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Plan to open another CGHS dispensary Chandigarh, October 22 “Though there are a lot of constraints, including that of finances, but seeing the huge rush of pensioners from Panchkula, SAS Nagar and the city itself, we are exploring the possibility of opening another dispensary,” said Dr Sudhir Chandra, newly appointed Director of the
CGHS. With the authorities failing to take remedial measures despite repeated pleas of the pensioners for increasing the staff and improving the availability of medicines, it was Dr Chandra, who was taken to task by the patients when he visited the dispensary. “I admit that due to the patient load, at times the pensioners do face some problems, but we are trying to explore all possibilities of improving services, one of which includes opening another dispensary,” he opined. Interestingly as per the CGHS norms one dispensary should cater to the medical needs of 3,000 pensioners, within an area of 3 km, but the one in the city has 7,500 card holders, some of them even coming here from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. “In case it takes time before the new dispensary can be opened, we will try and ease out the position by posting another doctor and additional staff on a permanent basis” he said. “Since Chandigarh is the most favoured city by retired people in North India, there is an urgent need to open dispensaries at SAS Nagar and Panchkula, as we pensioners have to face a lot of inconvenience due to staff shortage and unavailability of medicines,” demanded Mr
J.S. Jaswal, a pensioner residing in Phase X, SAS Nagar. He said like Delhi, the dispensary here, too, should remain open in the evening hours, apart from having ayurvedic, homeopathic and Unani treatment facilities. The Chief Medical Officer at the dispensary, Dr Kanwal
Vilku, said there was a daily OPD attendance of more than 400 persons at the dispensary. “There is a total of eight staff members, including three doctors and one nurse, who attend to almost 40,000 pensioners and their families put together,” she informed. Dr Chandra, while stressing the need for the optimum utilisation of staff and resources for improving services being extended to the pensioners, informed that there were more than 300 CGHS dispensaries spread over 25 cities in the country. “Seeing the request from pensioners for opening of new dispensaries, we could extend our services under the 10th Plan,” he said. Pensioners also complain about the non-availability of medicines, and in case of local purchase, there is further delay. These grievances were aired by patients at the dispensary when Dr Chandra came to the place. |
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Sushma’s help sought to end nurses’ row Chandigarh, October 22 In a representation sent to the minister, the association alleged that in spite of clear-cut government directions that sister grade-I nurses had to perform direct patient care duty, they had been flouting these orders. They alleged that the PGI administration had failed to implement the orders as a section of officials were shielding these nurses. “While promoting 93 nurses to the sister grade-I under the First Cadre Review Scheme, it was categorically laid down that they would continue to discharge the duties and responsibilities of bedside patient care, which has never been implemented till now,” said Mr Lakhvinder Singh, president of the
association. The non-implementation of these orders was directly affecting patient care in the Nehru Hospital, resulting in a lot of inconvenience to patients, he added. The association alleged that the lenient attitude adopted by the PGI administration too had emboldened these nurses to defy the orders and they continued to do supervisory role. They said seeing the acute shortage of nursing staff at the PGI, the nurse-patient ratio was miserably low, leading to poor patient care. The association has in the past also raised the issue with the PGI administration so that there could be rationalisation of duties and better services could be provided to the patients coming here from the region. The officiating Director, PGI, Prof N.K. Ganguly, has constituted a committee, headed by Dr Sarla Gopalan, to look into the issue so that it can be resolved at the earliest. |
