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Change style, live better: experts Chandigarh, May 25 Addressing the gathering at the seminar, Dr Meenal Kumar, senior gynaecologist and menopause consultant, outlined the common health problems encountered by women after 40 years of age. “Unfortunately, lack of awareness and poor medical facilities for middle- aged women are the reasons behind their suffering through the menopausal zone,” she said. She said common problems faced by women, after their reproductive phase was over, included sleeplessness, hot flushes, irritability, bone pains, blood pressure, heart problem and roughness of the skin. She dispelled fears about the role of hormonal replacement therapy in the management and prevention of several health problems. The Head of Orthopaedics Department at Government Medical College and Hospital, Dr Raj Bahadur, spoke about the problem of osteoporosis among women after menopause. “A rich balanced diet and regular physical activity can be the best treatment for osteoporosis, in which frequent fractures occur due to weakening of bones. Dr R. Kumar, an ophthalmologist warned about cataract and diabetic retinopathy. “Seeing the high incidence of diabetes it is being felt that in the years to come diabetic retinopathy will be the number one cause for irreversible blindness in India,” he said. Dr B.D.Gupta from PGI spoke about cancer prevention among women. The presentations were followed by a question and answer session. |
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Blood resource centre within a month Chandigarh May, 25 The Blood Bank Society, Chandigarh, which has served the PGI for the past 38 years, will launch the blood resource centre, in Sector 37 within a month. With Rs 2 crore grant from the Rotary International, the centre is expected to cater to the requirements of the entire northern region. The guiding spirit behind the setting up of the centre has been Mrs Kanta Saroop Krishen, who was awarded the Padam Shri in recognition of her services in the field of voluntary blood donation. She has been the honorary secretary of the Blood Bank Society since 1964. “Our association with the PGI will continue the same way it has been for the last four decades. With setting up of the blood resource centre, we want to overcome the shortage of donated blood in the region. Apart from this, we will focus on component therapy for optimum utilisation of every drop of blood,” she said. Her brother, Mr S. Bhagwan, an NRI has donated Rs 50 lakh for the cause, while the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, has made a contribution of Rs 10 lakh from the Area Development Fund. “When we started in 1964, we could barely collect 150 units of blood a month and today we are able to get more than 350 donations every month,” she says. Mr M.L. Sarin, who apart from being the honorary legal adviser to the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology, is closely associated with the Blood Resource Centre, said it was the society which ensured that no professional blood bank could come up in the city. He said once the centre started functioning, efforts would be made to prepare a complete database so that in case of an emergency like the Gujarat earthquake or Kargil conflict, they would be in a position to meet the blood requirement. The centre, along with the Rotary International, will provide blood and its components throughout north India. “ We will also train personnel in the field of blood banking and produce motivational material to educate the masses to spread the message of safe blood,” said Mr Sarin. He informed that the blood resource centre would start functioning within a month’s time after a licence was obtained from the authorities. Once functional, the centre will provide blood banking facilities comparable to international standards in the region and educate people against the threat of AIDS.
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Verma opens blood donation camp Chandigarh, May 25 Addressing the gathering, Justice Verma said in present times the incidence of violence was escalating and a man for narrow considerations was ready to shed others’ blood. Nirankari donors of blood were rendering a worth emulating yeoman’s service to the mankind, he added. Justice Verma said ‘donation of blood was donation of life’. Often timely supply of blood could save lives. Such a generous and humane approach could be expected only from saintly persons, he said. Justice Verma said there was a need to make blood donation a ‘movement’ and discourage professional donors.
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Gurparnit sets new shooting record Chandigarh, May 25 In 10 metre Air Rifle event for women, Prabdeep Kaur shot 300 out of 400 to emerge winner. Results: Air rifle: men: Gurparneet Sekhon 577/600 (1), Ashreet Dhaliwal 564/600 (2), Harmandeep Sidhu-558/600 (3). Women:
Prabdeep Kaur 300/ 400 (1), Geeta Chawla 295/300 2.
Wins for Pallavi, Anjali Unseeded Pallavi Piplani and Anjali Negi created a flutter when they beat Inder Kanta and Sushil Prasad, respectively, in the quarter-final matches of the Vith Raj Kumar Babuta Prize Money Carrom Ranking Tournament, which entered its second day at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today. In the men singles, Tejinder Harry and Paramdeep both made it to the last four, ousting their respective rivals D.S. Aithani and Mahesh Sekhri. Earlier in the morning, Rozerio Sampson scored a white slam before losing the tie to Mazhar Khan in the second round. In the singles matches, women who entered the last four are Saroj Chandel, Anjali Negi, Pallavi Piplani and Sikha Nanda. Tomorrow, the women’s final will begin at 1.30 pm, followed by men’s final.
Cricket meet Chandigarh District-XI trounced Minor District-XI by an innings and 60 runs in the Punjab Inter-district Cricket Tournament played here at PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar. Minor District were bowled out for 162 runs. In the second innings, they were bundled out for 112 runs. Yogesh scored 29 runs. Bharat Sharma took four wickets for 34 runs, while Aseem Gupta claimed five wickets for 34 runs.
Qualifying
rounds The qualifying rounds of the SAITA Ranking Talent Series-2003 will begin here tomorrow at the Tennis stadium, Sector 10. In the under-18 section, Javed Akbar of Punjab has been given the top rank, while Parvesh Kumar of Punjab is the second seed. Vikas Chauhan has been given the top rank in under-14 boys section, while Pulkit Mishra of Delhi is the second seed. According to the AITA referee, Mr Parveen Kumar, the qualifying rounds will be held on May 26 and 27, while the main draw matches will begin from May 28 and conclude on May 31. The tournament will have events in both boys and girls section.
UT League Cricket Meet Chandigarh Sports Club outplayed Chetna Cricket Club by 20 runs, thanks to a fine knock of 64 runs by Harminder Bawa, helped by Rahul Arora who scored an unbeaten 57 runs in the division ‘A’ match of the VIIth UT League Cricket Tournament for Kinetic trophy played at Sector 16 cricket stadium here today. In other matches of the day, 3 BRD Cricket Club defeated Stadium-XI by four wickets, AYC-XI beat Kaushar-XI by nine runs, Maloya Cricket Club defeated RSCC-XI by 73 runs, while Ankur-XI beat New India Assurance-XI by seven wickets.
Win for Minerva Academy A superb performance by Sushil Siwach helped Minerva Academy beat Maa Saraswati-XI by 14 runs in the Second Haryana Tourism Cup League Cricket Tournament at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula. In other matches of the day, fine batting by Vaneet Chawla, who scored 66 runs, enabled Haryana Tourism-XI beat Himachal-XI by 29 runs. Brief scores: Haryana Tourism-XI: 168 runs for five (Vaneet Chawla 66, Ankush Mittal 51, Subir Negi 21, Sukhwinder Singh 2 for 32). Himachal-XI:
139 runs for eight (Hoshiar Singh 36, Lucky Rana 32, Pankaj 2 for 16, Dhirender Gusain 2 for 21, Sohan 2 for 27). At the Sector 5 cricket grounds, fine bowling by Dharamvir Yadav helped Kansal-XI beat City-XI by nine runs. In the last match of the day, Satluj Coaching Centre lost to Panchkula Cricket Club by eight wickets. |
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Excelling
in sports, studies Chandigarh, May 25 Besides, Arjun was adjudged best bowler in the fourth Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament for 2001. He also remained member of the school team that won the Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament from 1998 to 2001. Arjun says: “All this became possible due to the motivation and guidance of his parents”. |
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