HEALTH

Rare angioplasty at INSCOL hospital
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 5
A rare angioplasty in which stents were placed in the blocked arteries was performed at INSCOL Hospital yesterday by renowned cardiologist Dr Deepak Kaura and his team.

Mr Amarjeet (43), who suffered from polio in his childhood, was suffering from angina when he was brought to the hospital. He was having severe Kyphoscoliosis (deformity of the spine) which made any procedure difficult. He was taken up for angiography, which revealed severe blockade in two main arteries.

Because of his physical deformities he could not be taken up for bypass surgery. Instead, angioplasty was planned. However, because of the back and chest deformities, the catheter course was difficult and initial attempt to do angioplasty was unsuccessful. Specially designed catheters were used in this patient and both his arteries were opened and stents were placed. The procedure took about three hours. Amarjeet is now recovering and is expected to be discharged soon.

SPORTS

All-India Veteran T.T. begins
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, March 5
The 10th National Veterans Table Tennis Tournament began at Sector 23 table tennis hall here today. More than 400 veteran paddlers from all over India are taking part in the meet. Mr Virendra Singh, Adviser to the Chandigarh Administration, inaugurated the meet, while Mr N.S. Kalsi, president, Indian Veterans TT Association, thanked the chief guest.

According to Mr P.K. Choffla, organising secretary of the meet, they have received overwhelming response from various sponsors for the meet.

In the team championship, 66 teams, in three age groups (above 40, 50 and 60 years) will take part.

Today’s results:

Women (team events): above 50 years — Gujarat b Maharashtra ‘A’ 3-0; Kerala b Maharashtra-B, 3-2; Manipur b Gujarat, 3-0. Above 40 years — Madhya Pradesh b Andhra Pradesh, 3-1; Tamil Nadu b Uttar Pradesh, 3-0; Bengal b Chandigarh, 3-0; Bengal b Madhya Pradesh, 3-1; Andhra Pradesh b Chandigarh, 3-0; Maharashtra b Manipur, 3-0.

Men (team events): above 60 years — Maharashtra-’B’ b Karnataka, 3-0; Delhi b, Maharashtra-A, 3-0; Bengal b Gujarat 3-0;Tamil Nadu b Andhra Pradesh, 3-0. Above 50 years — Gujarat b Manipur, 3-0; Kerala b Karnataka, 3-0; Maharashtra ‘B’ lost to Tamil Nadu, 0-3; Chhattisgarh b Madhya Pradesh 3-1; Chandigarh b Bengal, 3-0; Maharashtra ‘A’ b Punjab B, 3-0; Jammu and Kashmir b Andhra Pradesh, 3-2; Karnataka b, Jharkhand, 3-1. Above 40 years — Delhi b Bengal ‘C’, 3-0; Maharashtra ‘A’ b Rajasthan, 3-0; Maharashtra C b Tamil Nadu ‘B’, 3-0; Orissa b Pondicherry 3-2; Tamil Nadu ‘A’ b J & K, 3-0; Tamil Nadu ‘B’ b Andhra Pradesh 3-0; Maharashtra ‘B ‘b Bihar, 3-0; Andhra Pradesh ‘A’ b Kerala, 3-2; Karnataka b Uttaranchal, 3-2; Bengal ‘C’b Madhya Pradesh, 3-2; Punjab b Pondicherry, 3-0; Bengal ‘A’ b Bihar, 3-0; Delhi b Manipur, 3-0; Uttaranchal b Bengal ‘B’, 3-0; Gujarat b Rajasthan, 3-1, Air India b J&K, 3-0.

Total Tennis

A.K. Kaushal from Kurali (Ropar) created a sensation when he defeated the fancied T.P.S. Mann in the above 45 year category in the ongoing Arjun Singh Memorial Total Tennis Championship at the YMCA Academy premises here on Wednesday. A.K. Kaushal (45) will now face the winner of S.M. Sharma and O.P. Kathuria match in the final.

PEC athletics meet

Anchal secured the first place in 200 event in the 56th annual athletics meet of the Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, held on the college premises here on Wednesday.

The results: 5000 m: Gurbax Singh 1, Sandeep 2, Amit Singla 3; shot put: Manpreet Randhawa 1, Stanzin 2, Sumit 3; high jump: Baljinder Singh1, Nipun Bansal 2, Tejinder Singh 3; long jump: Baljinder Singh1, Rahul Sood 2, Abhishek Garg 3; shot put (girls): Shveta 1, Shilpa 2, Mamta 3; 800 m: Sandeep 1, Sumeet 2,Taranjit 3; discus throw: Mamta 1, Shveta 2, Yukti 3; high jump (girls): Shveta 1, Kanwaljeet 2, Mamta 3; 1000 m cycling: Rohit Sharma 1, H.S. Brar 2, Sat Prakash 3; discus throw: Vivek 1, Manpreet 2, Krishan Das 3; slow cycling (girls): Jyoti 1, Megha 2 , Dilshad Kaur 3; 400 m relay (girls): Shilpa Kaul, Shruti Chopra, Dilshad Kaur and Shikha Sharma 1; 200 m (girls); Anchal 1, Shilka 2, Kavita 3.

Cross-country meet

An inter-house cross-country meet of Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, will be held on Saturday at 9 am. More than 1,000 children from different houses of the school will cover a distance ranging from one-and-half km to five-and-half km in respective age groups.

Athletics meet

The Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, Mr R.S. Gujral, today inaugurated the 42nd annual athletic meet of Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26, here.

After taking the Guard of Honour by various contingents of the College, Mr. Gujral exhorted all students to participate in the meet and said that physical fitness would help them in all their vocation. He further stated that participation in extra curricular activities besides academic work helped in developing all round qualities.

Rural reports

The Sports Department, Chandigarh, will hold the Chandigarh Rural Sports tournament in various disciplines from March 13 to 15 at the Sports Complex, Sector 46. The events to be held include, athletics (men and women, open category), 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m; shot put, discus throw and long jump; kabaddi (men and women) tug-of-war, volleyball and wrestling (only men).

The winners and runners-up in the individual and team events will be given almonds. Only the bonafide players from rural areas of Chandigarh are eligible to take part in the tournament. Entries close with Mr K.S. Bharti, Sports Department, Sector 42, on March 12.

AMBALA

Karate Championship

The second Inter-School Karate Championship was organised by the Sports Karate Do Association of Haryana on Wednesday.

About 150 students from 15 schools participated in the championship. Army school won the junior trophy with seven medals.

Gold medal was won by Aniket Aggarwal and Satish Kumar. Silver medal was won by Divya Sethi and Parth Dhingra and bronze medal was won by Raishab Mahajan, Ankur Sharma and Suhird Singh.

ADMINISTRATION

Councillors to be sworn in on March 7
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, March 5
The district administration has announced that the oath of allegiance to newly elected Municipal Councillors will be administered on March 7.

An official press note said the councillors would be sworn in by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Suresh Goyal, at the Municipal Council office on Friday. It may be noted that the elections were held on January 19 and 31 councillors from as many wards were elected.