HEALTH

Medical consultancy goes online
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 28
The first online medical consultancy service opened in the city here today. Available at nominal rates on the site www.familydoctors-india.com, the site was inaugurated at the Press Club here today.

Created by Dr B.S. Aggarwal, Senior Orthopaedic surgeon of the city, the site will have more than 30 specialists in various fields of medicine online to provide consultancy services to all those who visit the site and register themselves as patients.

Other than families who will be registering themselves to avail themselves of the consultancy from the specialists, doctors and medical organisations are also likely to register in order to share ideas and views and the latest knowledge available in their field.

The inauguration of such a site opens up a whole world of direct contact between the patient and an expert in the field on the Internet. This at-your-doorstep medical help line will however be charging nominal amounts to register. A sum of Rs 10 will be charged for each question with history of patient and is to be paid in advance at the rate of Rs 200 for 20 consultations valid for one year plus a one-time registration charge of Rs 100.

Dr Aggarwal, who is the project director of this first online consultation system, said the philosophy behind the system is to minimise self-medication, quackery and unnecessary time consuming processes. ‘‘The patient shall be guided and put on the right track to health’’, he said. Talking about his future plans, Dr Aggarwal stated that an emergency service of similar variety is on the cards.

Stress on training doctors in trauma management
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 28
The continuing medical education-cum-workshop on Trauma and Disaster Management, organised by the Department of Surgery, PGI, ended here today.

A complete session on disaster management was held in which all aspects of managing disaster and resulting trauma were discussed. Col S.K. Kochar talked about pre-hospital management, while a special lecture was delivered by Dr Manjul Joshipura of Ahmedabad on training of trauma surgeons.

It was felt at the end of the session that there was a need to train doctors for trauma and disaster management and it was decided that efforts be made in this direction.

A demonstration of the basic surgical and anaesthetic techniques that are frequently needed for a traumatised patient was also held. An interactive session followed this demonstration.

Prof I.C. Pathak and Prof P.S. Chari chaired the two sessions held today while five update lectures were delivered by Prof S.K. Khanna, Prof R.K. Sharma, Prof S.P. Bajaj, Prof Jaswant Rai and Prof Karwasra.

Workshop on orientation of medical officers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 28
A training workshop on the orientation of medical officers in disability prevention and rehabilitation under the aegis of the Rehabilitation Council of the Government of India began at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Raj Bahadur, Medical Superintendent, GMCH, mentioned that there were around 100 million disabled people in India. He also highlighted the process being followed in training the trainers and master trainers who would interact with community based rehabilitation workers and then take the message to the masses.

Dr S.K. Arya, from the Department of Ophthalomolgy, GMCH, spoke about blindness as a disability, while Prof Arjun Dass, Head, Department of ENT, GMCH, talked about the importance of screening the high-risk population for hearing disability.

Dr Nitin Nagarkar, Dr Ravi Kapoor, Dr Naveen Goyal, Dr Ravi K. Gupta and Dr P.N. Gupta were among those who spoke on the occasion.

Kidney stone patients examined
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 28
A prostatic disease and kidney stones camp was held here yesterday.

As many as 90 patients were examined free of cost by Dr (Col) V.K. Kapoor, Dr Anshuman V. Kapoor and Dr Hemant Hardikar.

The Rotary Club (Midtown) Allengers, Stancare, Emcure, Cipla and L and T helped organise the camp. Medicines were provided free of cost.

Pamphlets were distributed to educate the patients about the urological problems.

SPORTS

ROUND UP
Govt, industry join hands
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, April 28
The Government of India has taken another significant step for the development of sports. “The industry may also play a role in the development of the nation by promoting sports,” said Ms Uma Bharti, Union Sports Minister, who spoke to this reporter at a video press conference. The conference was spread over eight big cities of the country, including Chandigarh, Guwahati, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. It was arranged by the Press Information Bureau at NIC, Punjab Secretariat, Chandigarh.

The MoU provides for joint efforts of industry and the government for enhancing the quality of sports.

Mr R.S. Lodha, president, FICCI on being asked as to what returns he expected from the sponsorships, he said the main objective was to help India attain good image worldwide in sports, but in the longer run, every achievement of an individual or a team carried an image also, so he expected the sportspersons to project that image.

Mr Shekhar Dutt, DG, SAI said the FICCI would support various sportspersons under its different schemes such as SPDA, NSTC, SAG or so. He said the thrust was on the mobilisation of finances which were required to be passed on to sportspersons at this hour.

