31 survive as two planes crash in mid-air-

7 die, 31 survive as two planes crash in mid-air

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Debris of two sport planes that crashed over western Slovakia lie near the village of Cerveny Kamen.

Over western Slovakia, killing seven people, officials said.

Two planes carrying dozens of parachutists collided in mid-air on Thursday over western Slovakia, killing seven people, officials said. Thirty-one others on board survived by jumping out with their parachutes.

The crash took place on Thursday morning near the village of Cerveny Kamen, said Zuzana Farkasova, a spokeswoman for the Slovak fire-fighters.

Rescue workers used helicopters to reach the forested crash site in the White Carpathians mountain range that forms the border with the Czech Republic.

The two Czech-made L-410 transport planes collided at an altitude of 1,500 meters, said Juraj Denes, an official with the Slovak Air and Naval Investigations Bureau, a government agency that investigates plane crashes.

Peter Bubla, spokesman for the Health Ministry, said 38 people were on board the two planes and 31 survived. Five people needed some medical treatment but nobody was hospitalised, he said.

Some on board jumped out even after the planes collided, according to Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. “The 31 parachutists managed to jump out from the falling planes and survived,” Mr. Kalinak told the TA3 news television station as he visited the crash site. “They all landed safely. It’s a small miracle.”

The dead included the two crew members from both planes and three parachutists, Juraj Gyenes, another official at the aviation investigations agency, told TA3. TA3 reported the parachutists were training for this weekend’s air show in nearby Slavnica. “All of a sudden, I heard a big blow,” one witness told TASR, the Slovak news agency, in a news video. “Then it roared. I thought some pieces were falling, but it could be the parachutists.”

Kalinak and Slovak Health Minister Viliam Cislak visited the crash site, where wreckage from the planes smouldered among the dense mountain forest.

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Osteopathy for kids with special needs

Annie Philip

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Volunteers of the Etudiants Osteopathes du Monde (EOM) at a workshop at Satya Special School in Puducherry.— Photo: S.S. Kumar

World Osteopath Students Association holds workshop

Among issues faced by Children with Special Needs is that of restricted mobility and difficulty in digestion. At a five-day workshop at Satya Special School in Puducherry, volunteers from the Etudiants Ostéopathes du Monde (EOM) or the World Osteopath Students Association in France demonstrated how osteopathy, a medical field which is still fairly new in India, can help deal with such ailments.

The EOM consists of current and former students from the Institut Supérieur d’Ostéopathie Paris (ISO Paris) and promotes osteopathy especially in countries where there is little access to it through yearly projects. The association raises funds for the projects through activities and by conducting treatments in France. In the past, the association has worked in countries such as Senegal and Morocco.

The team, consisting of seven osteopaths and one photographer from EOM, has been spending around three weeks in Puducherry and was at the Satya Special School last week.

According to the Medical News Today website, “osteopathy is a form of drug-free non-invasive manual medicine that focuses on total body health by treating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework, which includes the joints, muscles and spine.

Its aim is to positively affect the body’s nervous, circulatory and lymphatic systems.”

Osteopathy works on the principle of interconnectedness of organs, tissues and other parts of the body, according to Gabriel Plessier, one of the team members from EOM.

“We work alongside physiotherapists. Osteopathy helps the body be better prepared to receive physical therapy. Children with Special Needs can develop locking of joints and abnormal motility patterns in the small intestine leading to issues with digestion. Osteopathy treats every tissue in the body so it can move at its best capability. Almost half of all osteopaths in France are physiotherapists,” he added.

“Children with Special Needs have a physical expression of stress. When the pericardium tissue around the heart is irritated, it leads to a ripple effect for these children, affecting other body parts. In osteopathy, the child is made to relax. Osteopathy also helps relieve facial tightness and postural dysfunction,” said Mr. Plessier.

About osteopaths, Mr. Plessier said, “While we cannot prescribe drugs or undertake surgery, we work with our hands and our sense of touch. We study about every element of the body and its interaction.”

Role of parents

Parents were also present during the workshop to help the osteopaths while treating the children. As the children trust their parents, it is better to involve them in the treatment, said Mr. Plessier. The parents were taught simple exercises and massages to aid mobility which they could use at home with their children. Students of physiotherapy from Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre who are doing their internship at Satya Special School also got a chance to learn more about osteopathy.

Chitra Shah, director, Satya Special School, said, “We need to concentrate more on therapeutic intervention for Children with Special Needs. There is a huge gap between surgical intervention and therapeutic intervention in paediatric care. Osteopathy is looking at the issues these children face from a holistic point of view. We want to incorporate fields like osteopathy treatment in our school curriculum.”

The Satya Special School is also exploring if tele-therapy can be introduced, and possible tie-ups with colleges abroad to keep up with the latest trends in care for Children with Special Needs and special education.

“While we cannot prescribe drugs or undertake surgery, we work with our hands and our sense of touch”