HEALTH

Painless burn dressing technique
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 8
Using the technique of painless burn dressing, used for the first time in the region, Mukat Hospital not only helped in reducing the pain of nine-year-old Isha, who had sustained 45 per cent burns, but gave her the joy of being back in school with her friends.

Having sustained severe burns on October 1, when she was electrocuted when an iron rod she was playing with touched an overhead 11,000 volt wire, Isha’s family cannot help thank the doctors for virtually giving their daughter a second life. Isha was initially taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital and then referred to PGI.

Plastic surgeon and burns specialist Dr Krishan Mohan Kapoor, who runs a helpline ( 9814600600 ), treated Isha and made a makeshift burns unit at Mukat Hospital.” Since the pain was unbearable for the little girl, we decided to do painless dressings, which were done under anaesthesia,” said Dr Kapoor

SPORTS

Dev Samaj girls win judo championship
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, December 9
IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector-21, has won various judo titles in different meets. Ms Sumati Kanwar, Principal of the school, said this year the girls won an overall trophy in the CBSE National Judo Championship for under 16 held at Panchkula. Sarita, Sapna and Pooja won gold medals while Jaspreet won silver medal and bhavya bronze medal.

She said in the UT Inter-School Judo Championship for under 14, 17, and 19 sections, girls won various medals. In the junior state judo tournament, school girls cornered glory. Ms Kanwar a former international basketball player, said earlier her school had won laurels in basketball only. Six of her players Prabhjot, Versha, Sumeet, Rekha, Meena and Meenakshi took part in the National Youth Basketball meet organised in Jalandhar. Apart from that the team bagged honours in the CBSE Basketball meet and won first place.

Ms Kanwar said only few months back they had upgraded their basketball courts and now two courts were functional.

She said there was a plan to floodlit the basketball courts and to provide maximum exposure to her girls.

UT hockey team

UT hockey team with various international stars left today for Hyderabad for 32nd National Games to be held from December 12 to 22. According to Mr Yash Vohra, secretary of the Chandigarh Hockey Association, national coach N.S. Sodhi will accompany the team is: The team is: Baljeet Singh, Raj Pal Singh (both IOC), Saurav Bishnoi, Ashwinder Singh (both BPCL), Parvez Ahssan, Cyril Ekka (Both CISF), Baldev Singh, Pardeep Kumar, J.Kujur (All AF), Gurpreet Singh (ONGC), Manmohan Singh, Navdeep Singh, Anurag, Jatinder Kumar, Devinder Kumar (all RR), Surjeet Singh (SBI), Vikram Saini (AG, Pb) and RS Negi (BSNL).

Cricket meet

DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, and LR Doaba School, Jalandhar, outplayed Atma Ram Kumar Sabha School, Patiala, by 58 runs and MD SD Higher Secondary School, Kapurthala, by four wickets, respectively, in the PCA- PARLE cricket match played here today.

Brief scores: DAV, Chd: 278 runs all out in 50 overs (Gauravjit 118, Karan Deepak Saini 43, Pavittar five for 38); ARKS, Patiala: 220 runs for eight in 50 overs (Bhupinder 86, Rahul 28); IInd match —MDSDHSS, Kapurthala: 175 runs all out (Jobinjeet 59, Dharamvir 22, Chetan Joshi 3 for 30, Rahul Junior 2 for 22); LR Doaba School, Jalandhar: Gurdeep 74, Rohit Gill 27, Rahul Senior 35, Abhinav 2 for 31).

UT schools cricket probables

The UT Education Department has selected 37 probables for selection of UT under-16 schools cricket team for its participation in the National School Games to be held at Delhi from December 22. The camp will begin here tomorrow at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. The probables are, Deepak Saini, Harjeet Singh, Karan Sharma, Gurkirat Singh, Sidharth Sharma, Narinder Khokhar, Varinder Kumar, Arjun Behl, Arjun Talwar, Amarinder Singh, Mukul Wadhawan, Chetanya Anand, Anupam Gambhir, Sumit Dhiman, Simranjeet Singh, Arun Rai, Gauravdeep Singh, Sarabjeet Singh, Sarul Kanwar, Simrat Bawa, Samandeep Singh, Amanjeet Singh, Naresh Kumar, Varun Pandey, Gaurav Gambhir, Subodh Bhatia, Satnam, Mohd Imtiaz, Chetan Raj, Suneet Thakur, Vakul Khera, Simranjeet Batlana, Ankit Sharma, Ankit, Yudhister Jakhar, Varun Kaushal and Abhishek Munjal.

Selection trials

The Chandigarh Hockey Association will hold the selection trials tomorrow at 3 pm to select the UT under-16 hockey team for its participation in the National Hockey Championship going to be held at Bangalore from December 26, 2002, to January 3, 2003. Players born on or after January 1,1986, will be eligible for the said trials. The camp will begin on December 11 to be held under the supervision of Mr OP Ahlawat.

Powerlifting championship

Public Sports Club, SAS Nagar, captured the junior men powerlifting trophy in the XIth Junior Men Powerlifting Championship which concluded here last evening at Panjab University Gymnasium hall. Mr V.K. Bhalla, president, Chandigarh Powerlifting Association gave away the prizes.

In the 52 kg class, Navjot Singh from Chandigarh created a new record in squat from 130 kg to 147.5 kg. Other gold medal winners are: Amarjeet Singh-56kg; Balwinder Singh-60 kg, Bahadur Singh-67.5kg; Harjit Singh-75 kg; Vinod Kumar-82.5kg; Gurvinder Singh-90 kg; Amit Sharma-100 kg; Amit Kumar-110 kg.

ADMINISTRATION

Octroi clerk suspended
Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar, December 9
An octroi clerk of the Municipal Council was suspended here yesterday for not issuing a receipt to a truck driver who had paid him rehadari fees.

Mr Kulwant Singh, president of the council, said the employee, Mr Gurmeet Singh, had taken only Rs 10 from the truck driver though the rehadari fees was Rs 20 and had not issued him any receipt. It is learnt hat the Executive Officer (EO), who happened to pass that way, checked the vehicle and the driver could not produce the receipt. The EO then imposed a penalty on the truck driver who was made to pay Rs 210. It is reported that the driver told the EO that the clerk on duty had taken Rs 10 from him without issuing any receipt.

The EO then went to the octroi post and tallied the account and found Rs 350 in excess. He immediately suspended the clerk.