HEALTH

12 pc city residents iodine deficient
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
More than 12 per cent residents of Chandigarh are suffering from iodine deficiency, which makes the city prone to endemic diseases like goitre. This was stated by the Medical Superintendent and Joint Director Health Service, Chandigarh, Dr Usha Bishnoi Kapoor, at an awareness camp organised at Government High School, Sector 11.

The deficiency in expectant mothers can lead to the birth of children with mental and physical retardation. The iodine intake can be easily increased in the body by consuming iodised salt daily in the diet.

“At the national level 200 million persons are suffering from iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and 70 million of them have developed goitre,” she added.

The students were informed that iodine deficiency among the expectant mothers could lead to children born with mental and physical retardation. “Around 2.2 million children are born with mental and physical retardation and 6.6 million children are born with some neurological defect.”

Ayurveda gaining popularity
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
Patients suffering from chronic diseases are taking recourse to ayurvedic system which have yielded positive results’. We have treated such chronic patients, who did not have much success with such premier institutions as the PGI, Chandigarh, and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, claimed Dr Madan Gulati, the SMO in charge of the Sector 24 ayurvedic dispensary and Deputy Director(Ayurveda).

The ayurveda had started making inroads into the western world as was evident from the recent visit of a 10-member team of doctors from the British National Health Service under the aegis of Prince of Wales Foundation of Integrated Medicine, he said.

The visit was the first step in the direction of the globalisation of the ayurveda, Dr Gulati said. Even in the recent Union Budget, the government had laid emphasis on the promotion of the alternative systems of medicines. With a vast variety of the herbs in the country, India could be the “ayurvedic capital” of the world, Dr Gulati said.

Giving details, Dr Gulati said the ayurvedic system laid emphasis on treating the diseased first and then the disease. While other systems of medicine had side effects. The holistic approach of the ayurvedic system had ensured certain positive effects, he added. 

Stress can aggravate vitiligo, say experts
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
Stress can aggravate vitiligo, a common disease in which white patches start appearing on the skin. And the first step in the direction of a perfect cure for this disorder lies in distressed environment where the patient should not worry about the disease, which is fully treatable and not at all infectious.

“A large number of patients are so depressed when white patches begin to appear that the help of psychologist is also needed. The patients in their marriageable age are more concerned as they fear that their marital prospects get a severe set back with the emergence of spots,” said Dr A.J. Kanwar, head of Department of Dermatology, PGI, addressing mediapersons today. The study conducted by the department has already established a correlation between enhanced stress levels and aggravation of vitiligo. “Both vitiligo and hyperpigmentation (where the dark coloured patches begin to appear on the body) are not merely cosmetic diseases but in the severe cases, hearing and the eye-sight of the patients can also be affected,” added Prof Kanwar.

Though a common skin disorder in India, (where the population have a type IV skin), no exact cause of the disorder has yet been found. The dermatologists say that the causes are ``composite,’’ and genes and cells are also found to cause vitiligo. Even as the disease is fully treatable, the chances of its complete cure brighten if it is diagnosed early.

“Around 4,000 patients from all over the region are getting treatment at the special skin clinics in the PGI, while 0.4 per cent to 8 per cent population in India is affected by the disease. Seven to eight cases of the disease routinely come in the clinics every week here,” Assistant Professor Dr D. Prasad.

The treatment, which generally lasts for six months to one year, lies both in medication and surgical procedures. ``The treatment varies in each individual case. Some patients are given the treatment through the narrow band UV chamber, which is administered on the patients every alternate day and there are no side effects of the technique. Surgery is also performed to treat the disease in certain cases,” added Prof Kanwar.

Use cosmetics selectively: They can have their own side effects:

Dermatologists are skeptic about the use of cosmetics as they say fairness creams, sun protection lotions and hair dyes can lead to infections and allergies. “Some cosmetics have steroids also which can have an adverse affect on the user,” added Dr Prasad. The products containing aloe vera can be a cause of allergies on sensitive skin. Skin pealing should also be avoided as skin’s exposure to sun after pealing can lead to extreme pigmentation. `We do not think that the much publicised fairness creams are that effective in the long run,’’ added Prof Kanwar.

Workshop on hernia held
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
About 500 patients were operated upon for hernia every year in military hospitals and out of these, 20 per cent are serving soldiers. This was highlighted out at a workshop on hernia, organised by Command Hospital, Chandimandir, today.

About 100 surgeons attended the workshop, which focused on open inguinal hernia repair by bilayer mesh hemioplasty. A live demonstration of repair of various types of inguinal hernia was given by Lt Col P.S. Pujari, surgical specialist at the Command Hospital.

