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A ward of happiness Chandigarh, September 14 As soon as you enter the room, happiness envelopes you. Instead of grumbling through days of illness, children play games and paint. Nurse Santosh Singla, who along with others is responsible for this creation, says that this provides children and their parents with a much-needed reprieve from the usual drabness of the hospital. We also celebrate festivals in the ward, so that, children who are away from their homes, do not feel deprived and neglected, she says. The ward has three rooms, each with six beds comprising its paediatric section. At any given day, about 20 children are admitted to these wards. Colourful chairs and tricycles keep these children entertained. For a little grown-up children like nine-year-old Ajay of Manesar and Shilkha, 9, of Bijnour, there is a part-time teacher who visits the ward every evening. In the day, nurses and the other staff members take turns in taking care of the children and the room, says Ms Singla. Well-wishers and social workers donate toys, games, chairs and tricycles, besides painting walls for the ward. The textbooks have been donated by principals of various local schools. Most children who are in the ward are suffering from portal vein hypertension, blockage of ducts and various other gastrointestinal problems. Due to the risk of hospital-acquired infections, the department tries to treat and discharge these children as early as possible. However, most of them still have to stay for at least three to four weeks. Then, there are those who have to keep coming back for medical tests and reviews. They have a bond with the room. |
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Joint action
plan to fight malaria Chandigarh, September 14 These include gearing up of the surveillance programme and information education communication (IEC) activities. At the meeting some of the high risk areas, including flood and drainage-prone ones, were identified along the inter-state border areas. The problem areas where malaria is widespread and needs immediate action plan includes Noida, Faridabad, Hardwar and Udham Singh Nagar. Delegates from different states discussed various aspects of controlling malaria in these problem areas. For areas like Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, a greater stress was laid on screening migratory. The three-day meeting is organised every alternate year to review the malaria situation in the inter-state border areas and chalk out an action plan for coordinated containment activities. The plan drawn during the meeting will be implemented following a final approval by the Union Health Ministry The meeting had been organised by the UT Assistant Director (Malaria), and the office of the Senior Regional Director, Regional Office for Health and Family Welfare, and was attended by delegates from Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Delhi. |
Top positions for DAV athletics Chandigarh, September 14 The winners were: 100m (girls) Nisha, DAV Panipat; 400m Kavita; 1500m Mamta; shot put (girls) Sukhmani; (boys) Gagandeep; 1500m Vikas; long jump (boys) Amit Rana; (girls) Pawanjeet; high jump Harishankar; (girls) Mandeep; discus throw (girls) Sukhmani Brar; (boys) Rajan; 100m (boys) Sonu Malik; 200m (boys) Sonu Malik; 400m (boys) Gaurav; 800m (boys) Rajiv; 200m (girls) Kavita; 800m (girls) Mamta; 4x400m (boys) CL DAV-11; Pkl 1 (girls) DAVS, Panipat; 4x100m (girls) CL DAV, Sec 11; Pkl; javelin throw (boys) Sonu Malik; (girls) Natasha; triple jump Harinder; 4x100m (boys) DAVS, Panipat.
Youth basketball meet The Chandigarh Basketball Association will organise UT Youth Basketball Championship for boys and girls from September 21 to 23 at sports complex, Sector 7. Players born on or after January 1, 1985, will be eligible to take part in the three-day meet. This was stated by Mr A.S. Yadav, general secretary of the association. During the above championship, 15 probables for each category will be selected to attend 10-day coaching camp. Thereafter, final selection of teams to represent UT in the forthcoming Youth National Basketball Championship to be held at Indore from October 14 to 20 would be held. The championship will be the first meet after the recent changes made in the structure of the association.
Selection trials The Haryana State Womens Cricket Association will conduct selection trials for senior Haryana womens cricket team, which will take part in the North Zone Senior Women cricket tournament to be held at Delhi. The trials will take place on September 18 at 11 am at Sector 5 cricket grounds. Entries close with Mr R.P. Chopra, Panchkula, at 571104. This was disclosed by Ms Bhaswati Chatterjee, secretary of the association.
DP Azad cricket trophy The DP Azad Cricket Trophy, which is being organised by the Chandigarh Cricket Association, affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association, will be inaugurated by Mr Desh Prem Azad Dronacharya, at 11 am tomorrow at Gursagar grounds. This was stated by Mr Surinder Singh Baijee, secretary of the association.
Soccer awareness campaign A soccer awareness campaign will be organised by Soccertech, a soccer loving group, which will promote football in the city for budding
youngsters. This one-day campaign will be held on September 16 at 3 pm at Sector 42 sports complex. The new group has the blessings of international Harjinder Singh and Saji a physio expert. According to a press note, various schools of the city has been approached to make the campaign a
success. Cricket tourney: The second Dilawari Inter-Institutional cricket tournament, beginning from September 16, will see 10 teams from different institutions. The teams participating are, Pool A-FCI, the Oriental Bank of Commerce, the Central Bank of India, the HSIDC and LIC, while Pool B consists of Sectt, BBMB, Canara Bank, Indo-Dutch and United India Insurance Corp. |
MCC earmarks funds for various projects Chandigarh, September 14 Keeping in view the problem of low water pressure in Sector 33-A, the F and CC members decided to get a deep tubewell installed at a cost of Rs 14.04 lakh. The members also approved the tenders for removing carcasses from Butrela, Badheri, Attawa, Burail and Mani Majra. The annual contract for the four villages and Mani Majra has been awarded at a cost of Rs 1.20 lakh and Rs 3.25 lakh, respectively. The committee earmarked Rs 3.60 lakh for the construction of bay parking of slow carriage way on the V-2 road in Sector 22. The F and CC passed estimates for Rs 6.2 lakh and Rs 7.2 lakh for providing storm water drainage and parking streetlights in the kabadi market, Industrial Area, Phase II. The members were informed of the recommendations of the condemnation board regarding fixing of reserved prices for old vehicles. Consequently, the committee fixed their reserved prices for putting them to public auction. The committee deliberated on the proposal to fix the reserved price of commercial property in pocket No 1, Mani Majra, and fixed their reserved price. The members were informed about the decision to allot the parking site adjoining Piccadily cinema to the highest bidder who had quoted Rs 1.76 lakh against the reserved price of Rs 1.50 lakh. So as to save precious drinking water, the committee discussed the proposal pertaining to supplying treated water for irrigating various open spaces. It was decided that the present 10 MGD capacity of the sewerage treatment plant be increased and augmented. |
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