyed the workshop and thanked “Ecstasy” for this wonderful workshop. --Shalu Arora  

“CDC has created a landmark--Dr Jeevan Lata

Ludhiana: Christian Dental College, Ludhiana conducted a continuing dental education programme (CDE) on ‘DENTAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS SPECIAL NEEDS’ at the Guy Constable Auditorium, CMC-Ludhiana. This programme was inaugurated by Dr. Abraham G. Thomas, Director, CMC-Ludhiana who was the Chief Guest of the occasion. Dr. Abraham G Thomas is a pioneer and a stalwart in the field of micro-vascular surgery and reconstructive surgery. In his inaugural address to the nearly 150 delegates, who have come from the different parts of North India, Dr. Abraham emphasized the need of multi-speciality team effort for doing the best in the interest of the patient rather than personal interests.

This programme was accredited by the Punjab dental council with 12 CDE points. The main faculty for this programme were, Dr. Sherry Peter (MBBS, MDS, FDRCS, FRCS) from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi; Dr. Puneet Batra (MDS, M Orth. RCS) from New Delhi and Dr. Gautam Munjal (MDS) from Chandigarh.  Other speakers for the programme were Dr. Rajesh Kumar, r. abi M. Thomas, Dr. Ajit K Jaiswal and Dr. Sumir Gandhi from Christian Dental College, Ludhiana; and Dr. Anjumanpreet Khurana from BJS Dental College, Ludhiana.

The conference emphasized on the various techniques for the correction of jaw and facial deformities using orthognathic surgical procedures and distraction osteogenesis.

Distraction osteogenesis is a process initiated surgically to lengthen the deficient bone to normalcy. Management of congenital dentofacial deformities needs a team approach. Christian Medical College and Christian Dental College has enough resources and trained staff to help the patients with such kind of facial deformities.

Dr Anil Sharma an orthododntist from Gurgaon said that “this programme was impressive and extremely informative. As an institution, CMC have to take more and more initiatives to organise such programmes which will benefit specialists working on patients with dentofacial deformities”.

“CDC has created a landmark by conducting a workshop on recent concepts in the managememnt of patients with special needs. It has definitely educated and motivated the dental doctors regarding their advancing technologies with special emphasis on team approach” said Dr Jeevan Lata, Maxillofacial Surgeon and Head of Department at Government Dental College, Amritsar.

Dr (Prof) Hemant Batra from Dr H.S. Judge Dental College, Chandigarh said that “it was a comprehensive programme which covered the basics of a team work involved in the management of facial deformities, diagnosis, treatment planning. Step by step treatment was covered by the hands on workshop for the beginners”.

HELP build Parvati khan’s ‘I love you’’ campaign’

An important message from Parvati Khan

Singing toward upliftment of inmates satsang/workshop jail Allahabad

SAB KA MALIK EK.... ek hai, ek hai, ek hai...God is ONE.. he governs US ALL no matter what name we may choose to call him by, no matter which country , community, sect we may find ourselves to be existing/believing in.. Sab Ka Malik EK. HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS GREAT REVELATION /TRUTH &ONE POINTED TEACHING BY the AVTAAR of humanity, unity and love. The feeling of ''separate ness'' is a kind of ''damaging 'innocence.’HELP build Parvati khan’s ‘I love you’’ campaign’, pls don’t break d chain! It emanates frm d ‘’source’’ through which it expresses. Let’s generate together, ‘worldwide ’selfless’’ love‘2 help heal d world. How many of us muster d courage to say ‘I love you’ 2 those who R NOT family, /relatives /special friends? Know this truth, none R strangers here!!! Words carry d energy of their feelings/meaning& are further energized thru endorsements of d same. 

Sai declared his presence... when my son was critically ill.

