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Fortis clarifies on patient’s death SAS Nagar, December 15 A 65-year-old patient, Chhajju Ram, who died at the hospital on December 11 after a heart surgery due to multiorgan failure, was a heart patient since 1996 when he had undergone an angioplasty to clear blockage of his arteries. “He was a confirmed hypertensive and diabetic as per the investigations done at Fortis Heart Institute in October, 2002, when he had come for his angiography and also just before his surgery, ’’ the Medical Director said. He further stated that prior to the surgery, the patient was fully briefed on his condition and informed that his disease had progressed substantially. His being a diabetic further increased the risk. Besides this, the patient signed a ‘high-risk consent form’ at the time of the surgery, which clearly stated the factors responsible for it being a high-risk surgery, he said. ‘‘On opening the heart, it was found that the disease was far more pronounced and eight grafts were put to ensure that the heart was beating properly. During the eight-hour surgery all possible steps were taken to save the patient’s life. ECG records taken after the surgery were normal. The patient subsequently died due to multiple organ failure in spite of an extremely complicated and successful high-risk heart surgery,’’ Dr Karanjekar said. ‘‘In such cases, it is very common with heart patients where artery disease has progressed to an advanced stage that blockages also occur in the arteries supplying blood to the other organs of the body. This reduced blood supply to these organs makes them weak. Unfortunately, this is what happened with Chhajju Ram and he developed problems with the functioning of the kidneys and the gut. Everything possible, including a dialysis was done to try and save the patient,’’ he said. The story also mentioned another case, that of Mohammed Usmaan. The patient had been taken to the hospital after a heart attack. “We did an angiography and found that he was suffering from a triple vessel disease. The only way to save the patient’s life was to attempt a salvage heart surgery. The high risk was explained to the patient and he agreed to undergo the same. He signed a high-risk surgery consent form. As is normal in such cases, the main artery was operated first. However, his heart did not recover from the damage done by the heart attack,” the Medical Director said. |
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Pensioners hail health scheme Chandigarh, December 15 Speaking at the annual general body meeting of the association held at Government Museum and Art Gallery, he appreciated the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr Shatrugun Sinha, for extending the scheme to the city. He said with the opening of these dispensaries, the retired persons from the Central Excise, Income Tax and other Central Government Departments were able to get treatment on time. He said the government would soon open another dispensary in Sector 7 to provide medical facilities to the Central Government employees of Panchkula as
well. Among others Mr Satpal Jain, former member of the Parliament, and Dr R.K. Khullar, Joint Director, Central Government Health Scheme, were also present in the meeting. |
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Seminar
on ophthalmology Panchkula, December 15 Dr Daljit Singh, a Padmashree awardee, was speaking at a seminar on ophthalmology organised by the State Health Department as part of its continued medical education (CME) programme. He has of late been involved in creating fugo blade for eye surgeries. He said the Americans had approved the use of this blade for carrying out surgeries, but the Indian Government was yet to grant its approval. He said the use of this tool would also bring down the risk factor. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr M.L. Ranga, Minister of state for Health and Medical Education. Speaking on this occasion, the minister said more than 2/3rd of visually impaired population lived in Asia and Africa. He said the World Health Organisation estimated that this population would double by 2020. He said in Haryana incidences of blindness were 1.13 per cent as against the national average of 1.49 per cent. Dr M.R. Dogra, Additional Professor and senior ophthalmologist at PGI, Chandigarh, delivered a lecture on post-operative complications in eye surgeries and ways and means to deal with these. |
Superb display by St Xavier students Chandigarh, December 15 The students performed various drills which were full of colour and splendour. The most exciting of these was the colour bonanza, a drill performed with colourful saris forming
different figures like flowers, peacocks presented by students of class
VIII. The cape drill was also a delightful display presented by girls of Classes of IX and X. Students had an impressive march past that impressed the audience. The passing out classes put up a special display of skilled marching with the flags of the school. Students of Classes IX and X also presented yoga. Boys of Classes XI and XII put up a show of
strength by forming pyramids and the girls formed a cheering team that cheered every participant. The function ended with a prize distribution by the chief guest.
Rakesh Bakshi Mr Bakshi is a member of the
Disciplinary Committee of the All-India Football Federation.
Chandigarh Admn XI win Chandigarh Administration bagged the Samuel Banerjee Cricket Trophy by overcoming a stiff challenge from Press Club XI when they beat by five wickets in the tie played here today at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. Press Club XI scored 159 runs in 23 overs. The UT administration XI led by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr M Ramsekhar, achieved the target in 24.3 overs with still five wickets in hand. Vivek Attray hammered 33 runs, N. Kwatra made 30 runs off 35 deliveries, Dr Sandhu scored 23 runs off 32 deliveries, Shiv Kumar scored 22 runs of 20 deliveries and Harish made 25 runs.N Kwatra and Dr Sandhu took three wickets each. Earlier, the captain of the Press Club XI Ajay Banerjee won the toss and opted to bat first. Vikrant Gupta hammered 85 runs off 62 deliveries. Ajay scored 24 runs. Vikrant Gupta bagged four wickets. The UT Administrator, Lieut-General JFR Jacob (retd), gave away the winners and runner-up trophies. The best bowler award was given to Narinder Kwatra. Best batsman and man-of-the-match award went to Vikrant Gupta, best fielder award to Rajesh Deol while best allrounder award to Dr Sandhu. |
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Bimla, Deepinder win Chandigarh, December 15 DAV-8 win DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8,Chandigarh, bagged the coveted PARLE- PCA trophy in the finals played here today at PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar. DAVSSS-8, Chandigarh, defeated DAV Senior Secondary School, Amritsar, by five wickets. Mayank Sharma was adjudged man-of-the-series.
Cricket meet The Mohali Cricket Association (MCA) beat Satluj Cricket Club by 133 runs in the First Satluj Cricket cup for under-12 boys section played here today at Satluj Public School grounds, Sector 4, Panchkula. The MCA scored 147 runs for seven wickets with Rohit and Vipul scoring 24 runs each. |
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Sheffali wins car rally Chandigarh, December 15 In the rally, 139 women along with their friends and family members participated. All participants and their navigators were dressed in specially designed red and white wind-cheaters. The participants were given directions and speed charts indicating average speed limits for various stretches within the city. The ideal time to cover the route spread across 51.1 km was announced as 2 hours 37 minutes. Mr H.S. Brar, regional manager of the Maruti Udyog disclosed that first in the series, the same event would be organised at Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Goa. He said they were organising various events to inculcate safe driving habits among its customers. It was also supporting the Institute of Driving Training and Research at New Delhi. The company has planned, he said, to hold similar events for children to educate them about road safety. Ms Sheffali Kumar, Ms Meenu and Ms Anita Budhiraja were declared as the overall winner, first and second runners-up, respectively. |
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Mr Rakesh Bakshi, secretary of the Chandigarh Football Association, has been named Match Commissioner for two national football league matches to be played in Mumbai on December 20 and 23. On December 20, Mahindras are scheduled to play Churchill Brothers while on December 23, Mahindras will take on Salgaokar SC. Mr Bakshi has been informed of this by Mr Alberto Colaco, secretary of the All-India Football Federation.