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New PGI OPD by month-end CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — More than 5,000 patients who visit the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) daily to attend OPDs will heave a sigh of relief when the new OPD block will become functional by the end of this month. The authorities are keen to get the block inaugurated from the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, it is learnt. The new building, especially designed to cater to the ever-increasing rush of patients and attendants, has come up in 300,000 sq mt of the Old Command Hospital area. Bulit at a cost of Rs 20 crore, the project has been completed in four years. Mr J.S. Kohli, Advisor, Engineering Department, said that earlier they had proposed to construct this block parallel to the main road, opposite the Nehru hospital and the Emergency block so that the link-bridge between the main road and the new block could facilitate the easy movement of pedestrians coming to the hospital. However, later when they realised that this would not only block the light and ventilation to the main hospital but also add unnecessary congestion and traffic chaos in the existing area, it was decided to change the location before the plan for the same was finalised. Mrs P. Sahi, Deputy Director (Administration) said that this would decongest the existing OPDs on the first two floors of the main hospital. Moreover, the hospital and engineering services would also improve the general hygiene and sanitation, she added. The heads of various departments have already been asked to visit their respective areas and plan the shifting accordingly. A committee comprising the Medical Superintendent, various heads of departments and the Superintendent Hospital Engineer has also been constituted. The hi-tech five storeyed structure, which will house various clinics of OPDs and laboratories has provision of two other storeys for future expansion. While Block C and C has five levels, A block has four levels and D block, which is the services block, has only two levels. Giving details, Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, Superintendent Hospital Engineer, said that the entry to the new OPD would be from the V3 road, dividing Sectors 11 and 12 with a dual carriage for the incoming and outgoing traffic. The parking area adjacent to the new block has provision for parking 250 cars and 450 scooters and separate areas marked for the general public and doctors. With beautiful landscapes all around, it will have a water feature with a ball and fountains in front of the magnificient porch. The entry through the porch will be in the A block, which will have 24 computerised counters to give patients new registration and repeated registrations in 3 minutes. However, complete records of these patients will be available in the record rooms provided along side each OPD ward. Provision has also been made for separate counters for invalid persons and few others to be manned by social workers who would assist and guide the vistors, particularly illiterate patients coming to the hospital. The reception area also has adequate waiting area in the centre with facilities for TV. Besides, there will be the reception counter for inquiries, a master panel indicating the location of various departments and two room, one for the trolleys and other for security purposes. To avoid further congestion, patients would be screened right at the start and the patient would be allowed to enter normally with one attendant only. The circulation area, which has the entries to all other blocks has the provision of lifts, separate for doctors and patients; stair case and ramps. Mr S.D. Sharma, Consulting Architect for the building, said that the distribution of the departments had been done keeping in view their importance, area required and the frequency of visitors and their problems. While the OPD wards of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy will be on level 1 of Block B, various laboratories — Haemotology, Microbiology, Cytology and Bio-Chemitry and the X-ray unit will be housed on level 1 of Block C. The administrative office of the DMS and the Psychiatry ward would be on level 2 of Block A, the Orthopaedics and Dispensary for the distribution of medicines on level 2 of Block B and Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Block C with a minor Operation theatre. Level three of Block A will have special clinics of Neurology and Neurosurgery besides few administrative offices. The entire top floor of ENT would be the ENT OPD since the patient load is more and it has to be totally sound proof for various advanced investigations. Level 3 of Block B will have the OPD for Internal Medicine, while Block C will have the remaining four special clinics for Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery , Nephrology and Urology. Level 4 of Block B will have the OPD for the Eye Department, while the surgical OPD with a minor OT would be on Block C. Planned with a new concept of a day care centre, level 5 of Block B will have six operation theatres and 46 recovery beds, besides pre-anaesthesia and post recovery rooms. Here the patients can be operated for minor surgeries and discharged the same day. This would further decongest the existing rush at the operation theatres in the main hospital. Block C will also have the day care facilities besides skin and pain clinics. Mr Sharma said the entire building is centrally air cooled so as to prevent suffocation and the hospital sickness due to pungent smells. Fresh air will come in through the ventillation ducts to keep the temperatures cool and the place clean and would simultaneously be sucked out through exhaust fans, he added. However, all operation theatres and few laboratories would be air-conditioned. To maintain hygiene and to save wood, alumni fittings have been used all over the building and tiles up to 3 ft will further help keep the walls clean. The internal court yards with glazed glass on top will diffuse light and air to make it well lit and ventillated. Block D which is the services block will have the centralised system for various gases, two transformers of 100 KVA for power supply, gen sets of 500 KVA and the air conditioning plant with 3 units of 100 TR each. They have done away with the old cylinder systems. Proper care has been taken to ensure that wet services like water sewage, disposal are on the periphery. Level 2 will have the cafeteria with provision for a chemist shop, milk bar, STD/PCO booths. It has entry from all sides to facilitate the attendants to come from outside also. The entire building is well equipped with fire fighting equipment — extinguishers and water hydrants besides the exits on all corners of these blocks. Plans are also there to instal interesting murals depicting the history of medicine and the system of distribution of medicine from the people from the ayurveda days. A link road has been
provided to connect this new block with the main hospital
and shuttle services would be provided through mini buses
to both patients and doctors on duty every 10-15 minutes.
