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BODY &
MIND About 300 persons, including doctors, nurses, patients and their attendants pledged to donate their organs during a six-day awareness programme, which concluded at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on Saturday. The awareness drive was organised by the Human Organ Procurenent Education (HOPE) Trust, a two-year-old voluntary organisation founded by lawyer and liver recipient, Rani Jethmalani. The awareness programme was preceded by the first national consensus symposium on liver transplantation and cadaveric organ donation organised by the hospital. Ms Jethmalani addressed about 50 consultants of the hospital on the legal aspects of organ donation. The Programme Coordinator of HOPE Trust, Ms Garima Midha, addressed the nurses, registrars and junior doctors while the ICU in-charge in the hospital, Dr S.C. Sharma spoke on the concept of brain death and protocols followed in organ donation. In his message before the conference, Dr K.C. Mahajan, Chairman, Liver Transplant Task Force, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said, “The shortage of donor organs remains the bottleneck in setting up well-developed transplant programmes in our country. Despite the fact that the brain-stem death law was enacted in 1995, it is appalling to note that the concept of organ donation remains non-existent in our country.” Dr Sharma expressed the hope that the “intermixing of thought and learning from each other’s limitations will certainly be a step forward towards building several successful transplant centres in the country.” Prominent surgical gastro-enterologists and liver transplant surgeons who participated in the
conference were Dr Sameeran Nundy, Head of the Department of Surgical Gastro-enterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr P. Sahani from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Rajan Saxena from Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow besides kidney transplant surgeons, Dr H. Jauhari from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Dr S. Shroff from Chennai who is also the Director of the Mohan Foundation, a voluntary organisation which has been promoting the concept of organ donation.
Health check-up camps The Apollo Group of Hospitals is organising free health check up camps at several places in the National Capital Region to mark its Founder’s Day (February 5). The camps will focus on preventive healthcare and provide diagnostic tests as ECG, random blood sugar, blood pressure, height, weight and medical advise by a doctor. Apart from these, physiotherapy, diet and lifestyle counselling is also being offered at the camps. While six camps were held between 6 am to 8 am on February 4 at Vasant Vihar, Rohini, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Greater Kailash Part 1 and Janak Puri, two camps were held at the same time at Noida and Friends Colony on Friday and Saturday, the last camp will be held on Sunday at Dilli Haat from 4 pm to 7 pm. Adult diaper Hicks Healthcare, a division of Hicks Thermometers (P) Ltd, have now introduced Abri-Form adult diaper in collaboration with Abena, Denmark which is known for incontinence product supplies. The products are available in various sizes to meet individual needs. Hick Abri-Form briefs are provided with re-fastenable tapes and is particularly suitable for highly demanding situations. The technology of Abri-Form adult diaper is user and environment friendly. The diapers are available in a pack of ten. While medium sized diapers are available for Rs 498, large diapers are available for Rs 550. It is beneficial for the elderly and offers a perfect solution for urology, diabetes and post surgical patients, accident victims, patients suffering from tumors, bladder stone, physical disability, bedsores, amoebic dysentery and post-pregnancy. Postnatal muscle tone restorer Mac Laboratories has signed Aditi Govitrikar, Mrs World 2000 to launch its body clinic division product- Allegance pre and postnatal muscle tone restorer. The company believes that Ms Govitrikar’s medical background and her successful career graph post pregnancy provides an ideal, cognitive aspirational value to would-be mothers. The herbal product seeks to address the inevitable problem of loss of body shape and tones post-pregnancy. Allegance promises to restore the body to its original shape and tone. Available in a pack of 100 ml lotion and 50 gram cream for Rs 2403, Allegance prevents sagging of abdomen, hips and thighs while the creams prevents sagging of breasts and the upper arms. The unique nervine stimulant discovered by the research division of Mac Laboratories along with other natural ingredients formulated in Allegance serve to stimulate blood circulation, enhance blood flow and tone up the skin to clear away natural subcutaneous debris. The astringent effect gently tightens and firms the application area removing unwanted air trapped between the cells thereby sculpting the body back to its original shape. According to Mr R.S. Kohli, Director (Marketing), Mac Laboratories, “The vision of the company is to provide safe and natural products for expectant mothers that are not only in consonance with the pregnant body chemistry but also safe for the expected baby.” Venu Intra Optics Venu Intra Optics Pvt. Ltd, a company which manufactures intra-ocular and contact lenses has recently entered into an agreement with Nowmedic Co. Ltd, a 9001 Korean company to sell Lens Medic, a high-speed ultrasonic cleaning device. The company