HEALTH

Mothers get tips on child care
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 24
Jaycees organised a programme on mother and child care at City Walk, Ferozepore road, here on Sunday. The programme covered various aspects of the mother-child relationship. Several doctors and psychologists, including Dr Mandeep Kaur, a gynaecologist at Kapoor Hospital, answered queries of mothers regarding their problems. Dr Aditi Satija, Consultant Psychologist, gave tips on solving family-related problems.

More than 100 Jaycees and others attended the programme. Dr Harvinder Singh of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital told the audience about the advantages of breast feeding. He welcomed the government regulation against milk supplements and their advertisements.

Dr Inderjit Singh Jaiswal, in charge, Human Development, Punjab Agricultural University, gave tips to parents on good parenting. He advised them not to say no to the child, especially when he was with his friends. “This impairs his personality development. Parents generally scold the child for the things they do not like. But before scolding, they should see things from the child’s point of view. Scoldings are responsible for killing the child’s creativity,” he said.

Several competitions were organised on the occasion, including the “ideal mother” contest. Mothers had to fill in a questionnaire prepared by doctors. There was excitement among mothers as there was a competition for the best chart prepared on child nutrition. Then there was the “smiling face” competition. At least 30 women took part in the competitions. Ms Kiranjit Kataria, project director, hosted the show. 

CMCH, Hero Cycles tie up on health care
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 24
The Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) has tied up with Hero Cycles to impart health education to industrial population for prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).

Cardiovascular mortality and disability is expected to rise exponentially in developing countries due to epidemiological transition that these countries are going through.

Intervention and prevention programmes are needed to curb the spread of such diseases. To formulate these programmes, detailed statistics of cardiovascular risk factors and determinants of epidemiological transition and cardiovascular mortality are required.

To achieve this goal in India, a project named ‘Establishment of Sentinel Surveillance System for CVD in Indian Industrial Population’ was started in 2000 at 10 different centres all over India.

The CMCH, chosen as one of the centres, will conduct this study under the guidance of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Ministry of Health. The study is funded and supported by the World Health Organisation.

The study at the CMCH will be organised by Dr T.M. Jaison, Deputy Director, CMCH, and conducted among staff of Hero Cycles by Dr Satpal Singh Shekhawat, senior research fellow, in coordination with Dr Devinder Bawa, CMO Hero Cycles.

A movie show was organised on the premises of Hero Cycles on June 19. It dealt with precautions that workers could observe in their daily lives to decrease cardiovascular morbidity. ‘Health Guide for Better Heart’, provided by AIIMS, New Delhi, was released by Mr Satyanand Munjal and Mr O.P. Munjal.

4 more ultrasound units registered
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 24
A meeting of the advisory committee under the PNDT Act 94 was held here today under the guidance of the Civil Surgeon, Dr S.N.Tewari. Dr Tewari said four more ultrasound clinics in the district were registered recently. With this the total number of registered ultra-sound clinics had reached 192. “We will see that no unethical practice goes on in these ultrasound clinics and anybody found guilty will be severely punished”, stressed Dr Tewari.

The meeting was attended by Dr Kum Kum Awasthi, Dr Manorama Verma, Dr Neelam Bassi, Mr J.S.Bindra, Ms Pappo Abnash Singh and Dr Kuldip Kaur Sahni.

Workshop on health, hygiene begins
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 24
A five-day summer workshop for children being organised by the Department of Human Development and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, was inaugurated here yesterday.

Dr Jatinder Gulati, Associate Professor and organiser, gave a talk on health and hygiene. Dr Sarita Saini, Assistant Professor, gave tips on self-help skills. Kids were given training in arranging of cupboards, folding of clothes, decorating books, and note books, buttoning and hamming dresses and arranging beds. Dr H. Verma taught them some yoga exercises.

Inaugurating the workshop, Dr I.J.S. Jaswal, a senior professor in the department, said the course was designed to inculcate self-dependence in children. He said children in the age group of eight to 12 years would be trained for three hours daily. The course aims at imparting knowledge regarding first-aid, confronting of strangers and other precautionary measures to be taken when they are alone at home.

Dr Jaswal said the participants would also be involved in making creative items such as masks, pen holders, and lamp shades. Recipes of easy to cook items would also be demonstrated, he added. He further said the children would also get tips on how to remain fit through healthy habits.