Let’s inflate this LOVE ENERGY /FEELING SO BIG dat it transmutes negativity ANY where in d world. Let’s HEAL those who hurt us, THIS is d way 2 diffuse negativity, not through wars, violence, division, subjugation or separatism. Make a real difference through THIS SMALL gesture which carries divine consequences! ‘’I LOVE YOU’’ I appeal 2 U & ALL friends 2 pls support my oneness & love campaign , by posting, the ‘’original campaign message’’ up next, (with my pic as it carries d accumulated energy so far on this campaign), on my wall, yr walls; TAG d same 2 ALL in suprt of d effort pls. To authenticate my commitment pls visit my ‘’transition’ photos&data/profile& look at the VERY old posts/videos pix. Go to YOU TUBE&C my videos& READ d descriptions abt major ‘’transition’’ from show biz /material 2d spiritual world do leave yr comments at youtube, FB etc. please. 

Video titles: 1)parvati khan live in Russia Siberia. 2)parvati khan karma removal mantra 3) parvati khan anthemtake2 4) parvati khan anthem. 5) parvati khan ai dile nadaan. Pls leave yr comments at you tube.. U wud need 2 open a youtube account, sorry for d time taken but yr invaluable comments wud b deeply appreciated. Thanx a ton.

Parvati Khan tells about this photograph.

This CHARRED Atari Express , the special train symbolizing unity between pakistan and India & on the inaugural day, this train was set ablaze as it left panipat killing all its passengers. In the name of humanity and grief over the tragedy I traveled all the way to Delhi and then to panipat to be there, at the break of dawn to sing my message of peace, to pray for the souls , to stand on the platform of inhumanity and project love and peace .I prayed for those who set ablaze the train for they need our prayers to experience a shift of consciousness. People in pakistan have also done great wrongs and these lives paid the price.. on that fateful day for their wrongs.. and the chain of evil continued, this si what is happening everywhere in the world! People have forgot the meaning of humanity and love. I want to be very instrumental in helping as many people to walk the path of truth. THIS is part of my humanity drive!.

Now waiting your views, actions and support to this message of love...Rector Kathuria

Annual assessment of human rights worldwide

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: TOP FIVE ACTIONS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE TO PROMOTE FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 

ORGANIZATION UNVEILS GLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, URGES LAWMAKERS TO INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT,
 SUPPORT CYBER-ACTIVISTS/INTERNET FREEDOM 

Washington, D.C.: As Amnesty International (AI) launched its annual assessment of human rights worldwide, the U.S. section of the world’s largest human rights organization urged the U.S. Congress to support reform efforts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by fully funding the president’s FY12 International Affairs Budget request of $61.5 billion. That relatively small investment would have an enormous ripple effect in promoting freedom and stability abroad by funding civilian-led programs that help alleviate extreme poverty, support democratic institutions, and advance the rule of law and otherwise promote development.  The International Affairs Budget accounts for just over 1% of the entire federal budget. 

“For years, the United States has been on shaky ground with its human rights credentials,” said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA). “Long-standing abuses in the so-called war on terror, coupled with President Obama’s embrace of most of former President Bush’s policies, have greatly compromised U.S. leadership on the world stage. As the Arab Spring unfolds, accelerated by social networking, the United States has the chance to get on the right side of history and support the building of societies where governments are accountable, human rights are respected and protected, and people live with dignity. Now is the time to sow the seeds of freedom and prove that the United States has not completely abdicated its purported human rights leadership.”

To secure greater rights and freedoms across the MENA region, Amnesty International also called on the Obama administration to step up its efforts to promote expanded and unrestricted access to the Internet and forcefully condemn other governments’ efforts to undermine Internet freedom; amplify its ongoing efforts to ensure that women fully participate in the re-formulating of new governments; provide strong backing for the prosecution of war criminals at the International Criminal Court; and advocate for human rights defenders who are risking their lives. 

The State of the World’s Human Rights and Top 5 list are released as the organization commemorates its 50^th anniversary. The organization’s global campaigns uniting concerned individuals to act in concert to protect human rights have resulted in freedom for tens of thousands of political prisoners, a near reversal in the number of countries conducting executions and the adoption of major international treaties to protect human rights. Despite this progress, great challenges remain, the report finds. 

