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First Ever Pediatric Heart Valve Replacement Performed At SKIMS

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First Ever Pediatric Heart Valve Replacement Performed At SKIMS

Department of CVTS, SKIMS conducted first Pediatric Heart Valve Replacement. 9 years female child from Rainawari, Srinagar was diagnosed to have rheumatic heart disease with mitral regurgitation.

She was hospitalized in the department of CVTS at SKIMS on 07th of January 2019 under Registration No: 1088425 and thoroughly examined and investigated. After a meticulous planning, she was operated on 11th of January 2019 by team of surgeons led by Prof. G.N.Lone who was assisted by Dr. Farooq Ahmad Ganie and others.

She had a smooth surgical procedure which was completed in 90 minutes when her native valve was badly diseased and underdeveloped, rendering it impossible to repair, therefore replaced by a prosthetic device.

A dedicated team of Resident doctors, Cardiac ICCU Nursing and other Paramedical staff members played a vital role in her management. She was removed from Ventilator after 4 hours of surgery and shifted from ICCU within 6 days after a smooth recovery. She has been discharged from hospital symptom free on 2nd of February 2019.

Heart Valve replacement is usually done in adults during 3rd to 5th decade of life , especially in underdeveloped countries like India. Valvular heart surgery is usually done for Congenital heart defects including Valvular obstructions and leaks like Mitral Valve Stenosis / Regurgitation, Pulmonary Stenosis, Aortic Stenosis/ Regurgitation.

Acquired heart disease requiring valve replacement like Rheumatic heart disease is very rare in children and every attempt is made to repair the native and diseased heart valve irrespective of whether it is congenital or acquired disease, as the artificial device of the appropriate size is not available for children and the complications are many.

However, in centers where cardiac transplantation facilities are readily available, such replacements with human valves are well reported.

Director ,SKIMS, Prof. Umar Javed Shah congratulated Department of CVTS for doing such a landmark cardiac surgery and said that these facilities benefit poor patients.

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JK Gets Ready For Fresh Snowfall And Rain

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JK Gets Ready For Fresh Snowfall And Rain

The weather office has forecast a fresh spell of rain and snowfall in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.

“Moderate snowfall is likely to occur in the valley from today afternoon. However, the intensity will get heavier on Wednesday especially in the south Kashmir areas including the Pir Panjal mountain range,” the Met Department said.

Following the forecast, authorities have issued an alert advisory to various District Magistrates in the valley.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in Srinagar was 0.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday while in Pahalgam and Gulmarg, it was minus 2.2 and minus 5.0 respectively.

In the Ladakh region, Leh recorded minus 7.2 degrees Celsius, Kargil minus 17.0 and Drass minus 10.1.

Jammu city had 10.5 degrees Celsius, Katra 10.0, Batote 2.5, Bannihal 1.2 and Bhaderwah 1.6 as the night’s lowest temperatures.(IANS)

Non local found dead in Uri

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Non local found dead in Uri

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Uri, Feb 05 : A dead body of a non local found dead in north Kashmir’s Border Town Uri on Tuesday.

Reports said that a dead body of non local was recovered near Sumo stand in Uri early Tuesday morning.

However the body was shifted to a local hospital for investigation.

Meanwhile police later identified the deceased as Mohinder Pal Singh of Haryana, and said that he was residing in a tin shed in Uri since past four years.

Police officer further said that a case has been registered in this regard and further investigation has been taken up.

Traffic from Srinagar to Jammu today

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Traffic from Srinagar to Jammu today

One-way traffic will continue on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday, the traffic department said.

A department advisory however, said that no vehicle will be allowed to move in from the opposite direction.

He said that the vehicles were being allowed to move from Srinagar to Jammu today.

He said that vehicles stranded on the highway due to a landslide last evening were allowed to move after the road was cleared of the debris.

The highway has remained open for one-way traffic since the last three days.

Landslides in the Banihal-Ramban area at Panthal, Battery Chashma, Gagroo, Anokhi Falls and some other places have resulted in the frequent blockade of the highway during the last one month.

Besides landslides, the nearly 300-km road has been highly slippery due to heavy snowfall.

Blockade of the highway often causes scarcity of essential supplies in the landlocked Kashmir Valley. 

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CASO underway in Shopian village

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Shopian, Feb 05 : Government forces launched a cordon and search operation is underway in south Kashmir’s Shopian village.

According to reports forces on Tuesday morning launched a cordon and search operation at Sugan village of Shopian, and conducted house to house search operation in the area.

Reports added that forces have sealed all exit and entry points of the area.

