Re: Injection Practices in India -An IPEN Study,

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Dear FORUM,

Ref: Mohajer's posting on Injection Practices in India -An IPEN Study.

It is very unfortunate but pertinent issue which has been given due

importance inspite of several initiatives by WHO (SIGN) and other agencies.

In eastern parts of India (Bihar, WB, Orissa) the situation is still very

pathetic. Another socio-behavioural issue always pinches me is no or least

concern to the hygeiene. We can find garbage every and anywhere which leads to

vector borne diseases and then ther is an immense hue and cry. Even media,

except hyping the outbreaks out of proportion just to increase their TRP, does

nothing on these two most important issues of social medicine.

Dr. Sarman Singh, MD.

Head, Division of Clinical Microbiology

Department of Laboratory Medicine

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

P.O. Box. 4938, Ansari Nagar

New Delhi-110 029. India

Phone: 2659 4977, 2659 4764, 2658 8484

Fax: 2658-8663, 2658 8641

Alternative email: <ssingh56@...>