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FOR THE FORCES Chandigarh With its 90 doctors and about 100 nursing officers, it offers medical cover to serving soldiers and ex-servicemen and their families in Chandigarh and its surrounding areas. In addition to the hospital, there are a number of MI rooms in different parts of the city. The hospital was originally raised as 152 General Hospital with 200 beds at Delhi in June, 1960, and thereafter moved to Congo in September for service with the United Nations. On its return in 1965, the hospital was established as a 300-bed base hospital at Chandigarh in the old Punjab Secretariat building adjoining the
PGI. The bed strength was increased to 600 in 1965 and further increased to 1,000 beds during the 1965 Indo-Pak war. In May, 1967, it was upgraded to a Command Hospital with 600 beds on peace establishment. It moved to its new location at Chandi Mandir in June, 1991. The hospital also played a major role during the 1999 Kargil conflict. Its defined charter includes functioning as referral and research hospitals for all military hospitals and field medical units in the Western Command, besides providing consultative services in various
specialities. It is heavily engaged in providing specialist medical training and carrying out research in medical field and issues relevant to medical and health directives. According to a spokesman of the hospital, it has
super-speciality of almost every type except heart surgery. In the category of medicine, the
super-specialities include dermatology, cardiology, nephrology and
gastro-enterology. In surgery, it has expertise in neurosurgery,
orthopaedics, urology, oncology, plastic surgery and burn treatment. Besides a gynaecology ward, it has full-fledged wards for paedriatric and psychiatric treatment. More than 800 outdoor patients visit this hospital daily. Of them more than 50 per cent are ex-servicemen living in this region. About 90 per cent of its 640 beds remain occupied and about 40 per cent of the indoor patients are ex-servicemen or their dependents. All military hospitals give free medical treatment to serving soldiers as well as ex-servicemen and their families. In addition to a modern intensive care unit, the hospital has eight-operating theatres. Though the waiting period for surgery depends on the type of treatment required, no patient has to wait for any kind of operation for more than four weeks. This hospital is also recognised as a teaching institute for post-graduate studies, and also has a school for nursing and other
para-medical staff. It also looks after the functioning of the
satellite MI rooms in Chandigarh, Mohali and Kalka, besides the MI
rooms in Army units based in and around Chandi Mandir. |
Saboo,
Chatwinder win tennis titles Chandigarh, may 22 Satvika of CLTA playing against Mallika won the first set with ease at 6-1. In the second set, Mallika showed some resilience and was following Saboo till four games when latter came back into the game to outclass Mallika at 6-4. Chatwinder Singh, who only a few years back shifted from Chandigarh to join Brittania Amritraj Academy (BAT) at Chennai, was taken to task by young Jitin Bishnoi who took the first set to tie breaker before Chatwinder was able to win at 7-6 (4). Again Jitin overpowered Chatwinder to bag the second set at 6-3. By this time, Bishnoi was showing some signs of lack in stamina and he lost the third and final set at 3-6 to Chatwinder. The men singles title went to Gurbinder Singh who had to overcome a stiff resistance from Aakash Sharma in two straight sets with second leading to tie breaker. Gurwinder won at 6-4, 7-5. The boys under-14 singles final played between Sanam K. Singh and Paras Thakur also had unexpected moments with Thakur posing a threat to Sanam and leading the match in three sets. Sanam lost the first set at 1-6 with Paras playing some defiant strokes. Sanam came back in second set and won at 6-2. He won the third set also at 6-2 and the title as well. The girls under 14 match was played between Isha Toor, a trainee at Total Tennis Academy and Taskeen Bains of the CLTA. Toor, who recently won the AITA junior meet held at Yamunanagar, was at her best in the beginning of the first set. But she was checked by Taskeen and both played on even terms. First set was won by Isha at 7-6 (5). Both had a tiff over game score point on two occasions in the second set and sought the intervention of match referee. Ultimately Toor bagged the set at 6-4 and the title. The men doubles title went to Gurwinder Singh and Janmeet Singh, who beat Robin Kumar and Saurabh Singh at 6-2, 6-2. Mr M. Ramsekhar Deputy Commissioner, UT and Director, Sports, UT, was the chief guest and gave away cash prizes to the prize winners. Cricket match Mohali outplayed Mansa by an innings and 101 runs in the under 16 pre-season summer cricket match played here on Tuesday at the PCA stadium, SAS Nagar. Harpreet continuing with his overnight score of 60 runs scored 77 runs. In reply, Mansa were all out for just 59 runs in 37 overs. Brief
scores: Mohali: Ist innings — 257 all out in 60 overs (Harpreet
Singh 77 runs, Karandeep 26, Harjosh 5 for 60, Varinder 2 for 69,
Harvinder 2 for 10). Mansa: IInd innings — 59 all out in 37 overs
(Malkit 22 n.o., Nikhil 3 for 15, Ashutosh 2 for eight, Perminder 2
for six).
