HEALTH

Claim of hospital contested
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 15
The Mukat Hospital and Heart Institute today contested the claim of Fortis Heart Institute that the cardiac re-modelling surgery had been performed for the first time on a failing heart of a 50-year-old patient from Jalandhar.

The Fortis Heart Institute had claimed that it was for the first time in the country that cardiac re-modelling surgery had been performed on a 50-year-old patient, Mrs Meena, from Jalandhar, at their institute in Mohali.

The Mukat Hospital authorities said that this surgery, called venticular re-modelling, was performed for the first time by Dr Antonio M. Califiore on a patient in Mukat Hospital on November, 24, 2000.

The patient, 70-year-old Sohan Singh, underwent successful operation for terminal heart failure, after which many people had undergone the surgery.

The hospital authorities said that doctors at the Mukat Heart Institute were well versed with this surgical procedure, which they did three years back.

Cholera patient discharged

SAS Nagar, August 15
A patient who had tested positive for cholera was discharged from Cheema Medical Complex in Phase IV here today.

Sikandar (8), a resident of a Jhuggi Colony near Phase II, suffered from acute diarrhoea and vomiting and was admitted to the hospital on Monday.

Dr Virdi said another patient, Surjit (2), was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with similar symptoms. Surjit, who came from Colony No 5 in Chandigarh, was discharged on Wednesday.

He said the tests carried out on both patients proved that they were cholera cases. OC

SPORTS

Shiva, Karunday for title clash
Our Sports Reporter

Girls under-14 singles (quarterfinals): Sweta Kumari (DLI) bt Yajini Baluja (DLI) 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2; Boys under-14 doubles (finals): Karanuday Singh and Zehn Laliwala bt. Kush Jagga and Ajay Kumar 1-0 (retd.).

Cricket tourney

New India Assurance XI and the Education Department surged ahead by winning their respective matches in the Inter-Institutional Cricket Tournament played here today at the PEC cricket grounds.

First tie — UT Education Department: 118 runs in 20 overs (Rajesh 42, Raj Paul 36, Rajesh 30, Ajay Pandita 3 for 18, Prafful Sapru 3 for 30); Harmukh XI: 115 runs for six in 20 overs (Sanjay Raina 48 n.o., Ajay Pandita 38, Shiva 22, Aslam 2 for 20, Ravinder 2 for 18, Rajesh 2 for 20).

Second tie — OBC XI: 62 runs all out in 17.2 overs (Jaswinder Singh 32, Anil Arya 20, Sandeep Sethi 5 for eight, SP Sharma 3 for 10, Anil Chawla 2 for 15); New India Assurance Xi: 63 runs for seven in 17.1 overs (Anil Sharma 32, Naresh Monga 20 n.o., Anil Kumar 3 for three, Anil Arya 2 for 11, Geet 3 for 17).

ADMINISTRATION

New property transfer charges
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 15
The Chandigarh Administration today announced fresh rates for transfer of property for leasehold buildings. Penalty for misuse of property is payable on a monthly basis, while charges for property transfer is to be in one go.

In case of misuse, the charges are payable jointly and by the lessee and occupier of the site or building every month.

The rates for residential and institutional premises are Rs. 50 per square yard, if less than 25 per cent of the site or covered area of building is misused. It will be Rs. 100 per square yard if 25 per cent or more of the site or covered area of building is misused.

For commercial premises, the charges are Rs 20 per square foot for misuse of the ground floor, Rs 10 per square foot for misuse of the upper floor or basement floor and Rs 40 per square yard for misuse of the open area.

Spaces like corridors, passages and stairways shall be considered as part of the covered area.