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YouTube will show movies

2008-11-12T15:16:00.002+05:30

YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-GoldwynMayer’s archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company officials said. The YouTube site, owned by Google Inc, plans to make the announcement about the new partnership on Monday.
MGM Studios will kick off the partnership by posting episodes of its decade-old American Gladiators program to YouTube on one channel.
On another channel, MGM will post full length action films such as Bulletproof Monk and The Magnificent Seven and also clips from popular movies such as Legally Blonde.
These movies will be free to watch, with ads running alongside the video. YouTube in October forged a similar partnership with CBS Corp to run full-length archived shows, including Star Trek, Young and the Restless.
Many TV networks already run short clips on YouTube, which also offers millions of home videos uploaded by users.
But until now, YouTube videos were predominantly short clips of ten min utes or less.

Use strong deodorant after workout

2008-11-12T15:10:00.000+05:30

G ood gymwear is a must have for health conscious men. And if you are won dering what are the essential things you must carry to the gym, we will give you a lowdown.
Essentially, the bag that you carry to the gym should be small enough to fit in your gym locker and large enough to hold all your gym gear. Your gym attire should never be too tight to restrict free movement, nor should it be so loose that it gets entangled in the weights and gym equipment. Comfortable track suits or drawstrings and tees are all time favourites.
You must remember to always carry a deodorant in your gym bag.
After a long workout, if you don’t feel like hitting the shower immediately, spare a thought for the people around you. Carry a strong deodorant along with you and spray a generous amount after your workout.
Sudhanshu Pandey, a singer, actor and health freak, says, “Body odour is something that irritates me the most and some thing that people should take care of. One must always carry a deo in his gym-bag.” It is necessary to keep your body hydrated during workouts. A sipper comes handy when you’re tired and don’t feel like walking all the way to the gym’s water dispenser. A trendy and cool sipper enables you to enjoy chilled water, while you’re sweating it out in the gym.
When it comes to choosing what shoes to wear for the gym, one must settle for nothing, but the most comfortable and best-fitting pair. Most men prefer wearing trainers or joggers that are made of light, breathable material. The right pair of footwear could help you avoid injury, sprains, splinters and will also not put your body through unnecessary strain.
A towel and sweat-band is a must if you perspire heavily. “It is always better if you leave the gym apparatus and training mats free of sweat when you’re done. Towels are handy when it comes to keeping yourself and the gym equipment clean,” Sudhanshu adds.
An MP3 player is a must for those who get tired listening to Himesh crooning on the gym’s music player, they can listen to their favourite tracks while working out. Experts believe that listening to music, diverts attention from a strenuous workout. So, one could end up working out harder with lesser strain, while listening to his favourite music.
For people who shuttle between gym and work, Sudhanshu adds that carrying a change of clothes in one’s gym bag comes in handy when you’re pressed for time.

Cell phone shopping makes wallets redundant in Japan

2008-11-12T15:06:00.002+05:30

Japanese office worker Satoshi Tada pays for shopping, wins free food and gets store discounts all by waving his cell phone. “I use it pretty much every day,” the 25-year-old said. “You can charge money on it right there if needed, and you don’t have to run around trying to find an ATM. You can even get points because it's linked to credit cards.” The world's top firms such as Visa Inc and Nokia are still mostly testing phone use for payments, but in Japan, more than 50 million, or about half of all cell phone users, already carry phones capable of serving as wallets. KDDI, for example, is a Japanese telecom operator that has recently set up a bank along with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest wireless carrier, offers credit cards and lending services as part of a tie up with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's thirdlargest bank. Outside Japan, telecom industry and financial players are still in the midst of working out how the wallet phone payment business would operate, who would get a cut and when.
“Traditional financial industry met telcos by going mobile. Now telecom operators want to play a part in that chain. These talks are well under way,” said Gerhard Romen, Director for Strategic Alliances & Partnering at Nokia. The world's biggest payment card company, Mas tercard, said last month it was in talks over commercial launches of phone wallets with several banks, and during the next two years it expects to see substantial activity from retail-focused banks. Tada, the Tokyo office worker, rarely pulls out his leather wallet these days as his cell phone does the job instead. “For shopping, I use it everywhere I can ... and I also use coupons such as Gourmet Navigator Touch wherever possible,” Tada said, citing services at some restaurants that offer coupons and free gifts when customers wave their phones at reader terminals.