Basketball
coaching camp The Chandigarh Basketball Association has selected probables in both boys and girls section for a coaching camp beginning on May 25 in preparation for the UT junior basketball team for the 52nd Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Bhilai (Chhatisgarh) from June 17 to 24. The camp for boys will be held under the supervision of Amarjit Singh, basketball coach, at sector 46 sports complex, while the girls camp to be taken by CP Thakur at Sector 7 sports complex. The
probables are, boys — Harbir Singh, Neeraj Hooda (DAVC-10), Rajinder
Singh, Balraj Singh, Vishal Kohli, Arun Goyal (all DAVSSS-8),
Harminder Singh, Sunil, Rajdeep Singh and Gursimran Singh (all
SDP-32), Narinder Kumar (SDC-32), Yogeshwar Singh (SGGSC-26), Vikram,
Munish (NPS-18), Amandeep Singh, Samdarsi (GNKH-30), Haramardeep
Singh, Sangram Singh, Ramandeep Singh ( all GMSSS-33) and Aman (Vivek
High School-38). Girls —Navneet Kaur, Shweta, Amandeep Kaur and
Harpreet Kaur Sr (all IS Dev Samaj-21), Rajeeta, Rubina and Pushpa
(all Bhawan Vidyalaya-27), Sarita, Jatinder Kaur and Babita (all
GCG-42), Mohinderjit Kaur (GGSSS-18), Deepika, Shriya Singh (Carmel
Convent-9), Kavita Rawat (GGSSS-8) and Kanchan (GMSSS-16). Today’s
sports events May 23, 2001 * North Zone Junior badminton camp-6.00 am and 5 pm. — PU
gymnasium hall, Sector 14. |
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Golf camp for children Chandigarh, May 22 The camp is being conducted under the supervision and guidance of Col (Retd) Nirmal Singh, Director Hero Honda CGA Golf Academy. He is being assisted by Girish Virk, the upcoming young golfer of the city. Encouraging the young trainees, the CGA Golf Range President, Mr DP Azad, reminded them of the need for discipline and hard work, which would pay rich dividents on and off the playing fields. he also advised the young students to maintain an equitable balance between studies and games for a sound all-round development. The training schedule, apart from covering the main aspects of the game will lay emphasis on physical fitness and golfing etiquette that are so essential in making good golfers. The aim of the camp is to train the children in the fundamentals of golf swing and to sustain their interest in the game as also to prepare them for further hard work for playing at the highest levels of competition. An interesting feature of the camp will be the use of the latest imported training equipment like swing trainers, video cameras, swing analyser etc. Although the use of such hightech teaching aids may be pre-mature for this level of coaching, their use will help in creating interest among other golfers with regards to the benefits of such innovative teaching methods. A
large number of enthusiastic parents, members of the CGA Golf Range,
Mr J.S. Cheema, Senior Vice-President, CGA, Mr C.S.R. Reddy,
Secretary, CGA, and Mr Bachitter Singh, member CGA, were present on
the occasion.
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2-hr cut on ACs in
govt offices Chandigarh, May 22 The latest move comes after the Punjab and Haryana Governments. At a recent meeting of the co-ordination committee they complained to the Chandigarh Administration that due to rotational power cuts, working in offices was being curtailed. Employees do not occupy their seats during the cut. Even after the power supply is restored, employees are found to be missing for several minutes. Visitors who travel long distances to get their work done have to wait endlessly adding to their frustration. In case of the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariats, the cut from May 1 was imposed between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. From May 18 onwards it was shifted to 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Both timings happen to be, so called, peak working hours. In the UT Secretariat the cut was first imposed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., so it acted more like a lunch break. However, when the timings were changed from noon to 1 p.m, it meant first the employees would be away during the cut and then again for the lunch break, making it like a more than two hour break. Sources said the cuts on ACs were imposed for timings when the city is drawing its peak load during the day. Sources
in the Engineering Department said there was no other option. The big
question remains who will do the policing on this direction. There is
always a chance of review on the decision, a source said while
explaining that it will be back to the cuts the moment any overdrawal
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Poor families to
submit affidavits Chandigarh, May 22 According to official sources, families who figure in
the survey conducted by the MC will now have to give an affidavit
stating their income and also their claim of not possessing a house,
fridge, television, or a vehicle. The area councillors will be
required to attest the affidavit, following which the facilities will
be provided by the Food and Supplies Department. These people will
also be entitled to draw their entitled quota of levy sugar, 1 kg per
unit per month, at the rate of Rs 13.25 per kg. This step has been taken as several complaints had been received by the Administration that several non-eligible families, had been included in the survey list. These families will be issued special yellow cards to avail the benefits after they submit the affidavits, sources add. It may be recalled that the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, and Congress councillors, Mrs Sunita and Mrs Kamlesh, had recently met Ms Nanda and asked her to look into the matter and issue necessary directions to ensure that the benefits of these schemes reach the actual beneficiaries. Among
those who attended the meeting were the MC Commisioner, Mr M.P Singh
and the UT Deputy Commisioner, Mr M. Ramsekhar. |
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Inquiry
officers Chandigarh, May 22 The officers are Mr C. L.
Lakhanpal, Mr I.M. Khungar, and Mr R. K. Taneja. With the induction of
these three inquiry officers, the number of officer has gone up to
five. The present officers are Mr Man Mohan Hurria, and Mr Joginder
Pal Singh Puri. |
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