Free epilepsy camp held at DMCH
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 18
To mark World Epilepsy Day, the Neurology Department of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital organised a free epilepsy camp at the Neurology OPD in the Medical OPD Complex today.

About 50 persons, including children, visited the camp to seek consultation.

According to a press release, free registration was done through OPD counter and free medicines free of cost were given to the needy.

Dr Gagandeep Singh, neurologist, DMCH, said, "The Department of Neurology is actively working for the welfare of the epileptics. Besides carrying out special studies, we are focussing on organising awareness and counselling programmes.

Lack of awareness and superstitions related with the disease doubles the suffering of epileptics in our society”.

Dr Gagandeep said the camp was another afford in the direction of providing low cost treatment to people and to encourage them to opt for the right treatment instead of going to quacks.

He said that epilepsy was associated with considerable stigma in the society whereas children with epilepsy were mostly of normal intelligence.

“Not only this, some famous personalities have suffered from epilepsy, yet they made their respective marks in the history. Napolean Bonaparte 1, Alexender the Great and Alfered Nobel, the person who discovered dynamite and instituted the Nobel Prize and Lord Buddha were all epileptics”, said Dr Gagandeep Singh.

Triple crown for Pranav
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, November 18
Pranav Chopra hogged the limelight by winning three titles in badminton in the four-day annual sports carnival organised for members and their dependents of the Sutlej Club, which concluded here yesterday. Nearly 500 participants took part in the carnival during which competitions in squash, badminton, lawn tennis and snooker.

Pranav beat Aditya Ramdev in the final of boys u-13 to clinch the title, outplayed Kanwardeep Singh in the boys’ singles u-16 to bag second title. He paired with Kanwardeep Singh to outclass Sanchit Sood and Sanjay Vohra to wrap up the boys u-16 title.

Varun Adya overwhelmed Gagan Chopra in the best of five sets to retain the title in squash. With this victory, Varun created sorts of history by winning the title for the third consecutive year.

Badminton results: Boys’ singles (u-19): Vishesh Nayyar (1) and Varun Bagai (2 ); boys’ doubles (u-19): Varun Bagai and Vishesh Nayyar (1) and Pranav Chopra and Kanwardeep Singh (2); boys’ singles (u-13): Pranav Chopra (1) and Aditya Ramdev (2); boys’ singles (u-16): Pranav Chopra (1) and Kanwardeep Singh (2); boys’ doubles (u-16): Pranav Chopra and Kanwardeep Singh (1) and Sanchit Sood and Sanjay Vohra (2); men’s singles: Lakhwinder Singh (1) and Bhuvan Dhanda (2); men’s doubles: Navneet Malhotra and Raman Aggarwal (1) and Ravinder Verma and Alok Dhir (2); girls’ singles: Prabh Simran Kaur (1) and Balreet Sandhu (2); mixed doubles: Lakhwinder and Prabh Simran Kaur (1) and Ravinder Verma and Balreet Sandhu (2); lucky veteran doubles: Kamal Kwatra and Inderjit Singh Khurana (1) and Dr A.S. Chawla and Surinder Sehra (2); lucky doubles: Lakhwinder Singh and Kidar Nath (1) and Pankaj Jindal and Dinesh Gupta (2); and officers’ doubles: Anurag Aggarwal and Kuldip Singh (1) and Prem Chand and S.R. Kler (2).

MC drive to check dengue outbreak
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 18
The Municipal Corporation has launched a massive drive to check dengue fever in view of the fact that the prevailing weather conditions were conducive to the breeding of mosquitoes that carried the causative organism of the deadly viral disease.

According to MC sources, the civic body has adopted a two-pronged strategy for effectively dealing with the problem. Along with an awareness campaign to educate the members of public about preventive measures against dengue, steps have been initiated to check the mosquito population by stepping up fogging and spraying operation in the city localities.

The civic body has roped in educational institutions and other social organisations to make its educative campaign more meaningful. Several programmes have been organised at various schools in all four zones in the city where the respective zonal commissioners have focussed on preventive measures against dengue. The MC administration has also distributed pamphlets in large numbers in different colonies to educate the people against the outbreak of the disease.

The MC officials claimed that intensive fogging was being done and spray of the DDT and the BHC was being made at potential places of mosquito breeding. The people were also being cautioned to make sure that water did not stagnate in places like air coolers, flower pots or elsewhere around residential areas.