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Avoid coming out in cold, heart patients advised
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, January 10
Dr Ramesh Batra, an eminent cardiologist, has advised heart patients to save themselves from the severe cold and remain indoors in the foggy weather conditions. Speaking at the annual function of the Haryana’s first cardiac catheterisation laboratory, Batra Cath Lab, here last evening, he said that the heart patients should not take bath in cold water as it caused heart troubles, which obstruct the flow of blood to the heart. In some cases, it could lead to severe heart attack, he observed.

He pointed out that more than a disease, heart ailments should be considered a lifestyle disorder. With the increase in stress levels and growing dependence on cigarettes, alcohol and fast food, the youngsters were prone to heart ailments as were the old people.

Dr Batra added that the people needed to understand the importance of diagnosing heart ailments before they reached the stage where the damage could not be reversed. Regular checks-ups and a healthy lifestyle could reduce the chances of a person getting heart ailments considerably.

He also pointed out that morning walks were very essential for the heart patients as the heart needed oxygen. Regular light exercise and a stroll on the roof of the house for half-an-hour were also useful for them. The heart patients, he said, should take light food including green vegetables and fruits. The mind should be diverted towards spiritualism as it not only would avoid tension but also help the heart to function normally.

He also said that rich and oily food should be avoided and edible oil should be changed frequently. In no case, the patients should take butter and desi ghee as it would raise the level of bad cholesterol. He advised the patients to keep dispirin tablets or any other life saving drug at hand and take it at a time when the chest pain was felt. This tablet, he said, helped in dilution and circulation of the blood.

Referring to the achievements of the cardiac catheterisation laboratory, Dr Batra disclosed that as many as 308 heart patients had been treated successfully during the past one year. The laboratory, he said, had numerous facilities like angiography, angioplasty, balloon mitral valvotomy.

He claimed that the charges were 50 per cent less as compared to the hospitals in Delhi. The poor patients were being treated on a ‘no profit no loss’ basis, he added.

According to Dr Batra, several senior interventional cardiologists including Dr J. C. Mohan, Dr Pramod Kumar, Dr B. B. Chanana and Dr Nirmal Kumar had extended their services to the Batra Cath Laboratory.

This heart centre boasts of a state-of-the-art cardiac operation theater and a cardiac catheterisation laboratory capable of handling all kinds of complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This centre had succeeded in fulfilling the needs of the people to a large extent and these efforts would continue in the future also, he added.

Escorts centre opens in Faridabad
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, January 10
The Vice-President, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, has stressed upon the need of improving the health and medicare infrastructure in various parts of the country to provide the best possible medical services to people.

Speaking after inaugurating the new wing of the Escorts Hospital here on Thursday, the Vice-President said that besides the provision of ultramodern health care facilities, the management of hospitals should help in establishing ancillary units in the town where it (the hospital) is situated so as the maximum number of local people get employment.

He said instead of importing machinery and equipment, local industries should be relied upon to meet the need of infrastructure. He said the issue was not only creating hi-tech infrastructure and building, but the essence should be on the service to the needy. The hospitals or doctors should not discriminate against patients on the basis of their social status or approach. He cited the example of Cleveland town of the USA, which was one of the many leading towns of world where an urban centre had grown up on the basis of medical infrastructure and hospitals. He said a developing country like India required a lot of hard work as the health service sector was still at the primary level.

According to the director of the hospital, Dr N. K. Pandey, the hospital had started offering ultramodern facilities in departments like cardiology, neurosurgery, urology, polytrauma and replacement surgery.

SPORTS

Delhi Zone bag basketball crown at PNB meet
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 10
Delhi Zone edged out Punjab Zone 38-29 to bag the basketball crown in the 20th All-India PNB Inter-Zone Sports Meet at the Karnail Singh stadium on Friday. Bhupinder Thakur (15) and Sumit Bhatia (18) were the top scorers for Delhi. Pradip Kapoor chipped in with 11 points for Punjab.

West UP Zone defended their kabaddi title when they defeated Rajasthan 38-37 in the title clash. In kho-kho, Himachal Pradesh defeated Rajasthan by two turns and two points to setup a title clash against Northern Zone. East UP defeated Eastern Zone 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 25-3 in volleyball. Rakesh Kumar Gupta played a star role in UP’s victory.

West UP upset defending champions Northern Zone by nine wickets and entered the cricket final. Rajesh Tomar hit an unbeaten 105, studded with 15 fours off 64 balls. He had scored 186 in the quarter-final.

Scores: Northern Zone: 154 for 9 in 25 overs (Praveen Madan 54, Rana 29, Subodh 26, J Pawar 3 for 16, Shyam Dey 2 for 16). West UP Zone: 155 for 1 in 20 overs (Rajesh Tomar 105 n o, 15x4; Dharam Prakash 26, Anil Sharma 1 for 15).

Western Zone defeated Punjab Zone by nine wickets in the other semi-final. Scores: Punjab: 118 for 7 in 25 overs (Sandeep Khullar 37 n.o, Rakesh Malhotra 31, Parab 3 for 6, John 2 for 18). Western Zone: 119 for 1 in 20 overs (V Dabolkar 61 n.o, Sudhir Bhat 28).

