HEALTH

6.5 kg tumour removed from kidney
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 16
Doctors at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) claimed to have removed a 6.5 kg kidney tumour from the body of a 47-year-old male patient. According to a press note, Dr M.L. Gupta, Professor and Head, Surgery Department, and his team of surgeons comprising Dr Jasdeep Singh, Dr Sandeep Sharma and Dr Sanjeev Singla removed the tumour. It had occupied almost half of the abdomen and had filled the kidney cavity.

While giving details, Dr Gupta said: “The patient, Kewal Singh, was brought to the hospital with a complaint of swelling on the left side of the abdomen. At that time he did not know that he was carrying a 6.5 kg tumour inside his 150 gm kidney.

As these tumours grow silently, the patient had no pain and it was the swelling of the abdomen that raised the suspicion. The patient was investigated and during an ultra-sound examination it was found that he was having a big tumour in the left kidney. A surgery was planned and the tumour was removed in a four-hour-long operation.

Usually such tumours average 7-8 cm in diameter. These tumours are associated with a wide variety of symptoms. The most common being flank pain, blood in the urine or a swelling detected by the patient. Other rare symptoms may be fever, fatigue and weight loss.

SPORTS

Trials for Punjab State Games from today
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, September 16
Trials to select women’s teams for the forthcoming Punjab State Games will be held on September 17, 18 and 22 in Ludhiana. The games, to be organised by the Punjab Sports Department, will be held between October 1 and 3 in the city.

According to Mr Sohan Lal Lotey, District Sports Officer, athletics trials will be held on September 18 at Guru Nanak Stadium at 9 am; basketball on September 17 at Guru Nanak Stadium at 3 pm; badminton at Guru Nanak Stadium on September 18 at 9 am; gymnastics at multipurpose hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex on September 18 at 10 am; hockey at Punjab Agricultural University on September 18 at 10 am; handball at Government College for Women on September 18 at 10 am; kabaddi (national style) at Guru Nanak Stadium on September 18 at 10 am; kho-kho at Government Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar Chowk, on September 18 at 10 am; volleyball at Guru Nanak Stadium on September 22 at 10 am; and lawn tennis at Punjab Agricultural University on September 18 at 3 pm.

He said the events in athletics would be 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay, long jump, shot put (4 kg), discus throw (1 kg), javelin throw (600 gm), 800m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles and 4x100m relay. In gymnastics, trials would be conducted in balancing beam, vaulting horse, uneven bar and floor exercises.

Basketball meet: Top leading clubs and district teams will take part in the state-level Invitation Basketball Tournament to be organised by the Parminder Yadgari Sports Club from September 17 to 19 at the floodlit grounds of Dana Mandi, Malout.

Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, honorary general secretary, Ludhiana District Basketball Association, said the Baba Lodhiana Academy team (boys) run by the Punjab State Basketball Association here will vie for top honours in the meet. Other participating teams are: boys — PAP, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Kapurthala and Muktsar. Teams in the girl’s section include Ludhiana, Bathinda, Fardikot and Muktsar.

The matches in the boy’s section will be held on the league-cum-knockout basis, while full league (round-robin) system will be applied in the girl’s section.

The following players will represent Baba Lodhiana Academy: Sahiljit Singh, Amritpal, Akash Kumar, Bharat Deep, Gurbaj, Sukhbir Dhillon, Yadwinder, Vijay Kumar, Gaurav, Rajan Mehra, Sukhwinder Singh and Ramesh Kumar. Dr S. Subramanian and Mr Harpreet Singh will accompany the team as coach and manager, respectively.

Gulshan Chhabra dead: Mr Gulshan Chhabra, vice-president, Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA), died after a prolonged illness here on Monday. He was suffering from dysfunctional liver. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, from where he was shifted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here a week ago.

Mr Gulshan Chhabra, who was associated with a number of social organisations in the city, is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He was cremated at the Civil Lines cremation ground on Tuesday.