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More on Plates, Pins, Rods and Screws
*** One the commonest searches to this site asks about removal of implanted plates, rods and screws.
There is no single answer, and I have therefore mixed fragments of letters received with responses.
I have had a steel plate inserted on my radius and my NHS consultant insists that this plate is permanent.
He became angry with me when I asked him questions, and refused to discuss it further.
***It is not for him to get angry if you ask an entirely reasonable (and common) question. There are a number of parameters people could use in deciding which surgeon should be entrusted with their treatment, and this approach (in my book) would be exclusionary.
Based on a week of internet research it seems many athletes or people simply uncomfortable with permanent implants, have the plate and screws removed after a year or two.
My consultant insisted that this was not orthodox practise and that if I could find a UK surgeon willing to do this it would be a "WALLET BIOPSY"
***It is possible that in some countries the load on the hospital resources precludes relatively non-urgent surgery. Britain is not one.
My experience is the main reason why many salaried surgeons are disinclined to remove plates is lethargy: Another form of income abuse.
My surgeon told me that there was too great a risk of infection or of nerve damage by operating later to remove the plate,
***This response reflects an unacceptably high infection rate in the milieu in which he works, and lack of technical competence. Risks exist, but this generalisation is simply not true: He is trying to intimidate you with a variation of "techno talk".
My surgeon said that he had just been to a seminar by Swedish experts and that leaving metal plates in is the world standard orthodox method.
***This is also not true. It is correct that at times it is appropriate to leave plates in for a large variety of reasons, but I have given some reasons which make it appropriate to have plates removed on another page. In many situations the presence of implants causes significant morbidity (particularly when they are not optimally inserted) and removal becomes imperative. In the last week I have seen a patient with a tibial nail which protruded from below the knee cap, preventing kneeling when working as a tiler. Another had a femoral intermedullary nail catching his gluteal muscles, forcing him to use crutches. Once the bone has healed both implants need removal.
***The desirability of not leaving foreign material implanted is demonstrated by the large industry which manufactures "bio-absorbable" implants.
Can you comment on this? http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/70/9/1372.pdf
*** This incidence is significantly higher than in my experience with far larger numbers than the documented groups. It seems clear that many of these breaks were not united to the point of structural certainty. The post-operative instructions to protect the limb (i.e. no contact sport) for at least a year following removal may not have been clear. In http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/70/9/1372.pd figure 2 demonstrates a failure to rotationally correct both breaks, predictive of delayed union and permanent alteration of the design structural strength. Figure 3 demonstrates a "cross-over" fracture which requires meticulous realignment and compression.
Can you confirm that removal of my recently inserted plate is not one that I need to decide upon for some years?
*** The plates in your arm have a temporary role – purely to hold the bones in place whilst they heal. Once the bone is healed they are redundant. There are no "fixed dates", and once bone is healed removal is often determined primarily by convenience.
The late sequelae of temporary implants divide into two –
- Symptomatic (perceptible discomfort, including aesthetic discomfort)
- Hidden hazard.
A guideline in elective orthopaedic surgery is that the patient seldom needs to consider whether to have or not have the surgery for symptomatic implants as a cognitive exercise. I suggest to my patients that they initially ignore the condition because the answer will usually arrive subliminally. One day the decision "this is enough – I want it fixed" occurs spontaneously.
The degree of "hidden hazard" which a retained implant carries must be the assessment of a skilled and experienced orthopaedic surgeon.
It is disappointing when some surgeons retain "absolute rules". Nothing is absolute in medicine, and the superior surgeon is constantly looking sideways, anticipating, benefitting from or guarding against the exceptions. By far the majority of medical errors result from unfounded assumptions. Tragically many unfounded assumptions are held in place by that ilk of person who has delusions of supremacy (arrogance if you like) or inferior perspectives resulting from poor training, incompetence, and defensiveness.
It would have been expected (at least by some of us) that your surgeon would have voluntary discussed, from the outset and without prompting, the sequelae of having foreign material implanted into your body. It is your body that he transgressed into, and it is you who carry potential sequelae.
Incidentally, to say that you will "recover fully" is not correct. Where forces are great enough to break bone the more vulnerable overlying or adjacent soft tissues will be injured. Damage to muscle heals by scar, an inadequate substitute tor the original tissue. Scar cannot contract voluntarily, and instead shortens progressively, inhibiting some functions. Structures which formerly slid or moved one over the other in a fluent and rapid motion often become bound to adjacent structures as a result of the injuries. Scar often gives the "cold syndrome". Small nerves and blood vessels might be irreparably damaged. Even bruising is not without (perhaps minor) long term sequelae.