Official sources told search operation in the area was launched following inputs of militants presence.

4-Year-Old In US Accidentally Shoots Pregnant Mother Watching TV In Bed

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4-Year-Old In US Accidentally Shoots Pregnant Mother Watching TV In Bed

A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot his pregnant mother after finding a loaded handgun inside their Seattle suburb home, authorities said.

The woman, who is eight months’ pregnant, and her boyfriend were in bed watching TV on Saturday afternoon when the boy walked in, found the handgun and shot his mother in the face, said Sgt. Ryan Abbott, a spokesman for the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.

The weapon was placed between the bed mattress and the box spring, and the boy found it there, Abbott said. The mother was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening wounds, though she is now in stable condition.

Her boyfriend, who is also the boy’s father, is under investigation for not securing the gun, which he borrowed from a friend, and “putting somebody at risk,” Abbott said.

The accidental shooting happened just months after Washington state voters approved a controversial initiative that would, among other things, hold a person criminally liable if he or she fails to properly secure a gun that was then fired by someone who can’t legally use it, i.e., a child or a felon.

Initiative 1639, a sweeping gun control proposal that voters approved in November, would also raise the minimum age to buy a pistol or a semiautomatic rifle to 21. It would impose more background checks and longer waiting periods for sales or delivery of semiautomatic rifles.

Gun rights advocates and several sheriff’s departments have strongly opposed the initiative, which immediately prompted lawsuits from the Second Amendment Foundation and the National Rifle Association. Several sheriff’s offices have announced that they will not enforce the initiative until legal challenges have been resolved.

“I am instructing my deputies not to enforce Initiative 1639 in Grant County while the constitutional validity remains in argument at the federal courts level,” Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones said in a statement Monday. “I swore an oath to defend our citizens and their constitutionally protected rights. I do not believe the popular vote overrules that.”

Parts of Initiative 1639, including the gun storage provisions, won’t be in effect until July – meaning it would not be a vehicle to criminally charging the boy’s father. Abbott said an investigation is ongoing, and the father, whom officials have not named, could face charges such as reckless endangerment.

Still, the shooting comes as Washington state officials and gun control advocates have been pushing for laws on properly storing weapons at home. Accidental shootings involving guns that were not properly secured at home have long been considered among the leading causes of injuries involving children. The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham has documented hundreds of cases in which kids accidentally shot themselves or someone else in their household.

In King County, which covers the suburb where the family lives, council officials recently approved a law imposing fines of up to $1,000 for failing to safely store firearms. The cities of Seattle and Edmonds have passed similar ordinances.

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(The Washington Post )

After Modi, Shah to be in Jammu for 2 days to finalize BJP’s 6 LS candidates

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After Modi, Shah to be in Jammu for 2 days to finalize BJP’s 6 LS candidates


JAMMU, FEBRUARY 5: Just a day after high-profile visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to all three regions of the State including Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, BJP national president Amit Shah has scheduled his two-day visit to Jammu region on February 24 and 25 to give final touch to six candidates of the BJP for Lok Sabha seats as the party has decided to go it alone in the Parliamentary polls and also firm up the BJP opinion on holding of Assembly elections simultaneously with Lok Sabha polls or not.
On February 24, Shah, who will be accompanied by BJP general secretary (Organizations), Ram Lal, another general secretary and party’s pointman on Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav and Avinash Rai Khanna, will address 60,000 ‘Election Booth Incharge’ of Jammu region at ‘Panna Parmukh Sammelan’. Venue of the address is being finalized by the State BJP leadership as, apart from 60,000 Booth Incharge of the party, other BJP leaders and office bearers would also join the function. (DE)

Defrauded Chit Fund Investors Say “Betrayed” By Bengal’s Move To Stop CBI

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Defrauded Chit Fund Investors Say “Betrayed” By Bengal’s Move To Stop CBI

The defrauded investors and agents of various chit fund companies on Monday said they feel “betrayed” by the West Bengal government’s move to stop CBI officers from interrogating the Kolkata Police commissioner and accused the Trinamool Congress dispensation of trying to hide the truth behind the multi-crore scam.

Asim Chatterjee, a convenor of the Chit Fund Sufferers Forum, told news agency PTI that the ongoing tussle between the state government and the Centre over CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar is not only condemnable but also an attempt to hide the truth.

Another Forum convenor, Jayanta Haldar, said the outfit would soon organise a rally of defrauded investors of the chit fund companies in the city.

“We will demand that all the culprits be arrested and the money be returned to the duped investors,” he added.

