Is Diabetes Reversal Possible?

Chief Minister Punjab S Charanjit Singh Channi with (L-R) Medical Director of Gini Health Dr Anil Bhansali, Sarvjeet Singh Virk founder of Finvasia, Gurjot Narwal founder of Canada-based Gini Health, and Tejinder Singh at the inauguration of Gini Health in Mohali

Regular monitoring with Gini App shows the way 

Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi inaugurates the facility today hi-tech digital healthcare service in Punjab 

• Canada-based Gini Health brings Global Healthcare Solution
• Data-led healthcare to ensure preventive healthcare
• Global leader in fintech, FINVASIA, enters hi-tech preventive healthcare

Punjab Chief Minister S. Charanjit Singh Channi, inaugurated India’s a hi-tech digital healthcare facility, Gini Health, in Shivalik Hospital, Sector 69, Mohali. 

Chief Minister commended  Sarvjeet Singh Virk, founder of Finvasia, and Gurjot Narwal, founder of Gini Health, for their innovative customized healthcare solutions.

Nearly 10 percent of Punjab’s population suffers from diabetes and on World Diabetes Day, this innovative health solution would certainly help the people here to keep a check on their health, he said.

Gini Health is result of collaboration between global technology leaders FinvAsia, and global pioneers in DNA and lifestyle data-based healthcare of Canada, Gini Health.

Former head of endochronology from PGI, Dr Anil Bhansali, shall be the Medical Director of Gini Health, who said that it is possible to reverse diabetes provided we have enough data which now would be possible through Gini mobile app and the devices which a person can carry on his person.

Complete data self-monitored by the patient could help reach the right diagnoses and advice the patient to change life-style or diet patterns, Dr Bhansali said.

Most of the time the patient would not require hospitalization, and through remote access to health condition we can advice the patient to overcome and prevent the recurrence of disease, he added.

Former Health Minister Punjab S. Balbir Singh Siddhu addressing the audience along with S. Kuljit Singh Nagra, MLA with the founders.

Shri Kuljit Singh Nagra, MLA, and former health minister Punjab Shri Balbir Singh Sidhu were also present.

Shri Nagra commended Canada-based Gulzar Narwal and US based Tajinder Singh for showing the way  to Punjabi’s settled abroad for reversal of brain-drain and contributing to the health and economy of Punjab.

The collaboration of Finvasia’s long experience in technology with Gini Healthcare’s prioneering work in lifestyle data assessment, would not only help in personalizing healthcare but would assist patient work to prevent disease, said Sarvjeet Singh Virk.

This is a one-stop preventive healthcare facility with OPD facility, online consultation on nutrition and healthy practices, Virk informed.

Founder of Gini Health Gurjot Narwal said that we shall be opening five more such facilities in Punjab in the next one year and have plans to expand in other parts of the country in future.

We shall be investing in research in health care by collating patient data in this part of the world to customize solution for them, he added.

FINVASIA is a global enterprise that owns multiple brands in financial services, fintech, blockchain, real-estate, healthcare and technology sectors.
https://finvasia.com/

Gini Health is a Canada based health-tech company that serves customers across North America and Europe. Gini Health has received various awards and accolades for its personalized healthcare approach in preventive health care. Gini has grown into a digital healthcare services company with the launch of its first chronic healthcare management program.   
https://ginihealth.com/

Nobel Prize for Peace 2021

Chandigarh, Nov 13, 2021:  

The Nobel Committee recently announced that the Prize in Peace for the year 2021 is to be jointly awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”.

The Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India (SPSTI) with support from the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration and in association with Chandigarh Chapters of National Academy of Sciences India, Indian National Science Academy & Indian National Young Academy of Sciences and Punjab Engineering College (PEC) (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh organized the webinar on the topic. 

 It was the third expository lecture in the series for 2021 and will be concluded on 9th Dec., before the prizes are ceremoniously awarded in Stockholm.

Prof. Keya Dharamvir, General Secretary steered the session, welcomed all and presented the opening remarks. 

Prof. Arun K. Grover, former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University & Vice President of SPSTI gave a brief introduction of Nobel Peace Prize. 

Dr Mahak Sharma, the member of INYAS, introduced the Guest of Honor was Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh (Retd.), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Chair, Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 

Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh said to be a vishwagurus we need to promote an ecosystem and recognize excellence. Society needs to know of science and technology and its recognition adds to progress and development in the world.

Dr. Nishima Wangoo, member of INYAS, introduced the speaker Prof. Archana R. Singh, School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She began with a brief introduction of the work by Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov. Her lecture focused on ‘free, independent and fact-based journalism’ which are ideals of journalism. 

She says these words though are easy to understand but have tough challenges. She explained the ‘freedom’ as ascribed in our constitution, but also mentioned that these rights have restrictions or limitations, that should not affect the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence. 

She said as a country, we began as a rebellious industry, being agenda and ideology-driven and aggressive in our approach as all nationalist leaders were in government, so the press would act as ‘constructive opposition.

She also touched upon the role of the media. Is it an altruistic entity devoted to providing unlimited factual information and demystifying facts and serving the society through news and views, or is it a business entity that works for financial gains? Or is it both?

Are media people for social service, or are they professionals working for large corporations aiming at a good salary package? She added that it is a business with a mission. 

It requires selfless passion, tenacity of purpose and dedicated unrelenting results. She also talked about the impact of the market trend on media.

She also talked about the newspaper that requires a tenacious approach that should offer easier readability, clarity and visibility of information. 

She focused of bringing out the factual information as a task by quoting Lippmann “true opinion can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective”. 

She talks about how sensationalizing news fetches more audience and truth has its social constructions based on language, the unreliability of memory, perceptions based on experiences, desires and expectations. She also elaborated how a news story depends on audience demand, technical demands where the camera determines what we see and the medium actually becomes the message, scheduling, stereotype, constructed reality of news and its dramatization.

She also talked about social media where India is one of the largest consumers. She says the line between the content creator and user have been blurred. The resulting freedom to express has led to the democratization of social media such that absurdity and profundity fact and fabrication have equal rights and spaces on social media. Social media is good for creating awareness, but real political change requires actual decision making, which takes time and reflection.  She also brings the focus on “I loop” created by algorithm making one enslaved of their own preferences and deprived of new experiences.

She concluded her lecture by saying media education is now necessary to understand the constant inflow of information. Moving from the industrial age to the information age has overloaded us with the information, making media literacy necessary to be able to make meaning of what we see or hear, rather than letting the mediums control our thinking. She ended by quoting “Doctors bury their mistakes; lawyers hang them but journalists put them on the front page.” So, when you read your front pages, just give a thought to what goes on behind the scenes at the free independent fact-based journalism that you hold in your hand.

The lecture was attended by large number of participants on Zoom and many others through live streams of the Society on Facebook. The concluding remarks and vote of thanks was presented by Shri Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd.) and former Chief Secretary of Haryana and President of SPSTI.