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Nurses harden stand on vacation issue Chandigarh, September 11 “Though the initial arrangement is to give 10 rooms in our hostel to doctors, that too on a temporary basis, now we are in for trouble as some of the nurses residing in E Block have been asked to move out at the earliest,” rued the nurses. They said while there were four hostels for the doctors, there was only one for the nurses and now they were being asked to move out. The nurses said they were being asked to move out by their warden, though no orders from the Director or any other senior functionary had been shown to them. “We are not even sure if the orders for vacation have come from the top, as we have not been taken into confidence, as has been the tradition in the past,” said the nurses. They decided not to move out till the PGI Director clarified his stand on the issue. “If there are some extra rooms in the hostel, our demand for giving them to married nurses should have been accepted rather than accommodating the doctors,” said the nurses. They said last time, when a decision had been taken to give 10 rooms to the doctors temporarily, they were taken into confidence. The meeting between the representatives of the Nurses Welfare Association and the Administration took place on July 31, where all issues were discussed. It was also discussed at the meeting that after the student nurses shifted to CON building, blocks E and D of Nivedita Hostel would be converted into married nurses’ hostel. The president of the Nurses Welfare Association, Mr Lakhwinder Singh, said the direction of the authorities asking nurses to vacate rooms for doctors was uncalled for as the nurses would face inconvenience. “Moreover, interviews for appointing about 50 new nurses was held yesterday. We fail to understand where will they be accommodated if more and more rooms are given to lady doctors,” he said. He said since there was only one hostel for nurses, it was wrong to give rooms to doctors. He said he was hopeful that the authorities would reconsider the matter, failing which a general body meeting would be convened to chalk out the future course of action.  |
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Camp to popularise NSV ends SAS Nagar, September 11 The camp which had been organised by the ESI authorities in collaboration with Ranbaxy India limited was declared to be highly successful with 43 such operations carried out in these three days. Inaugurated on September 9 by the Director Health Services, ESI, Punjab, Dr G.L. Goel, the camp aimed at not only popularising this particular procedure among men by creating awareness but also training doctors in conducting this procedure on men. Dr Goel pointed out that 98 per cent of sterlisation procedures are performed on women and this needs to be changed. Five doctors from various ESI hospitals in the state were trained in the procedure by Dr R.C. Kaza, Head of the Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, who is the national trainer for this procedure. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Kaza pointed out that the NSV (non scalpel vasectomy) procedure was introduced in the country in 1992 and was very popular in Sikkim, Kerela and Andhra Pradesh and with due awareness, this option of sterlisation among men is likely to catch up in Punjab also. Dr S.S. Walia, SMO in charge of the hospital, stated that “Punjabi males have certain hesitations in coming forward for conventional vasectomy but this method is bound to be popular. The response to the camp has been tremendous and this trend will continue”, he said. According to Salig Ram, a 34-year-old who underwent this procedure during this camp, he had no problem at all in recuperating after the procedure. All those who have been operated upon are back to normal life within an hour of the operation. |
CFA boys rout GMHS-26 Chandigarh, September 11 Throwball meet The Chandigarh Amateur Throwball Association will hold the Chandigarh Youth Throwball Championship for both boys and girls in below-19 section at Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, on September 14 and 15. The participating teams can send their entries on or before September 13 at the above venue with the Physical Education Department. This was stated in a press release of the association. Nominated Mr Satya Pal Jain, President, Chandigarh Archery Association, has nominated Mr Harbhushan Gulati as one of the vice-presidents of the association. This was informed by Mr Ravinder Talwar, secretary general of the association. Tug-of-war team Manmeet, Gurinder Singh, Gurjeet Singh and Alam Vijay Singh, all from Chandigarh will represent Indian juniors tug-of-war team while Jagdish Singh also from city will represent senior tug-of-war team to take part in the Indo-Nepal test series going to be held at Kathmandu on September 17 and 18. Darshan Kumar will accompany the teams officials. This was stated by Mr Baljinder Singh Banwait, vice-president, tug-of-war Association, Chandigarh. |
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A budding swimmer Chandigarh, September 11 Earlier, Karan had also shown his worth in the UT inter-school swimming matches held this year when he captured gold medal in 200 metre butterfly and silver medal in 200 metre free style competitions in below-14 age group. Karan also excelled in another swimming meet held at Sector 23 swimming pool last month. The principal of the school, Ms Madhu Bahl, was all praise for this wonder boy and said at this very young age, he has brought glory to the school, city and hoped, one day, he will be a national swimming champion. |
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Yoga gold medals for
3 city students Panchkula, September 11 Kirti, a student of Class VI, was declared first in the 8-11-year (girls) category, whereas Bharti and Rudra Mukherjee were first in the 11-14-year category. The championship was organised by the District Olympics Association and the District Yoga Association, Ambala. The three students will now represent Haryana in the national championship to be held in November, 2002. Rudra Mukherjee has already been selected to represent the Yoga Federation of India at the 11th World Cup of Olympics Yoga Sports to be held in Brazil in September 28 and 29. |
CPCB issues fresh guidelines for industrial units Chandigarh, September 11 To begin with, the industrial units have been divided into three categories which is based on their level of causing pollution. The categories are ‘‘red’’ for industry dealing largely in chemical processes, petroleum products and tanneries, among other activities. Hospitals also fall in the same category. This covers 71 types of industry. The next category is ‘‘orange’’ category. This covers 34 type of industry. The least polluting category is the ‘‘green ’’ one and this has a list of 47 industries. Under the new rules the authorisation will be for five years, 10 years and 15 years, respectively, for red, orange and green categories. The new rules supercede all previous orders issued on the subject from time to time, says a notification issued by the Secretary, Environment, Ms Neeru Nanda, who is also the Adviser to the UT Administrator. An authorisation will be issued to all industries to handle hazardous waste and its disposal and collection. |
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Legal service authority reconstituted Chandigarh, September 11 The State Legal Service Authority (SLSA) reconstituted by the Administration as per the provisions of the UT SLSA rules comprising the following members — Patron-in-Chief — the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Executive Chairman — Mr Justice N.K Sodhi, UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S Bhalla, Additional and Sessions Judge, Mr Sant Parkash, the UT Home Secretary, UT Finance Secretary, UT Legal Remembrance, UT Director Public Relation, UT Director Social Welfare, UT Inspector General of Police, President Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, Head of the Law Department, Panjab
University. Others who were nominated members of the SLSA, were Mr Kamlesh Gupta, Mr Amar Kulawant Singh, Ms Promila Chander Mohan, Mr K.K Monga, Ms Meena Kashyap, for a two-year term. |
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