Doctor to pay for overlooking 
complications in patient
Nawal Kishore Rastogi

Rewari, February 4
The Rewari District Consumer Disputes Redressal forum has directed the respondent Dr Narendra Singh Yadav of the Yadav General Hospital, a private hospital of the town to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to the complainant, Mrs Deepa, wife of Rajnish, resident of the Old Tehsil Road locality here. The forum held the respondent guilty of providing negligent and deficient services as well as wrong advice to the complainant during her pregnancy. The compensation is to be paid by the respondent within a month following the pronouncement of the decision.

Besides the forum has also ordered the respondent to pay Rs 1,000 more to the complainant by way of her litigation charges.

It was a unanimous decision of the forum which comprised its president Mr O P Chopra and two members — Mrs R R Rathi and Mr Abhishek Jain.. The complainant, Mrs Deepa, filed a petition before the forum on October 23, 2000. According to the facts and circumstances given in the petition, Mrs Deepa had been having a pregnancy of about 36 weeks. On February 27, 2000, she went to the Yadav General Hospital where an ultrasound was conducted by Dr Narendra Singh Yadav who, in his report, clearly stated that the child is healthy. But when things did not go well with Deepa, she again consulted her doctor who advised her to go in for an additional ultrasound, now at the local Manohar Ultrasound Centre (MUC). She went there on March 2, 2000. To her shock, she found the MUC’s report quite contrary to that of Dr Narendra Singh Yadav.

Furthermore, when her condition grew serious abruptly, she was rushed to the Gujar Mal Modi Hospital on March 3, 2000, and the Research Centre at Modi Nagar, where the doctors referred her to AIIMS in which she was finally admitted on March 6, 2000. The treatment provided at the AIIMS ultimately saved her but her child could not be saved. The child was found dead in her abdomen.

Thus, she underwent an acute mental agony as well as great physical pain besides a huge unnecessary expenditure of about Rs 60,000 just on account of an ultrasound report which misguided her completely.

SPORTS

Hindustan, Air Force enter final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 4
Defending champions Hindustan and Indian Air Force (New Delhi) will clash in the final of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Super League at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday.

In the double-leg semi-finals, Hindustan drubbed Moonlight 6-4 while Air Force flew past New Delhi Heroes 2-0. Hindustan, who had beaten Moonlight 3-0 in the first leg, however lost the second leg match 3-4. Air Force, who drew goalless with New Delhi Heroes, trounced the latter 2-0 in the second leg match played at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday.

In the tall-scoring second-leg match, Vikram Bhandari, Mohd Khalid, Bhupender Rawat and Lalit Singh scored for Moonlight while Sameer Jung scored a brace and Harinder Rawat netted one for Hindustan.

In an interesting tussle, the goals came in torrents, though Moonlight’s victory came a bit too late.

In the second match, Danny and Kalyan scored the goals for Air Force in the first half.

Pan Business enter semi-final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 4
Fine knocks by man of the match Subodh Badola (46 n.o off 11 balls, 2x6, 8x4) and Ravinder (47, 6x4) helped Pan Business Ltd defeat Criswim Academy by 73 runs and entered the semi-final of the Criswim Inter-Corporate Cup Cricket Tournament (seven a side) at the Netaji Subhash Sports Complex ground, Jasola, New Delhi. Pan Business made 171 for 3 .

In a round-robin league match, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) defeated Davidoff by seven wickets to record their first victory.

Scores: Pan Business Ltd.: 171 for 3 (Subodh Badola 46 n o, Ravinder 47, Nitin 33 n o, A Khanna 34, Deepak Bajaj 1 for 48).

Criswim Academy: 98 for 2 wickets (Anil Narula 35 n o, Deepak Bajaj 20, Israr 19).

Davidoff: 82 for 5 (Vivek 42, Rajat 12, P K Soni 2/19, Joshi 2 for 20).

LIC: 84 for 3 (Rakesh 23, Vikas 22, Rajat 2 for 21). Vikas was named the Man of the Match.

DDCA felicitates R. S. Gupta
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 4
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) felicitated Police Commissioner R S Gupta during the concluding day of the Ranji Trophy cricket match between Delhi and Hyderabad at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground. Mr Gupta was presented a club tie by DDCA vice-president C K Khanna, who is also the vice-chairman of the National Cricket Academy.

Among those present at the function were DDCA joint-secretary (club) Dr S S Sareen, club secretary Anil Khanna and executive member Vaneet Kumar.

Air Force HQ enter final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 4
A devastating bowling performance by skipper Jitender Badola (4 for 7) and a half-century by K. K. Kataria helped Air Force Headquarters defeat Urban Development Ministry by 22 runs and enter the final of the Inter-Ministry Cricket Tournament at the Vinay Marg ground.

Scores: Air Force Headquarters: 183 all out in 30 overs (K. K. Katariya 54, S Negi 28).

Urban Development: 161 all out in 29.4 overs.

AAI register win in Teri TT

New Delhi, February 4
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) defeated hosts Teri 3-0 in the opening match of the fifth Teri Table Tennis Tournament at the India Habitat Centre. The tournament was inaugurated by Tata Energy Research Institute chairman Dr R K Pachauri. In other matches in Group A, DST beat HCL, Noida 3-0, DDA beat IHC 3-0, AAI beat DDA 3-1, DST beat Teri 3-0, HCL beat IHC 3-0, HCL beat AAI 3-2. OSR

Salwan sail into semi-final

New Delhi, February 4
Salwan Boys School, Rajender Nagar defeated Mount St Mary’s School by 63 runs and entered the semi-final of the sixth Rohtak Road Gymkhana R P Jain Inter-School Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Scores: Salwan Boys: 171 all out in 32.1 overs. Mount St Mary’s: 109 for 8 in 35 overs (Sahan John 31). OSR

ADMINISTRATION

Sarpanch under suspension for embezzling funds
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, February 4
The Deputy Commissioner has placed Mr Satpal, sarpanch of Manoli Tonki village, under suspension on the charge of embezzling public funds and taking bribe from people at the time of allotment of newly built houses.

According to a report, the DC has also directed the Block Development and Panchayat Officer to call a meeting of the village panches for the appointment of an acting sarpanch immediately.

The DC’s action was a follow-up to the inquiry conducted by the former Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr R. P. Bhardwaj, who held the sarpanch responsible for misuse of public funds and other irregularities. Thereafter, a criminal case was registered with the Kundli police for further action.

As many as 175 houses in the village had been burnt in a devastating fire on May 6 last year. Thereafter, the district administration had allotted Rs 14.68 lakh for the construction of 74 houses on humanitarian ground. This amount was handed over to the gram panchayat of the village and the sarpanch was authorised to allot the houses after their construction.

On December 13 last year, six residents of the village lodged a complaint and gave affidavits to the district authorities, levelling allegations of favouritism and nepotism against the sarpanch. They also alleged that the sarpanch had indulged in malpractices in the allotment of houses and sought bribe from them.

The then DC had asked Mr Bhardwaj to conduct a detailed inquiry into the complaint against the sarpanch and submit a report to him for taking action, if the sarpanch was found guilty of misusing public funds and indulging in malpractices in the allotment of houses.