HEALTH

Everyone’s poor when it comes to free medical aid!
Ravi S. Singh
Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, September 24
When it comes to availing free services meant for poorer sections of the society, class distinction gets blurred. This exactly was the case at a one-day free health camp, organised by Delhi-based Jaipur Golden Hospital in association with the Maitri Kalyan Manch, a voluntary organisation, in local Jiwan Jyoti Senior Secondary Public School recently.

More than 400 patients, residing in various parts of Gurgaon, including posh Sector 14, Sector 17 and Sector 4, got themselves registered and received medical treatment in the camp, free of cost.

According to Mr Vipin Khanna, a trustee of the Jaipur Golden Charitable Trust that runs Jaipur Golden Hospital and who is the main person behind the camp, said that a team of about 20 doctors along with technicians from the hospital were pressed into service to treat the patients. The doctors were specialists, ranging from the field of medicine, cardiology, eyes, child and gynecology. Arrangements were made for conducting tests to check blood sugar and blood pressure and ECG.

Mr Khanna, a resident of Gurgaon, said that this was the third camp in this district organised by the hospital. While the patients having minor ailments were treated in such camps, those needing prolonged diagnosis and treatment were referred to Golden Jaipur Hospital. The treatment, of course, are all free of cost. The Jaipur Golden CharitableTrust also provides free medicines to the patients in the camps.

Kela Devi (80), a resident of Sector 4 who attended the camp, said that she had come to get her throat problems cured. She said that she learned of the camp from her neighbourhood.

The health camp was elaborate in its arrangement and the organisers had taken pains to draw maximum participation possible.

Rumour-mongers thwart polio drive
Our Correspondent

Meerut, September 24
Expressing deep concern over the increasing cases of polio in the Meerut Division, the Commissioner, Mr N. S. Ravi, directed all district magistrates to take stern action against the officials who are not taking anti-polio vaccination movement in the division seriously.

He also directed all SSPs of the division to book the anti-social elements indulging in spreading misinformation about the government initiative.

The Government of Uttar Pradesh had made the district magistrates and divisional commissioners in charge of the anti-polio vaccination programme. There were reports of increasing incidences of polio reported in the Meerut division despite the fact over 14 anti-polio drives had been carried out in the past few years.

The OSD, Health Department, Lucknow, Mr Karnail Singh, on Monday reviewed the anti-polio campaign in the division in which Commissioner N. S. Ravi, District Magistrate Rama Raman and all other DMs and CMOs of all the districts were present.

In the review meeting, it was found that at least 36 new cases of polio were reported in the Meerut division this year alone. Mr Ravi said that it was a serious matter when polio had been eradicated from all 226 countries in the world. Only three countries are reported to have some cases of polio.

In the meeting, several senior and subordinate officials also disclosed that the anti-polio movement could not get momentum in the minority-dominated areas as some anti-social elements were spreading rumours that the vaccine was for birth control and not for polio control.

SPORTS

Mayank Tehlan hits century for St. Marks
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 24
A brilliant century by Mayank Tehlan, an unbeaten 57 by Priyank Tehlan and deadly bowling by Harsh Suri (4 for 30) helped St. Marks School beat Upras Public School by 102 runs in the third Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Government School, Vikas Puri, on Tuesday.

Scores: St.Marks School: 246 for 3 in 40 overs (Mayank Tehlan 100, Priyank Tehlan 57). Upras Public School: 144 all out in 25.2 overs (Karan Kumar 36, Deepak Kumar 32, Mohd Ali 28, Harsh Suri 4 for 30, Priyank Tehlan 2 for 26).

Ravindra Public School beat Ramjas School by 10 runs at the Bharat Nagar ground. Scores: Ravindra School: 183 all out in 38 overs (Tushar Alekar 44, Sawej Khan 33, Hemant Singh 30, Hemant Kumar 3 for 29, Rajat Sharma 3 for 23, Rajeev Gupta 2 for 23). Ramjas School No 2: 173 all out in 40 overs (Hemant Kumar 74, Sawej Khan 4 for 18, Siddarth Minhas 2 for 17).

