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HEALTH

Heart clinic’s unique anniversary
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — The Clinic and Heart Station, Sector 22, which has been providing varied advanced diagnostic services to the residents of the city, today celebrated its 20th anniversary in a unique way.

All the patients who visited the clinic today for consultation of tests were not only provided free services but also served sweets. “It was a pleasant surprise as they had not advertised about it,” said one of the patients who had come for a test. Dr G.P. Malik, consulting physician and cardiologist and the owner of the clinic, was nostalgic of the years gone by, especially when it was inaugurated on this day in 1980 by the then Chief Secretary, Haryana, Mr S.D. Bhambri. “Today is significant indeed for we have completed 20 years on January 20 and in the year 2000.”

He further said that the clinic which was initially started in 1980 as a simple clinical laboratory has now become a one stop station for all advanced heart investigations, including ECG, Tred Mill Test (TMT), Holter’s Monitoring and Echocardiography. Even the clinical laboratory is fully computerised. “It has been very satisfying to provide these services to the people of the city and surrounding areas and we have made a good headway in our practice also,” he said.

Before starting the clinic, Dr Malik had worked at the Department of Medicine, PGI, before moving to the General Hospital, Sector 16. Better monetary prospects coupled with a desire to give the people of the city the best in diagnostic services, I had decided to start the clinic. His wife, Dr Neelam Malik, a year back joined the clinic as a gynaecologist. She was earlier working at the Sector 22 Polyclinic. The clinic is also marked by clean and modern interiors.

Dr Malik lamented that competition due to mushrooming of diagnostic clinics had led to an unfortunate nexus between the doctors and these clinics, and the practice of clinic giving the doctors a cut for recommending their clinic. “The percentage of the cut varies from clinic to clinic and is just an attempt to outdo each other. However, the trend has recently crept into our field, but old-timers like us are still thriving on our regular clientele and the reputation we have built over the years,” he explained.

Roadways staff get eyes checked
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — More than 190 patients, mostly drivers and other staff members of Haryana Roadways, got their eyes examined at a free camp, organised by the State Bank of India, Lions Club, Chandigarh, and District Blindness Control Society here on January 16.

Medicines free of cost were also distributed among them.

Mr Parveen Kumar, General Manager, Mr R. K. Pathak, Works Manager, Mr D. K. Gupta, Traffic Manager, and Mr Sumer Singh Rana, President, Roadways Karamchari Union, Chandigarh depot, cooperated to make this project a success.

300 given Hepatitis-B injections
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CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — As many as 300 students of Government College for Girls, Sector 42, were given Hepatitis-B injections at a camp organised by Lions Club Vishal, Mani Majra, Model Town and Midtown jointly with the college.

The camp was inaugurated by the college Principal, Mrs Mohini Sharma and Dr N.K. Grover, Vice District Governor. M/s S.K. Laboratory and Smithkline had provided the injection at half rates to the Lions International Organisation.

SPORT

DAV-8 enters handball final
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CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, 18-12, in a semi-final of the boys' handball matches in the UT Inter-School Tournaments, here today.

In a girls' semi-final, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, beat Government High School, Sector 37, 22-19.

Earlier in the boys' league matches, DAV-8 beat GHS-37, 12-4, and SGHS-35 beat GMSSS-21, 10-4.

In the girls' league matches, GGSSS-8 beat GNPS-36, 14-8; SGGSSSS-35 beat GMSSS-21, 7-5; and SGGSSSS-35 beat GGSSS-20, 9-1.

In the girls' hockey matches of the tournament, Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, beat Government High School, Sector 47, 1-0, at the Sector 18 stadium, here today.

In another match, GGSSS-18 beat GGSSS-20, 6-1. Jyoti Bali scored a hat trick for the GGSSS-18 team. In the third match played today, GGSSSS-35 beat GHS-47, 3-0.

Following were the results of the basketball matches: DAVS-15 b GNPS-36, 30-4; SPS-41 b GMHS-26, 50-27; SPS-41 b GNPS-36, 60-13; AKSIPS-41 b GMSSS-37, 7-6; GMS-26 b GMSSS-37, 36-2; DAV-15 b SPS-41, 27-7; GNPS-36 b AKSIPS-41, 29-28; girls — GMHS-26 b GMSSS-16, 27-7.

Following are the results of the volleyball matches played today: Girls — GMHS-26 b GGSSS-8, 25-14, 25-21 (2-0); GHS-32 b GSSS-27, 25-15, 25-22 (2-0); GSSS-27 b GMSSS-33, 25-8, 25-13 (2-0); GHS-32 b GMHS-26, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23; boys — SPS-41 b GSSS-27, 25-10, 25-17 (2-0); and DAVSSS-8 b GMSSS-33, 25-10, 25-7 (2-0).

