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New GMCH block to be ready by Aug
14 Chandigarh, July 23 Construction of the nine-storeyed C-Block was started in 1998 and though the stipulated completion target was March 2002, it is only now that the building is nearing completion. Even though the UT Chief Engineer, Mr Puranjit Singh, claimed that they would definitely meet the August 15, deadline, the GMCH authorities did not appear to be too confident about it. The Director-Principal of GMCH, Dr S.B.S Mann, the Medical Superintendent, Dr Raj Bahadur and UT Chief Engineer, Mr Puranjit Singh, today held a meeting and inspected the building to ensure that it would be completed by August, 14. The building was planned so as to accommodate 250 more beds, as being a medical college, it has to have a total of 500 beds. To fulfil this requirement, 250 beds of the General Hospital, were attached with the GMCH, for this purpose. The new building will have 14 operation theatres, seven each on the second and third floors. “We might not make all 14 OTs functional, as with seven old and seven new ones, our requirement will be met,” said Dr Raj Bahadur. He added that due to the paucity of funds for the construction of OTs, the ones on the second floor would be done up later. The doctors and other para medical staff at the GMCH, said it was not just the building which was important for the smooth functioning of a hospital but adequate staff strength was also essential. Dr Raj Bahadur, said more than 40 nurses were being taken on contract basis and as far as the doctor’s strength was concerned they were enough for a 500 bed hospital. Even the kitchen, to be made on the first floor, will continue to function from the old building. Dr Raj Bahadur, said if at all there was some staff shortage, it would be met in due course of time. He said an addition that would be made was the Linear Accelerator and Cobalt machine, costing more than Rs 4 crore. |
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20 pc kids suffer from renal failure SAS NAGAR, July 23 This was stated by Dr V.J.S. Virdi, who recently returned after completing his paediatric nephrology fellowship at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, while talking to mediapersons here today. He said that in such cases the body protein started leaking out through the kidney causing swelling of the body. Such patients were treated with steroids but there was the possibility that 40 per cent of them might become steroid resistant and needed more immuno-suppression in the form of anti-cancer drugs. There were chances that such children might develop kidney failure
also. He said the main cause of the disease was dehydration which could damage kidneys. When asked what were the symptoms in children which showed that they were suffering from some sort of renal disease, he said passage of blood in urine, swelling in the body, urine infection, bed-wetting, etc. Dr Virdi said if a child developed renal failure, dialysis had to be done till the time a kidney transplant was done. But haemodialysis in children was sometimes difficult due to small calibre of the blood vessels. In such cases, peritoneal dialysis was done where peritoneal fluid was put into the peritoneal cavity repeatedly. He said it was difficult to regrow kidney. Renal transplant had not been very successful in the case of children and moreover everyone could not afford the treatment. Dr Virdi, who has worked as a paediatric consultant at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, before going for fellowship, said there were inadequate facilities at government hospitals to deal with acute cases of renal failure in the case of children. He said that a renal metabolic clinic was being run under his supervision at the GMCH. |
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Helping kids overcome learning disability Chandigarh, July 23 As many as 10 to 12 per cent schoolchildren suffer from some kind of a learning difficulty in India. These children are blessed with normal intelligence but suffer from an inability to learn like the other children with normal skills. They end up going from one school to another and are usually branded “dumb”, and “careless”. They find it difficult to adjust in what we term as ‘normal schools’. Despite best intentions these schools are unable to help these children leading to frustration among the children, the parents and the teachers. Often then these children are advised to go to ‘Special Schools’. Where more often than not they are clubbed with children with mild to moderate mental retardation or handicaps of other kinds thus making them suffer all the more and their disability becomes more pronounced. Learning disability is something that can only be managed; it does not go away. Based on the very nature of the problem, these children need a modified methodology and a slightly modified