Articles by Gaurav Saigal
Groped in bus, Dane still loves India
In an incident that shows how unfair it is to brand an entire country for the acts of a few, a young Danish woman who was molested on a Lucknow bus has said her horrific experience would not change her image of India and Indians.
Updated on Jun 18, 2009 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Operation bungle: 12 lose eyesight
Several persons, most of them senior citizens, who were operated upon on January 11 at a cataract surgery camp in Barabanki district in Lucknow have lost their vision a few days after operation, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on Feb 02, 2008 03:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Flawed result snuffed out his life
Gautam killed himself for ‘flunking’ CPMT. He passed in the corrected result, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on Jun 22, 2007 02:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
UP university admits error in pre-medical test results
Authorities of the Veer Bahadur Singh Poorvanchal University accept that a ‘technical error’ caused gross inaccuracy in the results of the test, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on Jun 17, 2007 02:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Maya Govt to rename KGMU as CSJMMU
A bill seeking to rename the university was passed in the assembly by a voice-vote, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on May 22, 2007 09:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Part of her was tumour!
Doctors of King George's Medical University show some rare skills and save the life of one-year-old Anshu by removing the tumour from her liver, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on May 19, 2007 09:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Homoeopathy colleges short of teaching staff
Faculty positions in almost all State-run homoeopathy colleges are lying vacant, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on May 14, 2007 08:55 PM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Some herbs can fight killer oxygen
A research says the anti-oxidative effect of some of the herbs has been proved along with their role as hypoglycemic agents – one that reduces the blood glucose level, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on May 04, 2007 08:25 PM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
KGMU alert: Don't fall sick as doctors holiday
The summer vacations are going to play killjoy for patients as half of the faculty in each of the departments of KGMU has left for vacations, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on May 03, 2007 07:49 PM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Affidavits sought from KGMU faculty
The affidavits sought are similar to what was recently demanded from the doctors working in the government sector under the CMO, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on Apr 08, 2007 05:47 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
BDS internship set to be dropped
Dentistry students in the country will no longer be required to do 'internship' after their BDS final professional exams, reports Gaurav Saigal.
Published on Jan 25, 2007 06:07 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Foreign trips await docs going rural way
THE GOVERNMENT has loosened its purse strings to lure doctors to rural pastures. The latest incentives for doctors willing to serve the State?s remote areas include foreign trips and extra remuneration.
Published on Dec 07, 2006 01:45 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
UP misery doubles in less than a year
UTTAR PRADESH is up two rungs on the AIDS ladder overtaking Karnataka and Manipur. Figures released by the Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (UPSACS) suggest that the state now has 2911 people living with AIDS ? a rise of more than 100 per cent than last year?s 1383. Karnataka (2896) and Manipur (2866) now trail UP, which is fifth on the dubious list behind Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharastra and Tamil Nadu.
Published on Dec 01, 2006 10:49 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Just 10K to get right ?back? in minutes
THERE IS good news on the backbone front. Getting a fractured verterbra repaired has become quicker and much cheaper. The procedure costs just a little over Rs 10,000 now against Rs 90,000 earlier.
Published on Nov 19, 2006 11:18 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Alert sounded against drug-resistant TB
STRUGGLING WITH the growing Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis cases, India is now on the threshold of Extreme Drug Resistant (XDR) TB ? virtually, an untreatable form of tuberculosis ? that is worrying several other developing countries too.
Published on Nov 14, 2006 01:34 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Save a loved one!
There has been a spurt in suicides in the recent past. Here?s how you can help a loved one: Warning signs: Depression, final arrangements, giving away of possessions, sudden elevated mood, self-destructiveness, and talk of suicide.
Published on Nov 10, 2006 12:12 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
HIV don?t- touchism haunts one more
THE HIV was first detected in India in 1986 and by 2006 a lot of myths about it have been removed. Yet the medical fraternity in the private sector doesn?t seem out of the misconceptions and even appears unprepared to help such patients. Though it is possible.
Published on Nov 07, 2006 12:03 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Man touches pinnacle of pinprick penance
A HUMAN ?pin cushion.? And it seems to be the first case of its kind in Indian medical history. With hundreds of pins and sewing needles he has pierced into his body, Anil Kumar Jha of Konch (Jhansi) is a medical mystery for doctors.
