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Patient-psychiatrist ratio low in India Chandigarh, November 12 The results of the District Mental Health programme launched in the Civil Hospital, Mani Majra, revealed that more than 57 per cent of those suffering from psychiatric problem had never taken prior treatment, while 28 per cent were irregular in their treatment. The most common age group found to be suffering from mental ailments was between 20 to 39 years, with a mere 13 per cent of the patients being above the age of 50. While the more common problem amongst the male was of substance dependence on stuff like alcohol, opioid, sedatives and nicotine, women on the other hand indicated higher incidence of depression and anxiety disorders. The doctors who undertook the programme during the last one year have stressed the need for decentralisation of psychiatric services in the hospitals in the region so that timely treatment can be provided to the patients. The Civil Hospital, Mani Majra, has been running the District Mental Health Programme for the past one year under the aegis of the Psychiatry Department of the Government Medical College and Hospital headed by Dr B.S. Chavan. Even though experts point out that at least 10 to15 per cent Indians need the services of mental health professionals at least once in their life time. But unfortunately there is only one psychiatrist for a population of one lakh. In the western countries like the USA, this ratio is 1: 3500 and in Denmark it is 1:800. |
Ashu in billiards final Chandigarh, November 12 In senior snooker Gagan Makkar beat Sandeep Kochhar 3-1. Kochhar won the first frame with remarkable ease but could not maintain his winning streak in the next three frames. Gagan showed excellent potting and good temperament to outclass Sandeep Kochhar in the next three frames. The final scores were 38-61, 52-24, 42-22 and 78-35 in favour of Gagan Makkar. In another match Vishal Gupta beat Gyan Prasad 3-1. The scores were 39-26, 40-57, 56-49 and 61-49 in favour of Vishal Gupta. In the last match, Ricky Singh again registered a major upset defeating fourth seed Ashu Duggal 4-3. Ricky also beat fifth seed Anandit Joshi in the previous match. The scores were 53-32, 64-55, 57-52, 37-55, 41-33, 20-63 and 55-44 in favour of Ricky Singh. Tennis trials The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration, will conduct selection trials for men and women on November 13 at 3 p.m. at Lake Club at select the Chandigarh state civil services tennis team, scheduled to participate in the All-India Civil Services Lawn Tennis Tournament at Indore Madhya Pradesh from November 18 to 23. Interested players can report to Baldev Singh, tennis coach, at Lake Club, Chandigarh. PU kho-kho champs Panjab University, Chandigarh, won the All-India Inter University Kho-Kho Championship for men for the session 2002-2003. Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Pune University, Pune and Guru Nanak University, Amritsar got the second, third and fourth positions respectively. The results of the matches played today:- Pune University b Guru Nanak Dev University, by one turn and 12 points, Panjab University, beat Devi Ahilya University, Indore, by one turn and 2 points. Felicitation function A felicitation function was organised at Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School, Sector 7, Chandigarh to honour the women roller hockey team of India in the evening yesterday to mark the return of the team to India from Portugal. The team participated in the 6th World roller hockey championship held at Porto City at Portugal for October 6 to 12. The team was headed by the school Principal, Mrs Madhu Bahl along with the Manager, Mr Rajesh Anand, coach Mr Harpreet singh and nine girls — Amrita Singh, Ritika Sharma, Anuja Chauhan, Hena Bharti, Suruchi Chandel, Raysha Rajput, Chandita Kamboj, Anmola and Manavi. Mr T.B.S. Gill, adviser to the president, RSFI, Mr I.P. Singh, adviser to the president, RSFI, Mr Arun Walia, legal adviser RSFI, Mr S.P. S. Ghai, Mr Harpreet Singh Keerti, Mr Jaswinder Singh were the dignitaries who graced the occasion. The skaters shared the experiences of the trip to Portugal. LG XI triumph Kamalpreet played a fine knock of 66 runs in 44 balls to help LG XI register a 55-run win over DYFI XI in the first Shirdi’s Sai Cash Prize tournament being organised by Shirdi’s Sai Cricket Club at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here. LG XI batted first to score 242 runs for the loss of six wicket in 25 overs. Chasing a competitions total DYFI XI only made 187 runs for the loss of five wicket. Brief scores: LG XI 242 in 25 overs (Kamalpreet 66, Vivek K 32 Anil Bhatia 43, Harminder 23, Sanjay 5 for 42); DYFI