Shortage of blood due to closure of blood banks

Kozhikode: The state is facing acute shortage for blood due to less number of blood banks. Many of the blood banks are not functioning properly which adds to the misery.
For the last three months, blood transfusion via blood donations camps are not active. The needy are running from pillar to post to find suitable blood as majority of the blood banks are closed due to shortage of staffs.
Majority functions till noon or after noon only. On Sunday, majority of the banks would be closed. In taluk hospitals in Kottarakkara, Sulthan Bathery hospitals, blood banks do not function on Sundays. In Kozhikode Kottaparampa hospital, blood banks functions till noon or would not function on Sunday . 
The 120 banks present across the state has come down to 70. The main reason for blood shortage is that these banks are not collecting blood after conducting scientific studies on how much blood is needed. 
The collection centers in taluk are being set up to make available blood in cities and villages. But majority of such centers are not functioning. Spending lakhs of money, blood bank refrigerators, centrifuge and microscopes were bought . All these are lying idle now. 
There are 33 government-owned blood banks in the state. There are 60 technician posts in blood banks. One third of the posts are lying vacant now. There are only 21 technicians when 60 are needed. Among the 21, 18 are working in five medical colleges.

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Shortage of blood due to closure of blood banks

Kozhikode: The state is facing acute shortage for blood due to less number of blood banks. Many of the blood banks are not functioning properly which adds to the misery.
For the last three months, blood transfusion via blood donations camps are not active. The needy are running from pillar to post to find suitable blood as majority of the blood banks are closed due to shortage of staffs.
Majority functions till noon or after noon only. On Sunday, majority of the banks would be closed. In taluk hospitals in Kottarakkara, Sulthan Bathery hospitals, blood banks do not function on Sundays. In Kozhikode Kottaparampa hospital, blood banks functions till noon or would not function on Sunday . 
The 120 banks present across the state has come down to 70. The main reason for blood shortage is that these banks are not collecting blood after conducting scientific studies on how much blood is needed. 
The collection centers in taluk are being set up to make available blood in cities and villages. But majority of such centers are not functioning. Spending lakhs of money, blood bank refrigerators, centrifuge and microscopes were bought . All these are lying idle now. 
There are 33 government-owned blood banks in the state. There are 60 technician posts in blood banks. One third of the posts are lying vacant now. There are only 21 technicians when 60 are needed. Among the 21, 18 are working in five medical colleges.

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Mother and daughter killed in road accident

Kottayam: A mother and daughter were killed when a car ran over them near Chenkalam on Kottayam Kumarakom road here today. 
The deceased were identified are Chellamma (65) and daughter Sethu Prakash (45). They were returning home after attending a meeting when the mishap occured.
The victims were rushed to the Medical College Hospital, Kottayam. However, they succumbed to their injuries.
Police took the driver of the vehicle in to custody

Mother and daughter killed in road accident

Kottayam: A mother and daughter were killed when a car ran over them near Chenkalam on Kottayam Kumarakom road here today. 
The deceased were identified are Chellamma (65) and daughter Sethu Prakash (45). They were returning home after attending a meeting when the mishap occured.
The victims were rushed to the Medical College Hospital, Kottayam. However, they succumbed to their injuries.
Police took the driver of the vehicle in to custody

Nepal plane crash: 13 Indians killed; 6 survivors

Kathmandu: A small plane owned by a private company crashed in northwest Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people including 13 Indians, an official said.
The Dornier aircraft owned by private Agni Air company was carrying 18 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from the resort town of Pokhara to Jomsom when it crashed while landing at the mountain airstrip.
'Among those killed are 13 Indians and two Nepalis,' Kathmandu airport official Mahesh Shrestha said.

Six survivors had been taken to a hospital in Pokhara and the condition of at least one of them is critical, he said.
Two Danish tourists were among those rescued.
Jomsom, about 125 km (79 miles) northwest of Kathmandu, is a gateway for trekking in the region where Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th highest mountain, is located.
In September last year, 19 people returning after viewing Mount Everest were killed when their plane crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu.
It was not immediately clear what caused Monday's crash.

Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest.
Tens of thousands of hikers and foreign tourists go to Mount Everest and other trekking routes to see the lofty Himalayan peaks every year.
Tourism, a key source of earning for impoverished Nepal, accounts for nearly four percent of the gross domestic product and employs tens of thousands of people. Reuters

Nepal plane crash: 13 Indians killed; 6 survivors

Kathmandu: A small plane owned by a private company crashed in northwest Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people including 13 Indians, an official said.
The Dornier aircraft owned by private Agni Air company was carrying 18 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from the resort town of Pokhara to Jomsom when it crashed while landing at the mountain airstrip.
'Among those killed are 13 Indians and two Nepalis,' Kathmandu airport official Mahesh Shrestha said.