ROBOTICS IS THE FUTURE

2008-10-07T15:07:00.002+05:30

T he current academic programme is heavily inclined towards the Engineering discipline and, the Arts and Pure Science streams have taken a back seat in the mind share of most students.
Engineering, which was so long dominated by the IT industry is slowly changing and other courses are also gaining momentum. Across the state there are more than 250 engineering colleges and students are looking at better career options.
Technological advances have given birth to the age of robotics, and the field is luring more youngsters towards it. Papyrusclubs, a Deccan Chronicle initiative rightly anticipated the student psyche and launched a Robotics Training for students in Schools and Colleges. Robotics Orientation Program, a two day seminar for the students of IIT Chennai, was organised as part of the IITM –Saashtra 2008.
The students went through a carefully designed course covering the fundamentals of Robotic Engineering. This two day program focused on the art of building basic, manual and autonomous robots from discrete electronic components.
Building such intelligent and autonomous robots is an ideal way to explore the field of electronics and basics of robotics. Participants were encouraged to apply concepts that they learned in their classrooms, to employ their knowledge in new and interesting ways to create simple yet seemingly complex robots.
The program concluded with a competition in which participants had to build robots and demonstrate their capabilities in a soccer robot event. Certificates were awarded to all participants.
There was an overwhelming response for this program and stu dents from other parts of India too showed interest in the program.
The program validated the initiative of Papyrusclub in delivering knowledge enhancement programs for students.

Light emitting concrete at IIT

2008-10-07T14:58:00.003+05:30

Can concrete trans mit or reflect light? Yes, it can and researchers at the civil engineering department of IIT Madras demonstrated it at the Open House 2008 held as part of the institution’s golden jubilee celebrations here on Sunday.
Litracon, the light transmitting concrete developed by them, using cement and optical fibre, was the centre of attraction in the stall set up by the civil engineering department.
“This type of concrete is not only cost effective but will help prevent major mishaps that can occur in street corners,” said Srikant Menon, a B.Tech student, who demonstrated how the light transmitting concrete worked.
This would also reflect the lights of vehicles coming from one direction to caution vehicles approaching from the other end, he added.
The concrete could replace mirrors and reflectors on the roads and also be used for erecting compound walls. The civil engineering department has also developed a quake resistant wall made up of sand packed in folded polymer sheets.
These walls could be used for foundations and basements in areas prone to earthquakes and landslips.
Among the other displays at the Open House were a sophisticated robot that could be used to carry out ISO prescribed tests on cars and another robot that could sense its way around without colliding with any object in its path.
The department of humanities and social sciences entertained the students, from the city schools and colleges, by conducting quizzes, games to test their language skill and poetry reading sessions.
The first ‘Open House’ was conducted 25 years ago to mark the Silver Jubilee celebrations of IIT Madras. This is the second such event and marks the Golden Jubilee of the institute.

Varanam Aayiram Songs

2008-09-24T20:35:00.002+05:30

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How to Choose Smart Girls

2008-09-16T11:00:00.000+05:30

Smart girls are sexy. They’re witty, insightful and they’re always wearing those funky darkrimmed glasses. Okay, maybe we’re generalising a bit, but our point is that it’s worth your time to learn how to pick up a smart girl. We’re talking about the kind of girl who tells great stories and the kind of woman who gets all your jokes. She’s a great conversationalist and she’s genuinely interested in the world around her. So the only question is: How do you attract intelligent women? Initially, it may seem as if the two of you don’t have much in common. Those obstacles, however, can be easily overcome.

1 Don’t fake it: Remember that scene in Good Will Hunting when Ben Affleck tries to pick up Minnie Driver at that Harvard bar? Remember how he tries to look all smart and sophisticated, but instead he just ends up looking like a douche? Yeah. Don’t be that guy. When you’re trying to pick up a smart girl, it’s imperative that you don’t, under any circumstances, pretend to know something that you don’t. First, she’ll probably see right through your sorry act. Trying to sound smart will only make you sound dumb or worse: pretentious.

2 Don’t defer to her intelligence: OK, so you don’t want to act like a know-it-all, but don’t get caught playing dumb either. Just don’t fawn over her. Even if you’re legitimately in awe of her intelligence, don’t let on. Giving her compliments like “Wow, you’re so smart” or “I never would have thought of that” may seem harmless, but they don’t necessarily reflect positively on you.

