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**Snowy Owl** · September 18, 2006, 09:09 AM

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Gujarat Congress protests govt?s failure in providing flood relief
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Gandhinagar, Sept 18:

Police today used water cannons to disperse Congress Party leaders and workers, who took out a rally in front of the assembly on the opening day of the two-day monsoon session to protest against the government`s "failure" in handling the recent Surat floods.

The Congress took out the rally to protest the "failure of the government in handling of Surat floods and convening of just two days of monsoon session of assembly to prevent the house from discussing important issues," party leaders said.

As around 250 Congress workers were heading towards the assembly shouting anti-government slogans, they were stopped a kilometre away from the complex by the police who used water cannons on them.

Earlier in the day, addressing party workers near the assembly, Opposition Leader Arjun Modhvadia criticised chief minister Narendra Modi and said floods in Surat was not a natural calamity but a "Modi made" disaster.

The area where the Congress leaders and workers were protesting had been cordoned off by the police.

Modhvadia flayed the government for convening two-day assembly session and alleged that the government is not willing to allow the assembly to discuss the floods.

"We have organised the protest before the start of the assembly session to tell to the people of Gujarat what we cannot speak in the House," he added.

Bureau Report

**Snowy Owl** · September 18, 2006, 09:15 AM

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Heavy downpour in different parts of the state on Sunday evening has claimed about a dozen lives. Of these seven were killed due to lightening, according to reports reaching here.

Six persons were killed in Saurashtra, four in Vadodara district and one in Surat in the rains that struck the state after a brief break. Weather Bureau has issued warning of heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Gujarat in next 48 hours.

In Junagadh district lightening played havoc as three feeders of Dolatpara and Jhanjharda were badly damaged due to lightening.

Stabilizer of police control room at Girnar was burnt because of lightening. A father and son died of lightening in Surendranagar district.

In Ahmedabad, water logged in different parts of the city as it rained 44 mm in less than one hour.

Traffic was disrupted on main roads.

For news in Hindi see our Hindi daily Chaupal Chronicle
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**Snowy Owl** · September 18, 2006, 09:22 AM

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</td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3"> Ahmedabad, September 17: At a time when the focus of relief and rescue operations was on humans in flood-hit Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Orissa, a State NGO was working on a project of a different kind — to provide succour to animals affected by the deluge.

The NGO Animal Help Foundation (AHF) in collaboration with other animal help groups, including World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA), provided help to people owning livestock by forming a disaster response team which rescued the animals, provided them medical help and took steps to prevent starvation deaths.
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The disaster group, which was formed by the animal welfare group, was named Animal Help in Emergency And Disaster (AHEAD). According to AHF director Rahul Sehgal, “We dealt with only those animals who were affected by the disaster. Only those animals that needed medical attention, food and shelter were included.”

Ahead sent its team to Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Orissa and in co-ordination with the district authorities provided help to the animals. The team included a wildlife specialist, logistic professionals and others.

“We usually send our teams only 72 hours after the calamity. This is because the immediate priority during a disaster is to save human beings. We come into picture much later,” he added.

As a result of floods, most of the animals were found to be suffering from diarrohea, dehydration, anorexia and dysentry.

Others were found to be suffering from fracture, anaemia, laminitis and other diseases, he said, adding they managed to save thousands of animals.

“When nature unleashes its fury in the form of flood, earthquake or tsunami, the government sets into motion its disaster management plan to provide succour to people. But what it fails to do badly, is to save the animals which are equally hit by nature’s fury and are facing the same fate as the human beings,” said Sehgal.

Livestock is the main source of livelihood for people in the villages.

If these animals perish on account of disaster, then very soon their owners will be on the verge of starvation because these animals are their only assets, he added.

**Snowy Owl** · September 18, 2006, 09:31 AM

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</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3"> Ahmedabad, September 17:

After chikungunya, a new scare. What many thought was the disease spread by the aedis aegypti mosquito may actually have been undetected cases of Congo-Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The symptoms are similar to chikungunya, thus there are more chances that the fever would not have been diagnosed correctly, says Dr Jeram Parmar, a consultant for Centre of Management of Health Services at the Indian Institute of Management.

