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HEALTH

Six fresh cases of dengue
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
Six fresh cases of suspected dengue fever were admitted to the General Hospital and Mani Majra Hospital today , as the UT health authorities continued screening of fever patients coming to the city hospitals.

While two patients with low blood platelet count were referred to the General Hospital, four persons with suspected dengue fever were admitted to the Mani Majra Civil Hospital. Further, four old cases from Mani Majra were shifted to the General Hospital, today.

The health authorities said that a total of 79 persons were examined in the OPD at Mani Majra Civil Hospital today. With this the total number of suspected cases at General Hospital has gone up to 27 while the number of patients under treatment at Mani Majra hospital is 30.

Meanwhile, on the 13th consecutive day of screening of suspected dengue fever cases, the health authorities continued with the fogging operation in the left-out areas. Nine spray teams have been pressed into service while 11 anti-larval and vector surveillance teams have been deployed in the Bapudham Colony.

The health authorities further requested the residents to still take all necessary precautions so that the situation remained under control. Meanwhile, the report of the serological tests of some of the suspected cases , sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi is still awaited.

Psychiatrists see telemedicine as solution
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
It may still seem to be a faraway dream for India, but psychiatrists feel that the use of telemedicine's in providing mental health care to people, especially in the Himalayan region, could be the solution to the problem.

“With many places in the region being remote and inaccessible, people having no means and non-existent medical facilities, telepsychiatry could be the answer to the problem,” said Dr Savita Malhotra, Head of the Psychiatry Department at the PGI. She said with an excellent telephone network in a state like Himachal, telemedicine and mobile units would help in a big way.

Psychiatrists from Jammu and Kashmir also felt that after the Kargil conflict a large number of people in the region were suffering from depression, stress and other psychiatric problems. They felt that in an area which remains cut off for more than six months, telemedicine could prove to be a great healer.

Dr Savita said the right approach to tackle mental problems would be to treat psychiatry as a basic health speciality like paediatrics or cardiology, rather than giving it a super-speciality status. This would be the first step in taking the mental health facility to the doorstep of the people, rather than having it only at a few places.

200 examined at Rotary camp
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
Rotary Shivalik Chandigarh in association with Sector 21 Citizen Association, held a blood donation-cum-free multi-specialty camp at Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School, Sector 21-C, here today.

A team of doctors from various specialities like medicine, heart, paediatric, dental, ENT, eye, orthopaedic and gynaecology, examined around 200 patients. Laboratory facilities and medicine were also provided free wherever necessary.

Seventyfive individuals donated blood in this camp under the supervision of the Blood Transfusion Department of the GMCH, Sector 32.

Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob, (retd) Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, inaugurated the camp.

Prof S.B.S. Mann, Director-Principal, GMCH, was the guest of honour. Mr P.C. Sanghi, president, Sector 21, Chandigarh highlighted various achievements and problems faced by the residents. Trophies were presented to blood donors.

Dr G.S. Kochhar, president, Rotary Shivalik, Chandigarh, while welcoming the chief guest informed the house that this was a unique health-cum-blood donation camp with multi-specialty health check-up facilities held in Chandigarh for the first time.

Health Dept’s directive to shopkeepers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
In view of the festival season, the UT Health department has directed all shopkeepers, making and selling sweets, to adhere to the prescribed norms under the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act.

The Director Health Services has instructed all shopkeepers engaged in manufacturing and sale of sweets to use permitted colours as enumerated under Rule 28 of the PFA Rules. As part of their campaign to check any violation, the Food Health authorities seized ten samples of sweets to ensure that the Khoya and colours used in sweets are within the prescribed limits.

The authorities also instructed that those engaged in the preparation and sale of sweets should maintain proper hygienic conditions and keep all the items covered with net cloth, to keep it protected from flies and dust. Apart from this they have been asked to keep the prepared sweets in proper hygienic condition and optimum temperature.

SPORTS

MCM DAV-36, PU campus girls surge ahead
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 20
MCM DAV College, Sector 36, girls and Panjab University Campus surged ahead on the third day of the ongoing Chandigarh Senior Women Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy played here on the Panjab University campus grounds. The PU Campus defeated Deepak Kapania Club by a solitary goal. It was Gurpreet Kaur who scored the only goal in the 48th minute of the match. Right from the beginning, Deepak Kapania Club had little edge over their rivals. But the PU campus girls proved to be better against their opponents later.

