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PGI to implement
Thakur’s direction Chandigarh, May 23 Confirming this, the PGI Director, Prof S.K. Sharma, said the institute received the fax message yesterday and action as per the directions given by the Union Health Minister, who is also the President of the institute, will be taken. The ministry had faxed a message in this regard to the PGI yesterday, directing the administration to consider Mr Munjal on duty. Earlier, after the dismissal order was passed on April 26, the union leaders had approached Dr C.P. Thakur, demanding immediate stay on the order. |
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Otto Bock artificial
limbs available Zirakpur, May 23 Dr V.J.S. Vohra, Chairman and Managing Director of the centre, said that a German firm, Otto Bock Orthopedic India Pvt Ltd, had appointed Medi Rehab Systems Pvt Ltd its regional dealer and authorised fitting centre. For upper limbs Otto Bock has myo-electric prosthesis with a sensor hand. Opening and closing of the myo-electric hand is achieved by muscle signals. The sensor hand grasps any object, even fragile items and liquid-filled containers. There is no need to keep a constant watch over objects in hand, said Dr Vohra He claimed that Otto Bock provided many varieties of artificial legs. The Otto Bock knee joint ensures stability during standing and walking by means of mechanism. For fabrication of artificial limbs, Dr Vohra further said that a special Otto Block machine had been installed which ensured proper fitment and finishing of the prosthetic aids. |
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Training camp for
technicians ends SAS Nagar, May 23 Mr S.R. Ladhar, Special Secretary, Planning, in his inaugural address laid stress on providing safe drinking water to all villages in the state. As many as 66 pump operators, fitters and helpers participated in the programme. Mr Didar Khan, Director of the sansthan, discussed the problems faced by technicians due to non-availability of tool kits and other infrastructure required to maintain water supply. Mr Rajesh Jain, a technical expert, explained the manner of maintaining the pumps. Prof Asha Sethi highlighted the impurities in drinking water and their impact on human health. Dr Karanjot Kaur spoke on the water pollution and its impact on the human health. |
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Yoga camp for Army personnel Chandigarh, May 23 Highlighting the benefits of yoga, the Swami said yoga was a complete science of healthy living and it could not only help manage the strains and stresses of the present-day life but also prevented and eradicated diseases. He explained the efficiency of certain yogic postures in the treatment of hypertension, diabetes and asthma. A team under Swami Vigyan Chaitanya will conduct yoga classes for all ranks, their families and school children from May 24 to 29. The aim of yoga classes is to inculcate the positive attributes among the Army personnel and help them to improve their quality of life. According to a press note, the Bihar School of Yoga has conducted yoga programmes for different categories like officers, JCs and
their ranks in the past. The yoga teams had also visited the forward areas to interact with the troops. A pilot study was conducted and two platoons of recruits undergoing training at the Bihar Regimental Centre, Danaour, were
selected for the project. Recruits from both platoons were put under identical training regimen while recruits from one platoon underwent yoga classes for one-and-a-half hours daily. |
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Seminar on telemedicine Chandigarh , May 23 The kiosks, linked with the central hub through broadband satellite or terrestrial link, for the two-way interactive video conferencing would be operated by the franchises. Dr Aggarwal said the satellite medical centre would have digital medical equipment and would be totally paperless and the audio-video textfile would be maintained of the basic investigative tests which would be reviewed by consultants at the hub center Dr Aggarwal said during the first year 250 satellite centers would be launched and many state governments of the county had agreed to give their support to the project in principal. The satellite medical center would be operated by junior doctors or qualified general practioners, technicians and nursing staff and would have facilities for the patients’ examination and basic investigations of blood, urine and stool, he
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‘Cricket killing other sport’ Chandigarh, May 23 When asked why Gurcharan Singh, as reported in media, has left the country, she said he performed
extraordinarily at Sydney Olympics but the Government of India and the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation did nothing to recognise his achievement. While K. Malleshwari won bronze medal and was given more than she deserved. She said the gutsy Punjab pugilist should have been accorded some sort of recognition. She said after losing at Sydney, very next day she saw Gurcharan becoming a totally lost man with no one to cheer him up. On the question of forthcoming national games being held in Punjab, she said it was good that finally Punjab was gearing up to host the mega-event. But only point which keeps her worrying that seeing the present state of affairs in the Punjab State Amateur Athletic Association, whether the state athletes will participate in the same or not. She said there was no planning on the part of the PAAA, with only three months left, no camps, no programme for training of athletes, so how the things will finally fare. Neelam at present was attending a national camp at National Institute of Sports, Patiala. She said next year, there were lots of major tournaments, like the World Athletic meet, Commonwealth games, Asian Games and SAF games. When asked, how long she want to carry the forte of discuss throw, Neelam said there was no age bar on her event. She had all praise for Seema Antil of Sonepat (Haryana) who was her trainee and only last year astonished the world by winning World Juniors title in discus throw in the World Junior Athletic meet. Employed with Railways, Neelam said she belonged to Punjab but hardly any efforts were made by the
government when she donned national colours to provide her with any lucrative job in Punjab. So there was no option but to shift to Railways. She was of the opinion that if Punjab wants to be a force in sport, it must guarantee for a secured career for any outstanding sportsperson irrespective of any sport. She said at present Punjab must also concentrate on winning maximum number of medals at the forthcoming national games to restore its lost prestige. |
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Soman leads in chess
meet Chandigarh, May 23 Other winners and in the lead included Vinod Bhagwat, S. Bhattacharya, R.D.H. Tyagi, Kapil Saxena, P.R. Harst, K. Sirajjuddin, Satyanarayan, A.K. Jagadesh, Sailaja J, A.K. Kalsyan, B.N. Prasad, Mahender Arora, Ajay Bafna, K. Ramesha, V. Hariharan, M.S. Saintiwal, Rajeev Vasudev, Rajesh Kumar, Prem Babu, Deepak Chivande and P.S. Chawla. The closing ceremony which will held tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. will be presided over by the Governor, Punjab.
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Unauthorised jhuggis, khokhas removed Chandigarh, May 23 Besides, they removed 48 banners from different parts of the city, particularly along the roads and in the shopping areas and impounded 15 rickshaws for plying without proper licence. The enforcement wing of the MCC, meanwhile, issued as many as 104 challans. These include 31 in Mani Majra, 48 in Sectors 11, 15, 17, 18 and 19 and 25 in Sectors of 30, 34, 35, 38, 39 and 40. Among those challaned are mostly the rehri-phari vendors and shopkeepers who display their products in the public corridors or encroach upon the MC
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