curriculum. Sometimes all they require is a year or two away from mainstream teaching. During this time intensive remediation is carried out so that the child learns how to manage his problems. It was with the aim of providing help to these children that the school was launched. A Special Educator has been appointed at ODE school that deals with the children individually according to their special needs of education. There are just a couple of institutions in Delhi that are catering specifically to these children. There is no such institution north of Delhi and ODE has received cases from Punjab, Himachal and even Jammu. This solution allows the child to be in a classroom setting and have the syllabus catered to his need till the time he is unable to achieve class level. Once the child has reached grade level he can return to a mainstream school or if he is overage then he can be guided to take the National Open School exam so that his can compete at her own pace and in he own way. The school resource room can function along with the integrated school. Thus the children having a mild to moderate learning disability can be brought here during the free period but for this the infra- structure modalities would have to be worked out. |
Hockey academy at DAV-8 Chandigarh, July 23 He said already 11 players who have joined the academy were having good representations both at the state-level and national-level. Prominent players, who are now part of the academy are, Jujhar Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Ravinder Singh, Sarwan Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Jagjeet Singh, Gursewak Singh, Harpal Singh, Daljeet Singh, Tejinder Singh, Munish Kumar and Kamalpreet Singh. Talwar added that the school would provide them with free boarding and lodging facilities apart from free education. They are being trained by a Sports Authority of India coach.
Soccer meet The First Chandigarh Sub-Junior Football Championship in girls section will be held in the
third week of August. This was stated by Mr Ravinder Talwar, president of the Chandigarh Football Association. He said this meet would be sponsored by the St Soldier's International Public School, Sector 28, and to be named as St Soldier's trophy. Talwar said for a player to be eligible in the meet, she should be born on or after January 1,1988. Moreover, players who have taken part in the junior and senior girls championships would not be eligible. Entries close with Rakesh Bakshi at 3039, Sector 21-D, Chandigarh.
Cricket tourney New India Insurance Limited will take on United India Assurance XI in the opening tie of the Inter-Institutional Cricket Tournament going to begin at PEC cricket grounds from July 26. Various pools are: Pool A; HAFED, CITCO, United Assurance, New India Insurance XI, Oriental Bank of Commerce; Pool B: The Tribune, BSNL, PGI, ICL, HSIDC XI: POOL C: GMCH-32, Inde-Dutch systems, PFC, FCI and Nestle India Limited; Pool D: Harmukh XI, Kasturi XI, UT Education deptt, ESTESA XI and PEC Employees XI. According to Mr Amarjit Kumar, organising secretary, all matches will be held at PEC cricket grounds. |
Trees planted to check
encroachments Chandigarh, July 23 In the past, the Forest Department of the Administration had raised mixed plantations, including poplar, in the area reserved for commercial development along the outer Dakshin Marg (Vikas Marg) in Sectors 39 to Sectors 49. Plantations in Sectors, 44, 45, 48, 47, 48 and 49 have been carried out during 2000 and 2001. Encouraged by the good results, plantations will be done in the remaining Sectors that is from 50 to 56. Sectors 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56 will be taken up under the plantations after the removal of debris during this year. Around 40 hectares of this land from Sectors 51 to 56 will be covered under plantations during the current financial year and next year. Today the plantation drive was launched in the commercial belt of Sectors 50 and 52 by Mr Virendra Singh, Adviser to the Administrator. He planted a sapling of an arjun tree. Finance Secretary-cum-Secretary Environment and Forests, Mr Karan A. Singh, Chief Engineer, Mr Puranjit Singh and Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mr lshwar Singh, also planted saplings on this occasion. Meanwhile, a tree plantation campaign in the institutions of Social Welfare Department was inaugurated by Mr G.K. Marwah, Secretary, Social Welfare, Chandigarh, in working women hostel. He appealed to all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to join this campaign. He pointed out that NGO’s could make a significant contribution to environment protection by joining the tree plantation awareness campaign. Mr Marwah informed that saplings of bahera, neem and amia would be planted in all anganwaries, crèches and other institutions of the Social Welfare Department. |
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