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Time of India
6 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
CM lays foundation of projects worth Rs 205cr in Deogarh
Sambalpur: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday laid the foundation stones of several development projects worth Rs 205 crore in Deogarh, marking his first visit to the district since assuming office. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The highlight of the ceremony was the inauguration of a new 300-bed district headquarters hospital building constructed at a cost of Rs 143 crore. The six-storey hospital building, completed in three years, features modern facilities, including a CT scan machine, dialysis unit, and comprehensive medical departments. The facilities included 10 ICU beds and 12 trauma care beds, significantly upgrading the district's healthcare infrastructure. "The new facility addresses the critical space shortage we faced in the earlier 200-bed hospital, where patients were often forced to sleep on floors," said Biswamohan Mishra, chief district medical and public health officer, Deogarh. The DHH, which receives around 600 outpatients daily, is expected to reduce referrals to Vimsar, Burla, pending adequate staffing of doctors. Among the 15 projects launched, 11 focus on healthcare improvements while 4 target educational infrastructure development. The CM also announced a Rs 41.17 crore welfare package for about 9 lakh kendu leaf workers statewide, providing essential items, including slippers, collection clothes, hats, mosquito nets and blankets. Majhi emphasised his govt's commitment to balanced regional development. "Deogarh has immense potential for development, and we are dedicated to making it a leading district in Odisha," he said, promising industrial development and employment opportunities for local youth. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The CM added that his govt has initiated numerous development and welfare programmes across all 30 districts during his first year in office, focusing on delivering basic amenities to marginalised communities. Health minister Mukesh Mahaling was also present.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
2 Gajapati men die during running test for home guard job
Berhampur: Two men died and six others had to be hospitalised during a physical test for the recruitment of home guards in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati district, on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sulant Mishal (24), a resident of Parisal village, and Deepak Padalu (27), a native of Narayanpur village. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This is the fifth casualty in the state during physical tests for govt jobs in the past two months. Police said Mishal, a final year Plus III student, had completed a 2-kilometre run within 10 minutes and qualified for the next round of selection. However, minutes after finishing the test, he complained of uneasiness. He was rushed to the district headquarters hospital (DHH), where doctors declared him dead. Mishal's father had died some years back. He was living with his mother, who works as a labourer. "An autopsy was conducted, and the procedure was videographed in the presence of a magistrate. The cause of death will be known only after receiving the postmortem report," said Gajapati SP Jatindra Kumar Panda. Police suspect Mishal may have had some past ailments, which got aggravated during the running exercise. Deepak, who had become unconscious after taking part in the running test, died at MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur. Deepak and six other candidates who fell ill during the test were admitted to the DHH. Deepak was later shifted to Berhampur after his condition deteriorated in the afternoon. He died in the evening. Though the exact cause of the death would be ascertained after postmortem, doctors suspected he died of heart attack. All those hospitalised complained of muscle cramps and body pain. Of the rest six, three were discharged and three were still in hospital. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh from the CM's Relief Fund to the next of kin of the deceased. The recruitment test was part of a drive to fill 144 home guard posts in Gajapati. Over 1,700 candidates, including 300 women, participated in the physical test on Thursday. The female candidates ran in the first batch at 6.30 am, followed by male candidates in groups of 300. "We had advised candidates not to take part in the test if they felt unwell. Advance notices had been issued on this matter," said SP Panda. On March 5, two engineering graduates — Byomkesh Naik of Keonjhar and Prabin Kumar Panda of Sundargarh — died during a 25-kilometre walking test for forest department recruitment. Another home guard aspirant collapsed and died during a running test in Deogarh on March 27. Berhampur: Two men died and six others had to be hospitalised during a physical test for the recruitment of home guards in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati district, on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Sulant Mishal (24), a resident of Parisal village, and Deepak Padalu (27), a native of Narayanpur village. This is the fifth casualty in the state during physical tests for govt jobs in the past two months. Police said Mishal, a final year Plus III student, had completed a 2-kilometre run within 10 minutes and qualified for the next round of selection. However, minutes after finishing the test, he complained of uneasiness. He was rushed to the district headquarters hospital (DHH), where doctors