Abortion in the ears.....Brilliant!

This is a short story written by Dr Kishore Shah.... he is a gynaecologist in Pune and a very gifted writer....enjoy this extremely funny story. My wife is an ENT Surgeon while I am a Gynaecologist. This can lead to some complications, as I recently learned to my anguish. A General Practitioner called me up and told me that she is sending a patient of hers for an abortion. Unknown to me, she had also referred a female with earwax for removal of the wax to my wife. I duly informed the receptionist to send the patient right in as she was expected (and expecting!) As Murphy lays down the laws of our hospital, it was but natural that the patient who wanted the wax removed from her ear, landed up with me. This is the conversation that I had with the patient. "Please come in. Be seated." I said with a big smile. I always have a big smile, when I am going to earn some money. The patient gave a feeble smile and sat hesitantly on the edge of the chair. "Relax." "Doctor, will this hurt a lot?" "Not at all." The patient relaxed visibly. "You know something, Doctor, we tried removing it at home, but failed." I was shocked. "Thank God. Trying this at home can cause serious complications." "I first tried to remove it by jumping up and down, but it just wouldn't budge." I smiled and said, "If it were that easy, who would need doctors?" She gave a cute smile and said, "Yeah! My neighbour tried to remove it with his finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin." "Oh my God!" "Yes! My mother even tried a matchstick." My blood pressure was shooting skywards. I just sputtered without uttering a word. "Tell me, doctor, how do I avoid getting this dirt inside me?" I knew that it was an unwanted pregnancy, but calling it dirt was too much. I replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent this happening. Or you could use protection at night." Now it was the patient's turn to be confused, "You mean to say that it happens only at night?" I saw her point.. "No! No! I meant anytime of the day, whenever you are in the mood, you should use protection." She was even more confused, "It depends on my moods?" Again I saw her point.. "My mistake. You need not be in any sort of mood. It just happens." "My neighbour advised me to go to one of those chaps who sit by the roadside." "You mean that pin man?" "Yeah!" This neighbour of hers seemed to be a very dangerous man. Besides using pins, he was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew was among the pins. "You were wise not to heed his advice." "But I tried his other advice. He told me to put warm oil inside and wait. However, that also did not work." This was getting more and more bizarre. Her neighbour deserved to be locked up either in a padded cell or a barred one. "But have you taken your husband's permission?" Now the patient looked confused. "Do I have to take my husband's permission? Because if you need his sign, he is working in Dubai . We were not able to meet for the last one year." It was my turn to be shocked.. I gave a sly smirk. It was one of 'those' cases. The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual suspect. I reassured her. "No! No! The husband's sign is not at all needed." "However, I did inform him on phone." Her husband seemed to me a very broad-minded fellow. I didn't know whether to congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily turned to other aspects. "Its good that you came a bit early." "Actually I wanted to come early in the morning, but I had some other work." "Oh! I did not mean early today. I meant that if you had delayed this removal, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed a heartbeat." The patient was staring at me wide eyed as if watching a horror movie. Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to the grotesque details. I decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will bleed a bit, but only for a few days." By now, the poor patient was trembling, "how-H-How much bleeding?" "Oh, only slightly more than your menstrual period, and it will continue only for a week or so." By now the patient was clutching her hair in her fingers and staring at me wide-eyed. I asked her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on the examination table? Remove your clothes and relax." This was the final straw. She didn't even wish me goodbye. I saw just a blur of motion leaving my consulting room at top speed.

