"A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said corruption was a bigger disease than cancer, news has surfaced that Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has removed All India Institute of Medical Sciences' (AIIMS') chief vigilance officer (CVO) Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who had unearthed a record number of corruption and financial scams in his two years at the country's premier hospital, in the middle of his tenure.
'...The European Pressurized Reactor has been developed in order to be the new generation of PWRs. One of its theoretical advantages is its ability to produce more power (it can generate up to 1, 6 GW, while usually PWRs do not climb above 1,3 GW) – the EPR is mainly a « supercharged PWR ». One of its specificities is the use of a recycled fuel, the MOX (« mixed oxide »). It contains approximatively 90 – 95% fertile uranium and 5 – 10% plutonium.
'Dear Dr Harsh Vardhan, This is to say I feel for your cause, and how difficult it must be to tackle such a grave problem in a difficult country such as ours. After all, which country wants an AIDS epidemic? And look at how everyone, including the WHO, is struggling worldwide. And after all, what have they managed thus far save feebly suggest that safe sex, or condom use, may be one way out of this global crisis.
"Yet another controversial statement made by Union Minister for Health Dr Harsh Vardhan has now surfaced, where he suggests that the "so-called sex education” be banned, and recommends that instead Yoga be made compulsory. In a document titled 'Educational Vision for Delhi', available on his website, Dr Vardhan promises that on coming to power, BJP will ban sex education, among other curriculum changes. And in the same line, it further reads, that Yoga will be made compulsory..."
"Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) has apologised to the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) for offering incentives to doctors referring patients to the hospital... The hospital's apology follows a show-cause notice by the medical council in May... The MMC alleged the hospital has been sending entry forms, titled Elite Forum, to various doctors. "We had received the form from two doctors... it clearly shows rewards for admissions. This indicates doctors are offered a cut for referring patients to the hospital," MMC president Dr Kishor Taori said...
"The Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that he would like the government to focus more on promoting the ‘integrity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife’, which was part of Indian culture, to create awareness about AIDS and HIV rather than promote usage of condoms.
'India’s new health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, has said that he would like to see a change in the way that the government promotes awareness of AIDS and H.I.V., with more emphasis on “promoting the integrity of the sexual relationship between husband and wife,” which he said was “part of our culture.”
“The thrust of the AIDS campaign should not only be on the use of condoms,” he said in a telephone interview last week. “This sends the wrong message that you can have any kind of illicit sexual relationship, but as long as you’re using a condom, it’s fine.”..
