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'Osteoporosis preventable and curable' CHANDIGARH, May 20 — Nearly 65 million persons in India suffer from osteoporosis. One out of two women and one out of eight men in the world suffer from the osteoporosis related fractures. To this number, 23 lakh persons are being added annually. About 20 per cent of the hip-fracture victims die within a year and more than 50 per cent of the survivors end up incapacitated. These statistics were given by Dr S.D. Deodhar, a
former Professor of the Department of Medicine in the PGI, and Dr Parduman Singh, an orthopaedician, while delivering a lecture on Bone and Joint Diseases in the Elderly. The lecture was organised by the Chandigarh State Branch of the Indian Medical Association in collaboration with senior citizens in the Sector 15 Lajpat Rai Bhavan Auditorium today. The panelists said with the increasing age of the Indian population, osteoporosis was likely to emerge as a public health problem which could no longer be ignored. "The disease is both preventable and curable. Now, a simple and painless method of detecting osteoporosis called densitometry is available in the city," they said. Dr Parduman Singh spoke about the surgical treatment of arthritis. "The treatment depends on the joint involved and the stage of the disease. In India, the most common is the arthritis of the knee joint. For this, we offer arthoscopic lavage or wash out, in which, the joint is washed out of the wear and tear material through a pencil-like instrument. It is a key-hole surgery done through 1 cm incision and causes minimum discomfort to the patient. It also helps the surgeon to see the inside of the knee, particularly the diseased area. He also talked about the joint replacement. "The damaged knee joint is taken out and replaced by an artificial joint. These artificial joints can last from 15 to 20 years and result in a painless knee. However, the main
disadvantage is that the patient cannot bend the knee fully," he said. Another simple procedure is the high tibial osteotomy, which is basically a realignment procedure, done in relatively early cases of osteo arthritis of the knee. Dr Deodhar spoke about various kinds of arthritis, the causes of these and the problems associated with each type. He also explained various diagnostic procedures and treatments with drugs. He also
talked about treatments which women who were approaching the menopause should consider. In this therapy, natural hormones which stop being produced at the menopause are replaced by administering tablets. He talked about certain precautions which should be taken by women who could not undergo surgical treatment, like women with a family history of cancer.
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PCMS doctors up in arms CHANDIGARH, May 20 — Doctors of the Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) of general category are up in arms as according to them, their promotional avenues had been blocked, while the Punjab Government was allegedly dithering over the implementation of a rule by which persons promoted under the reservation quota could not claim seniority. Senior posts had been blocked for the past two years as no departmental promotion committee (DPC) meeting had been held. The doctors want that a Supreme Court judgement which observes that promotees under the reserved category cannot get seniority when promoted out of turn by superseding their seniors be implemented. This rule was about to be implemented a few days ago. However, it was stalled, allege the doctors. The same rule has already been implemented in other departments of Punjab but the Health Department has been left out. Several doctors have even retired without promotion. Another 20 odd doctors are in line for promotion, a press release of the PCMS doctors said. Meanwhile, a state-level meeting was held recently at which, Dr D.S. Virk , Joint Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, was elected President and Dr S.S. Sharma and Dr S.N. Tewari were elected Senior Vice President and General Secretary , respectively.
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145-run victory for ICC XI CHANDIGARH,
May 20 — Dharamvir's fine knock of 86 runs helped ICC XI beat Pioneer XI by 145 runs in the fourth UT League Cricket Tournament in the Sector 16 stadium here today. ICC XI made 229 runs for the loss of nine wickets, while Pioneer XI were bundled out for just 84 runs in 17.2 overs. In another match of the day, Ajay Duggal who made unbeaten 44 runs and claimed six wickets, helped Prudential Cricket Club beat BBMB XI by six wickets. In another match, Mohali Gymkhana beat ASCC XI by 43 runs. Mohali Gymkhana scored 146 runs for the loss of five wickets. Kamal Walia was the highest scorer with 35 runs, followed by Vikram Sharma and Deepinder who scored 28 runs each. In reply, ASCC XI were all out for 103 runs in just 21.3 overs. In another match, 3BRD XI defeated Haryana Seeds Corporation XI by 41 runs. The 3BRD team made 211 runs for the loss of eight wickets, while Haryana Seeds XI were bundled out for 170 runs. In the last match of the day, Sports Club, Panchkula, beat PDCA XI by 48 runs. Sports Club scored 171 runs for the loss of six wickets, while PDCA XI were all out for 123 runs in 22.3 overs.
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Nidhi, Sumit win carrom titles CHANDIGARH, The junior girls' and boys' titles were won by Shikha Nanda of Government Model School, Sector 37, and Ramanpreet Pahwa of Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, respectively. They beat Pallavi Piplani and Dhruva, respectively. Anjali Negi of the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, avenged past year's defeat by beating Saroj Chandel of the Reserve Bank of India to win the title. The men's singles title went to Gagandeep Singh who beat Tejinder Harry. Results: Men's singles (semi-finals) — Tejinder Harry b Ramanpreet, 24-25, 25-10, 25-16; Gagandeep Singh b Sanjay Negi, 25-7, 25-14; finals — Gagandeep Singh b Tejinder Harry, 25-14, 6-25, 25-5. Junior boys' singles (semi-finals) — Ramanpreet b Taranpreet, 23-25, 25-1, 25-14; Dhruva b Sumit, 14-25, 25-8, 25-12; finals — Ramanpreet Pahwa b Dhruva, 23-25, 25-21, 25-11. Sub-junior boys' singles (semi-finals) — Sumit b Rahul Nanda, 25-8, 25-6; Taranpreet b Gurinder, 14-21, 25-13, 20-15; finals — Sumit b Taranpreet, 16-19, 15-12, 25-5. Women's singles (semi-finals) — Anjali Negi b Inder Kanta, 25-4, 25-6; Saroj Chandel b Veena Dumra, 25-14, 25-8; finals Anjali Negi b Saroj Chandel, 25-4, 25-6. Girls' singles (semi-finals) — Pallavi b Neha, 25-0, 25-1; Shikha Nanda b Eveleen, 25-0, 25-4; finals — Shikha Nanda b Pallavi, 25-20, 25-0. Sub-junior girls (semi-finals) — Eveleen b Birinderjit Kaur, 25-13, 25-6; Nidhi Patwal b Pallavi, 25-18, 1-0 (conceded); finals — Nidhi Patwal b Eveleen, 17-25, 25-5, 24-1. |
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Two titles for Rajiv Bajaj CHANDIGARH,
May 20 — Rajiv Bajaj won the singles' title and Munish and he won the doubles title on the concluding day of the fifth Tribune Table Tennis Tournament here today. Munish and Sukhwinder Sodhi won the regular doubles title. Mr S.D. Bhambri, General Manager of The Tribune group gave away the prizes. He praised the efforts of the organisers to hold such a tournament. Results (all finals): singles — Rajiv Bajaj 1, Umesh 2, Rajesh Malik 3; regular doubles — Munish and Sukhwinder Sodhi 1, Lovkesh and Rajesh Malik 2, Rajiv Bajaj and Vikas Ghai 3; lucky doubles — Rajiv Bajaj and Munish 1, Rajan and Navtej 2, Sukhwinder Sodhi and Vikas Ghai 3. Ball badminton:
The boys' section has been divided into four pools while the girls' section into two pools. Two teams from each pool of both sections will qualify for the knockout stage. The tournament will be organised by the Flankers Ball Badminton Club. |
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