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Telemedicine technology
yet to start CHANDIGARH, June 21 — The facility of telemedicine technology, which was to be started in the PGI by this month, is yet to start. Though efforts have been on since long to
connect the PGI with other major institutes in the country for introducing this technology, yet due to certain constraints the functioning of the same is held up. It is, however, likely to start by end of July. According to Dr B.D. Gupta, Medical Adviser-cum-coordinator of the project, the delay has been on account of the ongoing summer vacation in the PGI. During this month-and-a-half break, most of the doctors are busy either completing their project reports or have gone out of station. Hence, it is not possible to train the doctors in using this technique. The engineers of the company, which is supplying the equipment, would train these doctors, he said. In the first phase, faculty and technicians working in the pathology and radiology will be trained. While the equipment for doing telepathology is ready for use, those for teleradiology are yet to arrive. With the help of this technique doctors of the Pathology Department can send their slides, and those in the radiology can send x-rays, CT scan and MRI reports for consultation to senior doctors in other institutes. To begin with, the PGI is being connected to three premier institutes including the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, and the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute, Lucknow. However, later the PGI will be connected to some more institutes. The introduction of this facility will not only enable the doctors to seek the opinion of experts from across the country but also save patients from the botheration of being referred to other hospitals.
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Poor and ailing, they need help CHANDIGARH, June 21 — As one enters any hospital, the sight one comes across is of patients suffering from various diseases and the pain and resultant groaning is heart moving. The same is the situation at the PGI, where patients firmly believe that the doctors are godlike. Mr Amar Singh is suffering from bladder hernia with chronic renal failure. In layman’s terms, both of his kidneys are damaged. Besides this, he is mentally retarded, is unconscious, and is unaware of his problem. He is in the PGI for the past two months. Ms Swarn Kaur, his penniless widowed mother, laments,” We are poor people and hence cannot afford to get his treatment done. I have got this much treatment only because my villagers helped me out and gave me some money to get him admitted.’’ Oblivious to all this, Mr Amar Singh remains happy most of the time. To survive, he requires renal transplantation within a few months. But he is fed up of the medical treatment and is attempting to run away from the hospital. He is full of queries, whenever one comes to enquire about his health, which generally pertains to his discharge from the hospital. He is eager to get cured and rush back home. He needs around Rs one and a half lakh for transplantation of kidneys as well as allied expenses. If someone is willing to help the poor man, he can be contacted in the Emergency Ward 4, II floor, bed No 7. In the Emergency Surgical O.P.D. at the hospital, lies an unknown, old man, who suffered a head injury during an accident. The patient has been lying here for the past ten days and is being looked after by PGI attendants like their own. The attendants say,” He is not able to speak and hence unable to tell about his family members. He, in view of his injuries, is on a liquid diet.’’ The PGI attendants also wish that his family members come to know about his well being and he should be united with them. |
Pak kabaddi team in Pinjore CHANDIGARH, June 21 — The visiting Pakistan kabaddi team, which will play a series of matches with Indian kabaddi team in circle kabaddi style in Haryana, had light conditioning exercises at the open lawns of Budgerigar Tourist Complex, Pinjore, today. The complex was virtually turned into a heavy security zone and every visitor was being questioned.Meanwhile, the team will have its first match at Sector 5 grounds, Panchkula, on June 23 as part of Olympic day celebrations, being organised by the Haryana Olympic Association. In the evening, the team had jogging and sprints under the supervision of manager Muhammad Ismail. The team reached Panchkula on Tuesday around 11 pm from Pakistan. The manager said there was no problem from visa authorities. The average age group of team players ranged between 20 and 30 years and they have brought some younger players to provide them with more exposure. Imtiaz Ahmed, aged 20 and half years is the youngest member of the team. Muhammad Ismail hoped more such ties with India will be held in near future and praised the arrangements made by Haryana Olympic Association. A mushaira will be organised tomorrow at Pinjore for the entertainment of visiting team. The team is Mohammad Akram, Mubashar Husain, Mumtaz Ahmed, Muhammad Imran, Shabir Hussain, Imtiaz Alam, Manzoor Hussain, Manzoor Ahmed, Charagul Hassan, Musharaf Javed, Asif Mehmood, A Ali, Qasim Ali, Noor Nabi, Umer Hayat, Muhamamd Ishtiaq, Saghar Ali.
