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BODY&MIND DR T. S. Kler, Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Head of the Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre here recently introduced the life saving Automatic Implantable Cardiovertor Defibrallator (ICD) in Amritsar. The device was used to save a patient suffering from Ventricular Tachycardia. The patient had come to Dr Kler two years back for treatment of palpitation. The Defibrallator helps in preventing sudden cardiac deaths. Ventricular Tachycardia is very fast heart rate in the lower chamber and is one of the causes of sudden cardiac deaths. Persons whose hearts are damaged due to heart attacks are more vulnerable to Ventricular Tachycardia. “Such persons cannot tolerate high heart rate. If such patients don’t get immediate medical attention, they can collapse. The most reliable way of treating Ventricular Tachycardia is to give an electric shock on the chest. The ICD is a round metallic device with an in-built capacity to give electric shocks. It is implanted under the left collarbone. The surgery lasts about 40 minutes and the treatment costs about Rs 4.5 lakh,” says Dr Kler. He explains that Tachycardia is a condition when the heart rate is very high (between 200 to 250 per minute). The normal heart rate is 60 to 100 per minute. The senior cardiologist says that the incidence of Ventricular Tachycardia is very high in the US. “About three lakh persons die due to Ventricular Tachycardia in US every year. India’s population is four times that of the US and the incidence may also be four times.” Director of the Escorts Heart Institute and Super Speciality Hospital in Amritsar, Dr Kler enjoys the distinction of being the first cardiologist to use the Defibrallator in 1995. He has saved the lives of about 200 patients using the ICD. He has also demonstrated the use of ICD to doctors while treating patients in the Volkart Hospital, Bangalore, Apollo Hospital and Image Hospital, Hyderabad, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, the Shri Chittra Institute of Cardiology, Trivandrum, besides the Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases, Dhaka. Dr Kler learnt about the ICD while working as a Senior Research Fellow in St. Luke’s Medical Centre in Milwaukee in the US in 1992. He was there for training in Cardio Electophysiology. Dr Micheal Mirouski invented the ICD and implanted it in 1977 in Baltimore. Hospitals which have followed the example set by Dr Kler are the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Batra Hospital, Delhi, Care Hospital, Hyderabad, and two hospitals in Bangalore. DMA raises voice against quacks Unwilling to give up its campaign against the menace of quackery, Delhi Medical Association (DMA) is organising a Rath Yatra in West Delhi on August 8, with the help of doctors of Janakpuri, Rajouri Garden, Paschim Vihar, Patel Nagar and Moti Nagar. DMA President, Dr Anil Bansal says that the doctors will present a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-West District, seeking punitive action against quacks selling spurious drugs at their clinics. A copy of the memorandum will also be presented to the Lt-Governor and to the Chief Minister of Delhi. The memorandum enumerates key demands including passage of the anti-quackery bill, continuous raids on clinics run by quacks, action against chemists selling medicines without prescription and bill and people selling fake medical degrees and mass public awareness programme by the government. The next day, doctors of Central Delhi and non-government organisations will take part in a protest rally. It will start from Maulana Azad Medical College and end at Rajghat, where doctors will pledge to continue their peaceful struggle to drive away about 40,000 quacks from the national Capital. An eye-opener In a bid to highlight the productive potential of persons with visual impairment, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, will bring out a unique publication by the end of the year. The publication titled ‘Creating greater awareness about capabilities of blind and low vision persons’, will be funded by RCI and Hongkong-based Lee Charitable Foundation through the International Council for Education of the Visually Impaired (ICEVI), West Asia region. Dr M. N. G. Mani, Secretary General of ICEVI, who has the experience of working with the visually impaired says, “I feel that they have unique qualities that make them more suitable for some jobs than others. The publication will not only help in reducing the misconceptions association with the capabilities of blind and low vision persons but also help in identifying the ways to mainstream them.” The publication will be widely circulated by ICEVI in the West Asia region. It will attempt to convince people about the productive potential of persons with visual impairment. It will also enable parents understand the importance of education children with visual impairment. Multi-speciality
hospital The newly set up Rockland Hospital in Qutub Institutional Area, is blessed with the guidance and services of Padamshree Professor P. K. Dave, former Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The multi-speciality hospital, established by the SB Group, is the first in the National Capital, to focus on treatment of joint diseases and replacement of joints. The multi-speciality hospital has started functioning with orthopaedics out patient department and physiotherapy facility. By the third week of this month, the department will also offer facilities for ankle, elbow, hand, hip, shoulder and wrist surgery. Former Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at AIIMS, Professor Dave, who has joined the hospital as Chief of the Advisory Committee and Head of Orthopaedic Services promises personalised care, quality healthcare at competitive rates and transparency in functioning. |
