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Background: According to WHO estimates India has 10 million blind population .Corneal problems cause a significant proportion of blindness India. Although effective strategies to prevent corneal blindness are likely to be more cost-effective, visual rehabilitation by corneal transplantation remains the major treatment for restoring sight in those who already have corneal blindness. The requirement of donor corneas per year is at least 20 times the current procurement. Objectives: To study the knowledge and attitude of college students towards eye donation. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a pre-structured, pre-tested questionnaire to solicit information from students of 8 colleges in Hubli and Dharwad. Results: Totally 403 students from 8 colleges were part of the survey. 96% students aware about eye donation and knew that eyes can be donated after death. Majority (61%) know that eyes should be donated within 6 hours. 69% believe that there is no age limit for eye donation. 68% are of opinion that eye donation will not cause disfigurement of face, among them females were more aware than males. 33.4% know that only cornea is used in eye transplantation.78.1% are willing to donate eyes. Conclusion: These data shows that although majority were willing to donate eyes there is still more potential for obtaining cornea. By the survey we got to know that weak eye sight, religious belief, afraid of invasive process and social stigma are the important reasons for not donating eyes. We also need to educate students to overcome social stigma regarding eye donation

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Background and Aims:There is an increasing enthusiasm and pressure to submit scientific articles to journals for publication due to official policies. This has led to increased stress on authors and editors and in issues like plagiarism. We planned a cross-sectional study with an aim to explore the current publication related views and practice of faculty members and consultants.Methods:We conducted a questionnaire based prospective survey with 22 questions divided into parts. Print and electronic versions were sent to around 18,270 members in total, a majority of whom were anaesthesiologists and 600 members responded to our questionnaire. A database was created and analysed using Microsoft Excel.Results:About 80% felt that online journals were better read than print journals. Eighty eight percent agreed that publications improve academic skills. The Medical Council of India requirements to publish in reputed journals were cited as the main reasons for plagiarism. The publication rule had become a burden for 46% respondents. Review articles were most likely to be read though clinical investigations were considered to be of maximum academic significance. Review/publishing time followed by author requirements and journal indexing were the points our respondents liked to see most when choosing a journal for article submission.Conclusion:Our survey results depict the current author related views and trends in publication practice which may guide in evidence-based policy making.

A study was conducted on stress among government city bus drivers in Hubli from 4 th June to 3 rd July 2013 2.1 Sample size: Study sample was collected of 100 bus drivers. 2.2 Inclusion criteria: The bus drivers who were plying within the city limits were taken in the study. 2.3 Exclusion criteria: The bus drivers plying outside city limits were excluded. 2.4 Study method: Structured, preformed and pretested questionnaire was prepared. Permission was taken from CPM, NWKRTC, Gokul road, Hubli. Data was collected by using the questionnaire regarding the socio-demographic profile which contained name, age, education status, socioeconomic status, marital status etc. General information about the bus drivers regarding number of years of service, no. of hours of sleep and work, bad habits etc. were collected. Frequency of bus passenger accident by each bus drivers, concern for driving, confirming safe conditions for drive observed by the drivers during their work were asked. Then depression among bus drivers was assessed by self rating depression scale 4. Various job stressors like aptitude for job, bad environment in bus and among colleagues, complaints from passenger were taken. Lastly details regarding recognition from others about their job were collected. The data was then tabulated in MS excel, correlation tests were applied to the suitable tabulated data and the same was analysed in SPSS 17.0.