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Shotgun to inaugurate GH building on Oct 23 Panchkula, October 12 This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jyoti Arora, here today. She said the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, will preside over the inauguration ceremony. This 100-bed building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 4 crore by the Haryana Urban Development Authority and the state government. A similar amount has been spent on creating infrastructure of this hospital. The hospital will have state-of-art laboratories, a operation theatre, lift, a CT scan and other equipment. During the next phase , another five-storey building will be constructed here. The four-storey building has been constructed in a period of four years. The foundation stone of this hospital was laid in 1998, during the Bansi Lal regime. It was then promised that the project would be finished within 16 months. It may be noted that the present building has a capacity of 50 beds and is generally overcrowded. The number of patients being attended to in the OPD here are above 650. Thus, the new building will provide an impetus to healthcare in the township and surrounding areas. |
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CAT notice to CGHS on Central Govt staff Chandigarh, October 12 A Bench comprising of the Vice-Chairman of the CAT, Mr O.P Garg, and Administrative member, Mr C.S
Chadha, further said in its order that “The affidavit should also indicate specifically as to how many doctors are posted in the dispensary and how many patients or their attendants approach the doctors in a day”, acting on the petition filed by the five applicants, including the Haryana Civil Account Association, through a member, Om Parkash, the Senior Account Officer Association through Mr S.K Sabharwal, general secretary, Assistant Accounts Officers and Section Officers (SAS) Association through, the president, Mr
B.L. Bansal, and others against the Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry and Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health, New Delhi and others. Claiming that they are being provided poor facilities in the name of the CGHS by the Central Government, the applicants stated in the petition that “so for only one dispensary under the CGHS in Sector 45 has been opened which is having only one or two doctor who sit in the dispensary from 7:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m only”. They alleged that the Sector 45 dispensary lacked in manpower, infrastructure, medicine equipment, drugs and medicines, laboratories and other logistic system”. Giving details about the problems, they further added that if any person approached the dispensary in Sector 45 for any urgent specialised treatment, he was referred to Government Hospitals Sector 16 or Sector-32 and the PGI. As these hospitals catered to the needs of region as a whole, as such for getting consultation,the applicants and their dependents members had to wait for the whole day for consultation and prescription. The applicants further claimed that moreover even after obtaining the prescription slip, the applicants were not entitled to purchase the medicines and drugs from the market and they had to rush to the Sector 45 dispensary for arranging the medicines prescribed by the doctors of the Government Hospitals and the PGI but these not available in Sector 45 dispensary many times. They also alleged that after ascertaining its non-availability, the in charge doctor made the prescription slip for local purchase. They alleged that under pressure the Centre Government had introduced the CGHS scheme at Chandigarh on March 19, 2002 instead of covering its employees and their family members dependent upon them without providing required infrastructure for coping with the large number of Central Government employees residing at Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula. |
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‘Need to check untrained staff in laboratories’ Chandigarh, October 12 Over 200 delegates from all over the country participated in the two-day CME (continued medical education) organised by the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital. “Though the role of pathologists in the management of the patients is praiseworthy, but at the same time there should be a check on the mushrooming private laboratories, which were being run by untrained personnel,” said Mr R.S. Gujral, Secretary, Home and Medical Education and Research, while inaugurating the CME, today. Mr Gujral said apex bodies like the IMA and the Association of Pathologists must take steps to check untrained people running laboratories. He also stressed the role of ‘total quality management’ in investigation so that proper quality control and quality assurance are maintained by laboratories conducting human investigations and their reports are reliable. Highlighting the main theme of the CME, the organising secretary, Prof Harsh Mohan, said through early detection and objective diagnosis it was easier to manage cancers. “It is the borderline lesions which pose a challenge to pathologists as in many cases the patient can be saved from being subjected to unnecessary surgery,” said Dr Kusum Joshi, President of the North West Chapter of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists. She said the