Solutions to Change

The Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration, Accreditation and Regulation) Bill, 2009 which was in the news recently has invited the fury of Medical practitioners, clinical institutions, labs, pharmacies, scanning centres and agencies, as it intended to curtail their freedom. The healthcare sector in Kerala which is one of the most lucrative sectors has been contributing to the state’s GDP and providing employment to many people, especially women in Kerala. This includes people who are employed in Specialised Scanning Centres to nursing homes for old aged. With huge demand and high private participation, the sector has grown exponentially in term of numbers, reach and revenue. If you take the number of nurses alone, who constitutes the major part of the sector; the numbers are quite immense, taking into account those working in Kerala or India and those working abroad. Relative figures of people employed in laboratories, Scanning/Detection Centres are not available. ...

by D.Dhanuraj Couple of months ago, I had applied for Shubh Yatra card issued by Indian railways. Within a few days, the card was delivered at my office. Then I realized that I should be a frequent 2 tier (at least) passenger to make use of the benefits offered by the card. But I am happy with one aspect of the Shubh Yatra card which is nothing but, I don’t have to take platform tickets any more, while I am card member.  These days, I have travelled extensively in Indian Railways and many times I could reserve tickets using online Tatkal system thanks to some changes in the rules in the game. Yesterday, I wanted to book online another Tatkal ticket between Trichy and Ernakulam. I waited for an hour before I could realize that IRCTC server is down. It happens so most of those precious times for an online  tatkal booking passenger.  Since I was staying very near to Chennai Central Station (irctc code: MAS), I thought of walk into the reservation counter before...