TOT Counsellors: August 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Over 3 lakh Indian patients get free HIV treatment

India is providing over three lakh patients free HIV treatment at 281 centres spread across the country, parliament was informed Friday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said that the government is already providing free first line treatment to HIV patients since April 2004.

'At present, a total of 335,232 patients are receiving free ART (antiretroviral therapy) at 281 centres as on June 2010,' he said.

While 312,451 adults are getting this therapy, about 20,302 children are on ART, he added.

About 78,592 people - 73,394 adults and 5,198 children - are receiving the free drug in Maharashtra - the highest number in the country.

It is followed by Andhra Pradesh where 71, 769 people - 67,976 adults and 3,793 children - are getting the treatment.

The others are Karnataka (44,017), Tamil Nadu (44,493), Uttar Pradesh (12,163), Delhi (7,875), Rajasthan (7,464), Manipur (5,754) and Orissa (2,503).

http://sify.com/news/over-3-lakh-indian-patients-get-free-hiv-treatment-news-health-kintEkaagcb.html

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Winners Versus Losers

Winners Versus Losers

The Winner is always part of the answer;

The Loser is always part of the problem.

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The Winner always has a program;

The Loser always has an excuse.

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The Winner says, "Let me do it for you";

The Loser says, "That is not my job."

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The Winner sees an answer for every problem;

The Loser sees a problem for every answer.

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The Winner says, " It may be difficult but it is possible";

The Loser says, "It may be possible but i t is too difficult."

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When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong";

When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

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A Winner makes commitments;

A Loser makes promises.

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Winners have dreams;

Losers have schemes.

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Winners say, "I must do something";

Losers say, "Something must be done."

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Winners are a part of the team;

Losers are apart from the team.

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Winners see the gain;

Losers see the pain.

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Winners see possibilities;

Losers see problems.

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Winners believe in win-win;

Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.

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Winners see the potential;

Losers see the past.

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Winners are like a thermostat;

Losers are like thermometers.

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Winners choose what they say;

Losers say what they choose.

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Winners use hard arguments but soft words;

Losers use soft arguments but hard words.

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Winners stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;

Losers stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.

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Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: "Don't do to others what you would not want them to do to you";

Losers follow the philosophy, "Do it to others before they do it to you ."

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Winners make it happen;

Losers let it happen.

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Winners plan and prepare to win.

The key word is preparation.

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