Published on Oct 19, 2006 02:00 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Pvt doctors cashing in on dengue fears
Private practitioners are minting money out of dengue fears and the victims have no options but to abide by the doctor?s command, writes Gaurav Saigal.
Updated on Oct 07, 2006 11:26 PM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Health dept looks for volunteers
FACING SHORTAGE of regular/ad hoc staff, the health department is looking for volunteers to run the Fever Treatment Depot (FTD) and Drug Distribution Centre (DDC), under its malaria office.
Published on Oct 05, 2006 01:19 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
DCI to rope in pvt practitioners
TO UPGRADE educational standards in dental colleges in the country, the Dental Council of India (DCI) is working on a novel idea. It plans to make the concept of ?visiting faculty? official.
Published on Sep 29, 2006 01:13 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
MU yet to log into system!
KING GEORGE?S Medical University?s hi-tech flight took off well. But, it virtually landed nowhere, leaving patients, doctors and students in the lurch. In the absence of the basic network support, the university is suffering from unclaimed systemic failure.
Published on Sep 28, 2006 12:12 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Big find: 1630 million-yr-old fossil
INDIA FINALLY has evidence of multicellular life. Geo-scientists have discovered multicellular megascopic fossils on the Indian soil from the Palaeoproterozoic era. The fossil dates back to 1630 million years from now.
Published on Sep 17, 2006 01:29 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Now, DCI moots grading system
THE DENTAL Council of India has planned to introduce a grading system for dental colleges in the country. Grades will be given for academic standards provided on the campus. This system will be applicable for all the 225 dental colleges in the country. The aim is to rate colleges ?A,? ?B,? ?C? or ?D? for the standard of education and infrastructure. This will also give admission seekers an idea about the standard of education and other facilities being provided by the college. Besides, the college authorities will be motivated to upgrade facilities to remain at the top.
Published on Sep 12, 2006 10:58 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Flab doesn?t bug city veterans!
FOURTEEN OUT of city?s 100 elderly persons suffer from heart ailments, but only six have obesity-related problems! About 24 per cent suffer from diabetes and hypertension, which are obesity-friendly diseases! These startling facts came to light during a weeklong survey camp conducted by a city-based health NGO.
Published on Aug 28, 2006 12:48 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Cash-strapped BCP seeks changes to generate funds
UNABLE TO meet its expenditure, the Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad (BCP) has demanded amendment in the Chikitsa Parishad Act to generate revenue.
Published on Aug 25, 2006 01:32 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
He loved his family of 400!
WE ALL know that Ustad Bismilah Khan?s world revolved round his shehnai and the family. But little do we know that his small family comprised 400 odd members and that he remembered the names of each one of them.
Published on Aug 22, 2006 12:11 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal
Northeast may witness more tremors
THE SHIFT in the earth?s movement pattern bodes ill for the country. The changing movement might result in more tremors in India?s northeast. Earth scientists have found through the Global Positioning System (GPS) that the phenomenon of the Indian sub-continent moving towards north, derived from palio-magnetic evidences, was changing. Now, the Indian sub-continent was northeast bound. Scientists said the change was evident in the recent low magnitude tremors in that region.
Published on Aug 19, 2006 01:13 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Fresh polio cases in city confirmed
FRESH CASES of polio from Lucknow have been confirmed. A Chennai-based laboratory, where samples were sent from the entire country for testing, found two positive cases from the State Capital.
Published on Aug 06, 2006 01:46 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Look, who made her life hell
HER RIGID parents have become her sworn enemy. They have forced her to divorce her husband. And, finally they kept her children in their custody. Her fault: Being a Hindu she tied nuptial knot with a Christan. Today, she?s moving from pillar to post for justice. The hapless woman Deepa and her husband Victor have taken refuge in State Minorities' Commission here. But her poor kids are still in the captivity of her parents in Thane in Mumbai. She had fallen in love with Victor who went there for some professional training on December 22, 1995.
Published on Jul 28, 2006 01:19 AM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow