HEALTH

Plea to set up regulatory authority for hospitals
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 22
The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) has asked the government to set up a Hospital Regulatory Authority (HRA) to control the high cost of treatment for treating diseases, especially of the heart. Speaking to mediapersons here today, the DMA President, Dr S.C.L. Gupta, said during the past 10 years more and more hospitals had come up in the private sector in the city and the cost of the Cath Labs and other equipment has come down substantially, but the benefit had not reached patients as the profits had been usurped by the bigger hospitals. He said, “We want an HRA having representatives from the government, hospitals, NGOs, media and public to control the price of healthcare treatment so that it is affordable even to the poorest sections of society. 

The government could frame an appropriate legislation to constitute such a regulatory authority”. Dr Gupta added, “The irrational use of drugs, consumables, disposables and even investigations are probably responsible for this. We do not work in a planned way, that is why we do not have protocols for management and treatment of various critical heart diseases starting from the basic management of hypertension to congestive heart failure”.

 The DMA President expressed concern over the high inflation in the heart care area. He pointed out, “We should immediately build up guidelines and protocols of various treatment modules, through our scientific deliberations and disseminate it properly amongst the general practitioners and cardiologists who should understand and start using it properly”. The DMA is organising a mega cardiology conference on October 27 where more than 400 delegates from the city would deliberate on latest scientific topics. The conference will also stress on the importance of popularising medical insurance in the country in view of the increasing treatment cost

SPORTS

CRPF swimmers corner 3 golds in aquatics
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
Swimmers from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) made a big splash as they claimed three gold medals on the opening day of the 51st All-India Police Aquatic Championship at the Talkatora swimming pool in the Capital.

Mr K. P. Singh, Director, Intelligence Bureau and Chairman, All-India Police Sports Control Board, declared the championship open. Mr R. C. Agarwal, Special Director-General, Mr J. S. Jora, Inspector-General (Training), Mr M. S. Malhi, Additional Dy. Inspector-General (Training), Mr S. K. Dutta, Dy. Inspector- General (Training) and Mr S. C. Negi, Commandant (Sports) of the Border Security Force (BSF), were also present.

Inspector Amar Muralidharan clinched the first gold for the CRPF when he clocked 59.35 secs to win the 100m butterfly event. He was followed by C S Vinayakrishna of the BSF and Deepak Kumar of the CRPF. Amar Muralidharan claimed his second gold when he swam to glory in the 100m free style with a time of 56.33 secs. Ramesh Kumar and Ishwar Sharma, both of the BSF, claimed the silver and bronze medal, respectively.

Inspector Deepak Kumar of the CRPF clocked 2:30.22 secs to lift the 200m breast stroke gold. Harinder Singh of the BSF and M Prema Nanda of the CRPF annexed the silver and bronze. In a water polo league match, the CRPF sunk Jammu and Kashmir in a lop-sided match at 20-0.

Kids learn the grammar of cricket
Our Sports Reporter

Rohtak, October 22
Gone are the days when kids used to copy Lord Rama with bows and arrows in their hands before Dasehra every year. With the change of time, bat and ball have replaced the bows and arrows.

The TV screen has taken the place of the Ram Lila stage. Youngsters prefer to watch and discuss the deeds of Sachin Tendulkar instead of Lord Rama.

This was the impression one got on a visit to the local I.B. School which was the venue of a cricket coaching camp organised by the school during Dasehra holidays. The camp lasted 10 days and students from classes 3 to 9 learnt the grammar of cricket. According to the organisers, the camp was organised to rectify the basic faults in the technique of cricket learners. Special emphasis was laid on bowling, batting, fielding and physical care of the players. The camp was inaugurated by the coach of Haryana Ranji team and former Haryana Ranji cricketer Ashwani Kumar. Mrs Kamla Rathee, Chairman of the school, delivered the closing session address.

Expressing satisfaction at the camp activities, she stressed the need for organising such camps for junior cricketers.

She assured that such camps would continue to be held in the future.

Karthikeyan races to fifth place
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
Narain Karthikeyan, India's Tata RC Motorsport driver, showed courage and character in making a successful return to the cockpit from illness, when he finished fifth in the Valencia leg of the Telefonica World Series on Sunday.

Karthikeyan, who was forced to withdraw from last month's Barcelona leg, because of illness, was fifth past the chequered flag in the opening race, finishing in the points once again. It was one of his best performances of the season, second only to his third place podium finish at the Jarama event in June.

This capped off a good week end overall. In Friday's practice, Karthikeyan finished only 0.10 of a second behind 2001 Formula 3000 champion Justin Wilson. In the following day's qualifying for the first place, Karthikeyan managed eighth on the grid, in a tight fight for the top starting positions.

Karthikeyan made a blinding start to Race One, overtaking two drivers into the first corner. He edged his way to fifth and had former Formula I test driver for Prost, Jonathan Cochet, in his sights. The race was won by former FI driver Ricardo Zonta.

Karthikeyan now races at Buenos Aires in Argentina on November 24.

Mohammedan Sporting record easy win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata beat K N Colts by four wickets in the inaugural match of the All-India Mother Teressa Memorial Cricket Tournament, organised by the North Delhi Cricketers' Association, at the Kotla No 2 ground.

Scores: K N Colts: 197 for 8 in 40 overs (Pawan Sharma 69, 10x4; Tara Chand 29, Sudhanshu Saxena 20 no., Hashim 3 for 34, Gaurav Choudhary 2 for 38).

Mohammedan Sporting: 202 for 6 in 32.1 overs (Salahuddin 65, 2x6, 7x4; Gaurav Chaudhary 49, 6x4; Shailendra Singh 45 No., 7x4; Taran Chand 3 for 27, Vikrant Dutt 2 for 21, Simranjeet Singh 1 for 35).

Ranjit Singh Cricket

A fine all-round performance by Ankit Mene (33 and 2 for 5) helped Young Friends Club beat Guru Harkishan Public School, Hemkund by four wickets and entered the semi-final of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Guru Harkishan School ground, Vasant Vihar.

Scores: GHP School: 108 all out (Mayank 21, Ananya 26, Jayant 2 for 16, Love 2 for 9, Ankit Mene 2 for 5). Young

Friends Club: 112 for 6 in 19.4 overs (Ankit Meni 33, Jagret 19, Eshan Bakshi 29, Reshab 2 for 19, Sharthak 2 for 17).

Manjit Bhullar polo

Col Bhawani Singh scored seven goals as PBG/NDA beat Jaipur Polo.Com by ten goals to one and a half goal in the Manjit Bhullar Design RMRM Gold Vase Ten-Goal Polo Tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre Polo ground.

Black Charges/ASC beat Cafe Polo by three goals to two and a half goals and RVC beat ASC/Navy by six goals to one and half in the quarter-final matches of the Ratanada Cup Polo Tournament at the Army Equestrian ground.

Pragat Singh on a roll for St. Mary School
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
A brilliant all-round performance by Pragat Singh, who scored a century and claimed six wickets for 60 runs, and devastating bowling by Rahul Tripathi (7 for 32) helped Mount St. Mary's School (Delhi Cantonment)beat Frank Anthony Public School by six wickets in a league match of the Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Gyan Bharti School ground.

Scores: Frank Anthony Public School (Ist innings): 197 all out in 58 overs (Vivek Verma 43, Aditya Saini 28, Pragat Singh 6 for 60, Rahul Tripathi 2 for 45). Mount St. Mary's (first innings): 274 for 9 in 40 overs (Pragat Singh 100, Aman Preet Singh 39, Yash Vardhan 33, Aditya Saini 4 for 43).

Frank Anthony School (2nd innings): 124 all out in 38 overs (Dhiraj Singh 30, Rahul Tripathi 7 for 32, Ankit Chadha 2 for 19). Mount St. Mary's (2nd inninings): 48 for 4 in 9 overs (Arjun Pawar 27).

Match ends in tie

Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy and Vijay Yadav Academy played a tied match in the under-14 section.

Scores: Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy: 130 for 8 in 30 overs (Akash Aggarwal 36, Vinayak Lal 27, Aman Duggal 17, Sameer Bhatnagar 3 for 23).

Vijay Yadav Academy: 130 for 8 in 30 overs (Abhimanyu Kumar 25, Anubhav Sakuja 23, Dishant Kumar 4 for 24, Anukul Chandok 2 for 28).

Turf Cricket

Dental Hydrolic beat G M Traders by five wickets in a league match of the first Turf Sports Management Cricket Tournament at the Jamia Milia ground. Tejender (4 for 20 and 27 n.o) was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: G M Traders: 135 for 9 in 25 overs (Anoop Kumar 41, Gurjot Sethi 26, Tejender Maan 4 for 20, Amitabh Tiwari 2 for 25). Dental Hydrolic: 137 for 5 in 24 overs (Mohd Naseem 36 n.o, Raj Kumar 28, Tejender Maan 27 n.o, Dhiraj Singh 3 for 23).

20 teams for Grant Corporate Cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
Twenty top corporate teams will participate in the William Grant's Corporate Cricket, to be held at the Teri Oval ground in Gurgaon in November. Top blue chip companies will participate for the "Golden Stump Trophy" and for a chance to go to South Africa to watch the cricket World Cup in 2003. The winners will also get to play against six members of India's 1983 World Cup winning team. The Delhi leg follows similar contests held in Mumbai and Bangalore. The William Grant's cricket is played in three legs in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi, culminating in a national final in Delhi in December.

Standard Chartered win: Standard Chartered Bank beat Teri-Haryana by six wickets in the sixth D G Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval at Gurgaon. Vikrant, who hit an unbeaten 33 for Standard Chartered, was adjudged the man of the match. Scores: Teri-Haryana: 87 all out in 22 overs (Jakpreet 26, 2x4; Trilok Singh 18, 2x4; Vinay 2 for 16). Standard Chartered: 89 for 4 wickets in 11.4 overs (Vikrant 33 n.o, 3x4, 2x6; Kamal Singh 2 for 18).

Dhampur cup cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
A fine all-round display by Kanav (56 n.o and 2 for 36), Vibhor (32 and 3 for 22) and Anoop (43 and 3 for 11) helped Shivalic Bimental Control beat Triburg Sports Wears by eight wickets in the second Dhampur Cricket Tournament at the Gargi College ground.

Scores: Triburg Wears: 142 all out in 24.4 overs (Ramesh Rawat 68, Anoop 3 for 11, Kanav 2 for 36 and Vibhor 3 for 22).

Shivalic Bimental Control: 143 for 2 in 16.2 overs (Kanav 56 n.o, Vibhor 32, Anoop 43 n.o, Arshad Massi 2 for 14).

Big win for Bhopal school
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 22
Noble Academic School, Bhopal (MP) scored a thumping 15-1 victory against J J Mehta Sarv. High School, Gujarat, St. Xavier's School, Goa beat SGNP Boys Inter-College, Uttaranchal 6-1, G V Raja Sports School, Thiruvanathapuram drew 2-2 with Z P Academic High School, Maharashtra and Govt. School, Siphir (Mizoram) drew 1-1 with Behala Parnasree Bidyam Mandir, Kolkata in the 31st Nehru Junior Boys Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Tuesday.

Bangadarshan win: Bangadarshan rallied to beat Rohini 2-1 and Indian Air Force, Palam were held to a goalless draw by Collegians in the Delhi Soccer Association-SAIL Open Clubs Football League at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday.