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Dr Meenal advocates HRT Chandigarh, March 17 Dr Kumar who runs the menopause clinic in Sector 22 polyclinic, was speaking at a public awareness programme organised by the Bharti Vikas Parishad on ‘Health hazards after menopause’ here today. Dr Rakesh Kumar Jaswal, cardiologist, Mukat Hospital, spoke about coronary heart problems in the menopausal and postmenopausal age group. He emphasised that the HRT which has had a very positive effect for containing bone problems among women had not proved very effective in controlling onset of heart diseases in the post-menopausal stage. Dr Raj Bahadur, Head, Department of
Orthopaedics and Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College and Hospital, gave a presentation on the problems of osteoporosis among women in this age group. He stressed the need for the sufficient intake of calcium, enough exposure to sunlight and a regular exercise regimen for the women at this stage. Dr Rameshwar Chander, Director Health Services, UT, also released a book titled ‘‘Women's Health after Menopause’’ by Dr Meenal Kumar. The Mayor, Mrs Lalit Joshi, was also present. |
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Pulmonary medicine update Chandigarh, March 17 Inaugurated by Dr C. L. Kaul, Director, NIPER, SAS Nagar, the update was aimed at highlighting the recent developments in the field of respiratory disorders and tuberculosis. Prof S.Kashyap from Shimla discussed the basic guidelines in the management of community-acquired pneumonia. The problem of diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia was taken up by Prof S.K.Jindal from PGI while the diagnosis and management of such complicated infections were dealt with by Dr D.Behera from PGI. The recent outbreak of plague in Himachal Pradesh treated in PGIMER was discussed by Dr Sanjay Jain from the Department of Internal Medicine, PGI. Dr Jain emphasised that the outcome in plague cases could be very good if the treatment was started within hours of developing the symptoms of the disease and the delay in diagnosis and treatment made the disease fatal in up to 80 per cent of cases. Dr Jain also emphasised that the preventive antibiotics were only advisable after the very close contact with the patients, but not for the contacts of the contacts. The use of mask for preventing spread of disease was quite effective. Dr R.S.Guleria from AIIMS, Delhi, dwelled upon the recent concepts in the management of chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD). Prof V.K.Arora, Director, LRS Institute of Tuberculosis, discussed the short-course directly-observed therapy (DOTS) for tuberculosis. Prof S.K.Sharma from AIIMS, discussed the problems which came across during the treatment of TB in situations like pregnancy, breast-feeding, kidney and liver failure, epilepsy and AIDS etc. Prof A.K. Janmeja gave the overview of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in India and abroad. The last session was a panel discussion on various aspects of tuberculosis, including tuberculosis outside the lung and the side effects of drug treatment. Prof J.Whig from Ludhiana moderated the discussion while Prof Jai Kishan and Dr R.S.Bedi from Patiala, Prof K.B. Gupta from Rohtak and Dr V.K.Maini participated in the discussion. Yesterday, a one-day workshop on the RNTCP was organised by the Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, GMCH. Aimed at involving college teachers, private medical practitioners, NGOs and the media in the programme’s implementation, the workshop was attended by over a 100 persons. The Government of India with the help of WHO and the World Bank had started the RNTCP in 1993 and 40 per cent of the total population had been covered so far under the programme. Stating this, the programme coordinator, Dr A.K. Janmeja in his welcome address stressed the need of involving people from all quarters in the successful implementation of the revised programme. Dr Raj Bahadur,
MS, GMCH, who inaugurated the workshop talked briefly about RNCTP. Delivering a lecture, Dr Rohit Sarin, Medical Superintendent, LRS Institute, New Delhi, gave an overview of the DOTS programme currently under way in some parts of the country as part of the RNTCP. Dr Vijay Kumar Arora, Director, LRS Institute, talked about various schemes under the RNTCP, the role of NGOs and health workers, medical and paramedical staff to be played in the programme. A participatory chain of the various people involved in the implementation of the programme at various levels was formed, who gave live demonstration to the participants of their roles, functions and duties, how they performed them and what were the problems faced by them. |
The Tribune beat Amar Ujala Chandigarh, March 17 In the first match, Press Club XI batting first secured 96 runs for all out in just 15 overs. Ramesh Sharma was the star player for his team when he hammered 37 runs in 32 deliveries and was run out. In reply, TOI XI achieved the target with eight wickets in hand. In the second tie played between The Tribune XI and Amar Ujala, it was the latter who batted first. They scored 165 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs, with Sunil Dutta being the highest scorer with 37 runs. The Tribune XI batsman Munish Sharma kept the team spirits high by scoring 56 runs. Brief scores: Ist match: Press Club: 96 runs all out in 15 overs (Ramesh Sharma 37, Karan 2 for 18, Deepak 2 for 18, Pritpal 3 for 13). TOI: 99 runs for two in 13 overs (Anupam 22, Sanjeev 32, Deepak 22 n.o. and Ajay 11 n.o.) IInd match: Amar Ujala: 165 runs for six in 20 overs (Rajiv Gupta 23, Gurdeep 16, Sunil Dutta 37, Rajiv Tiwari 20, Anil Tiwari 10, Sushant 11, Bhupinder 8 n.o. Gagan Sethi 3 n.o. and Ashok Yadav 2 for 33). The Tribune: 169 runs for five in 19.2 overs (Munish Sharma 56, Vinay 25, Ajay 15, Navtej 18 n.o., Ajay Saini 11, Akash Ghai 7, Vikas Ghai 4 n.o. and Gurdeep 3 for 33). Tomorrow the matches will be played between Indian Express XI and Desh Sewak XI and between Hindustan Times and Dainik Bhaskar XI.
PEC club win PEC Sports Club thrashed Indo-Dutch Cricket Club by five wickets in the IVth Godrej Storewell League Cup Cricket Meet played at the PEC grounds, here on Sunday. In another match of the day, Elite Cricket Club defeated City Cricket Club by 17 runs.
Fine knock by Bhupinder Bhupinder Sandhu scored 82 runs in 61deliveries, thus enabled SSP Network XI in beating Cable Network XI by 31 runs in the second edition of the Jesus Christ Cash Prize Cricket Tournament being played at the Gursagar grounds, here on Sunday. In the second match of the day, a brilliant half century by Gurvinder, who scored 94 runs in 51 deliveries, helped Pace Cricket Club to outplay Pinjore Cricket Club by 88 runs. |
Dera Bassi MC budget passed Dera Bassi, March 17 The meeting of the house was chaired by Mr Jagjit Singh Dalli, president of the civic body. A sum of Rs 3, 35,00,000 would be spent on various development works within the MC limits while Rs 1,07,51,000 would be distributed as salary among the employees of the civic
body. Apart from this Rs 16 lakh have been kept for miscellaneous expenditures. After the octroi abolition in Punjab, the Dera Bassi civic body would bear a loss of Rs 2,00,75,000 and the amount would be taken by the MC as a grant. Additional excise duty would fetch Rs 50 lakh, Rs 22 lakh would be yielded after imposing cess on electricity bills. In addition to this, an income of Rs 10,50,000 would be from house tax, Rs 13 lakh from the vehicles from entry fee to the local bus stand, Rs 8 lakh from water bills and Rs7 lakh from the shops and other establishments owned by the civic body. |
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