The 2011 State of the World’s Human Rights documents abuses in 157 countries and concludes that while the human rights revolution now stands on the threshold of historic change, entrenched powers are using any means necessary to thwart them. Salil Shetty, Amnesty International Secretary General, said, “Courageous people, led largely by youth, are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings, tear gas and tanks. This bravery – combined with new technology that is helping activists to outflank and expose government suppression of free speech and peaceful protest – is sending a signal to repressive governments that their days are numbered. The international community must seize the opportunity for change and ensure that 2011 is not a false dawn for human rights.” 

The report documents torture and other ill-treatment in at least 98 countries, specific restrictions on free speech in at least 89 countries, reports on unfair trials in at least 54 countries and highlights cases of prisoners of conscience in at least 48 countries. 

Despite serious failures of justice in many countries last year, many developments revealed progress. Those include: the steady retreat of the death penalty; key improvements in maternal healthcare, including in Indonesia and Sierra Leone; and the bringing to justice of some of those responsible for human rights crimes under past military regimes in Latin America.

Amnesty International’s annual report also highlights:
·        deteriorating human rights conditions for activists in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine;
·        spiraling violence in Nigeria;
·        an escalating crisis posed by Maoist armed insurgencies in central and north-east India;
·        growing threats to Indigenous peoples in the Americas;
·        growing willingness by European states to return people to places where they risk persecution.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Amnesty International Report 2011: State of the World’s Human Rights covers the period January – December 2010. Global and regional experts are available for analysis and comment. 

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 3 million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.

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Soldier Aids Wounded Warriors

By Army Capt. Ozzie Santiago Smith III

25th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs

NORTH SHORE, Hawaii, May 12, 2011 - People run grueling 26-mile marathons for all kinds of reasons -- for a personal challenge, because they're competitive, or maybe because it's just a great way to stay physically fit.

Army Staff Sgt. Marc Dibernardo, E Company, 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, who wears a gas mask when he runs for soldiers wounded in combat, participates in the North Shore Marathon with assistance from members of Team Red, White, and Blue at North Shore, Hawaii, May 1, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael Linnington

However, Army Staff Sgt. Marc Dibernardo pounds pavement because he wants to honor the service of his fallen comrades and to support the nation's wounded warriors.

A member of E Company, 2-25th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Dibernardo runs to raise cash for the support and recovery of wounded warriors, and he's been running donned in shorts, shoes, t-shirt -- and gas mask -- since 2003.

While he runs for all wounded warriors -- sailors, airmen, Marines and soldiers -- Dibernardo's participation in the North Shore Marathon on May 1, 2011, was in memory of 10 friends he'd lost in Afghanistan and those comrades who'd succumbed to their combat wounds when they'd returned stateside for advanced medical treatment.

After crossing the finish line, Dibernardo was unofficially informed he'd finished the course in 3 hours, 49 minutes and 42 seconds, breaking the previous world record by five minutes for an individual running a marathon in a gas mask.

Sponsored by Team Red, White and Blue, a non-profit organization that aids wounded warriors by sponsoring extreme athletes, Dibernardo helps the team with a unique support system for veterans, families and friends recovering from injuries received during combat operations.

Donations raised by the team are used to fund the reintegration of wounded warriors back into civilian society.

"The fallen and wounded warriors are the heroes. I'm not a hero. They're heroes," Dibernardo said. "This is the best way I know how to let the world know about the sacrifices being made by our soldiers."

Members of Dibernardo's chain of command rally behind him.

"I'm very proud of him. It's an outstanding thing what he's doing and a great reason why he's doing it," said Army 1st Sgt. Henry Wood.

"I'm really proud of him it's incredible what he is doing running a marathon and in a gas mask, said Army Capt. Lindsay Maples, Dibernardo's company commander. "We let him do his own training during physical fitness time."  