Similarly, the surgical injury will produce the same effects – more so if the surgeon is rough and crude in handling tissues, or is inept in designing and effecting the optimal surgical approach to the target. This is reflected in post-operative pain, indicative that damage of some significance has occurred, eventually causing the above sequelae. You might like to see the page on "painless surgery" on my web.
The surgeon who objects to internet enquiry by his patients is demonstrating poor self esteem wrapped in stupidity.
I read that nerve damage happened most often when junior doctors or locum surgeons removed plates.
My consultant denied this and said that even the most experienced surgeon could not operate safely and avoid damaging a nerve encased in scar tissue from the first operation.
***Scar does make the anatomy less obvious. However it is not difficult to visualise the nerve in normal tissue adjacent the scar, and dissect it out. Optical magnification, to my mind is mandatory (but not customary in the NHS)
Incidentally the locum surgeon could well, at times, be better than the tenured consultant
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Hi, please I had a surgery on my hips abt 10yers back where a screw(implant) was used to hold my disconnectd hips(pelvis bone) and now I realized I can't spread my legs wide. Do you think the fault is from the implants or?
I have a plate and 6 screws in radius I broke ulna also at the wrist 16 mths ago extreme pt nerve blocks only 10% range of motion pain stays at 6 level seen 2 second opinions bones healed good "very bad break X rays to me look odd hand still swollen fingers won't straight etc will removing hardware help at all in use of hand and pain surgery 1/19/15
Lost L4+L5 have cylinder and 2 rods fell seven yrs later could I shatter bone around the metal it feels that way to avoid falling back I landed straight down and lost my breath it hurt that much now it doesn't feel right
I forgot to mentioned to you about my age. I'm now 66 yrs. old and very active in working and excercise. I have a 17 yrs foot surgery that they plant the 2 screw or plates in my left foot ankle and according to my doctor who moved already in United States my surgery was successful and said that's for a lifetime. But other people told me to removed the screw so it become normal. I'm only wondering despite the plates on my foot takes how many years still it was great but sometimes it's sore specially if the climate changes or if I hit my foot on walking that's the time it will be sore. Do I have to ask other doctor to removed the screw or plates in my foot? Actually, the doctor who put the screw told me my foot was a bad break its in the curve of my left ankle. So, up to know I don't know what to do? Hope I can get your advice.Thanks a lot.
I have 2 plates or screw in my left ankle. I go the surgery in 1997 December 25.I fall in our basement in our lather where I hit my left foot that caused the fracture and broked my left foot ankle bone. During winter my left foot sometimes its sore but occasionally its only normal like other foot. Up to know I'm still working during night shift and when I use my left foot to press the machine it become sore but if I'm not working that machine it will go back into normal. I really want my plates or screw in my left foot since 1999 but i got second thought it might affect my walking if it will not successfully in removing the screw and build up some infections etc.So it means my foot is already 17 years but my walking still good and normal only once in a while there's a sore during the change of weather or climate and sometimes if it hits on walking around. What would you advice to me?
I had a PAO, periacetabular oseotomy, Jan. 29th of this year, 2014. I have noticed that on the cold days and the days with stormy/rainy weather I have increased pain. I also feel pain in the buttocks arrea that goes up into the hip. They put 4 screws in and I had x-rays done Monday and he bone is still healing. My surgeon said that a year after surgery, when the bone is completely healed, they broke the bone in 3 places, that he would be able to take the screws out. My question is, can the colder weather and rain is it common for people to have pain where they have screws? Thanks.
Hi my name is Emily. And back in august 2013 I fell onto some rocks 20-30 feet , I broke my pelvis in three spots , they put rods and screws where the fractures were. After that I healed great. Then I started getting this rash on my stomach , I went to the clinic and they said I could be allergic to nickel and to stop wearing my belt , and gave me cream to put on it daily , twice a day. But now a couple months later I still have the rash and it has gone from my stomach to my arms and legs. Also started getting the rash on my lower back on my scar , from when I had the surgery. I just recently found out that nickel is in some foods , so im trying to stay away from those foods. But I was curious if the rods and screws was made of nickel ?
