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HEALTH

DHS orders on ice cream
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 28
The Director, Health Services, Chandigarh Administration, has in a public order stated that those shopkeepers who sell ice-cream through a shop, a stall or a cart will have to display his name, the ice-cream manufacturer's name along with the addresses conspicuously on the shop, stall or cart.

The DHS has further stated that the ice-cream sold should contain not less than 10 per cent milk fat, 3.5 per cent protein, and 36 per cent total solids.

The dealer is allowed to add starch to a maximum limit of 5 per cent under a declaration on a label as specified in the rules.

1 more shifted to isolation ward
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 28
Purshotam, brother-in-law of Randhir, the first person to have died of plague in Himachal, was discharged by the PGI here today. Purshotam is the brother of Sulochna, Randhir’s wife, who too succumbed to the epidemic at the PGI. The condition of the rest of the five patients in the PGI isolation ward is said to be stable.

Simli, a resident of Sector 26, who was being treated at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, for common garden pneumonia was shifted to the isolation ward this morning after her son developed fever and cough.

The nodal officer for the GMCH-32, Dr Atul Sachdev, however, stated that the patient did not have epidiomolgical evidence of any contact with any of the patients suffering from plague, either from Himachal or Kansal.

‘‘Her isolation has been done as a precautionary measure,’’ he explained. The doctors and nurses attending on the patient have been directed to take prophylactic medicines.

The Punjab Health authorities, meanwhile, are in touch with 150 persons who may have come in contact with plague victim Krishan Singh of Reon Khurd village in Mansa district who was living in Kansal village before he died.

Stating this here today, the Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Punjab, Mr Rajan Kashyap, said all possible contacts — a list of which had been provided by the PGI authorities and the UT Health Department — were being given prophylactic treatment. Teams of the National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD) had visited Mansa and Kansal.

He said two suspected cases from Patti in Amritsar turned out to be those of tuberculosis. He said a specially designed programme of the PGI to check the epidemic had been forwarded to the civil surgeons for necessary action.

Doctor leaves no ‘stone’ unturned
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 28
In a rare case, a 10-year-old girl from Mubarakpur village in Patiala was reportedly operated upon for primary gall stones in the combined bile duct, though there were no stones in her gall bladder which had been showing signs of inflammation.

Dr Subhash Sharma, SMO of the Civil Hospital here, who had performed the operation, said Sonam, the child, had been showing symptoms of the disease for the past two years. “This problem is known to exist in women above 40 years of age. It is rare that the symptoms show at such an early age,” he said.

He said gall stones were present in the gall bladder, from where these slipped into the combined bile duct. In this case, the primary stones were present in the duct, but there were no stones in the bladder.

It was perhaps for this reason that doctors could not detect the problem for two years. She was admitted to the hospital on January 30. After being operated upon successfully, she was discharged on February 10, he said.

Upgradation of PGI professors put off
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 28
According to sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the interviews for direct appointment of professors to the PGI scheduled to be held between March 4 and March 7, 2002 have been postponed by an express order of the Union Minister of Health, Dr C.P. Thakur.

Sources say that the minister had been requested to postpone these interviews by the additional professors of the PGI who had appeared for the interview held for selection of professors under the Dhar Commission recommendations. They have asked that till the matter relating to their redesignation was not settled, no fresh, direct appointment to professor’s post be made.

The Governing Body of the PGI had taken a decision on the promotion of additional professors as professors under the Dhar Commission recommendations. It was decided that the promotions of these additional professors be cleared only after they gave an undertaking that they would not demand any additional benefit even if the the Court decided in favour of certain additional professors of the AIIMS claiming additional benefits in accordance with the Dhar recommendations.

On the request of the would be professors, the Minister also has directed the PGI administration to move rapidly to take necessary undertakings for not resorting to litigation and acceptance of the pay package offered by the Government to the additional professors being promoted as professors under the Dhar Scheme.

SPORTS

East Zone humble South Zone by 10 wickets
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, February 28
Defending champions North Zone got the better of West Zone by five wickets while East Zone humbled South Zone by 10 wickets in the Food Corporation of India All-India Inter-zonal Cricket Tournament which began here today at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.

