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Be wary of unhygienic pickles Chandigarh, July 7 * PHD sends two samples for analysis to food laboratory. * Adulterated mustard oil used in the pickle can be very harmful. * Watch against any fungal growth in the pickle. * Public Health Department intensifies checking and raids. * Four ice-cream factories closed recently. * Chances of infection during monsoons are higher. A large number of eating joints, serving pickles with their delicacies, are getting their supply from wholesalers, for whom hygiene and cleanliness hold no
meaning. Though the Director, Health Services, was not available for comments, the Senior Food Inspector, Mr M.K. Sharma, when contacted confirmed that he had received some complaints in this regard. “Though we have been taking samples at random but it was only last week that pickles from Dadu Majra and Industrial Area were sent to laboratory for testing,” he revealed. He said that the report of the analysis would be received after 40 days. It is learnt that not just rehriwallas, dhabas and canteens but even some hotels were getting their pickle supply from places where it is kept in most unhygienic way in drums, exposed to all kinds of mosquitoes and flies, carrying harmful
bacteria. The main concern of the authorities is to check against the use of mustard oil in pickles, which has ajrymon content, which can ultimately affect the nervous system. At times the pickle being served in eating places has fungal growth, which can lead to infection. As per norms, the percentage of various ingredients in pickles, especially the preservative, has to be in right proportion. The percentage of salt in the liquid covering the pickle should not be less than 10 per cent, in the vinegar pickles the percentage of citric acid in the liquid should not be less than 2 per cent, while in the oil pickles, the layer of oil has to be at least 0.5 cm. Apart from this, the pickle-makers have to keep in mind the fact that all ingredients must be in right proportion. While the main ingredient of which the pickle is made has to be 60 per cent, the percentage of oil should be 10 per cent. During the last two months, the Public Health department has launched a sustained campaign whereby raids are being conducted to check adulteration in various eatables and food products. In fact four ice cream factories in the Industrial Area, Mani Majra, Ram Durbar and Colony No. 5, were closed down as they were found to be violating the prescribed norms. Prior to this, action was taken against those selling adulterated masala and pulses which were being polished. |
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What’s ailing Saket Hospital? Panchkula, July 7 This 40-bed hospital — the first orthopaedic hospital of joint Punjab, has certainly fallen on bad days. Poor maintenance of the building has turned this into a health hazard, putting to risk the lives of hundreds of patients and their attendants. Most of the employees are not getting their salaries due to paucity of funds thus they are leaving the hospital for good . Famous for advanced orthopaedic surgeries like total hip replacement, total knee replacement and club foot surgery - the alleged poor management of hospital during the past few months has led to its decline. It may be noted that the largest number of club foot surgeries in the country ( about 1500 on an average during a year) are done here. Also, these advanced orthopaedic surgeries are done at a comparatively low cost. Stink greets the visitors to the hospital. It appears that the floors have not been mopped for days together. Mr Sidh Prakash, a resident of Sector 19 here who has been admitted in the hospital with a femur fractures for the past one month says, “ A hospital should be disinfected regularly, but I have never seen the floors being mopped with a disinfectant. As a result, various insects, and micro- organisms that cause hospital infections, are in the air and we are susceptible to these .” Ms Devli, an attendant of another inmate in the hospital, told TNS that there was no water supply in the hospital. “ We are forced to go to the houses across the road in Sector 2 in order to get drinking water. Also, the power supply to the hospital is very erratic. The power goes off every now and then and it becomes very difficult for patients to tolerate the heat. There is no alternate arrangement for power supply to the hospital. “ Patients allege that if power supply gets disrupted during night time, not a single attendant is available. “ A few days ago, after a power failure, we had to call the Medical Superintendent here , so that he could complain to the Electricity authorities” , they said. The toilets , too, are in a bad shape with leaking taps and broken doors. Patients allege that these are hardly ever cleaned and the village is often seen flowing out . The lighting in the hospital wards is inadequate and most of the points are non- functional. Employees of the hospital and various patients maintain that they have written several letters to the Haryana Governor , who is the President of the Hospital to intervene. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Director of the hospital, Dr Rakesh Jhalani , who was here on deputation from West Bengal, is not getting further extension. His term expires on July 14 and a new appointment will be made. With Dr Jhalani’s ouster and no new appointment in his place so far, the shortage of doctors here will increase further . The hospital will have to function with only two doctors after Dr Jhalni leaves. |