Hi I am 19 years old and I had a compound fracture in my humerus on Jan 20 2013. I had a plate put in my arm along with 18 screws. Now I am fully healed but whenever I put weight on my arm I feel pain. I tried to get the plate removed but anytime I asked my doctor he was hesitant to do so. He kept on telling me that the risks are high and that I may get radial nerve palsy. He told me that the risks are much higher to take the plate out because the scar tissue makes it harder to dissect out the nerve and because he would have to "peel the nerve off of the plate". He also told me that the the plate is slim and the same density as the bone so it shouldn't cause any problems and that surgery could make the pain worse. Along with the pain that came after the surgery my ulnar nerve subluxation got worse. At first my doctor agreed to do both the plate removal and the ulnar nerve transposition, but a week before the surgery he told me to come in for an appointment and he told me that he was not going to do the surgery. He said that he talked to 5 surgeons and they all said that it is too risky. Is it really as risky as he says it is? I have a feeling that he is making it seem much more risky then it is. He even got me to get a second opinion from a doctor that he works with, which I feel is completely biased. I also feel like it would be best to get the doctor who put the plate in to remove it since he already operated on me before hand and knows my situation best. The doctor however told me that he will not do the operation and I would have to go to a different doctor if I still wanted to remove the plate. Should I be worried about this?
Hi my son sustained the injury 7 months ago and they have booked him in to have the screw remove at 9 months. Thank you for your response
Hello, my 13year old son had a Salter-Harris type 3 fixed with a screw, he is extremely athletic and is serious about training with the goal of one day playing soccer professionally. The surgeon said that at 13 they don't routinely remove screws but if I really want it they will. I don't want him to be at risk with the surgery but I feel that if they take it out now then he can recover and strengthen properly before starting contact sports ( currently training technique and athletics only). I'm scared that if he returns to playing serious soccer in the future he will be tackled and cause the screw to shatter the bone around it, rather than a clean break. Is this enough to justify the surgery or is there no concern about serious fractures with the screw still in the bone?
I went to my family doctor. He is Internal Medicine. I explained I was hurting in my hip, I had a plate and srew in 2010. And I also could feel like when I turn that I could feel the plate move. His office called and said it looks like the screw and plate are working loose. And made an apointment with my surgent. Will they need to do a hip replacement? I am 58yrs old and I had a bone Dencidie test and if I fall I could break a bone
I recently had a screw removed from my hip/pelvis and unfortunately developed an abscess on the bone where the screw was removed. I was admitted to hospital and had the abscess aspirated and was on a 5 day course of iv antibiotics followed by a 5 day course of oral antibiotics. My concern is that the infection may affect the bone and the chance of recurrence of the abscess developing again. I would appreciate your advise. I have several pieces of metal left in my hip and have no arthritis.
I had back surgery a number of years ago and they put metal plates and screws pain has been getting so bad that just can not tolerate any longer what would be the best thing to do, in starting checking a few weeks ago the metal plates and screws not approved and had coused a lot of the same problems please any advice ot information ass I do not know how to go on much longer
My son is 12. He had 8 plates implanted on Dec. 14, 2012 to correct some bowing in his legs. He is already 5'8" so we knew we had a small window and needed to attempt to correct the bowing. His surgeon said he used to remove the 8 plates and screws once correction occurred (generally one year) but now he says it is standard practice to leave them in. My husband feels strongly that they should be removed. I am trying to weigh the risks and benefits of removing them when the correction period is over. Could you please give your opinion? Thanks.
My wife has a Diabetic Foot and her Third Metatarsal joint broke and overlapped. There was nothing to screw to so the surgeon drilled a steel rod through the tip of her toe down through her joints and into her Cuniform, approximately 4 inches or 10 centameters. It started working it's way out about 3/4 of an inch. We met with the surgeon and he said that this happens when the swelling comes down and he did not want to remove the rod at this time in fear of the break happening again. Yesterday the rod slipped completely out to our shock! What kind of problems can this cause? Should we try and see the Dr. as soon as possible?
I had a bunionectomy that resulted in non-union. A different surgeon performed corrective surgery 7 months later (a bone graph was necessary to correct mistakes of first surgeon). Everything seemed to heal fine and I resumed normal activity with periodic swelling and discomfort. Just recently (21 months after corrective surgery), I noticed a protrusion on the side of my foot that became painful. The arch also has a burning sensation. I had an xray and went back to my surgeon. The xray shows the the painful bump on the in side of my foot is a bone shard. Also, one screw has come completely displaced and is trying to poke through the bottom of my foot. The surgeon said there may also be some degeneration around the joint and he's not sure how secure the second screw is. He said another surgery is necessary and wants to put a plate in this time. I am so devastated. My question is, is it possible that my body simply won't tolerate the screws or plate? Are there other options? Why would an otherwise healthy, strong woman not heal from a bunionectomy? I'm 50 years old. I have been hiking, biking, swimming and generally very active.