Delhi Under-14 player Prateek Pawar hit an unbeaten 101 and leg-break bowler Manav Sharma claimed 6 wickets for ten runs as Gyan Bharti School, Saket defeated Ramjas School, Anand Parvat by 155 runs at the Gyan Bharti School ground.

Scores: Gyan Bharti: 222 for 5 in 40 overs (Prateek Pawar 101 n o, Ankur Julka 58, Avneet Singh 2 for 38, Bhupesh Kumar 2 for 39).

Ramjas School: 67 all out in 20.4 overs (Manav Sharma 6 for 10, Ankur Julka 2 for 30). Salwan Public School beat Cambridge Foundation by 32 runs at the Salwan School ground.

Scores: Salwan Public: 164 all out in 39.3 overs (Vishesh Dabas 38 n o, Jagdeep Singh 29, Sunny Sharma 3 for 25, Vinay Rana 2 for 19). Cambridge Foundation: 132 all out in 37.3 overs (Gitesh Khanna 41 n o, Gaurav Mathur 21, Raman Sachdev 3 for 34, Jitender Kataria 3 for 19).

Delhi Public School (DPS), R K Puram beat Delhi Police Public School by five wickets at the DPS ground. Scores: Delhi Police School: 129 all out in 34.3 overs (Varun Kumar 24, Arjun Suri 3 for 20, Tejeshwani Yadav 2 for 18, Tapish Kumar 2 for 18). DPS: 132 for 5 in 16.4 overs (Divakar Jha 59 n o).

Mount St. Mary School, Delhi Cantt. beat Bal Bharti Public School (Pitampura) by four wickets at the St.Mary’s ground. Scores: Bal Bharti Public School: 113 all out in 31.1 overs (Rajat Mathur 26, Parag Sareen 20, Praghat Singh 4 for 14, Rahul Tripathi 4 for 19).

Mount St. Mary’s: 117 for 6 in 29.2 overs (Amanpreet Singh 25, Raunak Kumar 25, Praghat Singh 17, Ankit Khanna 2 for 25, Anuj Gupta 2 for 40).

St. Marks School beat Ganga International School by four runs at the Ganga School ground. Scores: St. Marks School: 143 all out in 28 overs (Hanshit Singh 24, Krishan Malhotra 21, Kunal Kumar 5 for 17, Krishan Shaukeen 2 for 48, Tarun Rathi 2 for 23). Ganga International: 139 for 7 in 30 overs (Mahender Kumar 40, Sagar Bhargava 48, Kunal Narang 2 for 32, Ankit Rawal 2 for 35).

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan enter quarters
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 24
Delhi Under-19 player Robin Bisht cracked a stroke-filled 45, which contained six boundaries, and Sidartha Sawney slammed 49 with three sixes and as many fours to help Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan beat Manav Sthali Public School by one wicket and entered the quarter-final of the second Shaheed Smriti Under-19 Cricket Tournament for the Rameshwar Trophy at the Ashok Vihar ground.

Scores: Manav Sthali: 152 for 8 in 30 overs (Bhushan Kumar 37 n o, 3x4, 1x6; Abhinav 22 n o, Yudhister Choudhary 3 for 20, Anuj 1 for 27, Robin Bisht 1 for 15). Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan: 153 for 9 in 29 overs (Robin Bisht 45, Sidharth Sawhney 49, Anuj 20, Manjav Madan 3 for 39).

Lal Bahadur in semis

Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat Chand Khanna Club by virtue of a better run-rate in a match curtailed by rains in the second C L Gupta Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Prem Lata Trophy at the Mohan Meakins ground. Amit Mishra, who scalped five wickets for 26 runs, to help Shastri Club enter the semi-final, was given the sportsman of the match award by North Delhi Cricketers’ Association secretary Himmat Saini. Chand Khanna Club scored 134 runs at 3.82 runs per over and off 20 overs they made 76 runs while Shastri Club made 77 for 2 in 20 overs.