Eye Clinic Restores Sight, Hope for Malawians

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service LILONGWE, Malawi, May 12, 2011 – Few memories from a medical exercise that wraps up here today stand out so vividly for a team of Army ophthalmologists than the moment when an elderly cataract-surgery patient danced with joy when the bandages were removed from her face. Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Darrell “Casey” Carlton, an eye surgeon based at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., right; and Army Maj. (Dr.) Charles Redger, an anesthesiologist from Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., prepare 78-year-old Valentino Kachindamoto for cataract surgery at an eye clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 11, 2011. DOD photo by Donna Miles   It was a high point among almost two weeks of high points, said Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Darrell “Casey” Carlton, assistant officer-in-charge for the eye clinic at the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital here. “There is nothing quite so gratifying as that moment when the bandages come off and the patients realize they can see,” Carlton said. “It’s a life-changing change for them.” Life-changing events like this became the norm during a medical readiness education and training exercise conducted here in tandem with U.S. Army Africa’s MEDREACH 11 mission. That mission, featuring medical training exchanges between U.S. and Malawi Defense Force members, included three medical and dental outreach clinics that delivered care to the Malawian people. The eye clinic was a smaller effort, conducted by the only active-duty military members among about 100 U.S. MEDREACH participants. But for the 308 patients who received cataract surgery as of yesterday, and as many as 50 expected to have surgeries today, the impact was beyond words. Cataract surgery candidates in Malawi aren’t like those in the United States, where patients tend to see an eye doctor at the onset of a problem, Carlton explained. In Lilongwe, he said, many Malawian patients have advanced cataracts, with the lenses of their eyes clouded over almost to the point of blindness. Larry Grandorff, a civilian Defense Department nurse here from Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., made a rundown of the patients the eye team had treated. One-third had only light perception. One-third could discern nothing more than a hand waving in front of their faces. And only one-third could count the number of fingers held up before them. Treating these patients with advanced cataracts is a relatively simple procedure that averages about 30 minutes, start to finish, said Army Col. (Dr.) Bill Wilson, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center ophthalmologist serving as officer-in-charge of the eye clinic here. Using a “tunneled” procedure that reduces the need for post-operative care, doctors achieve extraordinary successes without the need for a lot of high-tech equipment, he said. Carlton, who noted he might conduct seven or eight cataract surgeries on a particularly busy day at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., marveled at the team’s efficiency and output. “We’re averaging 50 patients a day,” he said. “You can compare that to a busy civilian practice that might have a little more than 20 a day.” Among yesterday’s patients was 78-year-old Valentino Kachindamoto. He climbed up onto the table as Army Maj. (Dr.) Charles Redger, an anesthesiologist from Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., numbed the area for surgery. With advanced cataracts in both eyes that enabled him to see little more than hand motion, Kachindamoto was scheduled for two surgeries: one yesterday and one today. “I can’t tell you how unbelievably fulfilling it is to be part of a team like this, with everyone doing whatever needs to be done to help these people,” Redger said. “Some of these patients have never seen their own grandchildren, and what we are doing is going to allow them to enjoy their grandchildren in a whole new way.” “I get goose bumps just talking about it,” said Army Maj. (Dr.) Travis Frazier, another Madigan doctor screening candidates for cataract surgery. “Seeing them smile and dance -- it feels great knowing what a huge difference this is going to make. The impact that this is going to have on their lives is really hard to measure.”

Related Sites: Photo Essay: U.S. Troops Participate in Africom MEDREACH 2011 U.S. Africa Command U.S. Army Africa CIA Factbook: Malawi Related Articles: Malawi Exercise Supports U.S.-African Partnerships

Army Maj. (Dr.) Travis Frazier, an ophthalmologist at Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., screens a potential candidate for cataract surgery at an eye clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 11, 2011. DOD photo by Donna Miles   Download screen-resolution  Download high-resolution Dr. Keith Dahlhauser, a former physician at Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., who now volunteers his time to support humanitarian outreach missions, performs cataract surgery on 78-year-old Valentino Kachindamoto with a Malawian medical assistant at his side at an eye clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 11, 2011. DOD photo by Donna Miles   Download screen-resolution  Download high-resolution Patients recovering after receiving cataract surgery at an eye clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi, give their thumbs up as their vision and hope is restored on May 11, 2011. DOD photo by Donna Miles   Download screen-resolution  Download high-resolution