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Time of India
26-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
PM to launch projects worth 232cr for Surat
Surat: Projects of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) worth Rs 232 crore will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday from Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. These include a biodiversity park, a sewage project, schools and a hospital management information system. The Wild Valley Biodiversity Park project has been developed at a cost of Rs 145 crore on land along Kakra creek. This park, envisioned as a "lung" for the city, includes walking and cycling tracks, children's play areas and has 500,000 trees and shrubs of 85 different species. The development of this park will enhance the city's green cover. A sewage project costing Rs 24 crore involves laying a rising main pipeline from the intermediate ONGC sewage pumping station to the Gavier sewage treatment plant. The project will provide effective sewage management for approximately 60,000 people. It will also supply additional domestic sewage to the Gavier STP, which can be treated and sold for industrial use, generating revenue. A primary school and a Suman High School are being developed at the cost of Rs 25 crore in the Anjana area of Limbayat. These will benefit 3,000 students by giving them access to quality education for free. Developed at a cost of Rs 38 crore, a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) project is aimed at digitizing the functioning of SMC-run hospitals such as SMIMER, Maskati Hospital and various urban health centres. The objectives include improving access to health data, strengthening the digital health infrastructure and enabling effective planning in the healthcare sector.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
Surat courts orders termination of pregnancy of teacher accused of kidnapping 13-year-old
A special POCSO court in Surat on Tuesday granted the permission to terminate a 22-week-old pregnancy of a 23-year-old female teacher days after police arrested her and rescued her 13-year-old student after intercepting them in a bus at Shamlaji on Gujarat-Rajasthan border. The teacher has been charged under BNS Act Sections 137(2) (Kidnapping), 127(3) (Punishment for wrongful confinement). The medical termination of pregnancy of the accused woman will be done at SMC-run SMIMER hospital in a week, and the foetus should be preserved for a DNA test, the order stated. The woman had on Friday moved the special POCSO court, seeking permission for abortion under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. Based on the application, the court instructed Punagam police to seek expert advice from the medical fraternity. Police took her to SMIMER hospital for a medical examination, after which the hospital authorities submitted a report to police, stating that 'the termination of pregnancy is advised considering the risk factor'. Police submitted the report to the court on Tuesday. The report, signed by professor Dr Archish Desai, Assistant professor Dr Sonam Parikh and Senior Resident Dr Thumar, stated, 'As the accused is unmarried and 23 years old, continuation of pregnancy may be harmful for her psychologically and socially. According to the MTP Act, Medical Termination of Pregnancy can be done up to 24 weeks of gestation, and the accused wants termination of pregnancy at present. The risk of complications of Second Trimester Medical Termination of Pregnancy includes incomplete abortion, retained products of conception, bleeding, infection, uterine rupture, failure of termination of pregnancy and may need surgical intervention (hysterotomy) and psychological complications. The mortality (death) risk is 0.6/100000. Considering the risk-benefit ratio, termination of pregnancy is advised from our side with an explanation of the risks. Kindly permit Termination of Pregnancy.' The teacher and the student had gone missing on April 25 and were last seen in the CCTV footage at Surat Railway Station. Police sources said the teacher had been offering tuition to the student for the last few years. On April 26, the boy's father had lodged a complaint of kidnapping against the teacher following which police had started a probe in the matter. Later, police received information that the teacher and the student were returning to Gujarat in a private luxury bus from Jaipur, Rajasthan. A team of Surat police intercepted the bus and brought the teacher and the boy back to the city. After primary interrogation, police said they learnt that the woman had allegedly confessed to establishing physical relations with the boy following which POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act's Sections 8, 4 and 12 were added in the existing kidnapping complaint against the teacher. After the police remand, the accused teacher was sent to judicial custody at Surat Central Jail. The court order on Monday also stated: 'The accused girl should be discharged from the hospital after termination of pregnancy only, if she is found to be medically fit. The Medical Superintendent of SMIMER Hospital, Surat should submit report with regards to the termination of pregnancy to this court within a week. The Investigating Officer should take custody of the accused and send her to Jail after she is discharged from the hospital.' The court also observed, 'The continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury on physical and mental health, or there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities…'
Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Indian Express
‘Fearing failure', Class 12 boy dies by suicide a day before GSHSEB results
A 17-year-old Class 12 student died by suicide at his residence on Sunday night, a day before the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced examination results on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Yogesh. He took the extreme step fearing he would fail, his family said. However, after the results were announced, it was found that he had secured 60 per cent. Yogesh studied at SMC-run Suman school in Dindoli. His father Ravindra Patil works as a polisher at a diamond factory in Varachha. The family resides in Yogeshwar Society in Dindoli. Police said that on Sunday night, the Patil family had gone to the terrace of their house to sleep. Yogesh woke up in the middle of the night and hanged himself from the fan hook on the ceiling. The incident came to light on Monday when Ravindra and his wife woke up and found Yogesh hanging. The family informed the Dindoli police, after which officials reached the spot and sent the body to SMIMER Hospital for a post-mortem. The police have registered an accidental death case in connection with the incident and have started an investigation. Ravindra, in his statements to the police, mentioned that Yogesh had appeared in the board exams in March. Yogesh, a General stream student, had said that he could not perform well in two of the subjects. He feared that he would fail and was under stress, the father said, adding that they did not put any pressure on him and told him that he could reappear in June. Talking to The Indian Express, Ravindra said, 'He was shy. He never used to fight with his friends or brother. On Monday, after the board results were declared, we checked and found that he passed with 60 per cent. We had never put pressure on him.' Dindoli police Sub-Inspector K S Solanki said, 'Yogesh was under stress after two of his papers did not go well in the board examinations. He remained quiet and avoided playing with friends or talking to his family. Fearing failure, he died by suicide.'
Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Indian Express
Fearing failure, Surat diamond polisher's son dies by suicide; Results show he passed
A 17-year-old Class 12 student died by suicide at his residence on Sunday night, a day before the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced examination results on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Yogesh. He took the extreme step fearing he would fail. However, after the results were announced, it was found that he had secured 60 per cent. Yogesh studied at SMC-run Suman school in Dindoli. His father Ravindra Patil works as a polisher at a diamond factory in Varachha. The family resides in Yogeshwar Society in Dindoli. Police said that on Sunday night, the Patil family had gone to the terrace of their house to sleep. Yogesh woke up in the middle of the night and hanged himself from the fan hook on the ceiling. The incident came to light on Monday when Ravindra and his wife woke up and found Yogesh hanging. The family informed the Dindoli police, after which officials reached the spot and sent the body to SMIMER Hospital for a post-mortem. The police have registered an accidental death case in connection with the incident and have started an investigation. Ravindra, in his statements to the police, mentioned that Yogesh was an average student. He had appeared in the board exams in March. Yogesh, a General stream student, had said that he could not perform well in two of the subjects. He feared that he would fail and was under stress, the father said, adding that they did not put any pressure on him and told him that he could reappear in June. Talking to The Indian Express, Ravindra said, 'He was shy. He never used to fight with his friends or brother. On Monday, after the board results were declared, we checked and found that he passed with 60 per cent. We had never put pressure on him.' Dindoli police Sub-Inspector K S Solanki said, 'Yogesh was under stress after his two of his papers did not go well in the board examinations. He remained quiet and avoided playing with friends or talking to his family. Fearing failure, he died by suicide. He was an average student.'