20 years - Husband and Wife

> A woman awakes during the night to find that
> her husband was not in their bed.
>
> She puts on her dressing gown and goes downstairs to look
> for him.
>
> She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup
> of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought,
> just staring at the wall.
>
>
> She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip
> of his coffee.
>
> 'What's the matter, dear?' she whispers as she
> steps into the room, 'Why are you down here at this time
> of night?'
>
>
> The husband looks up from his coffee, 'I am just
> remembering when we first met 20 years ago and started
> dating. You were only 16. Do you remember back then?' he
> says solemnly.
>
> The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is
> so caring, so sensitive.
>
>
> 'Yes, I do' she replies.
>
> The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily.
>
> 'Do you remember when your father caught us in the back
> seat of my car?'
>
> 'Yes, I remember!' said the wife, lowering herself
> into a chair beside him.
>
>
> The husband continues. 'Do you remember when he shoved
> the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my
> daughter, or I will send you to jail for 20 years?'
>
> 'I remember that too' she replies softly.
>
>
> He wipes another tear from his cheek and says...
>
> I would have been released today !!!!

Love letter of kids !!!!!! Hilarious one !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                Evergreen Lovers

.............................................................................................

To ,
    Tintumol
   UKG A.

Dear Tintumol,

I love you.  My dream I see you.  Everywhere you.  You no, I live no.
I come red shirt 2morrow.  You love I, you come red frock.  I wait down
mango tree.  You no come, i jump train.  Sure come...

yours lovely,

Tutumon
Std 1 B


.............................................................................................
Reply....by Tintumol....

Darling, your letter mama see.  Papa beat me beat me so many beat me.
I cry. i cry.  So no come to mango tree.  No jump train.  I love you.
See another day.  I no red frock.  Only green.  

You love me, you love me you green shirt.  Give I gift.  I see you with pinkumol.
Where you go..  NO talk to her.  Okay My dream also only you


Lovely
Tintumol...

 

 

How to play Blackjack

Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un (French for Twenty-one), or Pontoon, is the most widely played casino banking game in the world.[1] The basic rules of the game involve adding the value of an initial two card hand in hopes of being dealt a value of twenty-one. If a value of less than twenty-one is dealt, the player may choose to be dealt single cards until they either: reach a value of twenty one, reach a value they feel comfortable to play, or reach a value that exceeds twenty-one. The winner holds a hand with a value of, or nearest to, twenty-one without exceeding it. The game is played in many variations at casinos with different table rules. Much of Blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance, skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting (calculating the probability of advantages based on the ratio of high cards to low cards). The casino version of the game should not be confused with the British card game Black Jack (a variant of Crazy Eights).

History

Blackjack's precursor was "twenty-one," a game of unknown origin. The first written reference is to be found in a book of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, and a gambler himself. The main characters of his tale "Rinconete y Cortadillo", from "Novelas Ejemplares", are a couple of cheaters working in Seville. They are proficient at cheating at "veintiuna" (Spanish for twenty-one), and stated that the object of the game is to reach 21 points without busting, and that the Ace values 1 or 11. The game is played with Baraja, that is without tens, which makes the game similar to the current Spanish 21. This short story was written between 1601 and 1602, so the game was played in Castilia since the beginning of the 17th Century or even earlier. Later references of this game are to be found in France and Spain.[2]

When 21 was introduced in the United States it was not very popular, so gambling houses tried offering various bonus payouts to get the players to the tables. One such bonus was a 10-to-1 payout if the player's hand consisted of the ace of spades and a black Jack (either the Jack of clubs or the Jack of spades). This hand was called a "blackjack" and the name stuck to the game, even though the bonus payout was soon abolished. In the modern game, a "natural" or "blackjack" is simply an ace plus a ten-value card.

Rules of play against a casino

In casino blackjack,[clarification needed] the dealer faces one to seven players from behind a kidney-shaped table. Each player plays his hand independently against the dealer. At the beginning of each round, the player places a bet in the "betting box" and receives an initial hand of two cards. The object of the game is to get a higher card total than the dealer, but without going over 21 which is called "busting", "breaking", or many other terms. (The spot cards count 2 to 9; the 10, jack, queen, and king count as ten; an ace can be either 1 or 11 at the player's choice). The player goes first and plays his hand by taking additional cards if he desires. If he busts, he loses. Then the dealer plays his or her hand. If the dealer busts, he loses to all remaining players. If neither busts, the higher hand total wins. In case of a tie, no one wins - the hand is a "push" and all bets are returned.[clarification needed] It is possible for the dealer to lose to some players but still beat other players in the same round.

