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September 9, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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‘Need to improve neo-natal care’ Chandigarh, September 8 Concern in the workshop, over the high infant mortality rate of which two third is contributed by neonatal mortality. He emphasised on the need for special neo-natal teaching for pediatricians so as to improve neo-natal care in India. Earlier, in his inaugural address, Prof Anil Narang, Professor and Head of the Neo-natal unit, Department of Paediatrics pointed out that neo-natal teaching and neo-natal care has been a low priority area in our country despite many strides in improving the global health in general and child health in particular. Professor Narang said “since there is no way to predict when a child would require resuscitation at the time of birth, it is important for doctors who are delivering the baby to ensure that a paediatrician skilled in the technique of resuscitation is present there”. He lamented that most of the private clinics being run by obstetricians do not provide for this and this can lead to serious complications in new borns. He also spoke about neo-natal jaundice, which is a very
common problem in neonates as nearly all babies are jaundiced in the first week of life. He explained on how to recognise the problem and stressed on early management strategies. Professor Narang pointed out that this does not kill and but can lead to other complications like permanent deafness, problems in locomotive ability and can also cause mental retardation. The other talks during the day included newer resuscitation guidelines to make previous resuscitation protocol simpler and more practical. For the benefit of the participants, hands on training was provided in the resuscitation workshop to teach them how to resuscitate a depressed new born at birth. Dr Kanya Mukhopadhayay spoke about feeding of low birth weight babies and highlighted the advantages of breast milk to both pre-term and term babies. She said nutrition is one of the most important aspects in the management of such babies. Later, she demonstrated how to give oxygen and other modalities of respiratory therapy to a sick pre-term baby. Dr Sorabh Dutta spoke about neo-natal sepsis and its management in detail, as sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. The incidence of sepsis in the PGI is 44/1000 live births. The incidence is nearly seven times at 302.7/1000 in low birth weight babies. Mr Anurag Aggarwal, Director, Punjab Health System Corporation, expressed keenness on organising more special training programmes for paediatricians to improve the neo-natal mortality in the state. He also released a booklet on “Updates on Neonatology for Paediatrician.’’ The programme was attended by 70 to 80 members of the
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200 Tribune employees donate blood Chandigarh, September 8 According to Mr B.S. Jandu, president of the union, a team of doctors led by the Head of the Blood Transfusion Department of the PGI, Dr S.K. Agnihotri, conducted the camp. He said more than 200 employees donated blood at the camp, including master donors, Mr Arun Kaushal (55 times), Dr Renuka Nayyar (28 times), Mr Raman Sharma (27 times), Mr Rajan Raikhy (26 times), Mr Ashok Sharma and Mr S.S. Pathania (21 times each), Mr Surinder Singh and Mr Anil Gupta (17 times each) and Mr Puran Chand Sharma (15 times). He said more than 70 employees donated blood beyond 10 times. Mr Jandu said the union had also organised a special blood donation camp for jawans and officers wounded in the Kargil conflict in 1999. The Tribune Trust and its employees have always been in the vanguard of national causes such as providing relief to flood and earthquake victims. Dr
R. P. Bambah, a former Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University and now a Trustee of the Tribune Trust inaugurated the camp and blessed the donors. He said blood donation was the best form of paying tributes to Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. Mrs Saudamani Bambah also visited the camp. Mr Jandu said the union was committed to strengthening the blood donation movement. It would continue to organise such camps for the benefit of the needy. |
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Minister visits hospital Kharar, September 8 According to information, Dr Chawla arrived here at 6.15 p.m. and remained here for about one hour. Dr Chawla talked to some of the patients. He also had a discussion with Dr S.S. Dhanoa, SMO, Civil Hospital, Kharar. He enquired about the patients who were referred from here to various hospitals in Chandigarh. Dr Dhanoa told him that only those patients were referred to other hospitals who needed the services of an anaesthist, as at present anaesthist arrived here for only two days in a week. Dr Chawla promised to look into the matter and assured that he would pass orders for the posting of a specialist in the hospital on permanent basis. |
Ravish, Gurnoor win cycle rally Chandigarh, September 8 The competitive 9-kilometre event was flagged off by Ms Jyoti Arora, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula. Young children covered different sectors of
Panchkula before the rally culminated at Red Bishop, Sector 2, Panchkula. In boys’ section, Ravish was placed first, followed by Pushpinder in second place and Sarpreet in third position. In girls’ section, Gurnoor Kang, who had won this event last year, won again while Ashish was second and Kalyani was third. The prizes were given by the Managing Director of HTC, Mr S.P. Thakur. The winners were given Rs 2,000, runners-up Rs 1000 and third place holders Rs 750 each in boys’ and girls’ sections. According to the organisers, except for one minor casualty, where a boy of Kendriya Vidyalya, Sector 47, got hurt, the rest of the rally was successful. The rally was part of the Haryana Tourism Week celebrations organised by the Haryana Tourism Corporation.