Scores: Chand Khanna Club: 134 all out in 34.2 overs (Varun Kumar 29, 2x4, 1x6, Tara Chand 19, 1x4, 1x6; P. Joshi 15, Gautam Gambhir 12. Shastri Club: 77 for 2 in 20 overs (Dilip T T 26, 2x4; Vartik Tihara 15, 1x4; Ranjan 16 n o.

Joginder, Neha bag Jaspal Kaur TT titles
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 24
Joginder Singh Bisht of Delhi Audit and Neha Aggarwal of Manav Sthali School annexed the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the 15th Jaspal Kaur Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded at the Jaspal Kaur Public School premises at Shalimar Bagh on Tuesday. In the men’s singles, Joginder Singh Bisht toppled defending champion Rajiv Ghai of Indian Oil at 12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10. Neha Aggarwal overwhelmed Divya Jayaram of Jaspal Kaur School at 11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 7-11, 11-2. Neha thus won a triple crown as she had earlier bagged the sub-junior and junior girls’ titles. Arjuna Awardee Manjit Dua gave away the prizes.

Mira Model, St. Francis win

Mira Model School defeated New State Academy 25-9, 25-7 in a boys match of the 13th Vidyawati Alagh Memorial Volleyball Tournament. In other boys matches, DAV Pushpanjali Pitampura beat J D Tytler 25-23, 25-23 and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) beat Gyan Mandir 22-25, 25-8, 15-9. In the girls section, St. Francis defeated Mira Model School 25-16, 25-19 while Salwan Public beat Vijay Enclave 11-25, 25-14, 15-8.

Father Agnel to meet Don Bosco in basketball final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 24
Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar will take on Don Bosco School, Alaknanda in the final of the first Fr. Peter Mermier Memorial Invitational Inter-School Basketball Tournament for boys on September 27 at the St Francis De Sales School court, Janakpuri.

In the semi-finals played on Tuesday, Father Agnel beat Mira Model School, Janakpuri 51-50 while Don Bosco got the better of Mount St Mary's School 55-47. Abhishek and Rachit scored 16 and 13 points respectively for Fr. Agnel School. Mayank netted 18 points for Mira Model School. Ritesh scored 26 points for Don Bosco while Rohit basketed 28 points for Mount St. Mary's. In the girls section league matches, Indira Ideal School (Janakpuri) defeated Mira Model School (Janakpuri) 27-7. Monica Singh and Reena scored 16 and 6 points respectively for Indira Ideal School. Ruchika scored six points for Mira Model. Manav Sthali School, Rajendra Nagar outplayed Sachdeva Public School, Rohini 19-6. Mahima scored eight points for Manav Sthali.

Nehru Public beat Springdales
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 24
Nehru Public School, Ghaziabad beat Springdales School, Pusa Road 48-35 in the Ramjas Inter-School Basketball Tournament. Raman Malik (14) and Yogendra (12) were the leading scorers.

Apex School trounced Salwan Public School 46-16. Neeraj and Humayun basketed 15 and 10 points respectively for the winners while Umesh (six) and Mahan (8) top-scored for the losers. Deep Memorial School defeated Sachdeva Public School 40-38. Ashish (20) and Karan (6) were the top scorers for Deep School while Nitin (24) and Gaurav (6) scored for Sachdeva. Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram

Road beat Montfort School, Ashok Vihar 60-56. Aditya (27) and Sumit (18) were the leading scorers of Bal Bharti while Shekhar (20) and Kuldeep (10) excelled for Montfort. MCL Sarswati Mandir (Hari Nagar) lost to Sachdeva School, Pitampura 7-44. Nitin (16) top-scored for the winners. Deep Memorial (Ghaziabad) beat Ramjas School 30-25, Montfort downed J D Tytler 43-16 and defending champions Bal Bharti School beat St. Michael (Pusa Road) 61-48.

Delhi Police hockey tourney

New Delhi, September 24
Nine Police Ranges are participating in the Delhi Police Hockey Tournament which began at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday. Smt. Nizhar Hassan, Addl. DCP/NDD inaugurated the tournament. New Delhi Range beat Security and Traffic Range 2-1 in the opening match. CID beat Crime and Railway in the second match. In the third match, Northern Range trounced Armed Police 6-0. OSR