HEALTH

Severed hand reimplanted by CMC surgeon
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 17
When 28-year-old Rajinder turned up for his job at Madan Timber Store, Malout, on that fateful May morning, hardly did he know that in the next few minutes his life would turn upside down.

While cutting wood with an electric saw, his left hand accidentally got struck by the machine blades and was completely severed through the wrist joint. With his hand bleeding profusely, Rajinder was taken to the Government Hospital, Malout, where the doctors referred him to the Christian Medical College and Hospital. After being brought to the Emergency and Trauma Centre, he was immediately shifted to the operating theatre for surgery by Dr Vijay Obed, Professor and Head, Plastic Surgery Department, and his team. “The amputated hand had shattered bones, tendons, nerves and vessels. As there was extreme bleeding at the time of the injury, the hand had turned white but soon after anastomosis of arteries and veins, blood flow resumed and the hand turned pink.”

After two weeks of successful reimplant and recovery, Rajinder was discharged from the hospital. According to Dr. Vijay Obed, the patient will have to undergo physiotherapy to obtain optimum functioning of the reimplanted hand but he will eventually be able to resume his normal life. And for Rajinder, the sole bread winner of his family, all this was nothing less than a miracle.

A patient with an amputated organ must be taken immediately to a microsurgery centre, preferably within 6 and 12 hours and with proper preservation. Preservation of the severed part was of utmost importance for a successful reimplantation. Ideally, a severed limb should be washed/cleaned with normal saline water and wrapped with a clean gauge and was placed in a cold container.

The container should be sealed and immersed in an ice bucket. The main idea is that the severed limb should not come in direct contact with the ice. It may not be necessary to clean the amputated part with any particular antibiotic/antiseptic solution.

DMCH union flayed
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 17
The Management of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) has condemned the union’s action of disrupting the normal functioning of the hospital.

Dr S.C.Ahuja, Principal DMCH, in a press conference said today that their attempt proved unsuccessful as no OPD patient and doctor supported their undue and illogical stand. The consultants, including the gastroenterologists provided their consultation to all OPD patients. “The hospital functioning was smooth and OPDs ran in smooth manner”, said Dr Ahuja.

LDCA XI, Riat Club reach semifinals
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 17
Riat Club demolished NOC Academy by 81 runs, while LDCA XI in a nail biting finish outplayed Double Decker Club by 4 runs to make it to the semifinals of the 7th Invitation Cricket Cup Tournament being organised by the College of Agriculture at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here on Sunday. They join PAU Club and Friends Club in the semifinals to be played on June 23.

The match between Riat Club and NOC Academy proved to be a one-sided affair with the former romping home quite comfortably.

Batting first, Riat Club scored a total of 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their allotted quota of 25 overs. Riat Club’s innings revolved around their skipper Devinder Riat, Rajan and Anil Danny who contributed 58, 50 n.o and 39 n.o; respectively. The only successful bowler for the academy was Joga Singh who grabbed 2 for 19.

In reply, despite some useful batting by Tejinder (34), Sukhwant (27) and Jasdeep Harry (35) NOC Academy could muster only 143 runs.

Brief scores: Riat Club — 224 for 4 in 25 overs. NOC Academy — 143 all out Jatinder 2 for 21, Tajesh 3 for 20 and Mukhi 2 for 0).

In the second match, Varun Gupta (56), Gaurav Marwaha (36) and Karan Goel (21) helped LDCA XI to score a challenging total of 196 for 7 in 25 overs.

Double Decker Club began their chase on a sound note but fine efforts of Rohit (36), Sarbjeet Lally (35) and Jatin (22) were not enough to surpass LDCA XI’s total as finished at 192 for 9 after 25 overs.

Brief scores: LDCA XI — 196 for 7 in 25 overs (Mannu 2 for 25 and Sanjeev 2 for 13).

Double Decker Club — 192 for 9 in 25 overs (Rattan 3 for 19 and Karan Goel 2 for 31).

Players’ death mourned
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 17
Former hockey olympians, sports promoters and representatives of different sports organisations have expressed grief over the death of former hockey stars, Kuldeep Singh and Narinder Singh Laddi who died last week. Kuldeep Singh was suffering from brain cancer, while Narinder Singh Mangat ( Laddi ) died after he met with an accident.

Kuldeep Singh (54) was working as Superintendent of Police at PAP, Jalandhar, and represented India in various international hockey meets. Narinder Singh Mangat (32) attended the preparatory camp for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Besides, he represented Punjab in different national meets during the period 1990 to 1995.

Olympian Sukhbir Singh Grewal, president, Aryan Hockey Club, Baldev Singh, national hockey coach, Olympian Hardeep Singh Neeta, Narinder Pal Singh Sidhu and Jagroop Singh Jarkhar, chairman and president of Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club, Devi Dyal, president, Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council and Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, have mourned their untimely death and expressed their sympathies with the grieved families.

20 vehicles challaned
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 17
Launching a crackdown on three-wheelers causing pollution in the city, the district administration and the District Transport Officer challaned vehicles this evening today.

Within an hour of the drive as many as 20 vehicles emitting poisonous gases above 65 HSU were challaned. Officials said in some cases the pollutant level was as high as 90 HSU. The officials said the campaign would continue for the next six months.

The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, the District Transport Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ms Rakhi Gupta Bhandari, were present on the spot.

During campaign, smoke emission of 200 vehicles was checked.

The Deputy Commissioner said the administration had also directed the police and DTO office to start frequent checking of overloaded buses as well as autorickshaws carrying schoolchildren. The autorickshaws could not load more than 15 students. Principals of schools would be held responsible in the case of repeated violations by the autorickshaws engaged by their students.

ASI sent to Police Lines
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 17
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, today ordered the transfer of a Punjab Police ASI to the Police Lines and directed the Police Department not to post him at any position without his approval.

The Deputy Commissioner said the cop, Raj Kumar, was unaware of illegal holding of dancing shows by girls in a colony on Tajpur road. The DC said the illegal activity was exposed by some newspapers. When Mr Aggarwal sought information from the cop, who was posted in the area, he feigned ignorance about the shows.