3 Be honest about what you know: When you meet a really intelligent woman, you might find it difficult to carry a conversation if the two of you don’t share many common interests. But just because you haven’t had the same experiences doesn’t mean she’s out of your league. You might not be able to relate to her specific passions, but you do understand what it’s like to be passionate about something. Show her what you know and share your passions with her.

PDAs in Hotels

2008-09-16T10:52:00.000+05:30

A s an extension to the automation of almost every human task, it seems that waiters in Chennai would soon coast along their jobs, making a breeze of what would otherwise be a hectic work routine. The reason is that hotels in the city are now equipping their waiters with PDAs or ‘personal digital assistants’ in order to take their orders.

Armed with the mini computers, the hotels aim at providing their customers with a faster, more convenient and hassle free eating out experience. While five stars hotels like the Taj Group are known to have this service in most of their restaurants and pubs, many hotels based locally have also jumped onto the PDA bandwagon.

Speaking about the emerging development, Mr Venkat, the captain (supervisor to waiters) at Anjappar Chettinad restaurant, Chennai Central branch says, “We introduced PDAs in our hotels some time ago. It’s a wireless system connected to a PC in the kitchen. The orders are taken by the captains on the PDAs while the waiters only have to collect the order from the kitchen and serve it to customers.” Explaining about the benefits of the system he says, “Besides ensuring accurate billing, it also saves a lot of time as waiters don’t have to go back and forth between the kitchen and the customer’s table. The PDA even takes care of special requirements of the cus tomers like extra spice to be added in their curries or low sugar in their tea, etc.” “Our hotels in Nungambakkam, Mylapore, Egmore, Central and Puducherry have this facility and we’ll extend this service across all our branches by this month end,” he adds.

Mr Sathpathy, a management trainee from Orissa, who visited the hotel said, “We have not seen these kind of services in hotels in Bhubhaneswar. We are very impressed with the facility and the speedy delivery.” Saravana Bhavan’s Mylapore branch is one such eatery in the city that has taken to this new trend.

Mr Subramaniam Siva, the head of IT for the hotel chain says, “We introduced handheld PCs from April 2008. The idea was to reduce the time taken between placing the order to communicating it to the waiter and so on. Items like tandoori take upto 20 minutes to prepare and if the orders are placed in time, it cuts down on the customer’s waiting period.” He adds, “The compartmentalisation of each job also happens through this. For instance, the waiter can always be in the vicinity of the customer to take any special orders, which helps add value to the customer’s experience.”

Online Tutor

2008-09-10T13:07:00.001+05:30

The search for good tutors and going to different places to attend tedious tuition classes may be a thing of the past for students.
2tion.com is the latest website for students, which helps them in getting a tutor for any subject, anywhere. “This website is an online portal which serves as a meeting place for teachers and students. To get a tutor, a student has to search on 2tion.com database, which has more than 40,000 tutors from across the country, scan through their qualification and experience and make their choice. The teachers charge anywhere between Rs 100 to Rs 250 per hour, depending on the subject.” Tech-friendly students are wel coming this trend because it saves them a great deal of traveling time and is considered the ‘in’ thing.

Rajini's Robot

2008-09-08T16:18:00.003+05:30

I t seems like Kollywood strongly believes in sticking to tried and tested methods — one of the commonly followed pranctices being the filming of a song sequence to set into motion the beginning of a film shoot. Ace director Shankar has also decided to do the same to kick start his upcoming film.

For his prestigious venture Aendhiran (The Robot), which features Superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead, Shankar chose to shoot two song sequences at first. The two hip-hop numbers which are composed by A R Rahman will be canned in exotic locales in America from September 8.

Designer Manish Malhotra who designed the costumes for Rajini in Sivaji is back on board for this film as well. The design of the robotic outfits is by Mary E Vogt, of Men in Black and Batman Returns fame. Animatronics is by Stan Winston Studio (USA), which has prestigious projects to its credit, including Predator and Jurassic Park. Yuen Woo Ping , the stunts choreographer for movies like The Matrix and Kill Bill is the stunt master for the film.

Too many different cell formats

2008-09-08T15:44:00.000+05:30

This trouble occurs while the workbook have approximately 4,000 different combinations of cell formats. A combination is defined as a unique set of formatting elements that are applied to a cell. A combination includes all font formatting (for example:font size, italic, bold, and underline), borders (for example: location, weight, and color), cell patterns, number formatting, alignment, and cell protection.

To avoid this problem, delete unwanted columns and rows and remove highlight use consistent font type, color, font size etc.

