New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Ensuring surgical care for everyone may be a utopian dream that may take years or even decades but when the fundamental right to all healthcare is met India will be a fair just and better country says Dr Tehemton Erach Udwadi considered as the father of laparoscopic surgery in IndiaThe octogenarian doctor awarded Padma Bhushan Padma Shri and OBE feels that there is a need to make sure that the country has a permanent solution to surgical healthcare and that permanent solution is to take healthcare where it is needed and where there is none - in rural IndiaSurgical care for the poor is an uphill and herculean task and yet a task worthy of every ounce of our collective effort and energy It is vital that every government source be it the Centre or the state the private sector every association and all doctors from professors to village doctors pool their concerns in this effort he saysA sincere effort and success in this cause would by far be the greatest triumph and the ultimate success story in the history of surgery so as to ensure surgical care for all This utopian dream may take years or even decades but when the fundamental right to surgical healthcare and to all healthcare is met India will be a fair just and better country he writes in his just-released memoir More than Just Surgery Life lessons beyond the OTAccording to Udwadi the current COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world foreverLack of surgical care accounts for over 2 per cent of the GDP each year Till last year health was not a vote bank Over 70 years and more each annual budget allocated less than 1 per cent of the GDP for healthcare Thanks to the pandemic every government will realise that health may henceforth become the biggest vote bank for it goes beyond caste religion farmers and waivers - it affects every single Indian he saysUdwadi rues that unlike before the patient now often views the surgeon with mistrust and apprehension even fearAnd not always without reason If we have any hope of restoring the relationship of complete trust that existed earlier we should return to talking with listening to and touching and feeling the patient with sincere empathy and concern regardless of their socio-economic background he writesHe also feels Indian surgery is a two-faced enigma living in a world of make-believeSurgery as done in the major hospitals of urban India is the reason why Indian doctors can hold their heads up with pride and say that we are just as good and getting better This is the face of Indian surgery that the media healthcare providers government and medical industry project and promote Nothing could be further from the truthThe other face of Indian surgery is hidden unseen unheard and unknown City surgeons are so involved in their work progress and recognition that over the years they have become unmindful uncaring and unaware that there is any other surgical world in India except for their own he arguesIn the book published by Penguin Random House Udwadi also has a number of suggestions for doctors particularly surgeonsA city surgeon who worked for over 60 years in several Mumbai hospitals he says after studying my own surgery seeing my peers and seeing the quality of excellent surgeons in India and overseas he has come to the conclusion that there are only five essential requirements to make a good surgeon - honesty humility empathy passion and leadershipA good surgeon is gods gift to the patient he saysEvery surgeon without exception should be humble because we are repeatedly given reasons to be so No surgeon is free of making mistakes and every mistake is a call for humility Udwadi writesHowever he says humility is hard for some surgeons to accept and the near holy reverence given to them coupled with their own personal assessment of their superhuman prowess endorses hubris and suppresses humilityHe is also of the opinion that if any surgeon says they dont make mistakes they have not done enough surgery or are losing their memoryAnd every mistake is an opportunity If they accept their blunder and realise what caused it and put the entire episode into memory for future reference it will not be repeated In a sticky surgical situation recalling your past missteps is key to the success of the procedure Udwadi writes PTI ZMN RDS RDS

New Delhi Nov 30 PTI Online open book examinations of Delhi University commenced on Tuesday with nearly 46000 students appearing in the tests officials said The examinations went smoothly barring a few technical glitches they said According to officials there was a problem with the paper code of a subject in English and the issue was rectified and the students taking that exam were given extra time Officials also said that there were around 100 email submissions while the rest of the students submitted their answer sheets on the designated OBE portal Almost 46000 students took the exams and there were nearly 100 submissions through email which is a very small number The maximum number of email submissions were from Rajdhani College at 63 while the minimum email submissions were from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College at one said D S Rawat Dean Examinations of the university According to the guidelines students are supposed to submit the papers on the OBE portal only All the students are advised not to use any unfair means in writing exam they must be very careful in writing exams system is in place to detect copyinguse of unfair means in the examination according to the guidelines During the June open book examinations OBE over 350 students were caught using unfair means as a result their paper or whole semester was cancelled it said If submission on the portal gets delayed beyond one hour student can use additional one hour to upload the scripts on the OBE portal that is the 5th hour but in that case students have to keep the documentary evidences 4-5 snap shots of the delay in uploading In another words students will have 3 hrs for writing answers 1 hr for downloading question paper and uploading scripts 1 hr for delayed submission for which documentary evidence needs to be submitted the guidelines had said The guidelines said that results of answer scripts submitted by email may get delayed due to verification process as it happened during December and March and June examinations PTI SLB SMN SMN

New Delhi Nov 29 PTI Ahead of the online open book exams OBE for all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes Delhi University on Monday issued guidelines asking students not to use unfair means and to ensure that they have documentary proof in case there is a delay in uploading answer sheetsAccording to the guidelines students are supposed to submit their scripts on the OBE portal onlyAll the students are advised not to use any unfair means while writing the exam They must be very careful in writing exams a system is in place to detect copyinguse of unfair means in the examination the guidelines statedDuring the OBE in June over 350 students were caught using unfair means and as a result their paper or entire semester was cancelled they saidIf submission of scripts on the portal gets delayed beyond one hour students can use an additional one hour to upload the scripts on the OBE portal that is the 5th hour but in that case students have to keep the documentary evidences 4-5 snapshots of the delay in uploading they saidIn other words students will have three hours for writing answers plus one hour for downloading the question paper and uploading scripts and one hour for delayed submissionThe guidelines stated that results of answer scripts submitted by email may get delayed due to the verification process as had happened during the OBE in December March and JunePartially submitted answers by email would not be accepted Submission by both email and on the portal will not be accepted they saidDU will hold third fifth and seventh semester examinations for all its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from Tuesday PTI SLB DIV DIV

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): Uncertainty shrouded the future of Afghanistan's women as despite the Taliban assuring that they would respect women's rights and freedom, there have been several incidents of violence against them.