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HEALTH

PGI to restore cath lab functioning
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 5
The PGI administration has decided to make the Cardiology cath lab functional with immediate effect. The decision was taken at a recent meeting which was chaired by the Director, PGI Prof S.K. Sharma.

It was observed that starting operations at the cath lab was in the larger interest of public.

Following CBI raids on June 20, work at the cath lab had come to a standstill.

The PGI administration also decided to inform the CBI regarding functioning of the lab. The meeting was attended by Professors, Heads of Cardiology and Cardio-Vascular Departments and senior officials of the PGI.

The two departments have also been asked to maintain record of all surgeries performed.

Meanwhile, the administration is working on a package deal for patients and is in the process of listing guidelines.

Fortis — a new entrant in medical care
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 5
The building is big but the bill is not, says Dr Nagendra Swamy, Medical Director of Fortis Heart Institute (FHI) about the hospital which has come up at SAS Nagar, next to PCA cricket stadium.

Health services being offered by the hospital are world-class but at affordable prices. The hospital, established by Ranbaxy Laboratories, was inaugurated by the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, last month and has begun to attract more than 100 patients a day.

Commenting upon the facilities, Dr Swamy said some of the equipment was exclusive here and not available elsewhere in the country.

The consultation fee varies between Rs 200 and Rs 350, depending upon the type of medical problem, while the diagnostic charges for services like CT scan, X-ray, pathology laboratory are available at the same rate as in the open market, said the medical director and added no fees was charged if a patient again visited within seven days.

Dr Swamy also had earlier worked as Executive Director at Welfare Hospital, Dubai, said many NRI doctors and also doctors from the PGI had shown keen interest in joining this institution.

Among the advanced systems available at the FHI is Hospital Information System (HIS), which allows the hospital to keep track of the patient’s status anywhere on the campus.

The hospital is affiliated to health Care System Inc, which allows access to the latter’s clinical protocols related to cardiac care, quality assurance, and also accreditation in accordance with the US hospital standards.

SPORTS

St Stephen’s School bags two titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, August 5
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, clinched titles in the boys’ section (Class VI to VIII) and in the girls’ section of the 5th Inter-school Carrom Championship which concluded here today. In boys’ open section, Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22, bagged the title while below Class V final went in favour of St Kabir Public School, Sector 26.

Mr Mahesh Sekhri Secretary, Chandigarh Carrom Association, distributed prizes to the winners.

Results : boys (open category): Shishu Niketan SS-22 b Mount Carmel-46, 2-1 (Taranpreet b Sumit Chakarvorty, 22-5, 17-4; Ashish lost to Hardeep Harnal, 9-25, 1-25; Ramanpreet b Ravinder, 25-1, 19-4); below Class V. St Kabir-26 b MC-46, 3-0 (Sushant got walkover; Piyush b Satyam, 20-9; Varun Sood b Lakshay, 25-0); Class VI to VIII: St Stephen’s-Chd b St Stephen’s, Pkl, 2-1(Harman b Amanpreet Singh; 25-10; Nitin Brar lost to Sukhpal Singh, 5-25; Abhinandan b Aditya 25-2); Class VI to VIII: (Semifinal: St Stephen’s — Chd b MC-46, 3-0 (Nitin Brar b Karan 25-0; Harman b Vishal Abrol, 25-3; Abhinandan b Sushank, 25-0); St Stephen’s — Pkl b St Kabir-26, 3-0 (Amanpreet Singh b Utkarsh Goyal, 25-3; Sukhpal Singh b Gunjan Kapoor, 25-0; Aditya Kashyap b Saurabh Kapoor, 25-7).

Girls (open category): St Stephen’s — Chd b MC-46, 2-1 (Sakshi Bawa b Harneet, 25-0; Amarinder Kaur lost to Navjot, 0-25; Nabhi Sahni b Navjot 25-5).

Ace of aces

Anshul Kadiyan, a student of Hansraj Public School, Panchkula, in the under-10 section and Sidharth Singh of Stepping Stone School, Chandigarh, in the under-12 section were declared the fast of servers in the ‘Ace of Aces’ tennis championship played here at the YMCA, Sector 11. Anshul served at a speed of 66 mph while Sidharth achieved a speed of 71. In the under-14 section, it was Navinder Pal of Patiala who served at a speed of 78 mph to emerge winner while Karun Chaudhary of Ropar was at best with speed of 106 mph in the under-16 section. In the under-18 section, it was Ravsharan who was declared the fastest with 94 mph.

The runners-up in various sections were, Bhavneet (under-10), Arjun Sehgal (under-12), Karan Patnaik (under-14 and under-16) and Karun Chaudhary (under-18).

The meet was organised for the first time in the city. According to Mr Lachman Dass Kapoor, Director of the Total Tennis Academy, an electronic machine was used for the measurement of speed. This will help in giving encouragement to the players to improve their aces during the regular course of practice and in tournaments.

ADMINISTRATION

MCs’ misconduct: hearing today
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, August 5
As an eight-month-old issue of alleged misconduct by five councillors during the November 23 meeting of the civic body last year finally comes up for hearing tomorrow before the Principal Secretary, Local Government, the councillors have levelled charges against the then Administrator of the civic body.

In January the Local Government Department had issued show-cause notices to at least five municipal councillors of the local civic body for allegedly tearing off ballot papers during the election to the post of President of the civic body. The councillors — Mr Amrik Singh Mohali, Mr SS Patwari, Mr Manjit Singh, Mr Bharat Bhushan Maini and Mr Surjit Singh Grewal — had been asked to reply to the notices within 15 days.

Interestingly only three of the councillors, Mr Amrik Singh Mohali, Mr SS Patwari and Mr Manjit Singh, had been booked by the police for allegedly tearing off the ballot papers during the November 23 meeting on the basis of a report sent by the convener-cum-SDM, Mr Jaipal Singh. The inclusion of the name of two other coucillors of the ruling group in the civic body has raised many eyebrows.

The councillors of the opposition group, Mr SS Patwari and Mr Manjeet Singh, in their replies to the Local Government Department have stated that the election to the president of civic body was delayed on more than one occasions due to certain political considerations. They alleged that when the then SDM was appointed Administrator of the council there was around Rs 13 crore with the civic body but the coffers were empty when he left. Sources in the Local Government Department said the councillors in their reply said that on November 23, there was no tension and the members were administrated the oath in accordance with the law. The convener-cum-SDM had allowed certain outsiders in the hall while the media was not allowed to enter the venue. Strong objections by the councillors did not yield any response. The outsiders were neither members of the poling staff not the councillors.

When the councillors asked the outsiders to leave the hall, the latter tore the ballot papers. The convener then adjourned the election. All facts about the happenings in the hall had been recorded in the video cassettes. They denied that the ballot papers had been torn and chairs thrown.

The councillors alleged that Ravinder Singh, polling agent of Manjeet Singh, who had also been served the notice, had got an FIR registered against Mr K.B.S. Kang, a youth Akali Dal leader, under Sections 452 of the IPC. The SDM had put pressure on Ravinder Singh to withdraw the case alleged Mr Manjeet Singh.

They prayed that provisions of Section 16 Sub Section 1(d)(e) of the Punjab Municipal Act were not applicable They stated that the case under Section 135-A of the Representative of People Act got registered by the SDM was under investigations and charges were yet to be proved.

Highlights

The relevant provision of the Sections 16 E and D of the Municipal Council Act 1911 empowers the State Government to remove the councillors by notification if their conduct in office is dangerous to public opinion and if the councillor concerned in flagrant abuse of his position or misconduct is responsible for loss of property of the council.