Last year also, an agreement was signed between the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Olympic Association to boost sports. Though inviting industry to spend on sports by offering them various incentives in the form of tax rebates may go a long way in promoting sports, yet our country needs long-term sponsors who can adopt any sports discipline vis-a-vis its growth potential. This will help grassroot-level sportspersons.

The results will be visible only when senior sportspersons bring glory to the country at the international level with added incentives. The positive returns enjoyed by the sponsoring firm will then lure other related firms to come the aid of sportspersons by sparing its budget for the development of sports.

Sajal, Nadia clinch titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 28
Sajal Kaushal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, in the boys’ section and Nadia Saini the girls’ section clinched titles in the junior section of the PGI Club Open Table Tennis Championships played at Community Hall, Sector 24, here today. Sajal, a son of TT coach Rajeev Kaushal, played a thrilling final when he defeated Manikant of DAV Public School, Sector 8, in four games with scores 11-6, 9-11, 12-10 and 11-9.

In the girls’ final, Nadia Saini of DAV Public School, Sector 8, defeated Arshdeep Kaur of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, 11-9,11-6, 8-11and 11-8. Earlier in the boys semifinal, Manikant of SDS-32 defeated Vaibhav of Manav Mangal-21, 11-3,11-3 and 11-7, while Sajal of GMSSS-35 beat Nitish Rana of Manav Mangal -21; 11-6,11-9 and 12-10. In boys’ semifinals, Nadia Saini and Arshdeep Kaur beat their respective rivals Ramanpreet Kaur of AKSIPS-41 and Mahima.

Basketball meet

IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, wrapped the girls and boys’ section titles, respectively, in the UT Junior Basketball Meet for under-18 played here on Sunday. In a one-sided final, Dev Samaj eves blasted Government Model High School, Sector 26; 51-9 with half-time score of 24-6. For winners side, Shweta netted 16 points, Amandeep-12 points and Manpreet 11 points. DAV cagers beat New Public School, Sector 18; 78-43 with half-time score of 45-21.

Earlier in the semifinals played on Sunday, ISDSSS-21 beat Bhavan Vidyalaya , Sector 27; 31-9 with half-time score 15-5. In the other semifinals, Government Model High School, Sector 26, got the better of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16; 23-15 with half-time score of 14-11.

In the boys’ semifinals, New Public School, Sector 18, defeated Guru Harkishan Public School, Sector 38; 50-22 (half-time score 28-11), while DAVSSS-8 beat Shivalik Public School, Sector 41; 51-39 (half-time score 25-19).

Police meet

The Ist All-India Police Water Sports Meet-2001 began at the Sukhna Lake, on Sunday. The four-day meet is being organised by the Punjab Police. In the three disciplines namely rowing, kayaking, and canoeing nearly 150 sportspersons from nine police teams from all over India were taking part. Mr M.S. Bhullar, Director-General of Police, Punjab, inaugurated the meet.

In the matches held on Sunday, Jarnail Singh of the Punjab Police won first place in canoeing (I) Nardev Singh and Tajinder Singh also of the Punjab Police in kayaking (II); Jarnail Singh and Sukhpal Singh again of the Punjab Police in canoeing (II) while Nardev Singh of the Punjab Police in kayaking (I).

Throwball meet

Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, defeated Guru Harkishan Public School, Sector 40; 10-0 and 15-5 in the boy’s section of the First UT Sub-Junior State Throwball Championship-2002 played here on Sunday. In other matches of the day, Sai Sports Club beat Guru Harkishan Public School, Sector 40; 15-7,15-7. In the girls’ section, Guru Harkishan Public school, Sector 40; outplayed Sacred Heart School, ‘A’ team 14-15, 15-10 and 15-6, while Sacred Heart School ‘B’ team defeated Shishu Niketan School-22; 15-9 and 15-14.

Cricket tourney

A fine performance by Arun Tuli, who scored 66 runs and also claimed two wickets for 28 runs, enabled the AG, Punjab in beating Bedi XI by three wickets in the UT League Cricket Meet played here on Sunday. Bedi XI scored 215 runs for eight, while the AG, reached the target with three wickets in hand in 34.5 overs. In another match, High Court XI beat Prudential Cricket Club by 93 runs. High Court XI made 231, runs while Prudential CC were all out for 138 runs. In yet another tie, Chandigarh Sports Club defeated Coaching Centre ‘A by three runs. CSC scored 172 runs for six wickets, while DAVCC ‘A’ team were bundled out for 166 runs. In another match of the day, Punjab Secretariat Cricket Club defeated Kalsi XI by seven wickets. Kalsi XI scored 128 runs and were all out while in reply Punjab Secretariat CC scored 130 runs for three in 21.2 overs.