Six survivors had been taken to a hospital in Pokhara and the condition of at least one of them is critical, he said.
Two Danish tourists were among those rescued.
Jomsom, about 125 km (79 miles) northwest of Kathmandu, is a gateway for trekking in the region where Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th highest mountain, is located.
In September last year, 19 people returning after viewing Mount Everest were killed when their plane crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu.
It was not immediately clear what caused Monday's crash.

Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest.
Tens of thousands of hikers and foreign tourists go to Mount Everest and other trekking routes to see the lofty Himalayan peaks every year.
Tourism, a key source of earning for impoverished Nepal, accounts for nearly four percent of the gross domestic product and employs tens of thousands of people. Reuters

Indian rocket engine test successful

Bangalore: India Saturday successfully tested the indigenous super cooled cryogenic engine that will be used to fire a heavier rocket to put a communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit later this year, the space agency said.
'The acceptance test of the cryogenic stage of the heavy rocket was conducted for 200 seconds and the performance of the engine was as predicted,' the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement here.
The flight engine test was conducted in the space agency's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) facility at Mahendragiri, about 670 km from Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The hot test included the cryo's endurance and functioning in vacuum.
A cryo-engine is a rocket motor that is fired by a mixture of liquid fuels (oxidiser) such as hydrogen and oxygen at very low temperatures of 20 degree Kelvin or minus 423 degree Fahrenheit and 90 degree Kelvin or minus 297 degree Fahrenheit.

The space agency's attempt to use its first cryogenic engine April 15, 2010 to launch a communication satellite on board a GSLV (geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle) was aborted as the heavy rocket plunged into the sea within minutes after blast-off from its Sriharikota spaceport, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.
The space agency plans to launch a series of space missions over the next two years using a combination of lighter (PSLV) and heavier (GSLV) rockets, including an experimental flight of GSLV-Mark III.
'We plan launch 24 satellites over the next two years, beginning with a GSAT in September carrying30 transponders on board the spacecraft, followed by a subsequent launch later this year to put another communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit with 12 transponders,' a senior space official told IANS.

Indian rocket engine test successful

Bangalore: India Saturday successfully tested the indigenous super cooled cryogenic engine that will be used to fire a heavier rocket to put a communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit later this year, the space agency said.
'The acceptance test of the cryogenic stage of the heavy rocket was conducted for 200 seconds and the performance of the engine was as predicted,' the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement here.
The flight engine test was conducted in the space agency's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) facility at Mahendragiri, about 670 km from Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The hot test included the cryo's endurance and functioning in vacuum.
A cryo-engine is a rocket motor that is fired by a mixture of liquid fuels (oxidiser) such as hydrogen and oxygen at very low temperatures of 20 degree Kelvin or minus 423 degree Fahrenheit and 90 degree Kelvin or minus 297 degree Fahrenheit.

The space agency's attempt to use its first cryogenic engine April 15, 2010 to launch a communication satellite on board a GSLV (geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle) was aborted as the heavy rocket plunged into the sea within minutes after blast-off from its Sriharikota spaceport, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.
The space agency plans to launch a series of space missions over the next two years using a combination of lighter (PSLV) and heavier (GSLV) rockets, including an experimental flight of GSLV-Mark III.
'We plan launch 24 satellites over the next two years, beginning with a GSAT in September carrying30 transponders on board the spacecraft, followed by a subsequent launch later this year to put another communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit with 12 transponders,' a senior space official told IANS.

INL demands to amend Wakf law

Kozhikode: Indian National League (INL) president Prof Muhammad Sulaiman asked to amend the Wakf law considering the recommendations of Muslim Personal Law Board.He was speaking in press meet after elected as national president again. He alleged that minorities are being tortured more in the name of terrorism in states ruled by the Congress. There are many higher officials who have extremist views and union home minister and Prime Minister are blindly following their advices. So there is a fear that such officials will misuse the NCTC (The National Counterterrorism Center). Ahmed Nagercoil was elected as general secretary.

INL demands to amend Wakf law

Kozhikode: Indian National League (INL) president Prof Muhammad Sulaiman asked to amend the Wakf law considering the recommendations of Muslim Personal Law Board.He was speaking in press meet after elected as national president again. He alleged that minorities are being tortured more in the name of terrorism in states ruled by the Congress. There are many higher officials who have extremist views and union home minister and Prime Minister are blindly following their advices. So there is a fear that such officials will misuse the NCTC (The National Counterterrorism Center). Ahmed Nagercoil was elected as general secretary.