All set for Olympic Day tomorrow PANCHKULA, June 21—Polishing of poles, recarpeting of roads and clearing of road berms are in full swing in the city as it prepares for the Olympic Day celebration scheduled for June 23 while the stage is being set in the Parade Ground, Sector 5, where the games will be played. A special dais with a ramp and stairs has been constructed on the ground. A control room will be established at the venue which will have a telephone connection with STD facilities and a fax machine. In addition, adequate drinking water arrangements have been made along with two generators for uninterrupted electricity supply. Fire brigades will be stationed at the venue all through the day. A dispensary will also be provided at the ground to meet any exigency and two ambulances posted at the venue. Another ambulance has been assigned to accompany the marathon from the Olympic Bhavan site in Sector 3 to the cricket ground in Sector 5. The programme will commence with a mushaira organised by the Haryana Urdu Akademi at Yadavindra Gardens in Pinjore at 9 p.m. tomorrow while the sports events will be commence with a marathon race which will be flagged off from Olympic Bhavan at 5.30 p.m by Mr Abey Chautala, President of the Haryana Olympic Association on June 23. This will be followed by the laying of the foundation stone of the bhavan by the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who is scheduled to arrive at the venue for the sports events later along with the Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr Prakash Singh Badal. Those participating in the mushaira include Kaifi Azmi, Bekal Utsahi, Nida Fazili, Basheer Badr, Krishan Bihari Noor, Wasim Barielvi, Nazar Barabankvi, Adil Lucknawi, Saghar Khayyami, Nisam Nikhat and Arifa Shabnam. Also, the Minister of Press for the Pakistan High Commission, Mr Mufti Jamil-ud-din Ahmed, will participate in the mushaira which will be presided over by the Governor of Haryana, Babu Parmanand. Three-km and 1.5-km races will be held for boys and girls under 18 years, respectively, while volleyball and kabaddi matches will also be held the same day. Two tug-of-war competitions between teams of the Haryana and Punjab Vidhan Sabhas will also be organised, besides another contest between Kanganpur and Thed. The sports events will be preceded by a cultural programme of folk dances of various states. Between the sports events, colourful dances and folk songs of various dialects have been added to charm the audience. Elaborate police arrangement has been made at the venue with the help of police force in addition to the home guards and police personnel from the district. Also, sports persons, sports experts and other associated staff will be treated as state guests and complete arrangements for their stay have been made.