Cases of CCHF are found in eastern and southern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and the Indian sub-continent. The virus jumps from animal to humans through infected blood, ticks or fleas.

Parmar claims that deaths, thought to be caused by chikungunya, may have been due to CCHF. According to Parmar, ?Case fatality is more common in CCHF. Chikungunya is a self-limiting disease, which means people don?t die due to it and recover in a few days. Hence, there might have been several CCHF cases gone undetected.?

Parmar also says that sudden outbreak of the disease has been mainly reported in areas like Khanpur, Mirzapur, Jamalpur and Gomtipur. He says, ?Cases of chikungunya have been mainly reported from areas where slaughter houses exist and where people come in constant contact with animals. CCHF is contracted through ticks and so it becomes necessary to find out whether people living in these areas are suffering from chikungunya or CCHF.?

Jeram Parmar who has worked with the Government of Fujairah (UAE) as a senior public health specialist in 1998, says, ?My observations are based on the experiences that I had in Fujairah where I detected cases of CCHF at animal skin export houses where workers contracted the disease.?

Parmar has also worked for the Vadodara Municipal Corporation as a malaria officer in 1981.

He says, ?Although the diagnosis made by the AMC in most cases cannot be ruled out, I feel that there is too much concentration on mosquito-borne diseases whereas it is necessary to concentrate on the tick-borne disease too.?

?Civic bodies should create awareness about the disease and repellents like DEET (Diethyl Toluamide Derivatives). People working in abattoirs should be asked to wear protective clothing.?
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**Snowy Owl** · September 19, 2006, 06:09 AM

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Ahmedabad, અમદાવાદ, अहमदाबाद

Even doctors can't save you from killer virus | Ahmedabad News - Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2003883.cms

If you are down with chikun gunia and crying due to excruciating joint pain, beat that urge to take a pain-killer shot.

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If you are down with chikun gunia and crying due to excruciating joint pain, beat that urge to take a pain-killer shot. Pop a paracetamol pill instead. It may not completely ease your pain but will save you from landing straight into the ICU!

That's all doctors can say to their fraternity and hapless patients, apart from highlighting some preventive measures, in the absence of conclusive lab test reports on the killer virus from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

And the note of caution came after a brainstorming session here on Sunday, involving over 200 doctors, on the prevailing threat from the killer virus.

The doctors, who are also in the dark about the virus or the right cure, came up with some 'solutions' to tackle the now omnipresent chikun gunia outbreak in general and the deadly chikun gunia-like unidentified virus preying upon the elderly in particular.

The meeting was organised by Ahmedabad Physicians Association (APA), led by Dr Sanjeev Phatak and Dr Himanshu Patel.

The alarm buttons were pressed in the medical fraternity after ICUs across city hospitals reported 100 per cent occupancy with more people falling prey to the complicated virus.

Already, over 100 patients, especially the elderly are reported to have succumbed in the past three weeks to the chikun gunia-like virus that rapidly causes multiple organ failure.

Doctors laid out the rules for general practitioners to follow for early diagnosis of complications and saving precious lives.

"There is a high index of painkiller abuse in patients. Some senior patients have taken as many as three to four pain killer injections in a day. Please avoid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as far as possible", urged leading critical care specialist Dr Pratibha Dileep.

She urged families as well as family doctors to ensure that patients drink a lot of water.

The panel of specialists, comprising neurologists, intesivists and malaria experts, called upon doctors to be especially careful when dealing with elderly patients, who have a history of blood pressure, diabetes, kidney problems and heart disease.

"Complications are more in these cases," said infectious disease specialist Dr Atul Patel. Doctors observed that the 'lady-killer' aedes aegyptimosquito was mainly targeting men.

"Of the 18 cases I have seen, 17 are men," said Dr Dileep.

**Snowy Owl** · September 19, 2006, 06:44 AM

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All thanks to Mingus, Lyro and La R?union Island

Nota: BABELFISH translation

EST OF CHLOROQUINE (A MOLECULE ACTIVATES NIVAQUINE) AGAINST THE CHIKUNGUNYA

Nivachik counters the chik Published in the edition of Tuesday July 11, 2006 (page 4 & 5)

Last April, Xavier de Lamballerie, eminent Professor of virology, person in charge for the unit of the emergent viruses at the hospital Timone of Marseilles, tests the effects of various molecules existing on the virus of the chik.

