Woman gets pregnant after tubectomy

One more incident of faulty tubectomy surgery, a tribal woman belonging to Baida in the block of Phulbani district conceived even after undergoing that surgical interference. Currently she is seven-months pregnant. The identified woman has four children underwent  surgery at the district headquarters hospital last year, is now suffering from anaemia, malnutrition and severe pain in her abdomen. Due to extreme financial stringency, she cannot undergo proper treatment for her ailments and her husband being a daily wager he is unable to meet the daily family requirements and the cost of treatment of his wife. . After surgery the fear of getting pregnant again vanished, but after few days of surgery she experienced severe pain in her abdomen and went for treatment several times but she was never aware that she was pregnant. When she came to know the matter, she was already in an advanced stage of pregnancy.

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2-year-old dies due to ‘medical negligence

This is another incident of alleged medical negligence, a two-year-old boy died at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) as the on-duty doctor refused to attend to the baby who was put on oxygen and battling for his life. The parents got him examined by a doctor at the DHH and returned home after taking the prescribed medicines. However, the baby’s condition worsened and the worried parents brought him to the hospital again the next day. The couple pleaded the doctor present in the hospital twice to examine the baby but the doctor straightway refused to administer treatment to the ailing boy. And the baby was in extreme pain and died after battling for life sans any medical treatment. The inconsolable couple alleged that the doctor left the place after their son’s death without saying a word. . Incidentally, the parents of the boy don’t know the name of the doctor. The other staffers of the hospital also refused to disclose it.

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Anganwadi kids served rotten eggs

Rotten eggs and substandard food served to children in several Anganwadi centres under Nayagarh district has brought heavy resentment from the local residents. In Jhadpada Anganwadi centre in Mayurajhalia gram panchayat, when the villagers were informed that the children were given rotten eggs at the centre, they reached the centre and seized the eggs. The villagers immediately apprised the Ranpur child development project officer (CDPO) of the matter, but she allegedly did not act on their complaint. When contacted, CDPO Brahmatri Mishra said she was unaware of the matter. The villagers had taken up the matter with the authorities concerned on several occasions, but in vain. A total of 318 Anganwadi centres are running in the block, but the children have been deprived of nutritious food as prescribed by norms which mandate each child should be given nutritious food along with eight boiled eggs per month.

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15 minor girls rescued, four arrested for trafficking in Odisha

Four persons, including three women, were arrested by Government Railway Police for allegedly trafficking 15 minor girls to Andhra Pradesh with promise of jobs. While six of the minor girls belonged to Dhenkanal district, four were from Cuttack and five from Kandhamal. The rescued girls were put in the shelter house of the Childline here as per the direction of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Ganjam. "Medical test will be conducted and the girls will be handed over to their parents after consultation with their respective district administrations for their proper rehabilitation. The main trafficker was suspected to have escaped from the spot.

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• As many as 51 people including minor students, teacher was arrested by police on 19 April midnight from Gualipada village under Delanga Police limits. The arrest was made two days after some people set on fire a coach of the Puri-Barbil Express train at Delanga railway station and ransacked the station on April 17 following the death of a local boy who fell from a running train. Police had also registered fake case against one Journalist who was covering the train mishap. Police has arrested the innocent villagers who have no role in train burning incident. Even Police have raided many houses forcefully without warrant form a court.Acting on a compliant of rights activist Akhand, the National Human Rights Commission has directed the SP to file the report with four weeks. Forces misbehaved women and girls while dragging the innocent villagers form village, alleged Akhand. He demands for withdrawal of cases against innocent.
  
  
• In response to a petition filed by rights activist Akhand demanding action against the people involved in a case where a Poverty-stricken Dalit youth of Kandhamal parted with his kidney for money. The Commission has directed the Collector and the SP of Kandhamal to file their reports within four weeks and directed to the Government to take strong steps to prevent such illegalities. The State Government has also ordered a Crime Branch probe into the incident.It has been reported that Kanhu Behera (20) had sold one of his kidneys to a man in Brahmapur for Rs 3.5 lakh in April this year. The kidney transplant had been done at a hospital in Sri Lanka. Kanhu has himself admitted to have sold his organ for money to construct a house. The only son of a daily wage earner Barun Behera of Harijan Sahi of Phulbani of Kandhamal district, he did odd jobs to help his father run the family since his family has no BPL card nor provided with any government assistance.

A preparatory meeting was organized by members of civil society organisation at CYSD on 25th May 2015. The objective of the meeting was to bring the issues and concerns of Odisha to the notice of People’s SAARC, identify with and join the initiative. People’s SAARC (PSAARC) is an initiative of several people’s movements, trade unions, academics, progressive individuals and NGOs who, recognising the limitations and mandate of the SAARC process, initiated a People’s SAARC process in 2007 in New Delhi. A State level convention on People’s SAARC was decided to be organised in the month of August 2015. In the meeting a tentative list of persons to be invited, was listed out. A decision was taken to organise another preparatory meeting with all Civil Society members before the convention The list includes people working on different thematic areas, intellectuals, members of Peoples movement and also a list of probable participants for the convention was prepared.

 

A One day State level Convention on Law and Practices in Appointment of members in Statutory Human Rights Institutions was organised at Red Cross Bhawan on 17th May 2015. The main objectives of the meeting were to have a discussion on the Laws and Practices in the appointment process of the members in the Statutory Human Rights Institutions and the ways to modify the related Laws and Acts.

The panellist present in the convention were Mr. Chita Behera, an eminent Social Scientist, Mr Anand Rao, an activist working for the disabled persons, Mr. Pradeep Pradhan, an RTI activist, Ms. Mamata Samantaray, a women rights activist and Adv. Chandranath Dani. Different Panellists shared their views on the appointment process of members in the different Statutory Human Right Institutions, like Mr. Chita Behera shared his views relating to Odisha Human Right Commission, Mr. Ananda Rao, shared his views relating to the appointment process on Disability Commission. He highlighted the eligibility criteria of the applicant for the Disability Commission and also stated that neither the experience nor the qualification is taken into account while selecting the commissioner. Mr. Pradeep Pradhan shared his experience about Odisha Information Commission and the struggle for transparency in the appointment process. Mr. Mamata Samantaray also stated that in the women commission, appointment of chairperson and the members is not done according to eligibility criteria and some terms are also not defined clearly in the Act.  Adv. Chandranath Dani gave a brief idea on the appointment process of Odisha State Commission for the protection of Child Rights.

The different Suggestions that came out after the Open House Discussion were:

• A Booklet will be compiled on the different Act relating to the appointment process of different Human Right Institutions.
• Modification in the Act is needed and a campaign will be organized, to modify the laws wherever necessary taking Lokpal act as a Model so that there can be transparency.
• Another Booklet will be published on the different Human right Institutions in the State.
• Laws and Act of the different Commissions will be analysed and necessary change needed will be campaigned for.
• 90 percent of the retired high rank bureaucrats are getting dual benefits after their retirement. They are getting the benefits of pensions and also take the privilege to work as consultant holding some important posts.