Earlier, inaugurating the workshop, Deputy Director Medical Services, Major-Gen M.P. Jaiprakash, emphasised the need to have hernia treated at the earliest opportunity to avoid complications at a later stage.

SPORTS

Sports meet concludes
Our Sports Reporter

Patiala, March 6
The 4th annual inter-zone central sports meet of the State Bank of Patiala concluded at the Government College of Physical Education ground here today.

The meet was inaugurated by Mr Yogesh Agarwal, Managing Director of the bank, while the prizes were distributed by Mr P.K Panda and Mr Ashok Mukund, both Chief General Managers.

Results: Carrom-singles, men: M.S Rawat (Delhi)-1, J.S Bhatia (Head Office, Patiala)-2, Harjeet Singh (HO, Patiala)-3. Men’s Badminton, Singles (upto 35 years): Rajiv Kumar (Delhi)-1, Vikas (Patiala zone)-2, Tarsem (Bathinda zone)-3. Women badminton, singles ( 35-45 years): Neeru (Chandigarh zone)-1, Renu Gupta (Bathinda zone)-2, Manjit Kaur (Patiala zone)-3. men’s 100m (upto 35 years): Ashok Kumar (Haryana)-1, Udham Singh (Bathinda)-2, Parmod Kumar (Patiala zone)-3. Men’s 100m (35 to 45 years): Mohan Singh (Jalandhar)-1, Lachman Singh (Patiala zone)-2, Baljit Singh (Haryana zone)-3. Men’s 100m (above 45 years):Sher Singh (Patiala zone)-1, Bal Kishen (Haryana zone)-2, Bawa Ram (Jalandhar zone)-3. Women’s 100m (Upto 35 years): Govind Kaur (Chandigarh zone)-1, Jasbir Kaur (Patiala zone)-2, Kulwinder Kaur (Haryana zone)-3. Men’s TT singles: GPS Narang (Patiala zone)-1, Rajinder Garg (Bathinda zone)-2, Satish Thagela (Delhi zone)-3. Men’s badminton, singles (Above 45 years): H.S Talwar (Bathinda zone)-1, Bal Kishen (Haryana zone)-2, Vinay Bishnoi (Delhi zone)-3. Men’s Long Jump (upto 35 years): Ashok (Haryana zone)-1, Jatinder (Delhi zone)-2, Joginder (Haryana zone)-3. Men’s Long Jump (35 to 45 years): Kuldip Singh (Jalandhar zone)-1, Baljit Singh (Haryana zone)-2, Surinder Kumar (Jalandhar zone)-3. Women carrom singles: M.A Malini (HO, Patiala)-1, Neelam Rekhi (Haryana zone)-2, Neeru (Chandigarh zone)-3. Men’s 400m (Upto 35 years): Sukhwinder Singh (Jalandhar zone)-1, Satyanaryanan (Haryana zone)-2, Joginder Singh (Haryana zone)-3. Men’s 400m (35 to 45 years): Dharam Singh (Patiala zone)-1, Jagdeep Singh (Jalandhar zone)-2, Mohan (Jalandhar zone)-3. Men’s 400m (upto 45 years): Bhup Singh (Haryana zone)-1, R.S. Benipal (Haryana zone)-2, Sukhdev Singh (Bathinda zone)-3.

Ajay Singh enters finals of boxing tourney
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
Ajay Singh of Chandigarh Yellow secured a berth in the finals under the light heavyweight category beating Vijay Chaudhary of Madhya Pradesh in the 12th All-India Invitation AK Misra Memorial Boxing Championship held at the Skating Rink, Sector 10, here today. Mr Bhupinder Singh, treasurer, Haryana Olympic Association, presented the bronze medals to the winners.

Today’s semi-final results: Lt. Heavy wt.: Ram Singh (PUN) bt Ramjan Ali (BEN); heavywt: Balkar Singh (PUN) bt Lila Ram (ASI); Ramesh Kumar (HAR) bt Anupam Mishra (MAH); super heavywt.:Machaque (MRI) bt R Narender Yadav (AP); Kuldeep Singh (HAR) bt Amit (DEL); middle wt.: K Sanjit Singh (AR) bt Vijay Kumar (UP); Didar Singh (PEPSU) bt Sandeep Kumar (DEL); welter wt.: Bhupender Dalal (HAR) bt Prabhakar (AP); Suranjeet (AR) bt Pardeep Kumar (DEL); lt welterwt: Rakesh Kumar (PEPSU) bt E Adam (POND); M Hemant (AR) bt Gurpreet Singh (PUN); lightwt: H Nepolian (AR) bt Seville (MRI); Narinder Sangwan (HAR) bt Satpal Singh (IBA); featherwt: Sutton (MRI-B) bt Nadim Khan (UTR); Siddharth (MAH) bt Kamal Chauhan (HP); bantam wt: Indera Kumar Singh (ASI) bt Vinod Bisht (UTR); SK Thapa (AR) bt Jai Parkash (DEL); fly wt: K Chiranjeevi (AP) bt Adilur Rehman (BEN); SB Thapa (AR) bt S Dhaliwal (HAR); lt. fly wt: Deep Chand (DEL) bt Dharminder (CHD-G); Adadeen (MRI) bt Biswajeet Nandal (AR).