latest techniques like morphometery, used to measure the size of the cell and DNA content of the cell help a great deal in detection and diagnosis. Dr Subhash Gupta from PGI, who has been a pioneer in the field of cytology, said a large number of urinary bladder tumour cases were being reported at the PGI from the region. “While at least four cases of urinary bladder tumour were coming to the PGI, there was also a very high incidence of thyroid enlargement and cancer in some cases,” she stated. She added that a large number of thyroid cases were being reported from Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. She said the early detection of breast cancer had helped increase the survival of stage-II patients for over five years in 85 per cent cases. Dr Simi Bhatia from Ranbaxy Lab, Bombay, gave a talk on typing of malignant lymphomas by special techniques so that appropriate treatment could be instituted at an early stage. She, however, added that such facilities of a large panel of anti-body stains by immunohistochemistry were available only at a select referral laboratories in the country. There were sessions on cytology in tumours of eye and brain tumours. |
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DAV paddlers win under-14 title Chandigarh, October 12 Earlier, the three-day meet was inaugurated by Ms Neena Atray, wife of Mr Vivek Atray, Director, Public Relations, UT. Later Ms Sarita Manuja, organising chairperson and Principal of the hosts school, delivered a brief speech on the occasion. As many as 150 participants drawn from 30 different schools of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Punjab are participating in the tournament. Results: Girls (below-14) final: DAVPS-8 b Manav Mangal School-21, 3-0 (Sunanda b Sheetal Negi, 11-7, 11-7,11-6; Mahima b Manisha, 11-6,11-7,11-9; Sunanda and Mahima b Sheetal and Manisha, 12-10,11-5, 11-8). Boys (under-14) semifinal: DAVPS-8 b AKSIPS-41, 3-0 (Rajan b Nitish 11-8, 11-7, 11-5; Manik b Sahil 10-12,11-6, 11-4,11-3; Chetan b Pranit 11-4,11-8,11-9; Manav Mangal-11, Panchkula, b Manav Mangal-21, Chandigarh, by 3-1 (Harpreet lost to Sumit Kumar 4-11, 8-11, 4-11; Prateek b Nikhil 11-6, 13-11, 11-6; Aditi b Sachin 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9).
Inter-college table tennis The MCM DAV College For Women, Sector 36, and DAV College, Sector 10, bagged the women and men section titles, respectively, in the Panjab University Inter-College Table Tennis Tournament played here on Saturday. The second place in women section went to the AS College for Women, Khanna, while the third place was taken by the Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh. In the men section, SGS College, Sector 26, grabbed the second place, while Panjab University Campus got the third place in the meet.
Meet postponed Heavy rain on the first day of the Mount Carmel Total Tennis Championship at Sector 47 forced the organisers to postpone the meet indefinitely. According to Mr Devender Kapoor, organising secretary, participants can take back their deposit money at YMCA, Sector 11, from 3 pm to 6 pm on any day. The meet was to be held from October 12 to 18.
Cricket tourney Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, outscored the Mr Burger Cricket Club by 86 runs in the first Cash Prize Cricket Tournament organised by the Haryana Civil Secretariat Cricket Club, Panchkula, played here on Saturday at Sector 5 grounds, Panchkula. |
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school spikers win title Chandigarh, October 12 In the below-16 section, spikers of Manav Mangal High School, Panchkula, clinched the title defeating DAV Senior Secondary School, Surajpur, 25-19, 25-21.
Triathlon meet Shruti Sharma and Vivek Yadav emerged winners in the sub-junior girls and boys section of the ninth Chandigarh State Triathlon and Aquathlon Championship which was held this morning at Panjab University swimming pool. Mr VN Ojha (IAS), Commissioner, Financial Commissioner, Punjab, and patron of the association, gave away the prizes. Earlier the meet was inaugurated by Mr Ashok Goel, (IAS) and President of the association. Other results: sub-junior boys: Vivek Yadav 1, Sumeet 2, Eshaan 3;
sub-junior girls: Shruti Sharma 1, Harsimran Kaur 2, Kalyani 3.
junior boys: Vijay Pal 1, Gaganpreet 2, Bhuvan 3; Junior girls: Gurnoor Kang 1;
senior men: Bhupinder Azad 1, Vikas 2, Vinod 3; Akshay Moudgil and Aakriti Moudgil were awarded special prizes for being the youngest participants among boys’ and girls sections, respectively.
Shivalik trophy Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, got the better of Vivek High School, Sector 38, by 53 runs in the Shivalik Trophy cricket tie organised by the UT Cricket Association here on Saturday. In another match, Sanjay Public A cricket team registered a seven-wicket win over Shivalik Public School. Brief scores: GSSS-35: 170 for five (Gaurav Gambhir 65 n.o., Harsimran 47, Ashish 2 for 30, Anuj Gandhi 2 for 33). Vivek High School 117 for six (Ashish 31, Harpreet Singh 22, Mahiraj 19 n.o., Sagar Bhatia 18 n.o., Varun Kaushal 3 for 21). Second match: SPS-41: 151 for eight (Gourav Chaudhary 33, Amit 30 n.o., Bhagwant 27, Zubin Mehta 21, Nitin Mehtani 3 for 31, Chetan Raj 2 for 14). Sanjay Public ‘A’: 154 for three (Mandeep Singh 74, Sarul Kumar 33, Nitin Mehtani 19 n.o.). |
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