How to make Autoshapes (Box, Action Button) disappear in print

2008-09-05T11:40:00.003+05:30

Step 1: Select the Object which you don’t need it in print

Step 2: Go to View select Color/Grayscale and then Grayscale

Step 3: Select Settings from Grayscale view dialog box

Step 4: Select Don’t show

Step 5: Go to Print Preview

Step 6: Select Options drop down menu and then Color/Grayscale

The best conversation i've ever seen!

2008-09-04T14:23:00.002+05:30

Please have a look....This 5 mins may save a life, you could save a life

2008-09-04T14:18:00.003+05:30

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R ...
My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance) They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this...

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster.
The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE....
T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg 'It is sunny out today').
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is 1. Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. 2. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved and it could be your own.

Eye Exercise

2008-09-04T12:08:00.004+05:30

During a recent visit to an optician, one of my friends was told of an exercise for the eyes by a specialist doctor that he termed as 20-20-20 ." It is apt for all of us, who spend long hours at our desks, looking at the computer screen. I Thought I'd share it with you. 20-20-20

Step I :- After every 20 minutes of looking into the computer screen, turn your head and try to look at any object placed at least 20 feet away. This changes the focal length of your eyes, a must-do for the tired eyes.

Step II :- Try and blink your eyes for 20 times in succession, to moisten them.

Step III :- Time permitting of course, one should walk 20 paces after every 20 minutes of sitting in one particular posture. Helps blood circulation for the entire body. Circulate among your friends if you care for them and their eyes. They say that your eyes r mirror of your soul, so do take care of them, they are priceless......

Otherwise our eye would be like this.....

!!! BEWARE OF BUYING iPhone 3G!!!

2008-09-04T12:05:00.003+05:30

Friends..... those of you in India planning for iPhone... THINK TWICE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION... The short comings of iPhone are endless...

No video calling,

no AD2P on the Bluetooth,

CAN'T share ANY (mp3, images,videos. ...) files via bluetooth,

can't use as a wireless modem, (you pay ridiculous data charges to activate internet on your phone, but cannot connect it to your PC and browse when you are at home)

no copy and paste,(cannot copy a part of a.... say.... email & send it....have to type it out yourself)

no 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera,(the 2MP camera it carries is worst camera i've ever seen..... photos look like they have come out of a VGA camera)

no video recording with camera, no front camera, no flash. no JAVA supportNo physical keyboard (BELIEVE me! this alone is a dealbreaker. ..touch keyboard as good as it looks...once you use it then only you come to know about the importance of having a hard keypad)

No 3G network yet in India..so why pay for expensive 3G phone if you cant use its 3G services ... so, for India, iPhone 2.0 is no better than its first versionNo removable battery. (You cannot change battery. Have to send it to apple outlet..

Come on now!!!!...This is not an iPod. Its a bloody phone. You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days) No haptic feedback andcannot send MMS,can't use as external storage device (16 GB of utter waste..next time you go to your friend's house & find some interesting songs, movies, etc...sorry you cannot connect your '16 GB' phone and share it!!!!

Apple apparently has a solution.. " BUY MUSIC & MOVIES FROM iTUNES STORE "..... Give me a break will you APPLE!!!)no FM radio, can't use your mp3 files as ringtones,(This is heights man!!!) cannot insert any other SIM card….completely tied to iTunes... Connect to your friend's iTunes & you risk erasing everything on your phone.list goes on & on & on….

We Indians are used to these features. Most of our phones already have these features. we cannot do with out them.... i mean can you imagine paying so much for a phone with which you cannot transfer files via bluetooth. what age is this ...STONE AGE???

Some features may be activated by jailbreak.. But why the hell should you risk losing your warranty after paying so much.And want to add third party softwares??. . YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM FROM iTUNES STORE ONLY!!! . (Shell out more money). Apple is a bloody control freak. Dont surrender your freedom to it.

Its good for american market (who have no idea what mobile freedom/choice is) which is in stone age compared to asian/european markets. When they want to buy a phone, they have to go to network operators and buy only those phones that are available on that network. & stick to that company till their contract expires. You want to change carriers? Not before paying damages, & buying another phone on the other network again. On the contrary, we in India have so much freedom. We go to handset shops & buy which ever phone we like.