Cards are dealt in three ways, either from one or two hand-held decks, from a box containing four to eight decks called a "shoe," or from a shuffling machine. When dealt by hand, the player's two initial cards are face-down, while the dealer has one face-up card called the "upcard" and one face-down card called the "hole card." (In European blackjack, the dealer's hole card is not actually dealt until the players all play their hands.) When dealt from a shoe, all player cards are normally dealt face-up, with minor exceptions. It shouldn't matter to the player whether his cards are dealt face-down or face-up since the dealer must play according to predetermined rules. If the dealer has less than 17, he must hit. If the dealer has 17 or more, he must stand (take no more cards), unless it is a "soft 17" (a hand that includes an ace valued as "11," for example a hand consisting of Ace+6, or Ace+2+4). With a soft 17, the dealer follows the casino rules printed on the blackjack table, either to "hit soft 17" or to "stand on all 17's."

The highest possible hand is a "blackjack" or "natural," meaning an initial two-card total of 21 (an ace and a ten-value card). A player blackjack is an automatic winner unless the dealer also has blackjack, in which case the hand is a "push" (a tie). When the dealer upcard is an ace, the player is allowed to make a side bet called "insurance," supposedly to guard against the risk that the dealer has a blackjack (i.e., a ten-value card as his hole card). The insurance bet pays 2-to-1 if the dealer has a blackjack. Whenever the dealer has a blackjack, he wins against all player hands except those that also have a blackjack (which are a "push").

The minimum and maximum bets are posted on the table. The payoff on most bets is 1:1, meaning that the player wins the same amount as he bets. The payoff for a player blackjack is 3:2, meaning that the casino pays $3 for each $2 originally bet. (There are many single-deck games which pay only 6:5 for a blackjack.)

Player decisions

After receiving his initial two cards, the player has four standard options: he can "Hit," "Stand," "Double Down," or "Split a pair." Each option requires the use of a hand signal. At some casinos or tables, the player may have a fifth option called "Surrender."

    * Hit: Take another card.

         signal: (handheld) scrape cards against table; (face up) touch finger to table or wave hand toward himself

    * Stand: Take no more cards, also "stick" or "stay".

         signal: (handheld) slide cards under bet; (face up) wave hand horizontally

    * Double down: After receiving his first two cards and before any more are dealt to him, a player has the option to "double down". To "double down" means the player is allowed to double his initial bet in exchange for limiting himself to getting only one more card from the dealer. The hand played consists of his original two cards plus one more from the dealer. To do this he moves a second bet equal to the first into the betting box next to his original bet. (If desired, the player is usually allowed to "double down for less," although this is generally not a good idea as the player should only double in favorable situations but should then increase the bet as much as possible.)

         signal: place additional chips next to (not on top of) original bet

    * Split a pair: If his first two cards are a "pair," meaning two cards of the same value, the player can "split the pair." To do this, he moves a second bet equal to the first into the betting box next to his original bet. The dealer splits the cards to create two hands, placing one bet with each hand. The player then plays two separate hands.

         signal: place additional chips next to (not on top of) original bet.

    * Surrender: Some casinos offer a fifth option called "Surrender." After the dealer has checked for blackjack, the player may "surrender" by giving up half his bet and not playing out the hand.

         signal: There is no commonly accepted hand signal; it is just done verbally.

The reason for requiring hand signals is to assist the "eye in the sky," a person or video camera located above the table but concealed behind one-way glass. It is used in order to protect the casino against dealers or players who cheat. (It may also be used to protect the casino against card-counters, even though card-counting is not illegal.)

