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Asian Voice - Saturday 17th September 2011
Return of the native
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Pair re-bailed Two Birmingham businesswomen arrested over an alleged conspiracy to defraud a government department have been rebailed by police. Rani Uppelle and Kavita Jnagal, pictured, both in their thirties, are cofounders of Edgbastonbased Simply Recruitment, described on its website as “one of the UK’s leading equality recruitment specialists”. The women answered bail on August 31 and have rebailed to attend a central
London police station on October 12. Ms Uppelle was on the Board of the Institute of Asian
part of Businesses, Birmingham Chamber, but resigned instantly after being arrested in June.
Dentist who retrieved tooth from bin suspended Asian Voice was invited to the interview of Jay Sean by Tommy Sandhu from BBC Asian Network. It included the story from his early years in the
music industry with Rishi Rich and Juggy D to superstardom and topping the American charts. The programme will be shown including some archive footage shot over
the past 9 years for BBC (Asian Network and Desi DNA), exclusive backstage footage at the recent London Mela plus tracks from his ‘home coming’ performance last Sunday.
Dee flies the flag for Asian Voice Our reporter Dhiren Katwa was a guest speaker at a media conference at Sunderland University on Wednesday this week. Dhiren, aka Dee, spoke at seminar, entitled the Widening Ethnic Diversity in the News Industry. This was the sixth in a series funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Other speakers included ex-BBC TV journalist Barnie Choudhury
and Zahid Lalani, a recipient of a bursary from the NUJ’s George Viner Fund. Separately, Dhiren, who is Vice Chair of the NUJ’s Equality Council and an advisor on diversity to BBC Radio Four, has been invited to a major interfaith and multiculturalism conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 24. The two-day event, themed Multiculturalism –
a Contribution to Peace, will focus on these themes: governments and migration, empowerment of girls and women, educational programs and institutions, youth and volunteerism, inter-religious cooperation and human rights. The symposium has been organised by the Universal Peace Federation in partnership with the Women’s Federation for World Peace.
A dentist who pulled the wrong tooth from a patient had it retrieved from a medical waste bin and replanted it two hours later. Kim Green, who was in agony from a root canal infection, did not know that her healthy tooth had lain among bloodied tissues, saliva wipes and needles used on other patients. Dentist Justin George (pictured) allegedly sewed it back in, left her rotten one in place and suggested she take painkillers until another appointment was arranged. But that night Mrs Green, 44, could stand the pain no longer and was eventually admitted to hospital for an emergency operation. A horrified surgeon
removed both teeth and immediately reported Dr George to the local health authority and General Dental Council (GDC). He has now been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing. Mrs Green, a mother of three from Wellington, Somerset, told The Mail on Sunday she had since undergone blood tests and a course of precautionary anti-hepatitis jabs. When The Mail on Sunday spoke to Dr George at his home in Taunton he admitted responsibility but claimed there was ‘pandemonium’ at the surgery. ‘It was a really weird day,’ he said. ‘We didn’t have our regular nurse, there was pandemonium in the practice, and then the nurse left the
X-ray in the machine. ‘People are all coming in with pain and I’m the only dentist in the surgery trying to see everybody, and yes, in the pandemonium, the wrong tooth was pulled out. It was an accident but everything was failing around me. I’m a new dentist. I was very stressed-out that day. I could hear people grumbling downstairs. ‘The nurse said the tooth was still in the surgery and so I thought she had not disposed of it. I didn’t know it was in the bin.’ Dr George, 34, added: ‘I have apologised to the GDC. I am seriously horrified at what happened.’ The GDC confirmed it had received a report on the matter.