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HEALTH

AIIMS dismisses three professors
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 13
Perhaps for the first time in its recent history, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has reportedly dismissed three senior academics, including a Professor of Nuclear Medicine, who had gone on foreign assignments and not reported back despite reminders.

Dr A. K. Padhy, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Dr P. Mandal, Additional Professor in the Department of Anaesthesiology, and Dr Renu Gupta, Additional Professor of Radio Diagnosis, were dismissed by the Governing Body of the institute at its meeting on June 4, chaired by Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was also its president, AIIMS sources said today.

All the three had been allegedly absenting from duty “unauthorisedly without any sanction or prior approval of leave of the competent authority,” they said.

The Governing Body, which is also the disciplinary authority, has imposed the penalty of “withholding of two increments” of Dr H. Pati, Additional Professor of Haematology, on similar charges, the sources said.

The sources said the “extreme step” was taken as senior academics had gone on long leave and taken up foreign assignments and not reported back “in spite of several recall notices”.

Modern lifestyle aggravating problem of
kidney stone
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 13
Problem of kidney stone is spreading fast among people. Urologists have warned that if food habits and lifestyle are not changed, the problem will be aggravated in the coming days.

In many areas of the country, water is the main cause of stone formation. Food habits and the body’s micro organisations causes the formation of calcium oxalate monohydrate stones.

This is the hardest and does not break up easily. Lithofrypsy technique has failed in such cases, say experts. This treatment leaves a part of the stone in the kidney.

Though lithofrypsy was very popular in the eighties, it was not very successful in India.

Now, the kidney stones are being fully removed without operation with the help of the holmium laser technique. At the North Point Hospital, Panchsheel Park, Dr Anupam Bhargava has been using this method successfully. Holmium laser dissolves the stone, which then is exited through urination. For this treatment, a flexible tube fitted with telescope is inserted into the kidney.

Since it can target 0.8 mm area, the holmium laser does not destroy the body tissues and the patient can resume work the very next day.

The treatment requires a single operation.

SPORTS

Dahiya, Sodhi star in Airlines’ victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 13
Defending champions Indian Airlines beat Sonnet Club by 46 runs to enter the final of the seventh Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial Day-Night Cricket Tournament at Karnail Singh Stadium. A breezy century by skipper Vijay Dahiya and a hurricane knock of 89 by Reetender Singh Sodhi were the highlights of Airlines’ victory.

Dahiya, opting to bat after winning the toss, hammered the Sonnet bowling out of shape with Sodhi providing ideal support. Dahiya scored a whirlwind 136, off 83 runs, with the aid of 15 boundaries and eight sixes. Sodhi’s 89 runs came off 87 balls and he also claimed two wickets to earn the man of the match award. His knock contained nine boundaries and two sixes.

Dahiya’s was the second century of this edition of the tournament. Nikhil Doru of Air India had hit the first century against Lal Bahadur Shastri Club.

Indian Airlines accumulated 284 runs for the loss of six wickets. This handsome total seemed to have put pressure on the Sonnet batsmen as they lost two wickets with just 21 runs on the board.

Sumit Sharma tried to take the fight into the Airlines camp with a tenacious knock of 97, but his efforts could not save Sonnet from losing as the other batsmen failed to rise to the occasion in the face of hostile bowling by Joginder Sharma (4 for 57), Rajat Bhatia (2 for 19) and Reetender Sodhi 2 for 41).

Reetender Sodhi received the man of the match award for the third time. Vijay Dahiya got the best batsman award while Utkarsh Chandra was adjudged the best bowler. The president of the All-India Council of Sports, Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra, distributed the prizes.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 284 for 6 in 35 overs (Vijay Dahiya 136, Reetender Singh Sodhi 89, Chandan Madan 25, Utkarsh Chandra 4 for 59).

Sonnet Club: 238 all out in 34.1 overs (Sumit Sharma 97, Kshitij Rohtagi 24, Joginder Sharma 4 for 57, Rajat Bhatia 2 for 19, Reetender Sodhi 2 for 41).

NSCC draw with Shastri

New Delhi
National Stadium Cricket Club (NSCC) drew with Lal Bahadur Shastri Club to earn ten points in the second Gyan Bharati South Delhi Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the National Stadium. Scores: National Stadium (first innings): 228 for 7 in 72 overs (Hitesh Rai 52, Sachin Aggarwal 48, Savinay Chaudhary 43, Shivam Sharma 30, Saurav Arora 5 for 70).

