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September 11, 2002,
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Inscol offers health plan Chandigarh, September 10 Patients availing themselves of the plan will not face usual inconvenience at the hospitals. The plan also ensures against overcharging by the hospitals and the insurance companies. For making the scheme a success, the insurance companies, the hospitals and health maintenance organisations have, perhaps for the first time, come together to control healthcare costs. As per the scheme, subscribers agree to frequent the hospitals and clinics mentioned in the policy. In return they do not have to pay the medical bills themselves as these are claimed directly by the hospitals from the insurance companies. The concept was introduced in India two years back but could be availed only by the corporate sector. Now, INSCOL has introduced the concept in the city for individuals as well. The members, as per the plan, will have to get themselves checked only at Inscol, but can be hospitalised at Mukat Hospital in Sector 34, Silver Oak in SAS Nagar, Kaiser in Panchkula and about 500 other hospitals all over the country, including Apollo and Escorts. According to Managing Director Daljit Singh, the health plan is both for individuals as well as groups. The plans offer a unique combination of preventive healthcare through health check-up and free treatment cover in form of cashless hospitalisation up to a specific amount. As an introductory offer, you can become a subscriber at reasonable rates. For Rs 1950, the subscriber would be entitled to a comprehensive health check-up worth Rs 2100 as well as free treatment cover up to Rs 50, 000 at leading hospitals nation-wide. As such, it offers an opportunity even for lower to middle class, to become members and have free access to quality healthcare from leading hospitals in India.  |
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No-scalpel surgery camp SAS Nagar, September 10 The camp has been organised by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd jointly with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and the Confederation of Indian Industry. Dr R.C.M. Kaza, Adviser to the Government of India and master trainer in NSV, had come here to perform the operations. Six doctors had also come to learn the technique from Dr Kaza. As many as 20 persons had come to get their operations done. Dr Kaza, who had his training from China, said sterilisation with NSV method was first done in Sikkim. It had been introduced in 20 states and 100 doctors had been given training in the new method. These trained doctors were now further providing training to another 2000 doctors. He said states like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Manipur had given very good response to the project. But in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh the response was comparatively less. He said in Punjab the training process had been completed in almost all districts. He said due to cases of female foeticide the birth rate of girls had come down as compared to that of boys. He said 1116 girls for 1000 boys were needed to maintain the biological balance but at present the birth rate of girls had come down to 800 for 1000 boys. He said efforts were being made to increase the birth rate of girls and to achieve that the PNDT Act would have to be enforced strictly. Dr R.S. Bakshi, Chief Medical Officer at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, said as an incentive the management had decided to give Rs 500 and two days leave to employees who went in for sterilisation. It had also been decided to give gifts to other workers who got NSV done. He said the ESI hospital was selected to hold the camp after a survey as proper facilities were available here and also because the organisers of the camp had to target the labour class. He said a meeting of workers was called where they were given counselling and also shown same audio-video clips. |
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Man blames PGI for child’s death Panchkula, September 10 He has, now, urged the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare to order an inquiry into the incident. Sahil died in the Emergency Ward of the PGI Advanced Paediatric Centre in Chandigarh on September 6. |
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A golfer in the making Chandigarh, September 10 Sagar echoes the word ‘Tiger Woods’, when he was asked about his ideal in golf. While detailing his achievements, Sagar told that he finished among top 10 golfers at various meets held at Mumbai Golf Club, Delhi Golf Club, Karnataka Golf Association Club and then at Kolkata Golf Club (Tolygunge). This year, he remained runner-up in the Punjab Golf Association Cup Meet, then at Mercedes Trophy and Rotary Golf tournament held at Chandigarh. Last year also, he was placed at number two in the Independence Cup Golf Meet at Chandigarh. Besides that, he got first place in CGA cup 1999 organised by the Chandigarh Golf Association, then Nahal Golf championship, Aman Nat Golf Meet and was second in the All-India Sub Junior Golf Championship held at Delhi in the same year. A class XII student in the local Vivek High School, Sector 38, Sagar plans to pursue golf with more sincerity in the USA. He says golf has good future and though India is also emerging as a golf loving country but still for the exposure part, one needs to train and play series of tournaments, which is possible while staying abroad. |
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Soccer title for Sanjay school Chandigarh, September 10 |
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‘Set up squash court in Mountview’ Chandigarh, September 10 Croquet facilities presently exist in the Chandigarh Golf Range. These can be dismantled within minutes so that the lawns can be used for other purposes. The lawns at the back of the Mountview which are normally used for marriage parties can have croquet facilities, advised the General to CITCO officials. The General also asked the Chairman of CITCO, Mr G.K. Marwah, to expedite the work relating to expansion of the Shivalikview kitchen. |
11-member body to monitor water quality Chandigarh, September 10 The committee will be headed by the Adviser to the UT Administrator, Ms Neeru Nanda, in her capacity as the Secretary Environment, Chandigarh. The committee will be empowered to adopt any procedure for checking of water. The committee will review the water quality (WQ) monitoring network in the region. It will also be responsible for review of water-quality data analysis and its interpretation in order to identify problem areas and formulating action plans for improving quality of water on a sustainable basis. Surveillance monitoring by identifying hot spots will also be carried out. It will have its own system of promoting research and development activities. The committee will share water-quality data and provide assistance to the member agencies formed in other states for the management of national water resources. The committee may examine and discuss specific tasks to be carried out and recommend the mode of executing such tasks. The committee will submit quarterly reports to the Water Quality Assessment Authority constituted by the Central Government. The submission of reports will begin from December, 2002, so that the same may be reflected in the annual report of the central authority. The 11-member body will comprise the Secretary Environment, Chandigarh, as the chairperson; and the Director, Agriculture Department; the Chief Engineer, Engineering Department; the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation; the Member-Secretary, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee; the Regional Director, Central Ground Water Authority, Sector 26; the Additional Director, National River Conservation Directorate, New Delhi; the Senior Joint Commissioner, Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi; a representative of the state agencies in charge of the Data Processing Centre for Surface water; a representative of the state agencies in charge of the Data Processing Centre for Ground Water; the Director (Monitoring and Appraisal); and the Member-Secretary, Central Water Commission, Kendriya Sadan, Sector 9, as members. |
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Water supply affected Chandigarh, September 10 MC officials, however, denied that there was any shortage of water. Mr B.M.Verma, Executive Engineer, Public Health, disclosed that water supply was marginally affected after the waterworks in Sector 39 was closed for repairs. |
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