I've been reading about other cases where metal allergies led to non-unions. The nickel in the screws can cause problems. Mine are coming out and the surgeon will use an external fixator this time around. I will ask that the screws be titanium and hope that I will finally heal for good. I do think that people should think twice before bunion surgery - I was uncomfortable before but have had nothing but problems and interruptions to normal living since my first surgery.
I have had metal plate and rod put in to replace part of my pelvis, when it's cold and raining I'm in excruciating pain and it feels like he screw hats in my back sticks out more than usual is this normal and will I always have pain as the years go on
My foot turns in when I walk, and it affects me tripping over flat ground,will inflict knee pain, amd will affect my cross country. i saw an orthopedic surgeon with my mother, and we both agreed it would be a good idea. When my father caught wind of it, i thought he'd also agree. Instead, he said that no athlete was ever the same after the surgery, and that he never has even seen me trip, which isn't true. He said that the surgery was unnecessary, that it couldn't go on without his approval, and that I can't go tripping all over the place to convince him. Heis a doctor, so I trust his opinion, but then he went on to call me decietful. Is he right? That I won't ever be the same athletically?
I was knocked down almost 15 years ago and broke both my knees broke my left shoulder broke my ulna in 3 parts smashed up my pelvis and broke both the ball joint and socket of my left hip into several pieces. I was very lucky to have been transferred to the care of a very gifted trauma surgeon who, with great difficulty, managed to put me back together again with 2 rods through my ulna, 3 screws through my pelvis and hip as well as several plates screwed into each other and then through the usable parts of my pelvis. after 1 year I had the rods removed from my ulna because they were poking through my skin. I then had to have 1 of the screws removed from my pelvis/hip because it had become 'loose' and was catching on muscle when I walked. both of these procedures were done without any difficulty. I now find myself in a lot of pain and difficulty walking and my surgeon believes the screws in my pelvis/hip have become loose and may possibly have infection around them, I have had several tests done and will be back to see the surgeon soon and he advised that he is preety sure that he will have to remove the remaining screws. my main concern is that after nearly 15 years the bone will have regenerated over the screws and the bone will need to be broken in order to remove the screws, does this not cause an irreversible weakness in my pelvis and hip? I am going to discuss these issues with my surgeon before the removal but would like your opinion if that is possible. Kind regards
hello should i be made to work i have perminent pins and plates in my right knee joint i have had them there for 18years my sergion warned me not to break it again as it will be nothing he can do he said the break is one of the worst breaks you can have as it was the bottom part of my knee jiont
What is stopping you from working?
I have 3 metal plates in my legs with many screws, and one rod down my femur wrapped with Kirschner wires to prevent the femur from splitting more due to the rod being pounded through the center of the bone. It has been over 5 years since they were placed in my body and weather does affect my pain level, moist foggy mornings make me feel more achy, when it is cold outside my body gets cold and due to circulation I have to use a heating pad or take a hot shower to warm my body up expecially my feet. I feel pinching in my upper thigh from the wires at different times making climbing stairs torcher and so I have to use my other leg to go up each stair and just drag the other behind. I am unable to kneel with plates and screws just under skin and I can not squat down because of impaired range of motion and one leg is now shorter and a little bowed out causing my hips and lower back discomfort having to compensate. I get radiating pain up my arms and down my legs and at times I feel as if I want to chop my legs off because my body responds to all of the metal as something foreign and wants to reject them and this is at night, drives me crazy, it is like restless leg syndrome but medications for that do not work for me nor does meds for nerve damage the only thing that does seem to help is pain medications they help me sleep and make getting up and walking around tolerable, I at times use topical creams and sprays that help with pain and movement but they smell very strong and hard to wash off hands.
Nicole, it is sad that you have had this long residue from your accident. What you say serves to answer the letter from davisspine on this site (2010/10/03 at 11:35 pm). It is likely that your bone has healed by now, which should be checked radiologically. If so, there are good reasons for removing some or all of the implanted metal, which might help you considerably.
I have had 2 plates and 15 screws implanted in my knee. My Dr. says I will have to keep them in for life is that necessary? Also will weather affect the metal in my leg? What can I expect 5-10 years down the road in regard to pain and function?