FOOTBALL New Delhi, August 2 Ashish opened Hans Club’s account in the 20th minute, and then added three more goals in the second session to record a well-merited hattrick. Ashish’s other goals came in the 45th, 52nd and 54th minutes. Anup Singh Rawat had chipped in with the second goal in the 25th minute. Cosmos, who struggled to take a breather from the onslaughts of Hans, finally found some consolation when mid-fielder Gunjan pulled one back for them in the 56th minute to reduce the margin 1-5. Ananth Thapa scored the sixth goal for Hans in the 58th minute to end the goal-rush. Hans have secured nine points from five matches while Cosmos have just one point from six matches. Earlier, in a Group B match, Panchkuian Club scored a lone-goal victory against Uttaranchal Heroes. Mid-fielder Ramesh Thapa scored the match-winner in the 37th minute. Panchkuian have collected ten points from five matches while Uttranchal Heroes have earned five points from six matches. Garhwal Heroes routed Youngsters 5-0 at the Nehru Stadium. Ashok Chauhan scored a hattrick to steal the spotlight. This was the second hattrick of the day. He scored the first goal in the seventh minute, and then slotted home the other goals in the 12th and 25th minutes. Naveen scored the fourth goal in the 40th minute, while Libi Raj completed the tally in the 56th minute. Garhwal Heroes have amassed ten points from four matches while Youngsters have not yet opened their account. Sunday’s fixture: Garhwal Diamond vs Ahabab (3.30 pm); Frontiers vs Delhi Cantt (4.45 pm) — Ambedkar Stadium. Uttrakhand vs Victory (3.30 pm); Ashoka vs Veterans (4.45 pm)— Nehru Stadium. |
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DDCA to look elsewhere to hold Ranji matches New Delhi, August 2 The DDCA plans to complete the construction of the stadium in phases, and in the first phase, stands on the western side will be completed. The western stands will have corporate boxes, a clubhouse and residential rooms. According to sources, the DDCA intends to sell each corporate box for around Rs 35 lakh. The pitch will be relaid after the first phase of the construction is over, which will take a few months to be completed but by which time the Ranji Trophy league matches would be half a through stage. The DDCA also plans to maintain the Wellingdon Pavilion, the present clubhouse, as a heritage building by turning it into a clean and uncluttered glass-walled structure. With the Ferozeshah Kotla ground out of bounds, the DDCA is now planning to hire the Palam ground, Harbaksh Singh Stadium, the Jamia Millia ground and the University ground to hold the Ranji Trophy and league matches. The DDCA is scheduled to host the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A matches between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and Mumbai, from November 1 to 10 and 15 to 18 respectively. Delhi will also host the match against Kerala from December 17 to 20. The DDCA has been allotted one match in the Polly Umrigar Trophy and three in the Vijay Merchant Trophy, and none of the matches would be held at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground. Besides, Delhi would also host two matches in the Cooch-Behar Trophy Under-19 Tournament and two matches of the Under-25 Tournament. |
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Twelve teams for Jindal junior basketball New Delhi, July 2 St Columba’s School, DPS, R K Puram, Blue Bells School, Ryan International, Apeejay, Sheikh Sarai and Oxford School have been placed in Group A while Group B comprises DPS, Mathura Road, Apeejay School, Saket, Modern School, Father Agnel, Cambridge School and St. Xavier’s School. Following are the other fixtures: Modern School vs Father Agnel, Cambridge vs St. Xavier’s; Oxford vs Apeejay, DPS, Mathura Road vs Modern School; Apeejay vs Cambridge; DPS vs Modern School; DPS vs Father Agnel, Apeejay vs Modern School; Modern School vs Cambridge, DPS vs Blue Bells; Father Agnel vs Cambridge, Blue Bells vs Apeejay; DPS, Mathura Road vs St. Xavier’s, Blue Bells vs Oxford; Ryan vs Oxford, Apeejay vs St. Xavier’s; DPS vs Cambridge, Father Agnel vs St. Xavier’s; Ryan vs Blue Bells; St. Columba’s vs Blue Bells; DPS vs Ryan International; Modern School vs St. Xavier’s; Ryan Schools Apeejay; Apeejay vs Father Angnel; St. Columba’s vs Oxford; St. Columba’s vs Ryan School; St. Columba’s vs Apeejay; DPS vs Oxford. |
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THE ACHIEVER New Delhi, August 2 His passion for cricket started when he was studying in eighth standard. At that time, the legendary cricketer Kapil Dev had been invited to his school for giving awards to the winning team in an inter-school tournament. Incidentally, Harsh was also among the winning team. Kapil was so impressed by the bowling action of Harsh that he advised him to join some coaching classes to nurture his natural talent. On his advice, he joined the coaching classes under the guidance of coach Rajeev Tandon at Delhi-based Indira Gandhi Stadium. And there, he learned the basic tips of world class fast bowling. And his perseverance started delivering dividends. Two years after joining the stadium, when he was just 13, he represented India in his age group in a dozen of International cricket matches at different cricket grounds of England and Sri Lanka. He represented Delhi in under-15 age group and had proved to be the highest wicket taker in his team as well as in the Pepsi Cup series played at Bangalore. His two seniors from the stadium, Gautam Gambhir and Amit Bhandari are in the national team right now and others, like Sonal Gidwani, Amit Tiwari, Sidharth Verma, Pankaj Joshi, Sunil Joshi, Soyal Rauf are playing Ranji trophy matches from different states. Harsh four to five hours daily on net to realise his dreams. Harsh is the younger son of Mr Amrish Gautam, MLA from Patparganj, East Delhi. His father and elder brother are hopeful that one day Harsh will make a name for himself in the highly competitive game of cricket. |
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DLTA to organise schools’ tourney New Delhi, August 2 The tournaments are intended to unearth promising talent at the school level for the DLTA to draft them into their talent spotting scheme. All the prominent schools have sent in their entries for the tournaments, which is a welcome development as many of the kids would not have got the chance to play at the DLTA courts if such an event was not made a reality. The young boys and girls will get a golden opportunity to interact with Junior Wimbledon champion Sania Mirza and her doubles partner in the French Open, Ankita Bhambri, before they get into the serious business of playing competitive tennis on Monday. |
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Dhampur team
to tour S Africa New Delhi, August 2 The Club will take a team for a tour of Scotland and South Africa. Former North Zone cricketer and Delhi Ranji Trophy captain Rakesh Shukla is the moving spirit behind the cricket venture. |
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