declared him dead. Mishal's father had died some years back. He was living with his mother, who works as a labourer. "An autopsy was conducted, and the procedure was videographed in the presence of a magistrate. The cause of death will be known only after receiving the postmortem report," said Gajapati SP Jatindra Kumar Panda. Police suspect Mishal may have had some past ailments, which got aggravated during the running exercise. Deepak, who had become unconscious after taking part in the running test, died at MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur. Deepak and six other candidates who fell ill during the test were admitted to the DHH. Deepak was later shifted to Berhampur after his condition deteriorated in the afternoon. He died in the evening. Though the exact cause of the death would be ascertained after postmortem, doctors suspected he died of heart attack. All those hospitalised complained of muscle cramps and body pain. Of the rest six, three were discharged and three were still in hospital. Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh from the CM's Relief Fund to the next of kin of the deceased. The recruitment test was part of a drive to fill 144 home guard posts in Gajapati. Over 1,700 candidates, including 300 women, participated in the physical test on Thursday. The female candidates ran in the first batch at 6.30 am, followed by male candidates in groups of 300. "We had advised candidates not to take part in the test if they felt unwell. Advance notices had been issued on this matter," said SP Panda. On March 5, two engineering graduates — Byomkesh Naik of Keonjhar and Prabin Kumar Panda of Sundargarh — died during a 25-kilometre walking test for forest department recruitment. Another home guard aspirant collapsed and died during a running test in Deogarh on March 27.
San Francisco Chronicle
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
2025 is ripe for ‘Yellow Face,' but this Bay Area production is underdeveloped
When right-wingers campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, they're not just begrudging the jobs white people are supposedly losing. They can't stand the clout that comes from decrying racism. Activists get to be heroes, and disgruntled, submediocre white people want a piece of that action, too. So what if a white person accidentally became crown prince of the Asian American theater community? In 'Yellow Face,' when a stage actor named Marcus gets cast in an Asian American role, he isn't being malicious per se, though when casting directors give him ample opportunity to admit he's just a white guy, he never takes the bait. David Henry Hwang's 2007 play, now in a shaky Shotgun Players production that opened Saturday, May 18, at the Ashby Stage, keeps the character a cipher. Is Marcus oblivious, opportunistic, conflicted or all of the above? But the genius of the semiautobiographical comedy, based on Hwang's experience with his real-life Broadway flop 'Face Value,' is that Marcus' inevitable comeuppance is only a small plot point. The show isn't focused on Marcus (William Brosnahan) at all but on prominent playwright DHH (Ben Chau-Chiu), an avatar for the Chinese American Hwang. As DHH mistakenly gives Marcus' casting his unassailable seal of approval, the show skewers the contingent and self-serving quality of DHH's own activism — how he's always chasing awards, rattling off his résumé. If that characterization might seem to reinforce the right's racist assumptions about the secret purpose of DEI efforts, Hwang's play operates on a higher plane. Whereas many identity politics discussions reduce opposing sides to good-vs.-evil cardboard cut-outs, this play insists on human frailty. In a world where artists of color feel pressure to focus on virtuous, uplifting narratives to counter stubborn stereotypes — like the one that says that DHH and his banker father HYH (Joseph Alvarado) are more closely allied to China to the U.S. — 'Yellow Face' challenges us to take a step further and allow Asian American characters to have the same foibles white characters get to have. The strong script, with scrumptious situations and dialogue where the balance of power ping-pongs on every line, is ripe for revival in 2025 (and Broadway, where the show is currently nominated for multiple Tony Awards, including one for San Francisco native Francis Jue, evidently thought so, too). Unfortunately, Daniel J. Eslick's production at Shotgun is still green. On opening night, 'uhs' made lines thump to the ground, while others were delivered so loudly and without variation that it sounded as if they had been recorded ahead of time. Moments that ought to be inflection points, as when DHH decides to manipulate his fellow theater artists to save face after his blunder, don't even register as blips. Acting is reacting. We go to the theater to witness actors change spontaneously, in real time. When circumstance affects them, when their scene partners stir something in them, we crave a response that mirrors how we might feel or tells us something about the world of the play. To make that happen, an actor has to be able to surrender to the tingly aliveness of the moment that we all feel, sitting there in the same room with them. When they don't give us that, we start to shut down. The play has sealed itself off from us, a bit like the museum-style display cases of Asian American stereotypes and artifacts that comprise Clint Sumapong's set, and we respond in kind. Everyone feels isolated, biding time till we can go home. In a script that bares its characters' souls with such acuity, a closed-off production is all the greater a loss.