In the second tie, the MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, blanked the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, 7-0.

Valleyball meet

The Government College for Girls, Sector 11, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 26, (3-0) on the opening day of the Chandigarh Senior State Volleyball Championship which began here today at Sector 7 Sports Complex. In other matches for women section, Khalsa College, Sector 26, beat Training Centre, Sector 46 (3-0), Sports Training Centre, Sector 18, outplayed Government Model High School, Sector 26, (3-0); while Khalsa College, Sector 26, beat GCG-11, (3-0).

In the men section, the Chandigarh police defeated SGM Club, 3-0, while Khalsa College-26, beat Sports Complex, Sector 46, (3-0).

Cricket tourney

A superb knock of unbeaten 41 runs and then claiming four wickets for just 18 runs by Dinesh Gupta, an employee of the Oriental Insurance Company Limited, helped Insurance XI in beating Chandigarh Youth XI by 17 runs in the IXth Jal Cup League Cricket Tournament played here at the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, near Barwala, here today.

In another tie, 3BRD defeated Satluj Coaching Centre by two wickets.

Brief scores: Insurance XI: 127 runs for five in 22 overs (Dinesh Gupta 41 n.o. ,Sumandeep 16, Sandeep Mahajan 21, Rohin 2 for 19, Sanjeev 2 for 24); Chandigarh Youth XI: 110 runs all out (Avdesh 27, Mandeep 17, Adarsh 19, Dinesh Gupta 4 for 18, Ajay 2 for 21, Anil Arya 2 for 26).

DAV teams win

DAV ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams won with convincing margins over their rivals St Joseph’s High School, Sector 44, by eight wickets and five wickets, respectively, in the UT inter-school cricket match for the Shivalik Trophy played here today.

Brief scores: Ist tie: St Jospeh’s-44:74 runs all out (Vivek 21n.o., Akashdeep 14, Karanveer 3 for six, Akashdeep 2 for12; DAV ‘A’: 76 runs for two in 10.2 overs (Akashdeep 61 n.o.,Vivek Devgun 2 for16).

IInd tie: Shishu Niketan-22 — 109 runs for nine (Sudhir 56 n.o., Amanjeet 2 for 15, Taranjit 2 for19, Pritpal 2 for 30). DAV ‘B’: 112 runs for five (Karan Sharma 34, Abhijit Singh 26, Bharat Sharma 20 n.o.

SP Singh wins pitch and putt contest
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
SP Singh won the Pitch and Putt Competition organised by the Chandigarh Golf Association at the Golf Range here today.

Seven year-old Abhishek Joshi was the youngest participant in the competition.

The results:

Men: SP Singh 1, Dr R. Sunkaria 2.

Ladies: Sruti Reddy 1, Vriti Gujral 2.

Juniors: Anish Gupta 1, Surya Gupta 2.

The prize distribution ceremony will be held at the range on October 27 at 11.30 a.m.

ADMINISTRATION

Implementation of SC order sought
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20
The Federation of UT Employees and Workers, Chandigarh, has urged the Administration to implement the order passed by the Supreme Court regarding the payment of wages to the field staff for working on Saturday. The court had reportedly passed the order on March 15, 2002, in case of technical employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board.

The federation has called upon the Administration to implement the order of the SC in letter and spirit without any further delay. Addressing a meeting of the employees here today, Mr S.H.Bajwa, president of federation, condemned the attitude of the administration in implementing the demands, that had been accepted in principle.

The speakers at the meeting, asked the administration to sanction of bonus to UT employees, besides issuance of uniform and local travelling allowance to the Class III employees and payment of pending overtime to the CTU employees. The other demands of the employees included to treat transferred employees from the Chandigarh Administration to MC as on deputation, release of patient care allowance to General Hospital employees and restoration of technical scale to remaining categories in electrical and construction circles.

Mr Rakesh Kumar, general secretary of the federation,asked the Administration to restore the technical scale to the non- ITI employees at par with ITI certificate holders. He also asked to grant arrears of HRA and CCA to the daily wage workers as per the decision of the Supreme Court.

He said that the employees federation had decided to participate in a mass rally, to be held here on October 28. The rally would be organised by the Coordination Committee of Government and Municipal Corporation Employees and workers.