Some doctors are of the view that it would be difficult
to shift the emergency cases in sun or rain and
eventually a corridoor, linking the OPD with the main
hospital, would be the only solution. |
PU coach for nationals
camp CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — Surinder Mahajan, a Sports Authority of India coach posted at Panjab University, will be one of the two coaches approved by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) for national coaching camp at Jalandhar from January 3 to 24. The BAI has decided to hold these camps at regional level in assistance with SAI to provide more exposure to upcoming players. In the 32 players’ list announced by BAI, four boys and three girls from Panjab University centre are included. The boys are Akash Singh, Puneet Bansal( both under-16) and Deepak Sindhu and Vivek Sharma (under-19). In girls, Isha Sharma in under-19 and Rachna Sethi and Mala Gaba in under-16 have been selected. Parnita Verma is taken as standby. The other boys selected are: under-16: Sumeet (Haryana), Manish Rawat (Delhi), Surinder (HP), Mayank Behal (Punjab), Rohit (Haryana), Vikram Saini (J&K), Praveen Tak (Rajasthan) and Iqbal Singh; under-19: Sukhvinder (Haryana), Satwinder (Haryana), Randhir Singh (Rajasthan), Harinder Singh (Punjab), Mabashir Khan (Delhi), Punit Aggarwal (J&K), Jaswant Singh (Rajasthan) and Tanvir Gill (Delhi); reserves: Avinash Malhotra (J&K), Gagan Preet Singh (Delhi), Sanjeev (HP), Vishal Dogra (J&K), Dilpreet Singh (Punjab) and Iqbal Singh (Punjab). Girls — under-19: Nazma Praveen (Punjab); under-16: Roma (Haryana), Kawleen Sehgal (Rajasthan), Gauri (Haryana), Madhvi Jolly (J&K), Priya Verma (Rajasthan), Kamini (HP), Pratibha (Haryana) and Sandhya (Punjab); reserves: Meghna Aggarwal (Rajasthan), Gurpreet Kaur (Punjab), Poonam (Rajasthan) and Poonam (HP). TT teams: Harish Kumar of AG (Audit) Haryana in men and Shikha Sharma in women will lead the 12-member Chandigarh table tennis team, which will take part in the 61st Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship to be held at Lucknow (UP) from January 6 to 12, according to a press note of the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association. The senior nationals were originally to be held in Orissa but due to the severe cyclone, were shifted to present venue by Table Tennis Federation of India. The annual general meeting of the TTFI will also be held during the meet. Members of the team are men: Harish Kumar (captain), Anoop KC, Amod Dixit, Sunil Bhambhu, Mandeep Singh and Gaurav Bhatia; women: Shikha Sharma (captain), Barkha K.C., Anuradha Bansal, Amarpreet Kaur, Ruchi Pandoh and Mamta Bhambri. Mr Patanjali Kumar will be manager while Mr Rajiv Kaushal the coach of the team. Tushar lifts title: Tushar Liberhan of St John’s High School, Sector 26, was the under-14 singles tennis title at the recently concluded AITA Tennis Tournament at Delhi. In the final, he beat Divij Sharan of Delhi 6-2, 6-1. In under-16, he reached the semi-finals. Tushar had performed well in under-14 section at the National Championships held at Delhi. He will represent India in under-14 in the Asia Cup Tennis Tournament for boys in Islamabad (Pakistan). Vishal, Tarun
win: Vishal Gupta defeated Akshay Manchanda
37-44, 63-39, 58-48, 68-24 in a junior billiards match at
the 17th Chandigarh Open State Junior Billiards and
Snooker (under-21) tournament in progress at Chandigarh
Billiards Coaching Centre, Sector 22. Tarun Malik beat
Rahul, Robin defeated Karan Shardha and Anshuman lost to
Kapil Chadha. Anandit Joshi outplayed Parmod 42-35,
57-23, 41-52 and 52-20. |
Only a handful of people
at khulla darbar PANCHKULA, Jan 3 — Transfers and cases of ex-gratia payments due to families of police personnel were put up for consideration of the Director-General of Police, Mr SPS Rathore, at the ‘khulla darbar’ organised at the Police Headquarters, Sector 6, here today. Only a handful of people came to the darbar to redress their grievances, most of which were either widows or police personnel. Enquries were ordered into two cases where the public was not satisfied with the police action. Both cases pertained to Karnal. In his complaint to the DGP, Paramjit Singh said that the police had shown complete indifference in registering a case against Tirlok Singh of his village. He alleged that inspite of repeated visits to the police station the personnel refused