Copy of my email to tehelka 4 yrs back warning them of deterioration !

dear editor,
I am forwarding you an email sent in 2009 regarding eroding values at Tehelka. I hope lessons will be learnt and tehelka not made to depend on individuals rather it should build institutions. But may be enough time is not available for that !

pl. listen to ordinary emotional individuals sometimes !
God save tehelka and give wisdom to who run it so as to work for the poor !
thanks,

Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti
M.B.B.S.,D.H.M.,M.A.E.(ICMR),(Epidemiology)
Corporation Health Officer
Municipal corporation, Shimla-1
Himachal Pradesh, India.
+91-9418120302
bhartiomesh@yahoo.com; bhartiomesh@gmail.com
Blog: http://innovationsforpoor.blogspot.com/



On Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:01 AM, Omesh Bharti wrote:
Dear Editor,
tehelka had done a lot and we wish it to do more. I am the founder subscriber to Tehelka and had contribute Rs. 6000/- in those days when my friends used to say it won't work.
I am writing this as my subscription ends next year and I am not straight to say yes I should subscibe to Tehelka because i think Tehelka is slowly moving into a trap of market economy and need to do more serious business than the routine fashion designing. I know it is more easy to say than to do, but that is why Tehelka was born.
See the latest issue how much space it gave to un-necessary politics of BJP, compare it to Down to earth, how much space it has given to the common man and environment!

I can say tehelka needs serious introspection and need to remember its vision in the fifth year of its publication without carrying away in favour of any party or personality or against them.

Dr. Omesh Bharti
M.B.B.S.,D.H.M.,M.A.E.(Epidemiology)
Directorate of Health Services
Himachal Pradesh
+91-9418120302
bhartiomesh@yahoo.com; bhartiomesh@gmail.com 

My interactions with tehelka- Copy of my email to editor tehelka mr. tarun

http://archive.tehelka.com/home/20061125/images/PDF/2.pdf

Tehelka need Introspection- ask your contributors for comments

Me

To TEHELKA EDITOR

23 Jun 2009

Dear Editor,
            tehelka had done a lot and we wish it to do more. I am the founder subscriber to Tehelka and had contribute Rs. 6000/- in those days when my friends used to say it won't work.
I am writing this as my subscription ends next year and I am not straight to say yes I should subscibe to Tehelka because i think Tehelka is slowly moving into a trap of market economy and need to do more serious business than the routine fashion designing. I know it is more easy to say than to do, but that is why Tehelka was born.
See the latest issue how much space it gave to un-necessary politics of BJP, compare it to Down to earth, how much space it has given to the common man and environment!

I can say tehelka needs serious introspection and need to remember its vision in the fifth year of its publication without carrying away in favour of any party or personality or against them.

Dr. Omesh Bharti
M.B.B.S.,D.H.M.,M.A.E.(Epidemiology)
Directorate of Health Services
Himachal Pradesh
+91-9418120302
bhartiomesh@yahoo.com; bhartiomesh@gmail.com 

The valley of masks, repeats what it visualized itself !

"The Valley Of Masks can be interpreted as oblique observations on the obsessions, disciplines, ethics, codes and conducts of various so-called revolutionary groups that start in a flame of purpose, noble and pristine, and spiral inevitably into a much sinister, vulgar and mutilated form of ideology henceforth detonated only to staunchly conduct a damage control to the PR". says a review


Is this what is happening to Tarun Now ! He visualised it much earlier than he actually did it !

I am founder contributor to Tehelka but disapproved, through an email to Tarun, of the fact the way it succumbed to commercialization and witch-hunting, leaving the issues dear to common man, to the corners.

The result is, Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

God wish India Good-luck and clean media !

Wishing a Happy Diwali to all my friends

Dear Friends,
                      Your support help my confidence to do new things for the poor. Thanks a lot.
 Wish you a Happy Dipawali and prosporous new year !
Regards,
Omesh Bharti
Corporation Health Officer
Shimla, India.
+91-9418120302.

