Views and Facts

By chakrapani srinivasa

Several news and facts covering Healthcare, Environmental care, Terrorism, Water Borne Diseases, etc. are furnished here to be read by one and all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chakrapani Srinivasa
• Release date: Aug 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201552381

chakrapani srinivasa

Chakrapani Srinivasa (Padmaja), Freelance journalist from India possesses Bachelor degree in Engineering (B.E) and Post graduate in Business Management (MBA) with Distinction. He has worked as Associate Editor of ‘Naradar’ fortnightly journal in Chennai, India. He is the Senior Editor of the journal “The Divineness”. Contributed articles, short stories and travelogues in leading journals like Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Savi, Kalki, Dinamani Kadhir, Dinamani daily, Idhayam Pesukirathu, Naradar etc He has written articles and e books through Smashwords Inc, Kindle Direct Publishing, Atlanta publications, Cooperjal publications (UK), lulu.com, ezinearticles.com, shvoong.com, iproclaim.com (USA) and TCC news (Germany). He is the Consulting Editor: Contemporary Who’s Who-Research Board of Advisers of ABI, USA.

Book preview

Views and Facts

By Chakrapani Srinivasa

Views and Facts

By Chakrapani Srinivasa

Copyright 2022

Chakrapani Srinivasa

Dedicated to My Dear Parents

Preface

Several news and facts covering Healthcare, Environmental care, Terrorism, Water Borne Diseases, etc. are furnished here based on Media reports.

Contents

Addressing Adolescence as ‘Autism’

AIDS: A Challenge for Drug Makers

Call them as Cowards!

Clashes Due to Pollution

Birds Resort in Kodiakarai

Grave Yard, an Environmental Hazard

Quarrels due to Pollution

Water Borne Diseases in India

TB in India

Man Vs Insect

View other books by the author

Addressing Adolescence as ‘Autism’

Doctors for Clinics in PHCs

From being a mere concern of teenage blues and parent-child tug-of-wars, adolescence – described by one doctor as a sort of autism – has graduated to become an issue of State concern.  Besides discussing socio-psychological issues involving teenagers, pediatricians participating in an ‘Adolescent Training Programme’ here today called for State health interventions to tackle the ‘problem’, setting up adolescent clinics in public health centres.

The one-day programme on adolescent medicine was organized by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and its Adolescent Chapter – Tamil Nadu, to discuss issues such as growth patterns of adolescents, nutrition , obesity, adolescent  immunization, suicide and depression, parenting skills, counseling, personality disorders and family health education.

It is a medical, social and psychological problem, the president – elect of IAP, MKC Nair, said at the inauguration. We say they are a problem, but ask them, and they say parents are the problem. There is a sort of autism in adolescence, in the sense that they live in their own imaginary world.  They have a lot of perceived problems. They are real to them, but not important to us.  We have to feel and realize their problems.

Addressing the Health Minister, S. Semmalai, Dr. Nair suggested that the State include adolescent clinics in all PHCs on Saturdays, encourage teenage clubs in schools, anganvadis and residents’ associations, and issue teen cards.

Stating that while more than 25 per cent of any country’s population was made up of adolescents, he said Governments hardly spent a pie to address their issues.

Adding to that, the chairperson of the scientific session of the programme, Radha Rajagopalan, said confidentiality and flexible timings should be key the aspects of the proposed adolescent clinics.

Anticipatory guidance was another important ingredient in handling their issues, she said.

Mr. Semmalai said the Government was receptive to the IAP’s "agenda to extend the area to pediatric care to