XI 187 runs in 25 overs (Vikram Verma 107, Sunit 25, Surinder Bhaizee 2 for 20 Ajay Shikaa 2 for 24. In the second match Indo Dutch System XI make 154 runs in 25 overs against the Shirdi Cricket Club. Brief scores: IDS XI 154 runs in 25 overs (Jagjeet Saini 54 Abihsek 27, Rohit Walia 30, Deepak Lohtiya 3 for 30, Rajesh Ratha 2 for 25. Shirdi’s Sai CC : 152 in 25 overs (Amarjeet Shera 50, Inderjeet Saini 34, Inder 24, Jagjeet Saini 3 for 20, Lalit 2 for 26). Shivalik Trophy The last league matches of the Inter-School Cricket Tournament for the Shivalik Trophy, which were to be held on October 29 and were postponed due to administrative reasons, will now be held on November 17, at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh DAV ‘B’ will play GSS 46 at 8 a.m. and DAV ‘A’ will be playing against Sanjay Public ‘B’ at 12.30 p.m. at the same venue. Karate meet The Amateur Karate Association of Chandigarh is organising the first R.L. Kapoor Memorial Karate Tournament on November 16 and 17 at skating rink hall, Sector 10. The tournament will be conducted under WKF rules and in subjunior, junior and senior boys and girls categories. Shastri soccer Diamond Football Club will organise the 14th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Football Tournament at railway ground, Kalka, from November 27. Top teams from Haryana, Punjab, HP, UP and Delhi will participate. Varun shines Varun Chandra of Total Tennis Academy moved into the quarter finals of both the boys u-14 and u-16 categories of the Mount Carmel Total Tennis Championship being played at Mount Carmel Total Tennis Academy. The top seed of the boys u-16 category Karan Patnaik also of the academy moved into the quarter final along with second seed Mandeep Yadav. The only upset today was the 3rd seed Gursimran Brar of YPS Mohali, and a trainee of the academy, who lost to Ulplaksh Vashisht 4-6. Following are the results: Boys u-14 Pre-Quarter Final — Raghav Gupta b Karan Kumar 6-0, Ulplaksh Vashisht b Parul Verma 6-3, Anant Vidur Puri b Balwinder Singh 6-4, Yuvresh Bansal b Parijat 6-1, Sidharth Baidwan b Navkesh 6-0, Varun Chandra b Navdeep Singh 6-2, Akshit Chaudhary b Ravneet S. Saini 6-2. Girls u-12 (First Round): Inayat Khosla b Gurleen Kaur 5-1, Shalini Chandra b Prabh Amrit Kaur 5-0, Neha Kumar b Krishma 5-0, Ankita Singh b Ekroop 5-0, Bhairavi b Rubia Gill 5-1, Ishna b Penny 5-1, Puran b Pavit 5-1, Janesh Kaur b Zobin 5-0. |
7.10 lakh fund for SCs, STs, BCs Panchkula, November 12 Stating this here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Satwanti Ahalawat, said the financial assistance of Rs 2.89 lakh had already been provided so far. She said under the Kanyadaan scheme a sum of Rs.1.58 lakh out of sanctioned budget of Rs. 3.6 lakh, was provided to 31 families of these communities for the marriage of their daughters. She said financial assistance of Rs 10,000 was given for the marriage of daughters of widows belonging to the scheduled Castes. Under the scheme there was a provision of Rs 1 lakh for the current financial year and Rs 70,000 had already been given to seven such widows so far. A sum of Rs 50,000 would be given to villages for the improvement of harijan
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100 structures razed Panchkula, November 12 This slum colony on the Zirakpur-Kalka
highway, opposite Sector 4, had been standing for the past over two decades here. This 48 acres of land belongs to HUDA and a slum colony had come up here. While there is a stay order in different khasras spread over 16 acres, the rest of the area is not under litigation. It is learnt that HUDA staff had come here in the morning and informed the slum dwellers about the demolition. They were given sufficient time to gather their belongings and vacate the jhuggis before the demolition drive finally began. Thus, the Enforcement Wing carried out demolition on structures in khasra number 377, 389, part of 390, 132 and 392. HUDA Tehsildar and his staff had a tough time guiding the demolition squad after identifying the khasra numbers, which were free from litigation. By the evening, atleast five acres of land had been reclaimed. HUDA staff was led by Estate Officer, Ms. Monica Mallik and Assistant Estate Officer, Mr Vijay Bhardwaj accompanied by a large police force led by DSP Mr Rajesh Duggal were leading the demolition drive. Officials from the district administration, Tehsildar, Mr Ashwani Sharma, was also present along with members of the Enforcement Wing of the Estate Office, for the smooth functioning of the drive. A JCB machine was used for carrying out the demolition work. The HUDA authorities said demolition on rest of the land will be resumed soon. |
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