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‘Cough syrups harmful for kids’ Chandigarh, March 10 Speaking on common food allergies in childhood, Prof Lata Kumar, Head, Paediatrics Department, PGI, said bronchial asthma and certain eczema in childhood are related to food. She blamed eggs, milk, wheat and certain types of pulses, particularly urad dal, for allergic manifestations in children. Milk, at times, caused an allergy-causing diarrhoea, she said. Dr Reena Das, Haematology Department, PGI, talking about screening and ante-natal diagnosis in thalassemia said that the syndrome, prevalent in the north-west part of India, is seen mainly in Punjabis, particularly the arora khatris, jats and non jat sikhs. Post-partition migration was seen as the reason behind this carrier genetic defect, she said. Thalassemia results in moderate to severe anaemia in children and the only remedy to their survival is repeated blood transfusion. Since it is a sex linked disorder, Dr Das advocated blood tests to be done before a couple got married. Deliberating on the rationale of prescribing cough syrups on upper respiratory infections, Dr Banani Poddar, Department of Paediatrics, GMCH, said that children should not be given these medications unnecessarily. Steam inhalation and saline nasal drips are enough to prevent or control cough, said Dr Poddar, while adding that cough syrups were in fact, harmful because they dry the sputum and sedate the child. However, if the cough was prolonged, then an investigation must be carried out to rule out possibility of lung dysfunction. Prof Anitha Khali, Department of Paediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, highlighted three types of cardiac emergencies in children, heart failure , hypertension and irregular beating of heart. Discussing Celiac disease, Dr Ujjal Poddar, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, said that in the recent past, many cases of this disease have been reported in India, particularly the north west. It is an inflammatory disease of the intestines, leading to diarrhoea, anaemia and stunted growth. The scientific session was later followed by interactive panel discussions by Dr M.P. Minocha, Director, Family Welfare , Prof Savita Malhotra and Prof Sarla Malhotra on the problems of adolescents, such as behavioural defiance, identity crisis, conduct defects and reproductive health of girls. |
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TB management
discussed Chandigarh, March 11 Delivering the keynote address, Mr Kewal Singh Dhillon, a leading industrialist of the region, said CMEs like these are important for doctors to keep pace with the latest in medical technology. He also initiated annual oration in memory of his mother, Chand Kaur Dhillon on peripheral vascular insufficiency and its complications so that future generations could benefit from the latest research in this field . He announced an annual assistance of Rs 50,000 for organising a CME programme on this topic. Prof S.K. Jindal, head, pulmonary medicine, elaborated on the different treatment regimens and recommended the directly observed therapy (DOT) for the management of the disease. If treated early with standard regime, TB is almost fully curable, he stressed. Speaking on diagnosis of TB, Dr D.
Bahera, Additional Professor, PGI, stressed on the need for its accurate and early detection by conventional and newer diagnostic techniques such as DNA and PCR tests. Prof A.K. Janmeja, Head Pulmonary, GMCH, brought out the fact that in India no uniform drug prescription is practised and quoted studies where a survey showed that 120 private practioners use 90 different types of regimen. It was also brought out in the conference that while treating usual case of TB patient, one is required to spend Rs 1,000, while in multi-drug resistant TB, the cost multiplies 100 times more while the success rate is only 35 per cent. Prof Veena Parmar spoke on the problem of TB in children. She emphasised that when an adult is detected as having TB, the children in the household should also be screened. Discussing disaster management, Dr A.K. Gupta, Medical Superintendent, PGI, asserted that rehearsal, training of personnel and team approach is important in disaster
management planning. The issue of leadership in such situations should be earmarked. Prof Raj Bahadur, Medical Superintendent, GMCH, Sector 32, said that bone and joints are the most-affected parts of the body in such conditions. He emphasised the use of X-Ray, MRI and CT scan. Dr Y.K. Batra from the Department of Anaesthesia, PGI, shared his recent experiences of the visit to the quake-affected areas in Gujarat. He stressed coordination between civil administration and medical agencies in situations like these. Dr V.K. Khosla, Head of the Neurology Department in the PGI, said the initial management of disaster victims should be done by general surgeons and then referred to specialised centres for neurosurgical interventions. Prof V.K. Kak, former Director-Principal, GMCH, Maj-Gen Jaswant Singh, former DDMS, WC, Maj-Gen S.S Chauhan and Dr V.K. Maini also expressed their views. |
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PGI rate contract list discrepancies:12 indicted Chandigarh, March 11 According to the sources the department may now start calculating the financial losses to the firms who did not get the rate contract for certain items . It is interesting to note that the PGI had started the inquiry in September last year. Repeated attempts were allegedly made to hush up the matter at various levels . This despite the fact that it had been clearly noted on the file that there was a discrepancy in awarding of the rate contract. |
A talented
spiker Chandigarh, March 11 Sunil, a class XI student of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, took to volleyball when he was inducted as a trainee of National Talent Search Contest Scheme (NTSC) of Sports Authority of India in 1997. In the very next year, he took part in the National School Games organised by School Games Federation of India at Patiala in 1998. During the past four years, he had been winning the state-level meet and won three gold medals. He was trained all these years by SAI coach Mohan Nagreta. Sunil took part in the National School Games in 1999 held at Burdwan (West Bengal). In June 2000, Sunil was selected for the national junior camp held at Chennai and was one of the probables for the Children of Asia meet which were held in August in Russia. Sunil played a versatile game in the Junior National Volleyball championship held in December last year at Gurgaon (Haryana) and was selected by Volleyball Federation of India in the Indian Youth Camp which was held from January 1 to February 7, 2001 at NIS, Patiala. The selectors impressed with Sunil’s fine courtcraft movements, then finally gave him a nod for one of the key members of the Indian youth volleyball team. |
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Fine knock by
Balwinder Chandigarh, March 11 Brief scores: Ist match: Khalsa XI: 135 runs for eight in 25 overs (Umesh 27, Radhey Shyam 19, Rajesh Patha 3 for 23, Nagesh Gupta 2 for 18, Balwinder Singh 2 for 17, Jupiter Aqua XI:137 for three in 19.5 overs (Balwinder Singh 67 n.o., MP Singh 32, Manav 17 n.o.) IInd match: 3 BRD:158 for nine in 25 overs (RK Singh 38, R Singh 34, Sanjay Sharma 31, Amrinder Shimpy 3 for 14, Naresh Dhingra 2 for 24, Amit Bhardwaj 3 for 17). Godrej CC : 160 for seven in 24.3 overs (Umesh 72, Gurinder Saini 28, Amrinder Shimpy 36 n.o., Parveen 2 for 27). IIIrd match: Kelvinator XI: 211 runs for four in 25 overs (Kamalpreet 101, Harminder 37, Vaneet Jain 21, Parminder 2 for 29). Chandigarh XI: 210 for eight in 25 overs (Harneet Singh 35, Inder Singh 38, Manpreet 19, Gagan 17, Harminder 3 for 25, Girish Bhanot 3 for 31, Surinder Singh 2 for 19. Amrinder Shimpy 36 n.o., Parveen 2 for 27). |
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