Then go to carriers.. checkout the plans & buy SIM.. Dont like the plan or rival carrier came up with a better plan???? EASY .. just remove & replace the SIM. Apple are trying to IMPOSE THEIR MODEL ON US riding on the hype iPhone has created in the US (yes it was a flop in Europe .thats why Apple never talks about its sales in Europe).Dont fall for the subsidized price of iPhone...

CHECKOUT THE DATA PLAN ATTACHED TO ITS SIM ..they will recover the cost through ridiculous data plans. Bill might come to around Rs 2500/month.( ATLEAST AMERICANS PAY THAT MUCH)Let me clear one thing though.. iphone is the best looking phone (its touch interface is nothing like you have ever seen ), best browsing experience out there no doubt .... ( others are fast catching up..check out the android demo at Google IO 2008)....

BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FUNCTIONALITY. ..Those of who buy it... You will be most happy for atmost a week... then, MARK MY WORDS...YOU WILL START REGRETTING IT!!!My advice...WAIT FOR HTC DREAM!! (powered by android). Still not convinced by then...by all means go for iPhone.

Aghories

2008-08-29T17:41:00.006+05:30

Aghories are those who worship in burial grounds at night. They are third face workship of lord shiva

Watch this video if you are mentally strong

Real life (rather death) experience -- LIFELINE HOSPITAL CHENNAI

2008-08-29T15:37:00.004+05:30

Below is a very sad story

This is not a philosophical statement on one's life after death, this is
about how my wife, Padma died in a hospital in Chennai. Whatever I have
seen only in movies so far, is experienced by me.
We were living in the UK for few years; our family includes me, my wife
(Padma), and our 7 yr old son and 8months old daughter. My wife had a
symptom of ventral hernia (slightly bulged abdomen), we had consulted General Physician and Surgeon in the UK and advice was that she needed a
surgery to have a mesh to fix the problem with a few weeks rest. We were
also told that this is not an emergency and it can be done anytime though
earlier is good. In fact the surgeon whom we consulted in UK talked about
an example of a lady having this done for 30 years of the symptom. My
wife did not have any specific pain or something except a small discomfort of bulgy abdomen (like a 2 months pregnant lady) and she was in her normal routine of taking care of our children, taking our son to school, household work, etc.
We were planning for Christmas vacation in India in Dec 2007, we thought we will consult some 'good' doctors over in India and take a decision of when we will do the surgery if required and possibly felt doing in India is
good because of family support. We have got a reference of Dr J S
Rajkumar of Lifeline hospital and we booked an appointment to meet him.
We landed in Chennai on 14th Dec 2007 for a three weeks vacation, met Dr Rajkumar at his city hospital (Rigid hospital) in Chetput on 15th Dec 2007
(Sat) at about 730pm. We have explained him the background, shown him all
the comments of UK surgeon, medical reports related to my wife pregnancy,
deliveries, etc (she had delivered both our children normally). After
few minutes of assessment Dr Rajkumar told us this hernia requires
laparoscopic surgery and we can do this next day itself. We were little
concerned initially of getting this surgery done the very next day (particularly we were still not out of jet lag and she was feeding our
baby) and got convinced with the 'salesy' words given by the Doctors. To
quote a comment from the Doctor "she will run in two days time and can lift two suitcases and you can return to UK as per your plan on 3rd Jan 2008").
Also Dr Rajkumar told us that he will be on travel for 3 days from 17th Dec and moreover he was teaching Post Graduates on 16th Dec about laparoscopic surgery and let us get it done on 16th Dec.
Then my wife was put into all sorts of equipments in the hospital (in the name of assessment); blood, urine, ECG, MRI and so on and the tests were
conducted till about 11pm on 15th Dec. In fact they have opened the labs
after closing hours and got the test done and handed over the test results
to us. They had some problem in the ECG and we were told that ECG can
be done on the next day at Lifeline hospital.
We were asked to report to Rigid hospital at 5am in the morning. Think of it, we went our residence around midnight and my wife had rush on some food
to keep compliance on the fasting 8 hrs prior to surgery. After
preparing for the hospital visit that night and a couple of hours sleep (3 hrs or so) we reached Rigid hospital on 16th morning at 5am or so and from there we were transported by an 'ambulance' to Lifelife hospital in Perungudi (outskirts of Chennai).
We reached the hospital at 630am, paid some initial advance for the surgery
and we were given a room. Padma went through some more basic checks like
height, weight, etc. Padma was taken to the operation theatre at about
10am in the morning on 16th Dec. After the laparoscopic procedure she
was moved to post operative ward at about 12 noon and I have met her in the
afternoon to say a small hello when she gained consciousness. Dr