The player can take as many hits as he wants as long as the total is not above hard-20. However, if he busts, he loses that hand. After all the players have finished making their decisions, the dealer then reveals his hole card and plays out his or her hand according to predetermined rules.

NHCP IPO Allotment

NHPC, a large hydro-power generation company and government owned entity, has fixed the issue price of Rs 36, at higher end of the price band. The company garnered Rs 6,038.55 crore from the issue; out of which, the government received Rs 2,012.85 crore and that will be used for infrastructure projects. The rest of the amount i.e. Rs 4,025.7 crore, the company will use for its power projects.

Shares of NHPC are expected to be listed by the first week of September, merchant bankers to the issue said.

Basis of Allotment

Under Subscription under Employee quota have been allocated to QIB/HNI/Retail in 60:10:30 ratio)

It had launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 1,67,73,74,015 equity shares
of Rs 10 each with a price band of Rs 30-36 per equity share. It opened during
August 7 and August 12, 2009. The issue received overwhelming response
from all categories of investors and was subscribed 23.74 times.

Qualified institutional investors (QIBs) were the major supportive investors with
their portion being subscribed 29.16 times. Non-institutional and retail investors'
portion subscribed 26.7 times and 3.87 times, respectively.

The issue constituted 13.64% of the post-issue capital of NHPC. After the issue, the shareholding of the President of India shall be approximately 86.36% of the post-issue paid-up equity share capital of the company.

The proceeds of the fresh issue (after deducting the proportionate
underwriting and issue management fees, selling commissions and other expenses
associated with the fresh issue) will be used to part finance the construction
and development costs of certain of projects, namely, Subansiri Lower, Uri II,
Chamera - III, Parbati III, Nimoo Bazgo, Chutak, and Teesta Low Dam - IV.

Nokia 5230 price in india

New Delhi: Nokia has decided to revise its strategy for the rapidly growing smartphone market in order to gain back the market share it has been losing in the segment over the last year. Under the new plan, the company will add value to a host of newly launched high-end products, with services such as messaging, a music store and maps.

The company, which remains strong in the low-end volume market, has launched a number of smartphones in the last six months. These include the N97, N86, E75, 6700 and 6208. On Tuesday, it also announced two new touchphones, the 5230 and 5530, both at a very competitive price point of around Rs 10,000.

"We have a different approach. We want to be the leaders in all price segments," said Tuula Rytila-Uotila, Vice-President, Category Management, Live Category, while speaking to Business Line.

New services

Nokia has also said that it is launching many new services to go with its smartphones. This includes the Music Store, to be launched on Wednesday, besides a messaging service, Nokia Maps, and various applications under the Ovi platform.

"Our focus for the coming year will be to scale up with our services offering such as the Ovistore. Consumers in India want to do a lot with their phone and we want to bring them choice," said Ms Rytila-Uotila.

The Finnish company, a market leader in the Indian mobile phone industry, has been losing market share in the smartphone segment to newer players such as Apple and Research In Motion (RIM). While Apple's iPhone competes with Nokia's N-series and XpressMusic phones, RIM's BlackBerry, a business phone, is a direct competitor to Nokia's E-Series.

Market share

According to Gartner, the global market share in smartphone sales for Nokia had fallen 16.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2008 at 40.8 per cent from 50.9 per cent in the same period in calendar year 2007. In the same period, the market share for Apple rose 111.6 per cent to 10.7 per cent of the market, while RIM increased its share 84.9 per cent to 19.5 per cent of the total pie.

On a year-to-year basis, Nokia grew by only 0.8 per cent from 2007 to 2008, while Apple grew by 245.7 per cent and RIM rose by 96.7 per cent. However, Nokia remained the overall market leader with a 43.8 per cent share of the pie in 2008, down from 49.4 per cent in 2007.

In order to target the fast converging world of computers and smartphones, Nokia has also announced its foray into the netbook market.

Nokia aims for global mass market appeal with 3G-capable, Ovi-friendly Nokia 5230.