Pup vaccination practices in India leave people to the risk of rabies

Investigating Rabies deaths due to scratch/ bite by pups in remote hilly villages of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Pup vaccination practices in India leave people to the risk of rabies

Kumar Omesh*, Ramachandran V **

National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

* Corporation Health officer, MC Shimla, HP, India, ** Deputy Director NIE, Chennai, India

Background:

Rabies, a zoonotic disease, kills 55,000 persons every year globally and 20,000  persons in India. Two years back, we learnt of two deaths due to Rabies in remote village Shiv Shankar Garh of Arki block of District Solan and decided to investigate the deaths.

Method: A rapid response team was constituted to investigate the deaths. We interviewed the villagers & family to conduct verbal autopsy. A line list of entire population of village and household contacts of the patients, who died, was made along with the line list of dogs and cattle.

Results & Discussion: The death of 14 years old male patient due to suspected rabies was reported on July 19, 2011. A woman aged 22 years in the same household had died of symptoms of rabies 10 days ago. A month old stray pup had caused an abrasion with its toes on the hands of both the diseased on June 2, 2011 while playing. The lady developed paralysis of the arm on July 3, 2011 and 3 days later developed symptoms of hydrophobia. She died on July 9, 2011. The boy developed hydrophobia 10 days after that and died on July 19, 2011. All 24 human contacts were immunized with intra-dermal anti-rabies vaccine. Two dogs were vaccinated and villagers were requested to vaccinate all the 33 cattle heads listed in the village.

Assumption that a small pup of one month cannot be fatal proved otherwise. Lack of awareness regarding the fatality of even a scratch; and lack of knowledge regarding local treatment of the wound &vaccination, was the main reasons for the deaths.

Last year (April 2012) a 62 years old woman of village Panjgain in District Bilaspur was referred to medical college Shimla and investigated by the author for symptoms of rabies. She was bitten by a two month old stray pup in her right leg a month ago and died of rabies.

“Mail Online” reported on November 2012, that Saranjit Ubhi, 58, died in UK of rabies after puppy bite in India¹.

While such incidents keep on happening, the veterinarians are refusing to vaccinate pups before three months of age as pups may not develop immunity before that age. Although the product manual² of widely used vaccine in dogs in India, does not prohibit use before three months advising a booster in such cases at three months of age, yet veterinarians in India do not follow any such practice leaving unsuspecting people to the risk of rabies.

Conclusions: Humans can be exposed to rabies even by pups below 3 months of age.

Recommendation: Veterinarians and public health experts need to strongly consider vaccinating pups at first contact with humans, especially in endemic countries like India. A booster to the pup can be given at three months of age with subsequent yearly boosters.

Also studies need to be planned to make pup vaccination more potent, to enable them to be given at birth.

Keywords : Rabies, pup scratch, pup vaccination

References:

1.    "Grandmother who died from rabies after puppy bite in India was turned away from UK hospital twice before she was diagnosed” web document,: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239764/Grandmother-died-rabies-turned-away-UK-hospital-twice.html#ixzz2bYNB9Shj

2.    Raksharab Profile, Indian Immunological Ltd, vaccination regimen.

 

World No Tobacoo Day

Three traders fined for storing banned gutka/ Khaini in Shimla

Three traders fined for storing banned gutka

Shimla, May 31

Three local traders were Friday fined Rs.100,000
each, the highest ever penalty in Himachal Pradesh, for storing banned
tobacco-based products, an official said.

Shimla municipal corporation health official Dr. Omesh Bharti fined the
traders after over 300 kg gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan
masala were seized from them.

They have been fined under the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006. Two of them deposited the fine of two lakh on the spot while the other requested for a week to deposit, which was granted. The gutka/ Khaini itself is worth a Lakh rupees in Indian Market, which would now be destroyed.

The government Oct 2 last year imposed a complete ban in the state on the
sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products.

Rs One Lakh fine for selling adultrated Sweetmilk