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Women’s handball team selected CHANDIGARH, Tennis tourney:
Tribune chess:
In other matches, Harish Handa beat Manish Mehta, while Pradeep Sundriyal defeated Madan Singh. The final positions at the end of the final round are — Narinder Gusain 1; Harish Handa 2; V.P. Gupta 3 and Pradeep Sundriyal 4. |
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VFI to focus on juniors CHANDIGARH, He also informed that the north zone camp for under-19, which concluded on June 18 at NIS, Patiala, saw 15 players for final trials. Fifteen spikers from south zone, 12 from east zone and 3 from other units of VFI were shorlisted after coaching camps. The trials were held at NIS, Patiala on June 21, having Mr Vijay Pal as selection member, besides Mr M.S. Bhullar, among others. The camp will be conducted by Mr Shridharan and Mr B.L. Yadav. They will participate in Junior Asian Volleyball Championship in Teheran in August. Mr Vijay Pal said after the selection trials on June 15 and 16 at Patiala, 20 women probables were finalised by the federation officials, including himself, Mr Raj Kumar, Secretary of VFI, and chief coach Vidya Sagar Sharma. These women include 12 from Railways 3 from Kerala, 2 from Andhra Pradesh, 2 from Tamil Nadu and 1 from Karnataka. The list is Geeta Raju, Vini Thomas, Mithu Roy, P Radhika, Ghisa Thomas, Sigi Kurian, Mini Elizabeth, Gayathri, Sumanpreet Kaur, M. Sunitha, Minimol VS, S. Sujatha, Vaishali, Sazia Seikh, H.N. Memlatha, Siza Molz, Hemlatha, S. Latha, Sukhwinder Kaur and Nagavadhini. The team after final selection will take part in the Princess Cup tournament at Bangkok (Thailand) in July. The women players had won gold medal at SAF Games in Nepal last September, said Vijay Pal. Meanwhile, the coaching camp for under-17 boys is in progress at Chennai for prepartion of the Indian under-17 team for the Children of Asia Cup, to be held at Sakha in Russia from August 4 to 12. Sunil Kumar of Chandigarh is the lone member from city attending the camp. |
Punjab defends Anandgarh CHANDIGARH, June 21 — The ongoing confrontation between the Punjab Government and the Chandigarh Administration over Anandgarh city has come in the open with the state government reportedly deciding to counter point wise all objections raised by the Chandigarh Administration.The UT Administration, according to official sources, has provided an opportunity to the state government to put on record all violations made in the union territory in the past years. The sources said that an elaborate note has been prepared by the state government to rebut the objections pointed out by the Chandigarh Administration. The move follows the UT administration writing to the Union Government to intervene and ask the Punjab Government to shelve the project. The issue is likely to figure in the coordination committee meeting of the member states scheduled to be held in Delhi on July 6. The meeting will be chaired by the Secretary Urban Housing, Government of India. Sources said the Town and Country Planning Department of Punjab had been asked to prepare a comprehensive reply in defence of the new city proposed to be set up hardly one kilometre away from the boundary of the UT. The main issue likely to be taken up by the Punjab Government in its defence of its project is the violations within and outside the master plan area of Chandigarh. An earlier policy for rehabilitation colonies within the periphery controlled area had led to urbanisation at Dhanas, Maloya and Mauli Jagran villages had virtually converted the villages into mini-townships. It says that future growth and expansion of Mani Majra proposed in the area forms part of the 54 km area falling within the periphery. Setting up of Kalagram on the Chandigarh-Shimla highway and constructions along the Chandigarh-Ambala road were in contradiction of the concept of the periphery area development. The note further says that the Chandigarh Administration had planned Ram Darbar rehabilitation by undertaking large deviations in the original master plan of the city. Development of Phase II of industrial area was violation of master plan area of periphery falling in Chandigarh. Setting up bulk material market west of Sector 56 was never part of the original planning of Chandigarh. Planning of Phase III for housing 1.5 lakh additional population was also not a part of the original planning, states the note.
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Poll duty hits
work at MC office SAS NAGAR,
It is learnt that at least 17 persons from different branches of the office are on field duty, moving from house to house making fresh votes for the coming municipal elections. Persons visiting the Estate Office to get their work done feel harassed due to lack of staff. In the commercial wing of the office only the Superintendent is there who has been recently transferred from Patiala and as yet has not got acquainted completely with the work. In the allotment branch dealing with Sectors 68, 69 and 71 even the record keeper is on poll duty. In the building branch also there was only one official to issue completion certificates. The SDO and JEs are also helping in the making of new votes with the result that persons coming there in connection with plot demarcation and the checking of the plinth level have to go back disappointed. Earlier also in May a large number of Estate Office employees had been put on
census duty for almost 20 days adversely affecting work. The functioning
of the Municipal Council office was also hit today because 24 of its employees had been put on poll duty. Work on making fresh votes, which had to be completed in two days (June 19 and 20), was carried out even on the third day today. The electoral rolls of the Municipal Council are being revised on the directions of the Punjab State Election Commission after the detection of a large number of bogus votes. |
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