The final bout will be held tomorrow from 3.30 pm onwards.

Hardeep is Mr Chandigarh
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, March 6
Hardeep Singh of Bon Sante, Sector 17, Chandigarh, was declared 4th Classic Mr Chandigarh in the 16th Mr Chandigarh Body Building Championship held today at the DAV College Auditorium, Sector 10. In this meet, 65 bodybuilders from various health clubs took part. Jatinder Singh also from Bon Sante won the second place and Inder Mohan also from same club was placed third.

BCC wins

A superb knock of 37 runs by R.P. Singh and fine bowling performance by left arm spinner Kulvinder Singh Romi steered Bharat Cricket Club in the final of Amartex Cricket Club cricket meet by defeating Satluj Cricket Club by two wickets here today. The tournament is being organised by the Panchkula District Cricket Association affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association at the J.R. Institute of Cricket Technology, Panchkula.

Bharat Cricket Club skipper Rajiv Bhardwaj invited the opponents to bat first after winning the toss.

Chasing a total of 145 runs to win in 50 overs, Bharat Cricket Club started on a sound note as R.P. Singh and Ranjeev Bhardwaj opened the innings. R.P. Singh in particular was very harsh on the bowlers. Jai Kapil (28) and Kamal Walia (38) played cautiously but with commitment and registered 100 runs for the team in the 20th over.

Brief scores: Satluj Cricket Club 145 all out in 47.1 overs (Navdeep Singh 32, Gaurav Gupta 46, Sanjay Dhull 17, Sanjeev Chadha 10, Dipinder Chhabra 15 n.o., Manpreet Singh 2 for 25, Jagdish Kumar 2 for 25, Kulwinder Rambo 2 for 19, Kulwinder Romi 3 for 26.

Bharat Cricket Club 146 for 8 in 30.2 overs (RP Singh 37, Jai Kapil 28, Kamal Walia 38, Navdeep Singh 3 for 25, Sanjay Dhull 2 for 32).

Indo-Pak kabaddi match on March 11
Our Correspondent

Zirakpur, March 6
To strengthen Indo-Pak relationship, Sanjh Dilan Diya Di Sports Club, Zirakpur, with the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat and the Zirakpur Property Dealers Association has decided to organise Kadabbi and Wrestling matches between Indian and Pakistan teams. The matchers would be organised in Zirakpur on March 11.

Mr Narinder Sharma, president of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat, said that fields are being prepared along the Chandigarh-Patiala highway in Zirakpur. 

City cycle polo team to leave for Howrah
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, March 6
The Chandigarh cycle polo team will leave for Howrah (Kolkata ) to take part in a seven-day 27th Senior (men) Cycle Polo Championship to be held from March 7 to 13. The team was selected after conducting two-month coaching at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 under the supervision of Mr Vijay Jaiswal, Inspector Jagbir Singh and Mr Ravinder Talwar.

The team is: Rohit Aswal (Captain), Mandeep Singh Mann, Mandeep Singh, Pritam Pal, Gaurav, Ishavdeep Singh, Ansuman and Mukesh. 

ADMINISTRATION

Estate Office records a click away
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 6
The entire records of the Estate Office will be available on the website, said Mr Arun Kumar, Deputy Commissioner and the Estate Officer, in a press note here.

Work on the project is at an advanced stage for “putting on web the records of the office in the public domain” and the entire project will be completed within this year. For information one has to visit the website at www.chandigarh.nic.in. He is required to put in either the file number or plot number along with the sector to see different details related to case of his property, the Deputy Commissioner said.

Details can be procured regarding type of property (plot or built up, area of property, status of property (resumed, cancelled or normal), land category (residential, commercial, industrial or institutional) and type of tenure (leasehold, freehold or rent).

The site already has put on certain details on the web including Residential Free Hold sites auctioned after December 6, 2000; Commercial Free Hold and Lease Hold sites auctioned after December 27, 2001; and institutional sites (updated till June 2004).