Taran, Pikka win medal round
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — Taran S. Singh and Pikka P. Singh returned the best gross scores to emerge winners in the silver and bronze division, respectively, in the Ladies Medal Round played at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Thursday.

The score:

Silver division: best gross — Taran S. Singh; Nett winner — Harinder Sandhu; Nett runner-up — Dalbir Sahi.

Bronze division: Best gross — Pikka P. Singh; Nett winner — Biba N. Singh; Nett runner-up — Gaitri M.M. Singh.

ADMINISTRATION

White Paper on MCC's finances demanded
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — Major political parties, while criticising the water tariff hike and grant of telephone allowance to the councillors of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), have demanded a White Paper on the financial status of the civic body.

At a meeting here today, the parties said the residents had every right to know the details of the funds and their utilisation. The Chandigarh Administration was receiving the same budget from the Centre as was received before the constitution of the corporation, and the corporation was not doing any additional works, apart from the works performed by the administration earlier. Hence there was no need for raising resources by imposing new taxes on residents, according to a press note.

The meeting was attended by Mr Shivi Jaiswal and Mr Devinder Singh Dhillon (Samajwadi Party), Mr Subhash Chawla (Congress), Mr Ajay Jagga (Janata Dal United), Mr Mata Ram Dhiman (BSP), Mr Ram Inder Singh and Mr Sohan Lal Bansal (CPI), Mr G.S. Palia and Mr N.S. Minhas (SAD), Mr J.S. Sawhney (AISAD) and Mr Rattan Singh Baghi (Janata Dal Secular).

They were of the opinion that there was no resource crunch with the civic body, as had been proved by the sanctioning of telephone allowance arrears amounting to about Rs 11 lakh to the councillors. The press note also demanded a clear-cut demarcation of works undertaken by the administration and the MCC for the convenience of the general public. Mr Ram Pal Hans has also flayed the MCC's decisions.

Mayors' meeting

The Mayor, Ms Shanta Abhilashi, will participate in the 36th general meeting of the All-India Council of Mayors and 72nd executive meeting of the council, to be held on January 22 and 23 at Vadodara in Gujarat, according to a press note.

Haryana reinstates Estate Officer
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA Jan 20 — The Haryana Government reinstated the Estate Officer, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Mr N.K. Singla, with immediate effect today evening. The letter issued to him stated that he had been reinstated without prejudice to disciplinary proceedings against him.

Mr Singla was suspended by the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, at a "Sarkar Aapke Dwar" programme in the township, following a complaint by a residents' welfare association, which alleged that Mr Singla had kept his eyes shut in the wake of encroachments by Punjab on the land of the state. Mr Chautala had suspended the official with immediate effect at the venue of the programme.

This had led to a lot of resentment among the employees. They said the action had been taken without any deliberation and any inquiry into the matter.

Highway to be beautified
From Our Correspondent

ZIRAKPUR Jan 20 — The Deputy Commissioner of Patiala, Mr Jasbir Singh Bir, today held a meeting of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat and the Punjab Public Works Department (National Highway), to chalk out a plan to beautify the stretch of the Chandigarh-Ambala highway that falls in the panchayat's jurisdiction.

"It is the gateway of Punjab and it should be appealing," he said.

Mr Sher Singh Sidhu, SDM, Mr M. S. Aujla, Chief Town Planner of Punjab, Mr Surjit Singh, Administrator of the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat, Mr Ashok Sharma, Executive Engineer (PWD), Mr K. K. Garg, Executive Engineer (PSEB), and Mr A. L. Bansal, Executive Officer, were also present.

Demolitions flayed
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CHANDIGARH Jan 20 — The demolition of the illegal alterations and additions by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) in Sector 61 here yesterday has come in for severe criticism at the hands of residents.

The residents alleged that certain walls facing the stairs of House numbers Nos 431(A and B) and 441 (A and B), which had been erected for the safety of the houses from thefts,had been demolished without any notice.

Mr B.K. Gupta, a resident, alleged that the CHB was responsible for the defective design of not providing any measure for the safety of the first floor occupants.

Another resident, Mr Chanan Singh, claimed that as soon as the notices were received a request was made to the board not to demolish the structures till the finalisation of the building bylaws by the Chandigarh Administration. Overlooking the genuine demand of the residents the structures were pulled down and there is resentment among the residents.

He demanded the suspension of further demolitions.

PUDA demolishes encroachments
From Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar Jan 20 — The PUDA authorities launched an anti-encroachment drive here today.

A 30-member team, headed by an SDO, demolished around 50 jhuggis in Jhota Kutt colony in Sector 71. In Phase XII, about 45 khokhas in an illegal market were removed, which had come up between a temple and a community centre. Four dairies near Phase XI were also demolished.