Nokia today launched their broadest effort yet at capturing some of the burgeoning tablet phone market. The Nokia 5230 looks remarkably like a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, and it has many of the same advanced features. But the new Nokia 5230 will start at only 150 Euros, around $215. That's a great starting price that will make this phone free on most subsidized carriers, and within reach for unlockers. But the phone doesn't skimp on features. The Nokia 5230 still features fast, 3G networking via HSDPA networks, and enough extra features to confuse this device with a higher-end Nokia smartphone.

In fact, the Nokia 5230 runs Nokia's Symbian S60 5th Edition OS, so it is technically a smartphone, but Nokia might as well start calling these devices "Ovi" phones, since it relies so heavily on Nokia's Ovi cloud based services. The Nokia 5230 features A-GPS, and will use Ovi Maps for navigation as well as aerial views and other location services. For more location-based apps, users can browse the Ovi Store, an over-the-air application store that Nokia offers on their smartphone devices.

Even without the XpressMusic branding, the Nokia 5230 should be a capable media player. The device will have access to the Nokia music store, and in select markets this will even be a Nokia Comes With Music phone, for some all-you-can-eat music downloads. You don't get the external playback controls we like on XpressMusic devices, but the Nokia 5230 still features a standard 3.5mm headphone jack to listen to tunes on your own earbuds. The device will also accept microSD cards up to 16GB, though no internal memory will be included beyond a few measly megabytes. Nokia also includes a Media Bar interface to make jumping into music all the quicker.

Of course, beyond the lack of internal memory, there are other clues that this is a low-end device. The camera is a simpler 2-megapixel shooter, a seriously low-level tech for the likes of Nokia. The screen is a still-impressive 3.2-inch display, the same size as the Nokia 5800. Nokia is also bragging about impressive battery life, at least during music playback. If you used the Nokia 5230 as a music player only, you could listen for 33 hours.

The Nokia 5230 is expected to become available in the 4th quarter of this year. Besides the low price (in Euros), the fact that official releases came out of New Delhi, India, as well as Finland tells us that we won't be seeing this phone on the U.S. market for a little while. This looks to be an emerging market device, and for those markets it should offer a nice mix of high-end, 3G features at a reasonable price.

Beware of laptop stealing from car

Hi,
This is to bring to your notice that driving car with laptop in
front or back seat is not safe any more in Bangalore, especially if
you plan to get down for small shopping of fruits /vegitables etc. I
had experience this yesterday near Marathahalli junction( opposite to
Safal) at 5:45PM . Please take a minute to read this and accordingly
take preventive measures.

I had kept my laptop in the front left seat of the car and
stopped near Marathahalli junction to buy some fruits. There were 2
folks who came to help me parking the vehicle as is usually the case
at that place. Then they asked me to shift the vehicle little bit so
as to avoid some inconvenience to other vehicles on the way. I had no
idea at that time that my car was being monitored minutely during that
time. I parked and locked my car and went out to buy some fruits from
nearby roadside "Thela" shops and came back . Then started back
towards kundanahalli gate. After driving around 15-20 meters, I saw
some one suddenly came in my way and I had to apply brakes and
immediately another person came to the driver side gate and started
knocking the door glass with lot of force. His expressions were such
that either I had hit someone or I was about to hit someone . I
decided to stop the car. As soon as I stopped the engine, all the
doors of the cars opened ( Autocop feature) and the moment I came out
of the car, this person started showing me some money near the right
tyre(back side) of the car saying that this was mine. My initial
reaction was to turn down and by the time I touched 1 -10Rs note, I
realized (may be within 5-10 sec) that this couldn't be mine as I have
already driven 15-20m and immediately I turned around to check my
laptop which was already missing by that time from the other door of
the car. I again turned around to see this person who knocked the door
and couldn't find him either. I then saw 2 person wearing exactly same
type of dress running in 2 opposite directions(with none of them
having laptop!!) and some one shouting that the thief ran towards the
bridge side( the same direction one of them was running). Without
thinking much I locked the car and moved to the bridge side and found
that this person stopped peacefully after running for 50-75m with
nothing in his hands. I again turned back and found nothing on the
other side also!!!!.
The story does not end here. After this some one came to
me and said that you have parked your car in no parking area , so
please park in proper place and call Marathahalli traffic signal
policeman for help. I found his adivice useful and parked the car in
the corner nearby ( was bit surprised though by seeing a good parking
immediately) . Then I started calling 100 while walking to approach
Marathahalli traffic police( what a blunder- traffic police will never
help in criminal cases). Thanks to an old person aged (55-60 yrs) who
stopped me and said that someone was tempering with my car door. I
immediately ran and somehow managed to reach before someone could
break into the car. The person as expected again ran away before I
reached. Then I found car was ok except few minor dashes here and
there due to car breaking attempt. After that I drove back and
parked the car more near to the junction and went to traffic police
who directly asked me to call 100 which I was any way continuously
trying since I found laptop bag was missing.

