AMU doctors, teachers recall the situation they faced during the second wave of COVID-19
“It is like rubbing salt on the wounds of the injured,” said Md Kashif, president of Resident Doctors’ Association of Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JNMCH). He was reacting to the Health Ministry’s statement in the Rajya Sabha that there was no data to show deaths had occurred due to oxygen shortage in the second wave of COVID-19. “More importantly, the statement gives the bureaucracy a sense of relief that if such a big lacuna in infrastructure could be papered over, they don’t need to worry,” said Dr. Kashif.
An eerie sense of calm has descended on the AMU campus with its quintessential 'adda', once a place of spontaneous laughter and heated debates, now abandoned.
36 deaths in university in a month Covid havoc at Aligarh Muslim University, call for scrutiny The varsity has lost more than three dozen present and former teachers and other employees, 16 of whom lived on campus or in the neighbourhood
Aligarh Muslim University has lost more than three dozen present and former teachers and other employees, including at least one doctor from the campus hospital, to Covid in the past one month.
All of them – including the former teachers and the 16 serving teachers who died lived on the campus and its neighbourhood, university sources said.
University honorary secretary Najmul Islam said one possible reason for the high toll could be the inflow of Covid patients at the on-campus J.N. Medical College and Hospital, the principal healthcare facility for Aligarh and surrounding districts.
Fasting helps fight diabetes, psychological disorders and other illnesses, say experts
Karachi
March 1, 2021
Although Muslims don’t observe fast in the holy month of Ramazan for medical reasons, fasting in the holy month of Ramazan has hundreds of health benefits – both on the physical and mental well-being of people especially those suffering from diseases like diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, depression and others illnesses, said local and international health experts at a conference on Sunday.
The experts, however, advised people with health issues to seek pre-Ramazan education and medical advice for safe fasting.
“Scientific evidence proves that fasting promotes blood sugar control and better health by fighting inflammation, enhancing heart health by improving blood pressure, triglycerides and cholesterol levels, boosting brain functions, preventing neurodegenerative disorders, helping weight loss by limiting calorie intake and
Problem and non-problem gamblers differ in the gratifications sought from mobile gambling
A study carried out by the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway has examined how the different gratifications sought from mobile gambling explain problematic versus non-problematic patterns in highly involved gamblers.
For a subgroup of vulnerable individuals, gambling involvement can be pathological and reflects a personality disorder. For many others though, gambling is a non-problematic recreational activity.
The study focused specifically on mobile gambling, whereby people gamble online using their smartphones through specially designed apps and websites. Mobile gambling differs from land-based and traditional forms of gambling in that the opportunity to place bets and engage with casinos is constantly present and easily accessible.