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Chandigarh is in the grip of swine flu and the situation seems to be getting worse as the city witnessed another swine flu death case on Monday. The deceased was a 56-year-old UT police head constable who took his last breath at GMCH-32 on Monday afternoon.

As per the doctors Jasbir Singh, was at high risk, as he was suffering from both diabetes and hypertension. A resident of the Police Lines, Sector 26, the UT cop was taken to the hospital at a late stage.

Jasbir Singh was taken to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16 after his condition deteriorated on Saturday. He was given medicines and was discharged. After which he was again rushed to GMSH-16 late night by his family. Jasbir was shifted to GMCH-32 on Monday morning where the doctors didn’t even bother to examine him for at least 45 minutes, says his son.

Earlier Swine Flu deaths in the city

With the death of Jasbir, the death toll due to Swine Flu rose to three in the city. The first swine flu death was reported on July 14 when a 42-year-old man from Sector 37, Shyam Verma, breathed his last at PGI. The city beautiful witnessed another death on June 25 when a 60-year-old woman from Maloya died at GMCH-32. Meanwhile, a total of 13 people has been tested positive for the disease.

Last week, three PGI doctors tested positive for Swine flu from departments of nephrology, psychiatry and pediatric medicine. One of the doctors contracted the flu from her five-year-old baby. The condition of all four of them is stated to be stable now.

Symptoms

The symptoms of Swine Flu are similar to that of the common cold: a sore throat, cold, cough, persistent high fever and difficulty in breathing.  One should not take these symptoms lightly and consult a doctor. In case fever persists and there is difficulty in breathing, the patient should visit the screening centers at government Hospitals.

Health Advisory for people to stay safe

It is advisable to keep away from mass gatherings. For people who are suffering from a sore throat and fever should immediately seek medical assistance. Abstain yourself from coughing or sneezing in public without covering your nose or mouth. One must take healthy diet and adequate rest. Personal hygiene should be maintained by washing your hands properly. Proper distance should be maintained while visiting hospitals or public gathering.

The news of Harshit Sharma, a 12 standard boy studying at a government school in Chandigarh being offered Rs 1.44 crore by Google has been doing the rounds on the internet for the past few days. The news went viral like wildfire as soon as the boy revealed his apparent selection with Google at such an enormous package. The public relations department of Chandigarh even released a statement, congratulating the boy for his huge achievement. Well, there comes a twist to this story as Google has now refuted this much-publicized news. A spokesperson from Google India said that there has no such record of the boy’s candidacy.

About the Genius

Harshit Sharma, the genius who bagged a high paying job with Google is a 16-year-old boy from Chandigarh. He originally hails from Mahana, a small town in Kurukshetra Haryana. Harshit is a student of Class XII (IT stream) of Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 33-B of Chandigarh. The parents of the student are teachers.

Harshit alleges that he has a keen interest in graphics and he has always wanted to be a graphic designer. He claimed that he had applied for this job in May and was interviewed online. He was selected on the basis of the posters he has designed.

Revelation of the news

The news of the 16-year-old Harshit landing a job in Google went viral on the social media. The boy with extraordinary graphics skills will join the search giant as a graphic designer. He was offered INR 1.44 crore, which stands at INR 12 lakh a month. Firstly, he was supposed to get training in graphic designing with a monthly stipend of Rs 4 lakh for a year.

Harshit on being interviewed told that it was a dream come true for him. He always wished to be a graphic designer. Information on his Facebook account read, ‘Works at Google’, ‘living in California’. However, soon after Google denied the news of Harshit being hired, two phone numbers of the boy were switched off.

On Tuesday, the director of school education, Rubinderjit Singh Brar said: “I am inquiring into the matter. I can only comment by tomorrow.”   Indra Beniwal, the school’s Principal informed that Harshit came to her and told her about Google’s offer. However, she denied having seen any such offer letter by Google.

Google’s take on the news

As soon as the news of the Chandigarh boy struck to Google, a representative from Google came forward with a report that it does not have any information about the Chandigarh student’s employment at Google. Google further clarified that it does not recruit any person directly from schools anywhere in the world. The tech-giant denied the authenticity of the news by explaining no such “Google Link” exists as alleged by the 16-year-old.

To aid the patients and visitors Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32 has come up with the concept of getting a real-time navigation system under an e-health project. This system will prove to be of great help to guide patients to the right door in its multi-floor, multi-block maze. The navigation system will work just like google maps. 

Students of the Panjab University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) have been working on this Android-based application, while the hospital is working out its cost. Recently, The student developers from the UIET gave a presentation about the system to the concerned UT Officials.The mapping work for the system has been completed and soon the navigation system will come into operation. GMCH is the first government hospital to get this smart facility.

The hospital has around 4000 average daily visitors. It becomes difficult for the patients to read department signs as many of them are less literate. This great initiative by the hospital will help the patients to get hassle-free treatment.

Previous Initiatives by GMCH,32

• GMCH earlier started with the online registrations and appointment. The patients can now register themselves online and avoid those long queues.Going a step further from the PGI, GMCH has divided the OPD hours into time slots and patients can choose a suitable time slot for their appointment.
• Last year, the hospital also took an initiative to get a few GPS-enabled wheelchairs for patients to access the hospital but sadly it ended at trial.

Future Projects

As of now, all the navigation systems of the hospital are offline and this would be the first online navigation system. The hospital officials are planning to bring many upgradations in their working process to ease the patients with their visits and treatment. GMCH is currently planning to make MRI, X-ray, and other laboratory test reports available online to build a patient history for better analysis.

PGI is also planning to adopt this navigation system if everything works as per the expectations of the officials. Hope this real-time navigation system brings a little relief to the patients.