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Gonzalez getting first start off
Written by | Chris Jenkins | 11:25 a.m., May 2, 2010
One day after he was ejected from a game for the first time in his major league career, Adrian Gonzalez is getting his first day off of the season.
Both the All-Star slugger and manager Bud Black said the off day has been part of the Padres plan for a while now and is unrelated to Gonzalez' ejection by plate umpire Rob Drake, who also tossed the Padres skipper for taking up Gonzalez' argument of a called strike three. Gonzalez said Black told him before the Padres began this homestand that there would be a good possibility of a day off sometime during the four-game Milwaukee series.
Indeed, the Padres generally are fielding what would be called a Sunday lineup today, including a start by callup Lance Zawadzki at second base. Taking Gonzalez' place in the infield is Kyle Blanks, a converted outfielder whose natural position is first base.
With the absence of Gonzalez in the lineup, the only Padres player who has started every game this season is switch-hitting third baseman Chase Headley, batting third in today's lineup against left-hander Randy Wolf.
Today's lineups:
Rickie Weeks, 2B (.265-4-14)
Craig Counsell, SS (.317-1-8)
Ryan Braun, LF (.361-5-20)
Prince Fielder, 1B (.306-5-10)
Casey McGehee, 3B (.306-5-19)
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Tony Gwynn, CF (.235-1-5)
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Chase Headley, 3B (.340-1-8)
Scott Hairston, RF (.250-3-8)
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Yorvit Torrealba, C (.286-1-7)
Oscar Salazar, LF (.130-0-1)
Lance Zawadzki, 2B (.000-0-0)
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Kayleigh Flynn '11, a Child Development major with N-3 Teaching Certification from Otisfield, Maine, discusses her Capstone, which involved research on balance with second-grade students. While at Colby-Sawyer, Flynn was president of the Child Development Club and a member of the Community Service Club, the CSC Players, the Cross-Cultural Club and the Wesson Honors Advisory Group.
Describe the subject of your Capstone project and why you chose to focus on this subject.
My Capstone project consisted of implementing an investigation of balance with my second grade students in a public elementary school. To successfully complete this, I had to provide an activity relating to balance for each discipline and tailor it to both the interests and developmental needs of my students.
What did you learn through your Capstone project, and in what ways is it a culmination of your learning experience at Colby-Sawyer?
Through the progression of my Capstone project, I learned how to integrate a constructivist curriculum into a public school classroom setting, which I originally thought would be next to impossible. My Capstone was a culmination of my learning experience because I applied all my knowledge of how children grow and develop and meshed it with the knowledge I gained about constructivism in Windy Hill, putting everything into play in the classroom where I interned.
What was most fun and rewarding for you in the process of creating your Capstone?
The most rewarding part was seeing how the children were able to make connections to our investigation of balance on my own. I loved sitting back and listening to the children have an entire discussion about balance without any guidance from me, instead building off what their peers were saying.
What did you find most challenging and difficult about the project?
At first I was concerned that I would not be able to put a curriculum into place in a public school setting that is very much theme-based instead of the usual traditional style of teaching, but I found ways to demonstrate my curriculum nonetheless.
What do you hope will be the lasting value of your Capstone project, both for you and others?
In order to meet the Honors component of my Capstone, I designed and carried out one final activity with my class that took about a week to complete. After reading a story to my class about how to deal with emotions, my children held a discussion about mental balance. They wrote about what they do to cope with their emotions, and later illustrated those thoughts. I compiled their work into a book and donated it to the Windy Hill School. I hope that future Child Development seniors will read the book and realize that the activities they carry out in their classrooms can have profound and lasting effects for their students. I also hope that the children who attend the Windy Hill School will look through the book and think of their own strategies for coping with difficult feelings.
How would you summarize your Colby-Sawyer experience?
My Colby-Sawyer experience has been more rewarding than I could have dreamed. When I arrived, I thought I would be just another student who graduates unnoticed in four years. But I joined clubs, acted in plays, and worked as an RA and a work-study student. Each of these activities brought me closer to the rest of the student population, and I soon found myself deeply connected to almost every aspect of the school. I could not have asked for a better college experience, and truly think that Colby-Sawyer was the best college for me.


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Harry C. Mills, 100, of Bradenton, Florida, died Monday, July 21, 2014.
Survivors include a son, Wally (Carol) Mills; two grandsons; and two great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma M. Mills.
A funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at G.H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, 1605 S. State Road 135. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Greenwood.
