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HEALTH

Cardiologists’ meet begins at PGI
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 7
‘‘In developed countries six of the top 10 risks to health are directly related to cardiovascular diseases. These include the use of tobacco, high blood pressure, cholesterol, increased body mass, low consumption of fruit and vegetables and physical inactivity,’’ said Dr Anil Grover, Head of Department of Cardiology, PGI, welcoming delegates at the annual meeting and conference of the International Society of Heart Research (ISHR) and International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences that began at the PGI here today.

Organised by the PGI in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, and the DMC, Ludhiana, the meet is being attended by over 200 cardiologists and medical specialists from related fields from India and abroad.

Inaugurating the conference, Prof S.K. Sharma Director PGI, released the abstract book of the deliberations expected during the conference. Prof S.K. Gupta read the annual report of the ISHR. Prof Niranjan S. Dhalla, president, of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, also addressed the audience.

Prof N.K. Ganguly, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research and president of the Indian section of the ISHR, talked on the role of nutrition in prevention of heart diseases.

Delivering the welcome address, Dr Anil Grover stated that the conference was aimed at bridging the gap between experimental laboratories to practicing cardiologist and also to make the final scientific communication so simple that even a laymen/patient can understand it. ‘‘In this endeavour the Department of Cardiology has taken over the editorship of the Indian Journal of Cardiology and also with collaborated indogene.com to use multimedia as mode of communication and health education,’’ he said.

Dr H.K. Bali proposed the vote of thanks.

Neonatal ventilation workshop
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 7
A two-day workshop on neonatal ventilation started at the PGI here today. During the workshop, experts said that keeping pace with major advancements in the medical field, survival on neonates had improved due to the expertise and efforts of caregivers and cooperation from the government.

Organised by the Division of Neonatology, APC, the workshop aims at making the neonatal caregivers aware of finer intricacies of neonatal ventilation at all individual centres.

Prof S.K. Sharma, Director, PGI, inaugurated the workshop. Besides the international faculty consisting of Prof S.K. Sinha, Dr Ambalavan, Mrs Julie and Mrs Lynn, many eminent neonatologists from India — Prof Anil Narang, Dr Praveen, Dr Rajiv Aggarwal, Dr Saorabh Dutta and Dr Kanya — are sharing the responsibility of conducting the workshop.

Pharmacists’ conference
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 7
All aspects related to employment, deployment, access and utility pertaining to pharmacists will come up for a detailed discussion at the annual conference of the Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association, which meets at Panjab University tomorrow.

The conference will discuss recommendations of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals.

“There is a demand for an autonomous pharmacopoeia commission, modifications in qualifications of manufacturing pharmacist is needed and pharmaceutical organisations should be headed by professionals alone,” said Mr P.P. Sharma, president of the IPGA, in a formal press note.”

SPORTS

Archana, Ajit win in athletics meet
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, February 7
Archana and Ajit Kumar stole the show in girls and boys’ sections, respectively, in the 21st annual athletics meet of Government College, Sector 46, today.

Various races and other events were held. Other athletes who secured positions include Lakshmi, Vaneet, Arun, Archana, Pankaj, Satwinder, Gagandeep, Jagjit Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Dushyan and Manmeet.

Mr Dalip Kumar, DPI (Colleges), UT, was the chief guest.

Earlier Mr S.C. Nijhawan, Principal, welcomed the chief guest.

Best athletes

Vikas, Rohan, Sakshi and Isha were declared the best athletes in the sixth annual sports meet of DAV Public School, Sector 8, held on Thursday.

Felicitated

The UT Cricket Association felicitated the winners of the Shivalik Trophy and Kapil Dev Trophy at a function held on Friday evening at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16.

Mr Virendra Singh, Adviser to the UT Administrator, was the chief guest. Earlier, Col A.S. Judge, president of the association, pleaded the case of granting affiliation of the UTCA with the BCCI.

Others present on the occasion included Mr Desh Prem Azad, Mr D.S. Bedi and Mr Vinod Sharma.

Dimitri concedes title to Somdev
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, February 7
Second-seed Somdev K. Varman won the boys’ singles crown on the penultimate day of the ITF Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament on the Sector 10 CLTA courts here today. Sanaa Bhambri of India will clash with fourth-seed Thassha Vitayaviroj of Thailand tomorrow for the girls’ singles title.

In the boys’ singles final, Dimitri Tolok of Ukraine conceded the match at the score, 1-2, due to a medical problem. Earlier, in the semi-finals, Tolok upset top seed Karan Rastogi in straight sets, while Somdev beat Chatwinder Singh (CLTA) in three thrilling sets.

In the girls’ singles semi-finals, third-seed Sanaa Bhambri of India won a tough three-setter against fighting Yana Nemerovski of Israel, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8).

The boys’ doubles crown went to Jamie Murry (GBR) and Vikas Punna (IND), who defeated Chatwinder Singh (CLTA) and Dominic Inglot (GBR) in three sets. Efrat Zlotikman (ISR) and Yana Nemerovski (ISR) won the girls’ doubles title with a walkover against Shin Junj Yoon (KOR) and Anastasia Zhukova (RUS).

Lieut-Gen S.S. Mehta, GOC-in-C, Western Command, witnessed the semi-finals early today, while Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, MP, was the chief guest at the prize-distribution ceremony, where he also released a souvenir on ‘18 years of CLTA’.

Mr Virendra Singh, Adviser to the UT Administrator, will be the chief guest at the ceremony on the final day.

Results (main draw): Boys’ singles semi-finals — Dimitri Tolok (UKR) b Karan Rastogi (IND), 6-4, 6-1; Somdev K. Varman (IND) b Chatwinder Singh (IND), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Boys’ singles finals — Somdev K. Varman (IND) b Dimitri Tolok (UKR) 1-2 (conceded).

Girls’ singles semi-finals — Sanna Bhambri (IND) b Yana Nemerovski (ISR), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8).

Boys’ doubles final — Murry Jamie and Vikas Punna b Chatwinder Singh and Dominic Inglot, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; girls’ doubles final — Efrat Zlotikman (ISR) and Yana Nemerovski (ISR) w/o Shin Junj Yoon and Anastasia Zhukova.

ADMINISTRATION

Registrar gets show-cause notice

SAS Nagar, February 7
A show-cause notice has been issued here to Ms Aruna Chabbra, Registrar Punjab State Nurses Registration Council, by Dr D.P.S. Sandhu, Director Health Services of Punjab.

According to sources, the notice follows an intra-department inquiry conducted by an Assistant Director Heath Services on the basis of complaints regarding the functioning of the council.

Sources said some flaws had been discovered in the compilation of the final results of the second-year B.Sc (Nursing) course examinations after a raid in the council early this week.

“The marks of some of the students who were found to be failing had been written in pencil instead of red ink. Moreover, the marks written on the title page of the answer-sheets were different from the marks given inside. Students of a particular college were being favoured,” said a source. TNS