New Indian Express
26-04-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Public blames delay in new DHH work as woman dies in elevator mishap in Odisha
BHADRAK: The Bhadrak administration is facing backlash over the in the district headquarters hospital (DHH), with locals attributing the mishap to the delay in shifting the DHH to the new building constructed at a cost of Rs 200 crore. A day after a 54-year-old woman patient was crushed to death inside the elevator of the old DHH building, several local outfits have threatened to launch agitation to protest the delay in making the new hospital fully functional. Sources said it has been nearly 10 months since the new DHH building was completed at Gelpur. However, it is yet to be made fully operational. The new six-storey building boasts of modern infrastructure, advanced operation theatres, emergency units and provisions for separate departments such as Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Medicine, Surgery among others. However, patients are still being treated at the old hospital which faces challenges like overcrowding, space shortage and limited diagnostic facilities. While members of the civil society and citizen forums demanded immediate operationalisation of the new DHH, a medical officer on condition of anonymity said the district administration has sent multiple letters to the Health department in this regard. However, there has been no response on making the new DHH fully operational. Chief district medical officer (CDMO) Dr Sudhanshu Sekhar Bal said the Mother and Child Care unit is already functioning in the new DHH. 'The new DHH building has no fire safety certificate due to which it is yet to be made fully functional. Steps are being taken to obtain the certificate soon,' he added. Meanwhile, Bhadrak collector Dilip Routray has directed the R&B division authorities to install a new lift in the old DHH building. Besides, a committee led by the sub-collector will probe the death of the 54-year-old patient in the mishap. 'The CDMO has been directed to replace the lift and take steps to prevent recurrence of such mishaps. A committee has also been formed to investigate the circumstances that led to the incident. Whoever is found guilty will face action,' said Routray. On Thursday, Minati Parida of Narasinghapur village under Randia panchayat was crushed to death after the elevator started to move up all of a sudden without any warning reportedly due to a glitch in the sensor. She was trapped inside with her lower torso crushed between the elevator and the wall of lift shaft.
New Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Woman dies after lift malfunction in government hospital in Odisha
BHADRAK: A woman patient allegedly died after being trapped in a lift following a malfunction at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Odisha's Bhadrak on Tuesday. Sources said that when the patient was going into the lift on a stretcher, it started moving up, resulting in the woman getting trapped. Police identified the deceased as Minati Parida (54) of Narasinghapur village under Bhadrak Rural police station limits. Hospital sources said the woman was brought to the hospital in a 108 ambulance after she fell ill. She had respiratory problems due to a lung infection. After receiving preliminary treatment, she was being shifted to the medicine ward when the mishap occurred. Chief District Medical Officer Sudhansu Sekhar Bal said the lift moved on its own when the patient was going in. 'She is suspected to have died of suffocation. The exact reason of death will be ascertained after autopsy,' the CDMO said. The incident triggered panic, prompting villagers to rush to the hospital and stage a protest. They demanded compensation. A police team visited the hospital and brought the situation under control. Hospital sources said Rs 8 lakh will be given to the deceased's family as ex gratia. An investigation has been initiated to ascertain the exact cause of the lift malfunction, the CDMO said.
