HEALTH

Accidents main cause for neurological problems
Tribune News Service

LUDHIANA, Feb 9 — Dr Kishen Chander, a leading neurologist based in Ohio in the USA, is of the opinion that in India most of the neurological problems are caused by motor accidents.

Dr Chander, who is an alumini of Christian Medical College (CMC) here, revealed that in comparative terms there were 10 times more accidents in India than in the USA and the accidents were the main cause of various neurological disorders.

Giving details about the latest developments in neurology, Dr Chander said the alzheimer’s disease which leads to degeneration of cells in old age was likely to be cured as the experiments on pigs had yielded positive results.

The eminent neurologist from the USA expressed optimism over rectifying various disorders by gene mapping. He disclosed that gene mapping could help in replacing the defective genes in the chromosomes which could be injected by a virus. This could also help in developing certain required traits among human beings. He said an Indian girl was treated by gene mapping of a dreaded disease recently.

Dr Chander, who was here on a five-week tour delivering lectures on the latest developments in neurology, said while Indian students were getting good clinical training, there was still a great scope for improving the fundamentals.

SPORT

VCC XI in final
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Feb 9 — VCC XI entered the final of the fifth Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Cricket Tournament being played at the Daresi Grounds.

In the first final semi final of the tournament played today, VCC XI, defeated riat XI by 61 runs. VCC XI won the toss and elected to bat first. Rakesh Saini was the top scorer with 71 runs off 59 balls which included three sixes and eight boundaries. The team was all out for 188 runs in 23.5 overs.

In reply, RIAT XI could manage only 127 runs in 20.1 overs. The main scores for RIAT XI were Jogga (40), Arminder (24) and Kuldeep (19). While Rajesh and Goldy claimed three wickets each, Rakesh Saini got two wickets.

 Boxer Gurcharan honoured

MACHHIWARA — Guru Ravi Dass Naujwan Sabha, Machhiwara, added another feather to Olympian boxer Gurcharan Singh’s cap by honouring him on the occasion of the celebrations of Bhagat Ravi Dass’s birth anniversary last night. He was presented a shawl and an award of honour for his tremendous performance in Sydney Olympics. On the occasion, folk singer Pali Detwalia recited the bhajans relating to Guru Ravi Dass.