Memorial contributions may be made to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health, Southside Animal Shelter or Boy Scouts of America.
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WANI and IUCN Members in Mexico establish new Watershed Committee
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Nokia: water advocacy in China
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Water Governance-A situational analysis of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam published
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Restoring the Zarqa – Respecting Our Rivers
'When you look down the Zarqa River at Janna'a Park it is hard to imagine that 30 years ago this area was green and fertile', said Eng.Mohammad Al Zawahra from Zarqa Municipality. 'People would swim in clear water pools, fish, swam in the river, and we had flowing water throughout the year'. …
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Transboundary water governance framework initiated
On 15 December, IUCN's Asia Regional Environmental Law and Water and Wetlands Programmes held a joint workshop to work with partners to brainstorm the fundamentals of a transboundary water governance assessment framework. The workshop was sponsored by the Mekong Regional Water Dialogues project, funded by the Government of Finland. …
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2nd Regional National Water Group meeting resolve to engage with policy makers and strengthen member base
The 2nd Regional National Working Group (RNWG) meeting of the Mekong Region Water Dialogues (MRWD), programme of IUCN's Asia office was organized in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from November 30th to December 1st, 2009. …
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Using water management, ecosystems and empowerment to build climate change resilience
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WANI leads climate change resilient communities in Guatemala
More than 30 officials from different municipalities in Guatemala gathered to learn from IUCN's Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) field experience in the Tacaná II project: a catchment management model and practical guide formulating management plans …
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Mumbai, Bollywood admits swine flu virus has scared it but at the same time the film fraternity stresses that undue hype is not the solution. Many among them suggest that the best way out is to alert and warn citizens.
Shabana Azmi: The swine flu has not really affected our lives at all. The hysteria it has generated can only hamper the cure. Instead of apportioning blame, we should act as responsible citizens and make sure the citizens are alerted, warned and informed about the disease.
Hema Malini: I'm not able to understand the gravity of it. I was scheduled to perform at several places for Janmashtami. But the shows were cancelled and I felt the seriousness of the situation. We shouldn't take it lightly. We need to be very careful.
Bipasha Basu: I'm in London. But I heard about it. It's really sad and scary. I hope things return to normal very soon.
Vidya Balan: The swine flu just got scarier because it's in our city now. And the civic conditions and the large population make us vulnerable. Some say the media is exaggerating and creating panic, but I think it's better safe than sorry. Let's hope it abates sooner than later.
Shekhar Kapoor: I'm trying to differentiate between rumour and reality. My daughter's school has shut down. And I was supposed to be back in New York this week. Now I've had to re-evaluate my plans.
Amrita Arora: It's definitely shaken me. Instead of panicking, I'm following orders. I'm wearing mask. I've a sanitiser by my bedside. And I'm trying to instruct my staff to take precautions. We've to stay calm.
Minissha Lamba: It has definitely made one more cautious. Normal movement is restricted. That's the least we can do to ensure it doesn't get out of hand.
Kabir Khan: There's a huge over-reaction. But the shutting of schools suits me because I'm taking the kids and rushing off to the Malaysian jungles to be with my wife Mini who's shooting there.
Tusshar Kapoor: I'm taking precautions. Trying not to panic. Unfortunately my film this week cannot be released on time due to the flu scare.
Neha Dhupia: I'm in Los Angeles and very worried because the swine flu is all that props up on the internet every time I speak to anyone back home. The key is not to panic and to take action as soon as and only if the symptoms prop up.
Rensil D'Silva: I lost two days shooting of my film "Qurbaan" in Pune, which I'll make up for when I shoot the climax. That apart, the flu scare hasn't affected me.
Amole Gupte: It's love during the time of swine flu. The family is indoors for a change. No option but to be happy bonding over varan-bhaat and televised paranoia.
Rajeev Khandelwal: There are huge warning hoardings outside the studio where we're currently shooting. There're doctors on the set. And that's a tad scary.
Ranvir Shorey: The roads are deserted in the evening. People wearing masks on the streets is scary. But they don't know the masks need to be changed every three hours to be effective.
Riya Sen: I'm taking all the precautions possible. I've ensured that my staff at work and at home, including building watchmen, wear masks.
Purab Kohli: It's scary, though I do feel there's a certain amount of sensationalism by the news channels. At home we're just making sure our immunity is kept at a high level.
Anjana Sukhani: Mom doesn't let me go out. And there're people on the streets with masks. It's definitely scary.