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700 attend disability camp Chandigarh, July 7 After holding six such camps on Sundays in the past, the camps are now being held on a fortnightly basis. A large number of patients with physical and visual disability and mentally challenged persons have been attending the camps. With the help of the Director, Social Welfare, the people who attend the camp, are given identity cards and disability certificates for convenience. Brig (retd) Dr M.L. Kataria has been providing paediatric and medical advice during the camps. Among those who were present at the camp included the Subdivisional Magistrate (Central), Mr Prithvi Chand, the Joint Secretary, Red Cross Society, Mr Randhir Singh, and Dr Raj Bahadur, who is the nodal officer, State Resource Centre. The camp was held at Government Senior Secondary School in Sector 45 here. |
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clarification Apropos the story, ‘Writer’s sweet victory over cancer’, the book written by Justice Surinder Singh (retd) was released by Dr S. Varma, Head, Internal Medicine Department, PGI. A former Principal of the Jalandhar Government College of Education, Dr D.R. Vij, was the chief guest at the function held at a local hotel on July 6. The error is regretted. |
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Need to tap young talent, says DPI Chandigarh, July 7 He was of the view that once schools infrastructure and its resources were utilised properly there would be no dearth of fine players. He said the young talent should be tapped at the right age. He said steps like providing physical education/sports teachers to train the children in the evening hours should be taken to give thrust to sports in the schools. He assured that grounds in various schools would be put to optimum use. He was hopeful of getting the desired results over a period of time. The posting of different coaches by the UT Sports Department in various UT schools was another positive step towards promoting sports in the schools. He added that the department had made a bid to host the 48th National School Games in below 19 age group hockey (boys and girls) and karate for which the dates would be finalised later by the School Games Federation of India (SGFI). Mr Mangat said tournaments for the local schools in three age groups (below 14, 17 and 19) would be conducted throughout the year starting from July. The UT Inter-school shooting meet would be held on July 13 at Patiala Ki Rao shooting range, Sector 25. The Pre-Subroto Mukherjee Football Cup for sub-junior (11-14 years) and junior sections (15-17 years) would be organised from July 23 to 25. August will witness events in wrestling, boxing (for boys) and swimming, carrom, gymnastics and roller skating (for boys and girls). In September, Pre-Nehru Hockey for boys and girls in below 15 and 17 years, lawn tennis, badminton, yoga, table tennis, archery and ball-badminton would be held in below 14, 17 and 19 sections. The boys events will be held from September 16 to 18 and girls events from September 23 to 25 In October, host of events like basketball, handball, hockey, kabaddi, (National and circle style), football for boys in all three age groups and football for girls in below 19 age group will be held. The other disciplines for this month were: volleyball, hockey and softball. The boys events will be held from October 21 to 23 and girls events from October 24 to 31. In November, the disciplines include cricket for boys-below 14, 16 and 19 years and cricket (girls) in below 19 age group. Other sports like karate, fencing and throwball for both boys and girls will also be held. The boys events will be held from November 11 to 13 and girls events from November 19 to 21. Primary school games for children below 11 years will be held in selected sport from November 26 to 28. In December, UT Inter-school athletics meet for both boys and girls will be held from December 16 to 20. Mr Mangat said netball had also been added to the UT schools calender but the dates would be announced soon. Netball would make its maiden entry in this year’s National School Games. He said the school officials who had been appointed secretaries to conduct the meet were: For boys — Mr Karan Singh, Principal, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, while for girls — Ms Rajesh Minhas, Principal, Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18. |
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LG XI win by 51 runs Chandigarh, July 7 In another match of the day, SSP Network XI defeated 47 Welfare XI by 71 runs, while Chetna Cricket Club got the better of Mohali Gymkhana XI by one wicket and JJ Sports XI beat Excellence XI by 96 runs.
Selected As many as 24 probables have been selected by the UT Cricket Association in below 16 age group for a 10-day rigorous coaching camp beginning July 8 at Cricket stadium, Sector 16. These boys were selected
after the conclusion of two day trials. The probables are: Anupam, Gaurav, Samandeep Singh, Simranjit Sidhu, Nitin Rathi, Simrat Bawa, Raj Angand, Sidharth Sharma, Sumit Dhiman, Gurkirat Singh, Karam Kherwal, Zubin Malhotra, Vinit Goyal, Sunny Sharma, Mohd. Intiaz, Harjot, Raghav, Rishi Sharma, Karan Sharma, Varun Kaushal, Gauravjit Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Jatin Mahajan and Sunit Thakur. |
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Protest by Markfed staff on July 9 Chandigarh, July 7 Mr Harbhajan Dass, president of the union, said all employees would participate in the state-wide rally to be organised at Chandigarh on July 9. He claimed that there was no pension scheme for workers in most of the corporations and the workers were not responsible in any way for the slowing down of the state economy. So there was no justification for decreasing the allowances of employees, making these equal to the allowances of government employees. The union leader said it was the mismanagement and corruption on part of the higher officials and wrong policies of the previous governments, which had caused massive fiscal losses in the state. He said Markfed had provided loans worth Rs 100 crore to the state government over the years, however, neither the principal amount nor the interest had been paid during all these years. |
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