Rajkumar met us on 16th Dec afternoon and he in fact congratulated me for successful surgery and said he has used proceed mesh (costly one) and advised his staff to move Padma to normal ward in the evening as she had to
feed her baby. But, Padma was moved to normal ward only on 17th Dec
morning, she was on IV fluids as per normal post operative procedure.
Padma started to develop some fluids in her abdomen which duty doctors /
surgeons have 'rightly' observed. She was put in some series of tests on
17th, 18th, 19th and 20th – tests include multiple ultra sound, multiple CT scans, pricked her abdomen and taken fluids, she had a long tube through
her nose overnight to collect fluid for tests, etc. We were told the
fluid is normal after surgery and it will be alright after she passes stool, etc.
In the meanwhile Dr Rajkumar returned from his travel and seen Padma on 19
th on 20th Dec evening along with other surgeons. He made an assessment
and he told me that he might want to do one more laparoscopic surgery to
find out what is the fluid about. He wanted to do a surgery on 20th Dec
evening itself, but he could not proceed as the hospital has given solid food that afternoon – hence anaesthesia could not be given. (lack of co-ordination among departments, time lost here, may be she could have survived if they have did the surgery on 20th itself)
On 20th Dec night, fluid started oozing from Padma's abdomen stitches,
after the duty Doctor's assessment she was shifted to ICU. We really did
not know what complication she developed in the ICU.
On 21st Dec (Friday) morning around 830am I was called in to the ICU to convey that they are going to perform a surgery and I had to sign "high risk consent", they were telling this in front of my wife (just think of a patient hearing this before the surgery). I was just shocked at that and
had no options to sign whatever they wanted. I said "all the best" (my
last conversation with my wife) to my wife and she was taken to Operation Theatre.
While I was discussing with the Doctors at ICU, the cashier in the hospital
kept on calling me on my mobile. When I met the cashier he asked for
Rs.60,000 to be paid immediately and I told him take Rs.40,000 and will
give you the balance later in the day. Bang a reply came, "you have to
pay the money to for me to give clearance for surgery". When I expressed
my unhappiness about the comment, he insisted for me to sign a piece of
paper saying that I will give the money later in the day. (What money
minded, in-human attitude!)
We had no news from the hospital on their own about the surgery, I had enquired the staff nurse and visited my wife in the ICU and learnt that she had a diagnostic laparotomy (open surgery) and there was hole in the intestine which was fixed.
We have meet Dr Rajkumar at about 3:30pm on 21st Dec and understood that there was a duodenum rupture and he has fixed it, at the same time he removed the mesh which was fixed on 16th Dec. She was also paralysed and put on ventilator as she was waking up. He explained it was between life threatening and beauty so they addressed the duodenum rupture problem.
What we were puzzled were, how did the rupture happen? for that explanation given were
- it could be due to ulcer. My wife had no evidence of ulcer in
the past. Explanation given was 40%+ cases of ulcer is silent and there
will be no symptom (I lack medical knowledge to appreciate this)
- it could be due to post operative stress (so many test post
operation without any explanation of what we were doing could have created the stress on Padma is my argument)
On the same night (21st Dec) at about 930pm, I was called in to the ICU and Doctors conveyed that my wife condition is critical – her pulse is high, BP
is low and they were attending to her. I insisted on talking to Dr
Rajkumar immdly, but they refused to connect me to him at first and finally
managed to speak to him. Dr Rajkumar came in around midnight and
explained that the lungs are getting affected (shown X-ray of white patches on the lower portion of lungs) and she was the most serious patient in the
whole hospital that time and they were trying their best. He also said,
it will need another 12-24 hours of observation before they can say anything.
We were completely panicked and just waiting outside the ICU and praying
for Padma's recovery. We had to argue with the security outside the ICU
to gain access to the Doctors to know her situation (no courtesy from the security personnel, who just don't understand the situation)
At about 4:30am in the morning, my friend gained access the Doctors in the ICU and came out with the low face to tell me that Padma's condition is
worsened. Again I tried to reach Dr Rajkumar and the hospital says they
don't have his contact number (just can't understand how they can behave like this). Finally after some hue and cry Dr Rajkumar came on line to tell me that he is not God and don't think his visit can do any thing
different. I cried, begged him to come over to give some ideas to his
team to recover Padma. He came over at around 6am and said they are
trying everything possible, etc; but her end came quickly.
The end came to our beloved Padma at 6:30am on 22nd Dec, throwing the
entire family to rude shock and a life time sorrow. Our "LIVES AFTER
DEATH" of Padma has changed for ever.

