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Docs for judicious use of antibiotics CHANDIGARH According to Dr Sanjay Jain, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, PGI in many gastric infectious disorders high dose of antibiotics might prove harmful. Dr Jain advocated judicious selection of antibiotics. He said before prescribing medicines, the right drug should be chosen. Besides appropriate dose, its duration and route of administration was equally important, he said. Doctors said urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, wounds and fever were the conditions in which antibiotics were often misused. Dr Alka Sehgal, Associate Professor, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, said in most cases, these drugs should not be prescribed. Doctors should use therapeutic medicines for symptomatic treatment, she said. Prof Krishanprakash, Microbiology Department, Maulana Azad Medical College, Dr Gurvinder Singh and Dr Pooranjit Kaur also spoke. |
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MCM, PEC teams best in
fashion show CHANDIGARH Teams from Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, MCM DAV College, Sector 36, Government College for Girls, Sector 11, the host college and two local fashion agencies participated in the fashion show. Inaugurated by SSP, Chandigarh, Mr Parag Jain, the show started more than an hour late, waiting for the chief guest. The show started with the host college presenting a group dance on the music of Taal, followed by the traditional round by students from MCM DAV. The main competition was between the teams from GCG-11 and MCM DAV. Earlier in the day, the fete attracted crowds from the local colleges and the camel ride remained popular. Kanika of GCG-11 won the Ms Photogenic title while Arvind of GCM-11 won the Mr Photogenic title. |
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Prof Pathak
to address college convocations CHANDIGARH Prof Pathak has visited GHG Khalsa College, Kamla Lotia SD College, and all colleges in Ludhiana, DM College, Moga and Dev Samaj College, Ferozepore. Mr A.C. Vaid, Principal, Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Sector 32, said the VC had assured him to address the college convocation. A student of DAV College, Sector 10, said “bureaucrats and politicians were the usual guests of honour at the annual convocations. Going by academic status attached to the VC’s chair, any student would be much more proud to receive the degree from him.” Presently the degrees were given by the respective college principals on behalf of the VC. The guests only addressed the convocations. The VC will also address the gatherings this time. A college principal said besides a sense of pride of students, the VC’s visit offered opportunity for the teachers to interact with him. A fellow pointed out that VC’s visit in colleges had been demanded several times in the Senate and the Syndicate but nothing happened on ground. “Leave aside visits to colleges, the university administration had avoided even meetings with the principals,” the fellow said. Prof M.M. Puri, the former VC, re-started meeting of the principals. However, the time given for the issues in the meetings seemed less as voices echoed different concerns offering little solutions. Follow-up action of meetings also is less represented. In another lesser-heard practice, the Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, is visiting DAV College, Hoshiarpur, for the convocation next week, sources said. |
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An ill-equipped
fire brigade SAS NAGAR There were reported to be 60-70 hydrants in the town some years ago but today whatever few may still be in existence, the fire brigade can hardly be certain that these are in working order. There is an urgent need for 24-hour supply hydrants at certain points. Evidently, the
effective tackling of a fire emergency does not appear to be among the priorities of the civic body. In fact, hydrants purchased more than two years ago by the council have been rusting away in its storeroom. The fire brigade, it is reported, had also given a map indicating the important points such as the Civil Hospital area, the Milk Plant, markets, etc., where the hydrants could be installed, but no action was taken by the council authorities. At the fire station the municipal water supply point is functional only during the supply hours. However, there is an underground tank with a capacity of one lakh litres, but pumping out water requires extra time. Officials say that against 39 sanctioned posts of fireman only nine personnel have been working over the past three or four years. Besides, four posts of leading fireman and one of driver are vacant. Interviews for filling posts held some months ago were stayed midway by the department authorities. Under the rules, each fire-engine should be manned by at least five personnel. The fire brigade has three fire-engines. Therefore, against the eight-hour duty fixed for personnel, they have to do 12 hours and on occasion even 24 hours. At times the town becomes all the more vulnerable to a fire threat. These occasions include the periods when fire-engines have to answer emergency calls from other areas in Ropar district and when deployment of fire-engines has to be made elsewhere as a precautionary measure. Five personnel along with one fire-engine will be deployed on Holla Mohalla from March 5 to 10 at Anandpur Sahib. On such occasions the entire staff at the fire station, including officers, have to pitch in to keep the fire services going in the town. Fire brigade officials say that arrangements can be made by the council to get staff on a contract basis. However, sanction will have to be obtained from the Directorate of Local Government. The fire brigade is ill-equipped to tackle blazes in high buildings such as the multi-storey buildings in Sector 70 and the Punjab School Education Board. The fire-engines are also not equipped with the latest facilities and, being basically fire-tenders, foam has to be taken along in cans. The fire brigade is reported to have urged the council president earlier this month to slove the staff shortage problem. |
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Chandigarh Club poll:
nominations filed CHANDIGARH For the eight posts of executive members 14 persons have filed their nominations till today. Tomorrow is the last day for nominations. Those to filed their nominations today are: Mr Yashpal Sharma, Mr Anil Mahajan, Mr Ajay Bir Singh, Mr Vijay Kumar, Mr Naresh Chaudhary, Mr Suresh Chaudhary, Mr Jaswinder Singh, Mr Rakesh Kumar Garg, Mr Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Mr Sandeep Sahni, Mr Sanjeev Mehan, Mr A.S. Uppal, Mr Harpreet Singh and Dr Sanjeev Goyal. |
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Ex-judge dead Chandigarh, February, 18 Born on October 16, 1925, Justice Pritpal Singh joined the PCS( Judicial branch) on April 25, 1951. He was elevated to the Punjab and Haryana Court as additional judge on February 2, 1983, and became permanent judge on March 16,1984. He retired on October 16, 1987. Thereafter, he was appointed as Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, where he continued till October 1992. |
Kidnapping case registered CHANDIGARH , Feb 18 — A girl is alleged to have been kidnapped from her hostel in Panjab University by a man with the intention of marrying her.According to an FIR registered under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC on the complaint of Mr Sanjeev Kumar, a brother of the girl, that she had been abducted by Inderjit Singh Bindra, a resident of Malerkotla. Three cases of theft, including two of vehicle theft, have been reported in the past 24 hours. An Opel Astra car (CH-02-0644) was reportedly stolen from the Sector 44 residence of the owner, Mr Kuldeep Singh, on the intervening night of February 16 and 17. On the same night, a music system and a few documents were stolen from the car of Mr Rohit Dhingra, while it was parked at his residence. A rickshaw belonging to Ram Chander Pathak was also stolen from outside the Sector 23 mandir on the same night. In the three incidents, the police has registered cases under Section 379 of the IPC. The police has also booked three persons under various sections of the Noise Control Act. Mahabir Singh and Inder Singh were booked on the complaint of ASI Surat Singh, while they were playing music last night at the residence of the former in Sector 27. The third accused Gopal was arrested by SI Kapil Dev. An employee of the NIIT was booked for damaging a car of his former employer in a fit of rage and under the influence of liquor. According to an FIR registered under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act, the accused Munish Khera was arrested from Sector 20 after he went on a rampage. He began breaking the panes of the car of his former boss, Mr Gaurav. The accused, who was earlier working with Connect, was aggravated as his dues from the company had been stopped by the complainant.
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