“I was both an agent and an investor of a chit fund company. I was duped of about Rs 30 lakh. Now when the CBI is trying to find the truth behind the scam the state government is trying to stop it,” said Bisu, a defrauded investor.

“We feel betrayed,” he said and wondered why was the state government so desperate to stop the questioning of the top police officer.

Another defrauded investor Ujjal said he had lost Rs 25 lakh to both Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund companies.

“We invested in the chit fund companies after we saw the owners hobnobbing with top Trinamool Congress leaders and ministers. It made us trust these firms,” he said.

“The state government did nothing else but shielded the culprits. Now when the CBI is trying to unravel the truth, why is the state government creating hurdles?” he asked.

However, Trinamool Congress have time and again said that it is their government which has arrested the chit fund owners.
“Our government arrested chit fund owners when we came to power. It is we who formed an SIT to probe the matter,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Sunday in a hurriedly-called press conference outside Rajeev Kumar’s residence.

An all-out war broke out between the Centre and the state government on Sunday, with the feisty West Bengal chief minister beginning a sit-in protest at a city landmark over CBI’s attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with the chit fund scam. She said it stifled the spirit of “Constitution and federalism”.

A furious Banerjee began a sit-in at the Metro channel in Esplanade area in the heart of the city to protest against “insults” she faced at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, hours after a CBI team that had gone to question Rajeev Kumar was detained in a face-off between the police establishments of the Centre and the state.
The Saradha chit fund scam is said to have mopped up Rs 4,000 crore, while the Rose Valley scam is said to have mopped up Rs 15,000 crore from lakhs of gullible investors. 

There were several other chit fund companies as well and the scam is said to have affected over 2.5 million small investors in the state. 

Creation of WhatsApp groups, website is digital literacy: Dr Itoo

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Creation of WhatsApp groups, website is digital literacy: Dr Itoo

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SRINAGAR, Feb 4: Director Schools Education Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo on Monday said that creation of WhatsApp groups and website for the parents will help in creating participatory atmosphere for them in getting the apt academic knowledge of their wards.

Dr. Itoo while talking to reporters here said that the parents and students will be informed about each and everything related to schools and the studies of their wards while as the additional lectures, experts lecture and additional academic support will always be available on WhatsApp groups and websites.

He added that in view of law and order situation, the schools are being closed sometimes, therefore the parents as well as the students will also be informed about the closure of schools on these groups and websites in case need arises to suspend the classes on the day.

It will ease the parents as well as students in every aspect as the parents will be informed about the studies of their wards on these groups, he said, adding that the WhatsApp groups and website is tantamount to digital literacy here and will help in creating the participatory atmosphere for parents.

Meanwhile, DSEK visited Tral schools today where he launched the websites and WhatsApp groups for students. “Such visits to schools and launching of these facilities will continue till the schools reopen in Kashmir after three-month-long winter break,” Dr. Itoo said. The programme was organized in Higher Secondary Tral and Noorpora Tral School today.

Modi’s Dal Photo-Op evokes mixed reactions

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Modi’s Dal Photo-Op evokes mixed reactions


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SRINAGAR, Feb 4: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi was trolled on social networking sites as soon as his video was uploaded about his tour in the world famous Dal Lake. He spent Sunday visiting Ladakh, Jammu and Srinagar during which he sailed a patch of the Dal lake.

The video shared on the internet showed Modi waving towards the people. It was an exclusive video as no media had access to it. While he toured the Lake, all Kashmir based media was waiting for him in the auditorium hall of SKICC, including the media persons of Prasar Bharati. The part of the lake that Prime minister visited was hugely scanned by the security detail.

The first tweet came from the former chief minister of J&K Omar Abdullah where he wrote, “This camera person has done the Hon PM a huge disservice by not showing all the people furiously waving back because there is no way the PM would be waving at an empty lake.”

Tahir Sayeed, who is associated with PDP wrote, “Wonder who is he waving to? Kashmiris were lockdown for his visit. Ohh he is Modi Ji, He can even wave his hand to Dal lake, empty Shikaras and Zabarwan hills.” Another Twitter user @PandithMP commented: “Modi waiving to mountains and dal lake waters”.

After his tour, he straightaway went to SKICC where state officials and the local media were waiting for him as he was running late by an hour.  The local media was limited to report his auditorium interaction only after which he met recently elected Panchs and Sarpanchs in a closed-door hall for at least 30 minutes and till then everybody was literally locked down in the auditorium including the top state officials.

Meanwhile, during his Jammu visit another video showed former MoS Priya Sethi sitting behind PM Modi but then another BJP lawmaker came to the podium and directed madam Sethi to leave the seat, to which she politely agreed.

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