HEALTH

Dispensary gets new building
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, April 9 — A new building of civil dispensary in Phase V here was inaugurated by a Punjab Cabinet Minister, Ms Satwant Kaur Sandhu, here today. A free medical camp was also inaugurated by the minister.

Earlier, the dispensary, built by the House Owners Welfare Society through donations, was functioning in a small room adjacent to the new building. The minister, in her address, lauded the role of the society and said the coming up of the building was an example of a successful community project.

Dr Rajinder Singh, Civil Surgeon of Ropar, said he would write to the higher authorities, urging them to permanently allot the new building for the government dispensary. He said a physiotherapy facility would soon be provided at the dispensary.

Trauma care can save mishap victims
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, April 9 — The management of trauma patients has come up as a super-specialised discipline in saving high death rate possibilities following road accidents.

Trauma and various related aspects, including participation of society in patient care, were underlined at the New millennium continuing medical education 2000 - trauma workshop organised by the Northern Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India at Government Medical College, Sector 32 , here today.

The branch needed cross -faculty infrastructure . The Department of Surgery oversees the operational aspects at Government Hospital. Prof S.P. Kaushik, chairman of the department, said trauma management was a super-specialised discipline. There were hospitals which catered exclusively to trauma patients. Various faculties involved included those dealing with head, chest, abdomen, bones and other aspects.

The main speakers at the workshop were Prof V.K. Kak, Director-cum-Principal of Government Medical College, Prof I.C. Pathak, a former Director of the PGI, Prof B.L.Talwar, a former Head of Surgery Department at the PGI, Dr P.C. Sood, president of the Northern India Association of Surgeons, Dr R.J. Singh, and Prof T.K. Chatopadhya.

Nearly 200 delegates from the region participated in the workshop, the Organising Secretary, Dr A.K. Attri, said. The list included 24 subject experts. Prof Kaushik pointed out that the subject was pertinent in today’s context because of a large number of accidents in and around the city.

Another aspect central to the discussions was societal awakening for accident victims’ care. People needed to understand that trauma patients brought to hospital after an hour’s delay were poor cases.

The police needed to assure people that helping patients would not be an inconvenience to helpers. “Often the police follows the helpers for a long period after the accident, going on asking details, which promote people to neglect an accident victim on the road”, a doctor said. Blood donation collection at the host college was satisfactory but added blood supply was an additional assurance for better functioning, Prof Kaushik said.

The Chairperson said there had been a considerable improvement in trauma care at GMC. Earlier, complicated cases were referred to the PGI. At the moment, there were seven well-equipped operation theatres for these. The A-Block of the main hospital would be exclusively reduced to Emergency Services Block once the entire layout was complete.

SPORT

Bombay XI beat Shine Star XI
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, April 9 — On the opening day of the IVth Ut League Cricket Tournament here today at Gursagar Grounds, Bombay XI beat Shine Star XI by six wickets. In the second match, DYFI Cricket Club beat Happy XI by 34 runs.

Brief scores: Shine Star XI — 167 for seven in 25 overs (Gagan 46, Ajay 44, Manan Dogra 2 for 20, Rajesh 2 for 21); Bombay XI — 169 for four in 15.1 overs (Daljit Singh 81 n.o., Lalit 33, Rahul 3 for 42).

DYFI — 192 runs for four wickets in 25 overs (Vinod 74, Vikram Verma 57, Amit Verma 28); Happy XI — 158 runs for nine wickets 25 overs (Rajinder 33, Vikram 24, Rajinder (jr) 22, Vikram 2 for 4 Anil 2 for 16).

Bridge tourney

The team led by Col H.S. Mann won the Chandigarh Bridge Tournament held here today Dat Sports Complex in Sector 42 where eight teams took part. The winners were Col H.S. Mann, R.K. Sharma, V.K. Aggarwal, H.S. Asla and the runners-up were Russel Lyall, Ravi Kumar, M.L. Pangotra, Dr H.S. Nanda, Col Amrik Singh. At the third place were Rakesh Goel, Surjit Kapoor, Deepak Dutta and Col R.S. Bajwa.

Cricket series

Nearly 100 boys in eight teams of 15 schools of the city are taking part in the inaugural Yuvsatta-NITT Goodwill Cricket Tournament Series for boys under the age of 15 being played here at Government Model Senior Secondary Secondary School, Sector 23. In the opening match held yesterday, Eleven Stars beat Tigers Eleven by six wickets. In the second match, Cricket Cloud 9 beat April Eleven by only five runs.

In the matches played today, ACC-42 won by a huge margin of 131 runs against Champ Eleven.