I can now think of so many questions retrospectively;
1. Why did the surgeon perform the surgery the very next day of
consultancy, that too for a non-emergency one like this? (Padma had just
travelled many miles, she was not even out of jet lag.) Was it for money?
Was it for them to get one more sample for their post grads training?
2. Did the Doctors made proper assessment on Padma's fitness for
surgery, frankly did they even had time to go through the reports, after the tests till 11pm on the previous night for next day 8am surgery (particularly when the reports were with us till 730am on the day of surgery).
3. Patient communication and counselling. Isn't it important to
communicate to patient and their relatives on the development of patient condition (fluid collection started from the next day of laparoscopic)
4. Did the absence of Dr Rajkumar for three days post the first
surgery is one of the reason for this disaster? Were the other Doctors not able to diagnose or take a decision? Were they waiting for Dr Rajkumar return?
5. What is the real reason for duodenum perforation? My wife never
had any history of ulcer to the best of my knowledge. Why did the hospital take so much of time to react (5 days after surgery) when such a crucial thing like perforation has happened.
6. Was there any issue in the initial laparoscopic procedure which
has caused the perforation?
7. Careless attitude by hospital staff? – my wife sex was recorded
as "Male" initially and corrected after I told them. The staff was not
even apologetic for this, he rather asked me "why didn't you inform".
Can't he make out with the name Padma. Think of it, if he has changed the
blood group from A+ to B+; that is it!!
8. Will anyone with basic common sense ask for high risk signature
in front of the patient? I was asked to sign just minutes before surgery in front of my wife.
9. Is the hospital money minded?: They were demanding money on gun
point almost.
a. Prior to the first surgery the cashier said please give
Rs.30000/- more for him to give clearance for surgery
b. When my wife going for second surgery I was told by the cashier
again, please give Rs.60000/- for clearance for surgery
c. The hospital charged more than what was told for initial
laparoscopic, without even communicating to me increase in charges
d. The final "bill" was just on letter head, without mention of
currency, invoice number, etc. I had to insist on a proper invoice later.
e. I was given to understand that they even made arguments on
ambulance charges to send my wife dead body back home.!! (making money on the dead body also)
10. Why the hospital did not made me to talk to my wife when she
gained consciousness after the second surgery? If not anything else, I
could have held her hand. Even a criminal gets an opportunity to
communicate his/her last wishes. Am I or my wife worse than?
11. FALSE reports - After all these hospital sends me false reports
(on Jan 11, 2008 – three weeks after my wife's death) :
a. They had mentioned she had LSCS (caesarean section) and large
scar due to LSCS. When my wife delivered both the babies normally, how
does one record as caesarean and how there will be scar when there was no caesarean?
b. The hernia was mentioned "incisional hernia" – when there was no
incision on her body how the hernia is categorised as incisional? It was actually ventral hernia. Don't think one can replace any term with any term just like that!
c. Most importantly, the surgery was performed on 16th Dec 2007, the
report said 17th dec 2007
12. MISSING REPORTS - From the hospital records Doctors notes were
missing for 16th and 17th Dec. The first report is available for 17th Dec
at 8:36pm. How come there are no Doctors' notes for about 36 hours after
the surgery? Isn't it fishy? Did something went wrong on the first
laparoscopic procedure?
Our entire family is still mourning and trying to reconcile the fact that
our Padma is no more. My 7 year old son is aware that is Mom is not
there, does he understand? My 1 year old daughter is too young to know
what has happened. What will her questions be in future?
My sincere advice to all is
a) Do not get carried away by advertisement / TV shows / big
buildings
b) Please do not rush
c) Do your own due diligence, particularly when things are not an
emergency
d) Try and understand the medical terms, do research prior
e) Please ask questions, at every stage.
f) Don't say "I can spend anything"
g) Know patient rights
I am still not convinced that Padma has died after a 'simple' laparoscopic
surgery? I am deeply upset of what has happened to Padma and for what is
happening to us. What I could have done (or not done) which would have prevented this. What is that we can do to prevent this in future for others!!!
Please join me in making awareness to others. While India is trying to
woo many international Customers in the name of 'medical tourism'; first let the authorities make regulation on the health care system and take care of Indian people first.

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