A match played at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, was of shorter duration when South Zone were bundled out for just 59 runs in 22 overs. In reply, East Zone reached in just 7.4 overs without losing a wicket.

In another match played at Sector 16 Cricket stadium, a consistent bowling by North Zone bowlers enabled them to restrict the West Zone at 136 runs in 34.1 overs. Sourav Varmani claimed three wickets. Darshan Panchal with 43 runs was the highest scorer.

In reply, North Zone team saw skipper Kavaljeet Singh helped by Naveen Negi put up a grand score in their opening partnership of 91 runs. Finally it was former Ranji star Arun Sharma who steered his side to five-wicket win.

Brief scores: (Ist match) — South Zone: 59 runs all out in 22 overs (Suresh 18, Naveen Kumar 17, D. Mukharjee 4 for 11, S. Bhattacharya 2 for six) East Zone: 61 runs for no loss ( I. Bose 32, D Sarkar 25); IInd match — West Zone: 136 runs all out in 34.1 overs (Darshan Panchal 43, Santosh 24, Sourav Varmani 3 for 25; North Zone: 140 runs for five in 27.2 overs (Kavaljeet Singh 48, Naveen Negi 37, Ashok Shinde 2 for 27).

Tennis meet

Ashish Kapoor of Punjab, Ravi Deep Sahi of the CRPF, BNS Reddy of Karnataka and S. K. Upadhaya sailed into the last four of the open singles event of the 3rd All-India Police Tennis Meet played here today at the CLTA Stadium, Sector 10.

In the veteran singles, S. M. Sharma of Punjab reached the semi-finals. Others who joined Sharma were S. Kar of Orissa, R. K. Swamy of CRPF and Anil Mohan.

The combination of S. M. Sharma and Ashish Kapoor also moved into the open doubles semi-final when they ousted S. Prabhakar and P. G. Kumar. Others who entered the semi-finals of the open doubles event are: BNS Reddy and AV Chauhan, Yurinder and Rakesh and Ravideep Sahi and Datta.

In the veteran doubles, Sukhdev and Rajiv Kumar will face P. P. Singh and S. K. Upadhaya in the tomorrow’s final.

Cricket tourney

Inde Dutch Systems, PEC Sports Club, Elite Cricket Club and Honda City XI will take part in the IVth Godrej Storewell Cup League Cricket Tournament which begins from March 3 at the PEC grounds.

Each team in its pool will play once with the remaining three teams while the top two teams would play the final. The league matches shall be of 25 overs while the final will be of 30 overs. On the first day, PEC Sports Club will vie with Honda City XI followed by the Elite Cricket Club versus Inde-Dutch Systems.

Shooting meet

Parminder Singh shot 264/300 to bag gold medal in the standard pistol senior men-civilian category in the 26th Northern India Shooting Championship played here today at the Sector 25 Patiali Ki Rao shooting range. Daleep Chandel of Chandigarh secured silver medal in this section. Gurpreet Kaur of Chandigarh also cornered glory when she clinched gold medal at 272/300. Chandigarh girls also bagged gold medal in the team event with Priti, Gurpreet and Anu Prashar together shot 780/900.

The other gold medal winners were, air rifle — OS-NR — senior-men-civilian-Surinder Pal (Punjab), 330/400; junior men: Ashreet Singh (Pun) 308/400; sub-junior men: Harmandeep Singh (Chd) 294/400. air rifle-OS-NR-senior women-Roopmeet Mann (Chd) 296/400; air rifle ISSF-senior women: Chetanpreet Kaur (Pun) 393/400. air pistol-ISSF-senior women: Inderjeet Kaur (Pun) 352/400. free pistol ISS-senior men: Kuldeep Singh (UP) 489/600.

Punjab eves secured team gold medal in air rifle ISSF senior women with team comprising Deepika, Jaswinder and Honey shot total 1051/1200. Chandigarh girls garnered team gold medal in air pistol event with team members included Priti, Anu and Gupreet whose total was 1032/1200.