I have informed this incident to the police, however I am
still trying to get FIR registered for the case. Police told that
this is some 7th laptop stealing case in last 2-3 weeks. There are
other similar stories as per police in other parts of the city "like
some one on bike came and hit the car and started arguing and in the
mean time some other person took away the laptop" etc etc.

Any ways -

The moral of the story - "Please avoid carrying laptop in the car seat"

Donkey Mathematics--classic!!

This is a classic !!!!!

Equation 1

Human = eat + sleep + work + enjoy
Donkey = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Human = Donkey + work + enjoy
Therefore,
Human - enjoy = Donkey + work

In other words,
Human that don't know how to enjoy = Donkey that work


Equation 2
Men = eat + sleep + earn money
Donkeys = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Men = Donkeys + earn money
Therefore,
Men - earn money = Donkeys

In other words,
Men that don't earn money = Donkeys


Equation 3
Women = eat + sleep + spend
Donkeys = eat + sleep
Therefore,
Women = Donkeys + spend
Therefore,
Women - spend = Donkeys

In other words,
Women that don't spend = Donkeys


To Conclude
>From Equation 2 and Equation 3
Men that don't earn money = Women that don't spend.

So, Men earn money not to let women become Donkeys! (Postulate 1) And,
Women spend not to let men become Donkeys! (Postulate 2)

So, we have
Men + Women = Donkeys + earn money + Donkeys + spend money

Therefore from Postulates 1 and 2, we conclude Man + Woman = 2 Donkeys
that live happily together....

Last Evacuation Drill

Management at Innovative Best !!!!

XYZ Office -> A fire alarm rang at 6 PM when almost all shift employees
are in office(approx 5000). As usual entire office was evacuated within
3 mins & every employee gathered outside office. 10 mins
passed..................................5 more mins passed. ....

Security Officer -> Announcement started, "Dear Employees - With melting
heart I am making this announcement that for many of you it will be a
last evacuation drill, as we are laying off almost 80% employee. While
moving in who-so-ever ID card won't work are lay off & all their
belongings will be couriered to them tomorrow. We followed this
approach as we don't want to fill email box size with layoff mail in
thousands & also to avoid any fight inside office". Hope you have nice
career ahead. Please move in & try your luck.

Service provided by "108" EMRI

Call 108 if there is any accident & Medical Emergency in INDIA :

http://www.emri.in/

I am sharing my personal experience with " 108 " (EMRI) on their Quick response.

When I travel from Pondicherry to Coimbatore last Sunday (02-08-09)
night by Bus, the bus met an accident with lorry in National Highway
nearby "Atthur" Landmark: "Paaventhar college of Arts and Science".

Two of my co-passenger got injured.

One is lady and second is her baby of 15months old.

The lady had an injury in her hand and the baby was motionless. The
First-Aid kit is also missing in the bus.

The accident happened at mid-night 00:57am .