Central UP beat Uttaranchal 3-1 and entered the badminton team championship final. Sudharkar Sharma of Punjab beat Deepak Sharma of Rajasthan 15-9, 15-4 to lift the men’s singles title.

Sohan Singh of Punjab hurled the hammer to 35.66 metres to annex the gold. O P Redu of Northern and R K Singh of Central UP lifted the silver and bronze. Uttaranchal trounced Western Zone 3-1 to win the men’s table tennis trophy.

In individual events, Jaswinder Singh of Uttaranchal defeated Sanjay Dhotre of Western Zone 6-11, 11-9, 2-11, 20-18, 11-8, 11-5 to win the title while Sandeep Gamre of Western Zone took the third place. Vaidehi Patil of Western Zone bagged the women’s title, defeating Usha Saini of Rajasthan 11-7, 11-6, 11-6.

In men’s carrom, M P Zone defeated West UP zone 4-1 while Southern Zone beat Central UP 3-0.

Manju Sinha of Bihar beat Vaidehi Patil of Western 25-16, 25-1 to lift the women’s carrom title. Anuradha Madan of Delhi beat Sanjit to finish third. Bihar Zone’s Sushil Kumar Singh finished first in the seven-round Swiss League Strategy Chess Tournament.

Ravi Verma of Rajasthan finished second while Anjan Basu of Eastern ended up third.

Super Star Club trounce Delhi Eaglets by 60 runs
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 10
Super Star Club trounced Delhi Eaglets by 60 runs in the seventh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College ground, Pitampura. Durga Prasad, who scored 41 and took two wickets for 16 runs for Super Star, was declared the Man of the Match.

Scores: Super Star: 191 for 8 in 35 overs (Prateek Sharma 52, Durga Prasad 41, Amar Singh 40, Ankit Rawat 4 for 21, Vikash Latwal 3 for 33).

Delhi Eaglets: 131 all out in 33 overs (Udat Bhatia 67, Rambir 4 for 20, Durga Prasad 2 for 16, Prabhjeet 2 for 27).

Delhi University enter semis

Delhi University Coaching Centre defeated Ravindra Public School by 100 runs and entered the semi-final of the first SPM Cricket Tournament at the SPM College ground.

Scores: Delhi University: 264 for 4 in 30 overs (Bhupender 97, Somik 94). Ravindra School: 146 all out in 26.4 overs (Anuj Jain 39, Pankaj 24, Bhupender 2 for 28).

Champions Trophy cricket

SPCNL beat Hunter Douglus by 23 runs in the Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground.

Scores: SPCNL: 159 for 4 in 25 overs (Mahesh 85, Rajeev 28, Atul 30, Lakshman 2 for 25, Tarun 2 for 21).

Hunter Douglus: 136 for 9 in 25 overs (Pankaj 44, Anush 21, Vishal 4 for 24, Rajeev 2 for 19).

ADMINISTRATION

MCD told to share property tax revenue with RWAs
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 10
The Delhi High Court today asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to consider sharing property tax revenue with the resident welfare associations (RWAs) for providing assistance or incentives in keeping the city clean.

The court said that the RWAs should endeavour to collect garbage from each doorstep and take the responsibility of keeping the city clean. A Division Bench of Justices Usha Mehra and Pradeep Nandrajog asked the RWAs to ensure that the garbage collected from their areas is taken to the nearest municipal bin.

It was also suggested that colonies should form RWAs, which would also approach the court to highlight deficiencies in their areas. The authorities would also educate the RWAs on the issue. Response to the suggestions has to be filed by February 24.

The judges put up the suggestions saying as many as nine court orders since 1996 have not brought about the desired results and the sanitary conditions in the city could not be improved without public support to the municipal effort.

The city hospitals have also been asked to ensure efficient disposal of bio-medical wastes. The court was hearing a PIL filed by advocate B. L. Wadhera, which pleaded for better sanitary conditions in the city.

Those throwing garbage to be challaned
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, January 10
The Sonepat Municipal Council has decided to challan shopkeepers and residents who are found throwing filth and garbage after 9 am in markets and other residential localities in the city.

According to official sources, the challans would be made by the staff who are empowered to take action under Section 158 of the Haryana Municipal Act. The erring persons would have to pay penalty between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000. This step has been taken to improve the sanitary conditions in the city.

The civic authorities have appealed to the shopkeepers and the residents not to throw filth and garbage after 9 am and extend their support to the civic staff for making the campaign a success.

The Sonepat Municipal Council, it may be recalled, had launched a similar campaign last year. Shopkeepers and residents had stopped the practice of throwing filth and garbage in the bazaars and streets for some time. But later they went back to their earlier ways. This soon led to unsanitary conditions in the city.

The civic authorities have made it clear that the challans would be sent to the courts, which would decide these cases.

Meanwhile, the civic authorities have sent a request to the state government for allowing it to recruit more safai workers for sanitation work in the city. There are 230 permanent safai workers and 32 more are working on daily wages.

The population of the city has reached around two lakh whereas the number of electorate is 1,17,665. The existing safai workers are unable to cover all wards and areas every day. The Sonepat Municipal Council wants to recruit at least 100 safai workers for improving the sanitary conditions in the city.