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HEALTH

Urology camp at Sohana today
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 26
A major free urology check-up camp will be organised by Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib (C) Eye Institute and Multidisciplinary Hospital, Sohana, tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. where a team of urologists will examine all patients suffering from various diseases of kidneys and urinary track.

Free consultation will be available in endourology, female urology, uronocology, urofloemetry, lithotripsy and other urology problems. Free ultrasound and lab tests will also be conducted.

According to Mr A.K. Suri of the Sohana Hospital, common urological problems including kidney, ureter and bladder stones, problems due to prostrate enlargement and problem of elderly women like stress urinary incontinence and all urological cancers would be checked and diagnosed.

Sitting here you can consult docs
Monica Sharma

Chandigarh, April 26
Dissatisfied with treatment? Want a second opinion from doctors abroad? No problem. Sitting in the clinic of your family physicians, you will soon be able to consult doctors practising across the seven seas. Having doubts? Ask Khushjit Ahluwalia, president of Heartcare India — a division of American Heartcare Limited. The non-resident Indian will tell you all about it.

Recently in Chandigarh for business purpose, Kooks Ahluwalia, as he is popularly known, is all set to link hospitals and clinics in the country with those abroad through video-conferencing. The facility, available in different states, including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Madhya Pradesh, will soon be launched in the region.

The doctors will be consulted through tele-conferencing and multiple video conferencing facility. This will enable the doctors here to discuss the status of patients with foreign doctors. Point-to-point discussion can be carried out.

“The procedure is going to be simple,” Kooks asserts. “You will simply have to drive down to a clinic or a hospital having the facility in case you wish to consult doctors living in medically advanced foreign countries. Within minutes, the doctors will appear on the screen in front of you.”

Kooks adds that a demo 26 terminal software development centre with video conferencing facility, specialising in the medical field, is coming up in SAS Nagar. “It will become operational soon, very soon,” he claims.

“My dream”, he asserts, “is to connect 18 districts with the Punjab Chief Minister’s office through video-conferencing facility”. Why Punjab? “Well, I am a Punjabi. Born in Jalandhar, educated in Delhi,” he reveals. “Otherwise also, the present Punjab Government has been more than helpful.

DAV, Little Flower bag titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 26
DAV School, Dera Bassi, emerged winners in the boys section, while Little Flower School, Panchkula, won the girls title in the ICSE Inter-school (Chandigarh region) Volleyball Tournament played at Tender Heart School, Sector 33, here today. Tender Heart School remained runners-up in both boys and girls section.

As many as six school teams in boys section, while four in girls section took part in this one-day meet. Earlier in the semi-finals of the boys section, Tender Heart beat YPS, SAS Nagar, while St Stephen’s lost to DAV, Dera Bassi.

Carrom tourney

St Kabir School, Sector 26, in girls section, while St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, in boys section emerged winners in the ICSE Inter-school Carrom Tournament played here today at St Stephen’s School.

Results: Boys (finals): St Stephen’s School-45 beat St Kabir Public School 2-1 (Abhinandan b Viren Sood 8-0; Harmanpreet b Varun Sood 14-7, Hargun Singh lost to Piyush Sood 0-12). Semi-finals: Little Flower School b St Stephen’s-45, St Kabir-26 b St Xavier’s-44 (3-0).

Girls (finals): St Kabir-26 b Little Flower Convent School (Hitu Mahajan b Puja 15-0, Komal Sodhi b Mehak 13-0, Nitika b Sakshi 12-0). Semi-finals: St Kabir b St Xavier’s-44 (3-0) and St Stephen’s-45 b Little Flower School, Panchkula (3-0).

Cricket meet

Samuel-XI outclassed Divyanand Cultural Centre-XI by 139 runs in a division 'C' tie of the VIIth UT League Cricket Tournament for the Kinetic Trophy played here at PEC 'B' cricket grounds today. Batting first, Samuel-XI made 228 runs for four, while Divyanand CC got all out for 89 runs.

In another tie, Andy-XI beat Kaushar-XI by six wickets. Kaushar-XI got all out for 82 runs, while Andy-XI made 84 runs for the loss of four wickets in 13.3 overs.

In a division 'B' match, Professional Cricket club got a walkover against AG, Haryana Cricket club, as the latter reported late at the venue.

In the afternoon session, a grand knock by Sunny Kumar, who scored unbeaten 41 runs, enabled JJS-XI beat City Youth-XI by nine wickets to qualify for the league stage. City Youth-XI made 124 runs in 27 overs, while JJS-XI achieved the target with the loss of only one wicket.

In a division 'C' match, ITI Cricket club defeated Maa Saraswati-XI by one wicket, while Axis-XI outplayed Power Cricket club by three wickets.

Power CC made 170 runs for eight while Axis-XI achieved the target with the loss of seven wickets.

Selection trials

The Mohali Cricket Association will hold the selection trials to select its team in below-17 section on April 27 at 9 am at MCA grounds, SAS Nagar. Players studying or living in SAS Nagar will be eligible to take part in the trials. They must be below 17 years as on September 1, 2003.

PATIALA

Basketball trials: Trials to select the junior Patiala district basketball team (u-19) will be held at Polo grounds on April 27 at 5.30 pm.

This was stated by Mr Gurbir Singh Biru, secretary, Patiala District Basketball Association. He added that only those players will be allowed to participate in the trials who have been born on or after January 1, 1985. The selected team will take part in the 54th Junior Punjab State Basketball Championship slated to be held in Amritsar from May 1 to 4.

Suspended SI reinstated
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 26
A Sub-Inspector and in charge of the Sector 6 police post, here, Tarun Kumar, who had been suspended for bashing up a couple at Tawa chowk on April 17, was reinstated today. The cop was indicted in the preliminary inquiry “for coming on too forcibly on Mahavir, after the latter had misbehaved with him.”

SI Tarun Kumar has been posted as in charge of the Sector 10 police post. Mr Satish Mohan, in chrage of the Sector 10 post, has been transferred to Ambala. It may be noted that a number of independent witnesses were reportedly examined by the DSP who , it is learnt, have said that the cop had approached Mahavir and his wife, Monica, only after he had received a complaint from a person that the woman was being harassed by a man. When the cop approached the couple, Mahavir asked him not to interfere and also pushed him away after threatening him.

Meanwhile, sources say that SI Satish Mohan has been transferred for “challaning a VIP” during a special traffic drive in Sector 10 this afternoon. The VIP had reportedly threatened the cop by saying that he would be transferred. , However, senior police officials say that Satish Mohan has been transferred on the orders of the IG Ambala range, as the cop had been in Panchkula for more than three years.