On seeing the condition of the baby and mother, I immediately called
108 at 00:59am . Explained the state of injured persons and location
of the place, Village, District & Taluk (assisted by a local person).
It took around 3minutes.

At 01:03am (within a minute) I got a call from 108 with a conference
to the district level center explained the exact location and
condition of the persons injured. It took around 3minutes.

At 01:08am again I got a call from the Ambulance saying that they are
on the way to accident spot.

To be surprise, the Ambulance reached the spot at 01:17am and started
the treatment. The baby was brought to the active state (may be due to
timely attempt by 108-EMRI) and medicines given for injured lady. At
the end of their treatment both of them came to normal.

The EMRI 108 Ambulance reached the spot within 15minutes from the
receipt of information to them

Here I would like express one thing that except me, none of the
co-passengers were not aware of 108.

As I am aware of 108 through training given for EMERGENCY EVACUATION
DRILL conducted in June '09, I could help the co-passengers.

Kindly share this experience, so that the people can make use of
wonderful service provided by EMRI - "108" in TamilNadu .

Dr. Purohit's article on Swine flu : The facts ........ no panic

I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information.

These are few facts about swine flu when discussed with the leading epidemiologists.

1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu is not new, first detected in 1987
2) Infective stage of flue is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after onset of symptoms
3) The best way to prevent it spreading is asking patient having symptoms of flu like fever cough and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so he does not transmit it
4) Masks are of limited value if any, in this disease, it can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact etc, and I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as fashion statement, while walking on road today morning I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs!, many wearing masks around their necks, and so on, infact these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus, instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable, because you get recirculated air, where the virus density multiplies
5)Death after H1N1 flu is not common, infact infections like measles is taking toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious of the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by media trying to create hysteria among lay people.
6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress, should be immediately notified which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu
7)The mortality is less than .01 percent of those affected, that means may be one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the life loss.
8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion, what happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus, the same is going to happen, we develop immunity in due course of time, the virus is in the air, you can not stop it, our body is already developing the immunity so nothing to panic.
We need to take care of children and elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places that is all .

WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL, NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR SPECIFIC EXPOSED TO LOT OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITTED, NOT PROVEN.

I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks of RS 20 each which are available to less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefitted?

Please spread the scientific info, do not join the band wagon and stick to science, that should be the order of the day.

Tulasi May Keep Swine Flu AWAY

One of the preventive measures against Swine Flu

Use “Nilgiri Oil” (Eucalyptus oil) drops on handkerchiefs and masks as one of the preventive measures against Swine Flu (NIV) National Institute of Virology.

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Not just Tulasi, Vitamin C rich substances are known to boost immunity. So taking hot Lemon or Amla (Indian Gooseberry) powder mixed with hot water would be very helpful.

Tulsi can help keep swine flu away: Ayurvedic experts

Lucknow, May 27: Wonder herb Tulsi can not only keep the dreaded swine flu at bay but also help in fast recovery of an afflicted person, Ayurvedic practitioners claim.

"The anti-flu property of Tulsi has been discovered by medical experts across the world quite recently. Tulsi improves the body's overall defence mechanism including its ability to fight viral diseases. It was successfully used in combating Japanese Encephalitis and the same theory applies to swine flu," Dr U K Tiwari, a herbal medicine practitioner says.

Apart from acting as a preventive medicine in case of swine flu, Tulsi can help the patient recover faster.

"Even when a person has already contracted swine flu, Tulsi can help in speeding up the recovery process and also help in strengthening the immune system of the body," he claims.

Dr Bhupesh Patel, a lecturer at Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar is also of the view that Tulsi can play an important role in controlling swine flu.

"Tulsi can control swine flu and it should be taken in fresh form. Juice or paste of at least 20-25 medium sized leaves should be consumed twice a day on an empty stomach."

This increases the resistance of the body and, thereby, reduces the chances of inviting swine flu," believes Patel.

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