Tennis tourney The Zonal AITA tennis tournament began here today, with qualifying rounds played in below-14 and below-16 section at CLTA, Sector 10. Those who made it to the next rounds of the boys under-14 section were Sanjog Kapoor, Kinshuk Sharma, Rohit Malhotra, Yajur Kapoor, Anshul Garg, Barun Aggarwal, Viraj Gandhi,Vijayant Malik, Sandeep Roy Chaudhary, Kunal, Anant, Kuldeep Chugh, Sanchit Bilhara, Davinder Pal Singh, Mohak Mehta, Jai Vinod, Satyadeep, Sahil, Gaurav, Saurav, Vivyan, Anshul, Sidharth, Abheet, Anant Vidur Puri and Shiva Sangwan. In under-16 section, those who made it to the next round included Devroop Mitra, Sanchit, Sukamal Singh, Pankaj, Dilpreet, Vikas, Gursimran, Harkamal, Tarun Kapoor, Anil Mehta, Hardaman Singh, Simmerveer Singh, Sandeep Roy, Gurmehar, Kuldeep Chugh, Kulwinder, Navinder Pal, J.S. Sardana, H. Javed and Saurav Ahuja. |
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SPORTS ROUND-UP Chandigarh The first to be contacted through this link was Guwahati, then Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi. The turn of Chandigarh came at 5 p.m. Ms Bharti and Mr Suresh Kalmadi, president of the IOA, responded quickly to local newspersons questions Ms Bharti was so happy with Chandigarh newspersons that she announced her intention to visit the city to launch a sports campaign. Her visit will certainly put the local Sports Authority of India office on full alert as she always takes things seriously. Answering a question at the video conference, why India’s sports standards were never thought of as a matter of national prestige, she said: “Bhaiya, ‘mein tumhara dukh dard samajhti hun”. But apart from sports, what needed to be strengthen were sports medicine, nutrition, pyschological aspects, and training of youngsters. When all these were combined, the standards would improve. To some questions asked by newspersons from across the nation she responded in a lighter vein. She was almost cornered by a questioner who asked after every big event such as the Asian Games, an improvement was expected in the country’s sports scenario. This time also, after spending more than Rs 150 crore on the Afro-Asian Games, could we think of a better performance by our sportspersons? Ms Bharti replied: “I was not the Sports Minister in 1982 when Asiad was held, but this time I assure you that we expect a marked improvement in Indian sports after the games”.
The Shooting range Sector 25 shooting range was again in the news with the UT Police Department being asked to take control of its management. It had been observed over the years that the range had remained neglected by the UT Sports Department. The range which has produced shooters like Olympian Abhinav Bindra, Sabeeha Dhillon, Aarti Mehta, Chetenpreet and Dalip Chandel could have been equipped with better facilities. It has 10-metre, 25-metre, 50-metre and 300-metre ranges for air pistol and rifle events. The area for trap has not been developed. Now with the possibility of its management being taken over by the UT Police, the problems are likely to be tackled. It will also absolve the UT Sports Department of the responsibility of maintaining the range. |
Ensure adequate water, power supply: DC Panchkula, September 8 Ms Arora was presiding over a monthly meeting of the Grievances Committee held, her today. She directed the officials of these departments against the imposition of power cuts in places like hospitals so that the patients and public were not put to any inconvenience. Claiming that there was no power shortage in the district, Ms Arora directed the officials to ensure round-the-clock supply while directing officials of the Public Health Department to cooperate with the officials of the Electricity Department to ensure regular supply to tubewells. Ordering the construction of a boundary wall, Ms Arora directed officials of the Haryana Urban Development Authority to remove encroachments and to check misuse of open spaces in Sector 17 by residents of the Rajiv Colony. On the issue of encroachment on panchayat land in Bhur Darewale and threats by a driver of the BDPO office, Raipur Rani, the villagers demanded registration of a case against the accused. The District Development and Panchayat Officer was directed to conduct an inquiry and submit a report. Talking note of the ever-increasing problem of rehris at roundabouts, she asked the SDM to identify places were such rehris could be allowed and to impose penalty by impounding items of the violators. A total of 15 complaints were taken up at the meeting out of which 12 were disposed of on the spot. Later, while presiding over a meeting of various residents welfare associations, she called upon the public to join the plantation campaign under the greening programme in the city. The associations highlighted the problems of their respective sectors which primarily revolved around low water pressure, lack of adequate streetlighting, repair of roads and construction of dispensaries. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Manoj Yadav, urged the associations to deploy watchmen in their respective sectors. He added that he was willing to make Home Guards available for the purpose, provided they were ready to pay Rs 2,000 monthly to them. |
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Kanwaljit lays stone of link road Baltana (Zirakpur), September 8 |
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