Second innings: 129 for 2 in 36 overs (Savinay Chaudhary 49 n o, Shivam Sharma 37 n o, Saurav Arora 2 for 52).

Shastri Club (first innings): 203 all out in 70.3 overs (Sagar Dahiya 73, Sidharth Sharma 41, Sandeep Kaushik 31, Keshav Saini 30, Hitesh Rai 3 for 27, Sachin Aggarwal 3 for 62, Niol Dabrol 2 for 43).

Northern Railway win

Northern Railway defeated R P Academy by four wickets in the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Government School ground, Andrewsganj. Scores: R P Academy: 155 for 9 in 25 overs (Navdeep Tomar 25, Amit Tewatia 28, Anil Kumar 3 for 23, Amit Dabas 3 for 20). Northern Railway: 156 for 6 in 22.3 overs (Manas Malhotra 56 n o, Amit Dabas 36 n o, Novdeep Tomar 3 for 35).

Balaji Club win

Balaji Cricket Club defeated Apex Staff XI by 78 runs in the I D Paul Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Apex Public School ground. Scores: Balaji Club: 210 all out in 24.5 overs (Nirmal Kumar 41, Vikas Kumar 46, Sashi Bhushan 3 for 27, Bunty Tyagi 3 for 23). Apex Staff XI: 132 all out in 23.2 overs (Shashi Bhushan 39, Sunil Bhatti 30, Somveer Singh 3 for 14, Sachin Kumar 2 for 28). OSR

C K Khanna appointed observer
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 13
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmia has appointed Delhi and District Cricket Association vice-president C K Khanna as observer for the annual general meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association to be held at Jammu on June 14.

Mr Khanna, who is also the vice-chairman of the National Cricket Academy, has been chosen as observer on the request of the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.

Doordarshan to telecast World Rally Championship
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 13
The thrills and spills of FIA World Rally Championship will be brought to the drawing rooms of the Indian television viewers as the International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC), the Television and commercial rights holders of the World Rally Championship, has entered into an agreement with the country’s leading terrestrial “free to air” broadcaster Doordarshan.

The one-year agreement will bring drama and diversity of the World Rally Championship to millions of Indian viewers.

President of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) Vicky Chandhok said Doordarshan’s decision to telecast the World Rally will take the drama and magic of this championship across millions of Indian viewers.

“As the National Sports Federation, we are very pleased to see the growing popularity of motor sport in this country. A lot of effort and initiative had to be taken to bring motor sports to the Indian fans”, said Mr Chandhok.

Mr Simon Long, ISC’s media director, observed that India was a critical market for the World Rally “and our partnership with Doordarshan is a significant breakthrough in our bid to bring WRC via terrestrial TV stations to Asia”.

AIIMS, RBI and ESIC earn full points
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 13
The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) earned full points in the Delhi Soccer Association Institutional League Championship at Ambedkar Stadium.

In a Group B match of A Division, AIIMS edged past Indian Airlines by a lone goal. The match-winner was scored by striker Manoj Singh in the 57th minute. Airlines completed their engagements, securing six points from five matches.

In a Group A match of A Division, RBI crushed Bank of India 3-0 to qualify for the semi-final. Rajesh Kanojia scored a hattrick to star in RBI’s victory. The goals came in the 15th, 20th and 43rd minutes.

The RBI completed their engagements, earning ten points from four matches. Bank of India ended up on three points, from as many matches.

In a Group A Senior Division tie, ESIC defeated Urban Development Ministry 5-1. Jaman Singh struck three goals (no hattrick) while S S Rawat and Ajay Kumar netted the other two goals. Roben Ekka got the consolation goal for Urban Development. ESIC have earned six points from four matches while Urban Development have not yet opened their account.

Saturday’s fixtures: Customs and Central Excise vs Delhi Administration (4 p m); IGPCL vs Railway Board (5.15 p m)-Ambedkar Stadium.

Mohit Vohra downs Sudhir Mehtani
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, June 13
Mohit Vohra downed Sudhir Mehtani at 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 after an interesting duel in the 41st Summer Open Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora indoor stadium on Friday.

Gaodong Wang of Chian outplayed Sandeep Parmar in a second round match of the non-medallist (men) at 11-3, 11-3, 11-2.

Sudhanshu Grover of Manavsthali School annexed the tiny tots title for under-8 when he beat Raghav Pangasa of Bal Bharati School, Pusa Road in three games at 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.

In the kids pre-quarter-finals, Sumedha Ahuja beat Himesh Bassi 11-8, 11-7, 12-10 while Vivek Bhargava beat Raghav Sachdeva 11-6, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7.