Among the many molecules tested, it tests in first those which have already a AMM (Marketing authorization) quickly which can be the subject of a clinical trial.

By chance, Nivaquine is very effective on cells infected by the virus of the chikungunya, with compatible concentrations with the amounts used in private clinic.

It is the molecule tested which proves to be most effective.

Following these conclusive tests in vitro, a therapeutic test on the place of the epidemic is set up, it is the Nivachik program. T

he goal of the step is to study the effects of Nivaquine (Chloroquine) on the people has just contracted the virus. CHIKUNGUNYA - PUBLIC HEALTH Sebastien Enault, regulator principal of the Nivachik program based with the GHSR, explains: "the program is set up since May, it includes/understands two shutters: the Curachik device intended to evaluate the effect of Nivaquine on the people reached of the chik since less than 48 hours. To judge its effectiveness in practice, Nivaquine is compared with a placebo (tablet without active ingredient).

An initial manpower of 50 patients having taken Nivaquine, compared with a manpower of 50 patients having taken the placebo, could prove to be sufficient to show a real effectiveness of Nivaquine.

If this figure of 100 patients is not reached, it will be necessary to wait the summer to continue research. In same time, one tests also the preventive effects of Nivaquine.

It is the second device named Prevenchik. There are thus Curachik and Prevenchik ".

Urgent need for volunteers

Naturally, like Mr. Enault specifies it, so that the study is scientifically valid, it is necessary that it related to as a preliminary a minimal number of patients. And this number must be reached as fast as possible, it insists: "It is a true race against the clock because the number of cases of chikunguny?s weekly falls.

This is why one insists on the communication, and one counts on the media to inform the unit of R?unionnais of the importance of this therapeutic test. We miss agreeing people; the study is thus likely to be suspended on the end of the month, except if there are more voluntary patients ". The results of the taking away to individually will be communicated to the only patients. As for the final results of the study, they will be diffused after a complete analysis of the whole of the data.

Therefore, more there will be volunteers, more quickly they could be announced. Perhaps a drug for the next summer If the results of this therapeutic test are as conclusive as those established in laboratory, a treatment could be available as of the next summer.

By the same one, thousands of people could avoid the sufferings that already too much R?unionnais endured. To take part in this test, it is necessary to answer some criteria: - to contract the chikungunya in the last 48 hours (not in case relapses) - to be old from 18 to 65 years, - to weigh more than 60 kg, - not to have taken of Nivaquine in the last 3 months, - not to be pregnant or in age to procreate without contraception.

If you fill the unit of these criteria, you can contact the Nivachik team to the 02-62-71-98-83 (of 9h with 18h). The regulation will contact your attending practitionar who, if it agrees to be investigatory, will accompany you in the field of the medical follow-up in dialogue with the team by the regulation.

Example of a case of conclusive test on the ground Mr. Kader Sahari, living Pond-Salted the Tops, fact part of the patients of the protocol of test of Nivachik.

Sunday June 18, 2006, Mr. Sahari presents the symptoms maintaining well-known associated the chik. He comes into contact as of June 19 with the Nivachik team, which proposes to him to form part of the volunteers for the tests as blind men in Nivaquine. He accepts.

The team contacts her attending practitionar who also agrees to ensure him the medical follow-up. From the 20 to the 24, one will manage a treatment to him, therefore either a placebo, or of Nivaquine.

As of the 20, Mr. Sahari stops anti-inflammatory drugs and Paracetamol prescribed initially by his doctor.

Indeed, its pains decreased significantly. We are only at the first day of the test.

The improvement of the health of Mr. Sahari is fulgurating. It would thus seem, at this testing stage, that for certain people, this therapeutic is effective in the treatment of the pain.

However, the tests being always in hand, the other people reached of the chik will have to bear their troubles patiently while waiting for the final results of this study. Results that all wait very impatiently..

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