to admit his complaint against Tirlok Singh, who played a key role in beating up his family members and womenfolk occupying the land in question. He further stated that the Superintendent of Police had further taken no action and had even refused to entertain them. In reply the SP tried beating about the bush without stating the exact nature of the case and said that there was a previous complaint which was registered against the complainants. He later admitted that he was not well-versed with the case and would look into the complaint. However, the DGP instructed him to check the matter and give in a factual report. In another case, a complainant alleged that he had been falsely implicated for threatening the Superintendent of Police and using foul language. Not convinced with the reply of the police official, Mr Rathore assured him that an enquiry would be conducted into the matter. Also, a compliance report of the last darbar was read out before the proceedings for this darbar began. In a case where a shopkeeper had alleged that a shop in his vicinity had stocked explosives, the DSP, Mr JP Dahiya, said that an inquiry had been conducted into the matter but no explosives were recovered. He added that the complaint had been the result of a personal grudge between the two and both parties were satisfied after the enquiry. The DGP also instructed his men to prepare a black book on the names of people who come in the darbar with false complaints and take action against them if they misuse a public office to settle personal scores. Mr Rathore was also
informed that the case of Surjit Singh, an employee of
the BEL factory, found dead in mysterious circumstances,
had been transferred to the Crime Branch. In a fraud case
of Kurukshetra, brought before the DGP by Mr Devender
Chopra, the department had not yet received a compliance
report, it was informed. |
Bhavan
room tariff revised CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — The Chandigarh Administration has revised upwards the tariff of rooms at Panchayat Bhavan in Sector 18 here. According to Mr Narinder Singh, a tourism promoter, the new rates effective from New Year Day go against the proclamations of the senior functionaries of the Administration of promoting tourism in the city. Mr Narinder Singh says that against the existing rate of Rs 140 of an ordinary room, the new tariff would be Rs 200 per room per day. Similarly, the tariff for an airconditioned room would be Rs 500 against Rs 400 at present. Similarly, the rate charged for a dormitory would be Rs 24 against Rs 15 earlier. Mr Narinder Singh says
that Panchayat Bhavan was basically built to provide
economical accommodation to people from rural and
backward areas visiting the capital here. But the upward
revision of the room tariff was against the basic
philosophy of building this bhavan. |
Subdivision
authorities oppose diversion DERA BASSI, Jan 3 — The local subdivisional authorities have represented to the National Highway authorities not to divert the traffic from Dera Bassi to Chandigarh via Mubarikpur, before starting the construction of the overbridge at Bhankharpur Railway Crossing, since the road is not fit to bear the load of heavy traffic. The authorities have argued that though the Punjab Public Works Department (PWD) has started widening the road, possibilities of traffic jams remain. In the representation to the National Highway authorities, Mr SS Sidhu, SDM, and Mr HS Bhullar, DSP, have suggested the widening of the Dera Bassi-Issapur road so that the traffic to Chandigarh can be diverted via Issapur to rejoin the highway at Bhankharpur. Those coming from Chandigarh may be diverted via Mubarikpur to rejoin the highway near DAV School at Dera Bassi, they have urged. Residents of this town and of surrounding villages have also demanded the widening of the Dera Bassi-Issapur road, which will ease the rush and ensure repair of the road. “During the widening of this link road, traffic on the Dera Bassi-Bhankharpur road via Mubarikpur will be reduced. This will reduce traffic chaos on both roads. Moreover, the Issapur road will be metalled after about five years,” said Mr J.L. Gupta. According to Mr Jgjit
Singh Dalli, President of the Municipal Council, traffic
congestion will be reduced if the traffic is diverted via
Issapur road. If the traffic is not diverted to this
road, the highway will have traffic disruptions, the kind
