Be a good reader to become a good journalist: Dinesh Amin Mattu
Bhatkal: Journalism workshop for students
Bhatkal, Oct 18: Those who want to become journalists must primarily learn how to read. How many papers, magazines, and books you read; that much good writer you will become. It is not possible to become a journalist without reading.
He was addressing after taking part at the concluding ceremony of the 'Journalism Workshop for Students' organized by the Majlis E Islah-w-Tanzeem Institute of Bhatkal in collaboration with the Media Center of Mangaluru.
"I do not completely agree that Muslims should come to the mainstream. Non-Muslims need to come to mainstream along with Muslims. If we take 100 prominent writers and litterateurs of Kannada, we would get at least 10 - 15 Muslims. There will be about 25 Dalits, 25 to 30 belonging to backward castes. But if we make a list of journalists, we would get only 10 - 15 journalists belonging to Ahinda classes. There are just one community members out there. We must understand that why the talented people of the Ahinda classes, who is capable of being a writer, poet, and litterateurs; cannot become journalists. The Ahinda class has to get the key to that field.
Today young writers are not writing much. We need to think seriously about this. When journalists question and write objectively regarding the issues prevailing within the community, then that community must accept and encourage.
Siasat Urdu daily's Managing Editor Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, former bureau chief of Khaleej Times and Gulf News Sayyed Khamar Hasan, Maulana Abdul Aleem Khatib of Bhatkal Jamia Masjid, and Editor-In-Chief of Vartha Bharati Abdussalam Puthige also spoke on the occasion.
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'Low-quality' catheters supplied to West Bengal govt hospitals at high price, probe ordered
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal health department has launched a probe into the supplies of allegedly low-quality and locally made catheters at a high price to several government hospitals, posing a risk to the lives of patients undergoing treatment in these facilities, officials said.
Such central venous catheters (CVCs) were allegedly supplied to at least five medical colleges and hospitals in the state, defying allocation of international standard-compliant CVCs, they said.
The distribution company, which has been accused of supplying these catheters to government hospitals, admitted to the fault but placed the blame on its employees.
"We started checking stocks some time back and found these locally made CVCs in my hospital store. These catheters are of low quality as compared to those allocated by the state. We have informed the state health department," a senior official of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital told PTI.
Low-quality catheters were also found in the stores of other hospitals, which indicates "possible involvement of insiders in the scam", a health department official said.
The low-quality CVCs were supplied by a distributor in the Hatibagan area in the northern part of Kolkata for the last three to four months, he said.
"Such kinds of local CVCs are priced around Rs 1,500 but the distributor took Rs 4,177 for each device," the official said.
A CVC is a thin and flexible tube that is inserted into a vein to allow for the administration of fluids, blood, and other treatment. It's also clinically called a central line catheter.
"An initial probe revealed that the distribution company Prakash Surgical had supplied the low-quality and locally manufactured catheters to several government hospitals instead of the CVCs of the government-designated international company.
"All the units will be tested and a proper investigation is on to find out who benefited from these supplies," the health department official said.
The distribution company blamed its employees for the supply of inferior quality catheters.
"I was sick for a few months. Some employees of the organisation made this mistake. We are taking back all those units that have gone to the hospitals. It's all about misunderstanding," an official of the distribution company told PTI.
According to another state health department official, a complaint was lodged with the police in this connection.
Asked about how many patients were affected by the usage of such low-quality CVCs, the official said, "The probe would also try to find that out".
According to sources in the health department, some of the staff of the hospitals' equipment receiving departments and some local officials of international organisations might be involved in the alleged irregularities.