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IAMI organises medical conference Chandigarh, October 22 The conference was an eye-opener for the medical personnel as they saw the best of papers being presented on better and more effective medical education, IT and biomedical informatics for healthcare, telemedicine, hospital information systems, electronic medical records, computer interface for electronic medical equipments, computer assisted decision making, computers as resource, free presentations and panel discussion on care for future healthcare. With the rapid advancements in the fields of medical sciences and information technology, the conference provided a platform for integration of both technologies. The general body meeting of the IAMI was held on October 18 and Dr O.P. Sharma and Dr A.K. Attri were elected national president and national general secretary, respectively, of the Indian Association for Medical Informatics for two years. |
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100 donate blood Chandigarh, October 22 Inaugurating the camp, Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand said blood donation was the most virtuous deed as it could help save many lives, which are lost for want of it. He said there was an urgent need to promote voluntary blood donation movement as at times, family and attendants of patients are asked to donate blood. While lauding the efforts of the Trust in motivating people to donate blood, he said the youth must join this movement in a big way to improve the availability of blood in hospitals and during emergencies. A team of doctors from the PGI, headed by Dr Usha Rao, supervised the camp. The camp manager, Mr Chaman Lal, said the camp is held every year to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Baba Rasila Ramji Maharaj of Radha Swami Dera Baba Teja Singh, Saidpur (Amritsar). |
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Curing
ailments through oriental system of medicine Chandigarh, October 22 Interacting with mediapersons, Dr Joginder Tyger claimed that he had got good results in patients being given the medicines prepared by him, using more than 160 herbs. He said a large number of patients from all over Punjab and Haryana were coming to him for treatment at their centre. “I have incorporated Chinese, Russian, Tibetan and ayurvedic system of medicine to treat patients, many of whom were not cured despite going to the best medical institutes and doctors,” he claimed. He added that the allopathic medicines being taken by patients for various problems could have serious side effects, as he had seen in many cases. “My treatment is proving to be very effective even in patients with kidney problem, two of whom need to undergo dialysis once a month, as compared to five times a week earlier,” he said. He said the charges being made from patients was Rs 100, which included the cost of medicines given by him. The period of treatment, he said, depended on the individual case and how old the problem was. He, however, clarified that unlike some other practitioners he did not guarantee complete cure nor was he interested in commercialisation of his skill, as his only motive was to serve the sick and ailing. |
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Handball meets from Nov 3 Chandigarh, October 22 The players born on or after January 2, 1984, are eligible to participate in the state championships. Entries should reach honorary general secretary of the Chandigarh Handball Association, Rahul Talwar, before November 2. Taekwondo camp A 15-day Taekwondo camp, organised by the International Martial Arts Academy, in Panchkula’s Satluj Public School, concluded today. About 150 students participated in the camp. The students were taught self-defence tricks. According to a press release, Taekwondo classes are held in the school from 4 pm to 6 pm and from 7 a.m to 8 a.m. Soccer tourney St Stephen Club outplayed their rivals by scoring 6-0 victory on the concluding day of Senior Girls Football Championship for Deepak Kapania Memorial Trophy at Football Stadium in Sector 17. The first match was played between St Stephen Club and Sacred Heart School. The second match of the day was played between Deepak Kapania Club and Panjab University Club. Match ended in a goal-less draw. Panjab University managed to hold the Deepak Kapania Club and scored the second position. The Haryana’s Assistant Commissioner of Excise and Taxation, Mr K.B. Malik, was the chief guest on the concluding day of the tournament. GMHS-26 spikers win The spikers of Government Model High School, Sector 26, clinched two titles in the UT Inter-School Volleyball Tournament for Boys organised by the UT Education Department at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, here. In the under-17 section, GMHS-26 boys outplayed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, 25-11, 25-15, 25-15. In the under-14 section, GMHS-26 beat Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, 25-17, 25-10, 25-19. The