of which were seen on September 27, when traffic on the
highway was diverted via Mubarikpur for some repair work
on the railway track at the Bhankharpur railway crossing. |
Urvashi
joins forum CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — The Chandigarh Administration has appointed Ms Urvashi Agnihotri, a member of the District Consumer Forum-II, according to an announcement here today. Her appointment is for five years or till she attains the age of 65 years or whichever is earlier. Her appointment has been made by the Administrator of Chandigarh under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act. Extension in construction period : The Chandigarh Administration has notified the Chandigarh Leasehold of Sites and Buildings (Amendment) Rules, 1999. According to the new amended rules, the lessees, who could not complete the building within the extended period upto December 31, 1999, may be given another opportunity to do so by March 31, 2001, on payment of extension fee at the rate of Rs 70 per square metre for residential, institutional and other categories of sites and by December 31, 2000, on a payment of Rs 140 per square metre for the commercial and industrial sites by the Estate Office, keeping in view the merits of the case. By another notification,
the Chandigarh (Sale of Sites and Buildings) Rules, 1960,
have also been amended. The amended Rule 12 says that
“the transferees, who could not complete the
building within the extended period upto December 31,
1999, may be given another opportunity to do so by March
31, 2001, on payment of an extension fee of Rs 70 per
square metre for residential, instituitional and other
categories of site and by December 31, 2000 on a payment
of Rs 140 per square metre for commercial and industrial
sites by the Estate Office, keeping in view the merits of
the case.” |
Research
Officer given send-off CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 —
Mr K.K. Agnihotri, Research Officer of the Economic and
Statistical Organisation, Punjab, who retired on December
31, was given a warm send-off today by the Joint Action
Committee of the planning and statistical personnel,
according to the General Secretary, Mr Swatantar Kumar. |
AMC
celebrates anniversary CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — The Army Medical Corps (AMC) celebrated its 236th anniversary at Chandi Mandir near here today. To mark the occasion, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Veer Smriti war memorial to pay homage to AMC personnel who laid down ttheir lives in the line of duty. The Deputy Director Medical Services, Western Command, Maj-Gen R.P. Arora, and Commandant, Western Command Hospital, Maj-Gen Virendra Singh, paid floral tributes at the war memorial. A social get-together was also held for serving and retired AMC officers and their families. Sport events, cultural events and barakhana were organised for other ranks and their families. The Director-General Armed Forces Medical Services, Lt-Gen R. Jayaswal, and the Director-General Medical Services (Army), Lt-Gen S.C. Verma, in their messages, extended felicitations to all AMC personnel and their families on the occasion. The AMC has been actively involved in looking after the sick and the wounded, including retired military personnel and their dependants, and in evacuation of battle casualties from the frontline by stretcher, ambulance, aircraft or ship. During Operation Vijay,
Western Command Hospital handled the highest number of
casualties. Having treated 523 wounded soldiers during
the Kargil conflict, the hospital staff got first hand
experience in the management of battle casualties. It was
awarded the Best Hospital Trophy by the Defence Minister
in 1999. Campaign to clear corridors CHANDIGARH, Jan 3 — The enforcement staff of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) has began a campaign to clear corridors of encroachments in the city. According to sources,
the campaign has been introduced following repeated
complaints from public that shopkeepers were displaying
their wares in the corridors, which were basically meant
for public. The campaign, which was started on Wednesday,
has so far covered Sectors 22, 35, 19 and 20. The
encroachments from Sector 37-C were removed today. There
was a mild resistance from the shopkeepers who had
displayed their wares in the corridors. |
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