Course on hearing aid dispensing opposed

March 15, 2012

Mangalore, March 15: The Dakshina Kannada Speech and Hearing Students Union protest against proposed course on hearing aid dispensing by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Wednesday.The Dakshina Kannada Speech and Hearing Students Union organised a protest against proposed course on hearing aid dispensing by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Wednesday.

Dispensing of hearing aids is a crucial issue for addressing the needs of people with hearing impairment. Therefore, hearing aid dispensing should be done by trained professionals. However, the RCI is all set to start a three month course which would include Audiological assessment and dispensing any kind of device assisting in hearing.

In the field of audiology and speech pathology a professional gets qualification after four years of Bachelor's course. The decision of RCI to promote the short term course will only bring adverse effect to the field as well as the professionals. This will create a way for a lot of non-professionals and quacks to dispense the hearing aids legally. This is not only the downfall to the field but also the quality of the health care provided, alleged the students union at the protest.

They further alleged that Speech and hearing colleges have mushroomed in India and the RCI has not been successful in monitoring the quality of education. Till date there has been no document to show the RCI has taken steps to provide employment to the audiologists and speech therapists in India. As per the RCI Act passed in the Parliament, RCI has to take legal action against malpractice and maintain the quality of rehabilitation services. In spite of receiving numerous complaints, RCI has failed to take such action, said the students.

The students demanded that the minimum eligibility criterion for any new course in the field of speech and hearing should be BASLP (Bachelor's in Audiology and Speech Pathology). RCI should take strict action against the malpractice in the field of speech and hearing immediately.

Only those professionals who have minimum Bachelors degree in speech and hearing should be called for any RCI meeting related to speech and hearing.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment should initiate a thorough judicial inquiry on all activities of RCI secretary and chairman for promoting quackery and impending millions of Indians to receive quality health care.

The protest will be carried out in the future, till these demands are met by the RCI and the ministry, they said.

Prior to the protest, the students took out a protest march from Light House Hill to the Deputy Commissioner's office. Students carried placards that read “Three months give quantity, four years give quality.”

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Dammam-Mangaluru first direct repatriation flight under VBM on June 21

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June 10,2020

Mangaluru, June 10: The first direct repatriation flight from Damma to Mangaluru International Airport under Vande Bharat Mission will be operated on June 21.

Thousands of people from coastal districts of Karnataka are stranded without flights in different parts of Saudi Arabia after the announcement of covid lockdown in March this year.

Even though the government of India launched Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indian expatriate through special flights, no flight was scheduled from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru.

Several organisations had exerted pressure on the government of India and government of Karnataka to bring back stranded Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia.

With the sole intention of helping the stranded Kannadigas, a few philanthropists in Saudi Arabia last month formed an NGO called Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum under the leadership of Zakariya Bajpe and Sheikh Expertise.

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IndiGo begins Mangaluru-Mumbai flight service – 4 days a week

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July 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 24: Low-cost airline IndiGo airlines would be operating between Mumbai and Mangaluru four days a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The operation will begin today (July 24).

The flight will take off from Mumbai at 9.30 am and will land at Mangaluru International Airport at 11.00 am.

The flight will take off from Mangaluru at 11.40 am and will reach Mumbai at 1.15 pm. To avail the flights for Mangaluru, passengers can report to Terminal T2 in Mumbai.

Before boarding the flight, a standard procedure regarding quarantine regulation has been issued. The passengers boarding the flight from Mumbai will have to undergo thermal screening at the airport. The airport officials will also be required to apply a quarantine stamp on the passengers.

The airline will be required to provide a detailed list of passengers arriving, along with flight information, arrival time, mobile number of the passengers and their residential addresses and share these with the nodal officer.

It is mandatory for the passengers to download Aarogya Setu app. In addition to this, passengers intending to exit Mumbai within seven days of the arrival should be able to produce a confirmed ticket for onward/return journey to get quarantine exemption.

Domestic passengers will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. However, all domestic passengers intending to exit Mumbai within seven days of the arrival will be exempted from quarantine, provided they are able to produce a confirmed ticket for onward/return journey.

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Meet Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Kashmiri, the first Indian pilot to fly Rafale

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July 30,2020

New Delhi, Jul 29: Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather has become a buzz name in Kashmir overnight. Hilal saw off the first batch of Rafale jets which took off from France to India on Monday. Among other things, he has also been associated with the weaponisation of the Rafale aircraft for acclimatisation to Indian requirements.

Hilal is presently India's Air Attache in France.

The career details of this officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) read like the decoration scroll of the best flying officer anywhere in the world.

Born in the south Kashmir's Anantnag district to middle-class parents, Hilal's father, late Mohammad Abdullah Rather retired as a deputy superintendent of police (Dy SP) in J&K police department. He has three sisters and is the only son of his parents. Hilal studied in Sainik School in Nagrota town of Jammu district.

He was commissioned in IAF as a fighter pilot on December 17, 1988, became flight lieutenant in 1993, wing commander in 2004, group captain in 2016 and air commodore in 2019.

He graduated from defence services staff college (DSSC). He also graduated from air war college (USA) with distinction. He won the sword of honour in NDA. Hilal is also the recipient of Vayu Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva medal.

With an impeccable record of 3,000 accident-free flying hours on mirage-2000, MIG-21 and Kiran aircraft, Hilal's name will now forever be associated with Rafale in India.

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