claims that Lens Medic is the only high-speed ultrasonic cleaning device which provides outstanding standard in cleaning and sterilisation of contact lenses throughout the world. Lensmedic is available in model LC-750 and is priced at Rs 2,975 with a warranty of six months. The unit comprises Lensmedic, a solution container, a pair of tweezers and an AC power adapter. The company says while other cleaners are designed only for heat sterilisation using motor vibrations, Lensmedic does not use multi-solution. Instead, it cleans and sterilises by using ultrasonic waves with inexpensive saline solution. The saline foam generated by the vibrations of ultrasonic waves completely removes minute protein, contaminants from the surface of contact lenses, Staphylococcys aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aerugionosa which cause eye diseases.  |
Jamia to meet Zakir Husain in soccer final New Delhi, February 8 Jamia Millia Islamia defeated Motilal Nehru College (Evening) 3-0 while Zakir Husain College edged past Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences by a lone second half goal, scored by stopper back Inderjeet Sharma in the 65th minute. The final will be played on Monday at 2 pm. Jamia Millia dominated the proceedings and scored the first goal in the 39th minute through Manoj, following a flag kick. D. J. Wartey and Mabawiha scored one goal each on resumption. Zakir Husain have annexed the title five times in the past, the last being in 1999 when they defeated Ram Lal
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Sanjay, Mahesh guide Dena Bank to victory in DDCA League New Delhi, February 8 Scores: Delhi Audit: 183 all out in 40 overs (Pankaj Joshi 34, K S Rana 37, Mahesh 5 for 46, Kartar Nath 2 for 34). Dena Bank: 184 for 3 in 34.3 overs (Sanjay Sharma 103 n o, Puneet Bisth 50, K S Rana 2 for 28). Sonnet Club beat Winsom Club by six wickets in a Super A Division match at Yamuna II ground. Scores: Winsom: 157 for 9 in 40 overs (Siddarth Rahlan 38, Harpreet Singh 35, Rajat Sharma 33, Suhail Sharma 3 for 30). Sonnet Club: 158 for 4 in 30.5 overs (Dhruv Mohan 63, Oneil Wilson 36, Sandeep Negi 2 for 20). Oil and Natural Gas Commission defeated National Stadium by 122 runs in a Super A Division match at the National Stadium. Scores: ONGC: 303 for 4 in 40 overs (Sandeep Sharma 96, Ravi Sehgal 80, Gautam Vadera 54, Radhey Shyam Gupta 41, Mihir Diwakar 3 for 54). National Stadium: 181 all out in 32.3 overs (Sashi Ranjan 35, Sunil Joshi 5 for 36). Punjab National Bank defeated Indo Club by 82 runs in a B Division match at the Kotla 2 ground. Scores: PNB:
238 for 8 in 40 overs (Rajesh Sharma 70, Sham Bhandari 46, H S Kohli 34, Prahlad 4 for 38). Indo Club:
156 all out in 23 overs (Prahlad Kumar 36, H S Kohli 4 for 29, Ramesh Rajput 3 for 24). Young Friends Club defeated Pahari Dhiraj by eight wickets in an A-I Division match at the Ramjas Sports Complex. Scores: Pahari Dhiraj:
153 all out in 39.3 overs (Nikhil Punia 35, Ujjawal Nanda 32, Sandeep Malhotra 3 for 16, Rakshit Pant 2 for 24, Wilkins Victor 2 for 24). Young Friends:
156 for 2 in 35.2 overs (Ishan Bakshi 55 n o, Mohan Sharma 50, Wilkins Victor 40 n o). Lal Bahadur Shastri Coachiing Centre beat Canara Bank b 105 runs in a B Division match at Kotla I ground. Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri:
160 for 5 in 30 overs (Rakesh Khari 42, Parul Jain 41 n o, Rajesh Sharma 2 for 25). Canara Bank: 55 all out in 19 overs (Parul Jain 3 for 19). Food Corporation of India beat Central Warehousing Corporation by 62 runs in a Super A Division match at the Yamuna Sports Complex. Scores: Food Corporation of India: 276 for 4 in 40 overs (Rajender Bisth 100, Akash Malhotra 71, Naveen Negi 43 n o, Surjit Verma 3 for 55). Central Warehousing Corporation: 214 for 8 in 40 overs (Sunil Sudan 56 n o, Lalit Yadav 27, Yogesh Sachdeva 2 for 42). |
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World
Cup on the cards New Delhi, February 8 After obtaining messages for India’s World Cup team on it, the card will be couriered to South Africa and delivered to the Indian team. Former Indian player Ajay Jadeja unveiled the card and was the first to sign on it. The giant eco-friendly card is intended to encourage people to use eco-friendly products. The card has been conceived by Sheel International, which is in the business of eco-friendly handicraft products. The card has received an entry in the Limca Book of Records. |
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Chowrasia
wins Hero Honda Open New Delhi, February 8 The 24-year-old Chowrasia held on to his nerves on the final day to close out with a two-under 69. That gave him a four-day tally of seven under 277, one stroke better than his city-mate Yusuf Ali, who finished runner-up for the second successive week. Yusuf shot a one-over 72, while overnight joint leader Mukesh Kumar slumped after an uncharacteristic triple bogey on the par-5 12th hole. Mukesh finished at three-under 281 to be tied for the third place, along with Amandeep Johl of Chandigarh. This was his second title for Chowrasia as a pro. His maiden victory was in the 2001 Sighania Open. Chowrasia picked up a cheque for Rs 1,62,000 while Yusuf earned Rs 1,12,000. Mukesh and Amandeep were richer by Rs 57,000. Jaideep Patwardhan won the amateur title, despite a triple bogey on the par-4 fifth hole where he hit his tee shot out of bounds. |
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Annual
Athletics meet at Bahadurgarh Jhajjar, February 8 |
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