winning teams: Under-17 — Rohit Sharma (captain), Vikas, Virender, Narinder, Ajay Kumar, Sandeep, Harjeet, Ashok Kumar, Gurminder, Satish Kumar, Manpreet and Manjeet Singh. Under-14: Jai Singh (captain), Om Prakash, Abhishek Chauhan, Vikas, Avinesh Chauhan, Mandeep Kundu, Parminder Singh, Paramvir Thakur, Hunney, Sajan, Dinesh Kumar and DigVijay Singh. Spikers of Government Model High School, Sector 26, who won laurels at the UT Inter-School Volleyball Tournament in Chandigarh. Swimming trials The 49th National School Games in the discipline of swimming (boys and girls) in under-14, 17 and 19 years sections will be held at Surat in Gujarat from December 11 to 16. The trials and selection for the UT schools team will be held as per the following schedule: swimming (boys): Swimming Pool, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on October 23 at 9 am. Swimming (girls): Swimming Pool, Sector 23, Chandigarh, on October 24 at 9 am. Chandigarh winners Chandigarh beat Gurgaon by 70 runs in the Haryana Inter-District Under-17 Cricket Tournament for Rajinder Goel Trophy played at Gurgaon. As per reports reaching here, Chandigarh won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 137 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 40 overs. Deepak Saini slammed 30 runs, followed by Prithpal who made unbeaten 25 runs. Manish claimed two wickets for 19 runs. In reply, Gurgaon made 67 runs all out. Jaideep scored 16 runs. S. Kanwar bagged four wickets for 13 runs, followed by Prashant and Jaspreet who both claimed three wickets for nine runs each. Soccer meet Panjab University club outplayed Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, by two goals to nil in the Chandigarh Girls Soccer Tournament for Deepak Kapania Football Trophy played here today. Gurdeep and Rekha scored one goal each for the winners. Cricket tourney Hosts Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, outplayed Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, Panchkula, by 64 runs in the Panchkula Inter-School under-19 cricket tournament, which concluded here today. Satluj Public School made 195 runs for the loss of six wickets. Rahul Kamboj scored 38 runs, while Pawan Jha made 45 runs and Karandeep 59 runs. Tehwinder Singh also gave support by scoring unbeaten 30 runs. Ravinder Sharma and Krishan Kumar claimed three and two wickets, respectively. In reply, GSSS, Sector 7, were bowled out for 131 runs in 21 overs. Mushtaq Ali scored 29 runs, Ravinder Sharma 24 runs, while Krishan Kumar hammered 20 runs. Ashutosh Walia bagged three wickets for 13 runs, while Karandeep, Sukhwinder and Nitin Thapar claimed two wickets a piece. Win for UIC XI United Insurance Company Limited beat Inde-Dutch Systems XI by four wickets to win the Inter-Institutional Cup Cricket Tournament played today at Cricket Stadium, Sector 3, Panchkula. Brief scores: Inde-Dutch Systems XI: 134 runs all out in 25 overs (Tej Gobind Singh 26, Lalit Joshi 24, Lakshay Sharma 22, Rohit Walia 21, Rohit Chauhan 22; Arun Tuli 3 for 20, Ajay Sharma 3 for 22, Amar Jit Kumar 2 for 19, Harminder Kaku 2 for 21). UIC XI: 137 runs for six in 23.2 overs (Harminder Kaku 51, Vaneet Chawla 28, Arun Tuli 22, Jagjit Saini 3 for 26, Tej Gobind 3 for 30). Table
tennis meet Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, won the Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament organised by DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, about 15 km from here, today. DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur (Haryana), finished runners-up. |
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Unique records by city girl Chandigarh, October 22 According to Mr R. Sharan, general secretary of the Netball Association of Chandigarh, Eshita who is barely 13, was the youngest player who has played in any Senior National Netball Championship. Another unique national distinction scored by Eshita was that she is the only player who played National Sub-junior, National Junior and National Senior Netball Championships within a short span of four months. Interestingly, Eshita started playing netball only this year and with the able guidance provided by Mrs. Veena Chauhan, Head of Physical Education Department, she was selected to represent
UT’s netball team. With her performance Eshita could participate in the National Sub-Junior Netball Championship held at Chandigarh from 4th to 8th June, Junior National Netball Championship held at Jaipur from 3rd to 7th September and recently concluded Senior National Netball Championship held at New Delhi from 29th September to 3rd October, 2003. |
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