HEALTH

UAE effective for uterine fibroids, says expert
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 3
Instead of having to undergo the ordeal of getting their uterus removed because of the problem of fibroids, women now have the option of going in for a minimal invasive procedure, made possible due to the advances made in the field of interventional neuroradiology.

A study conducted by the Radiodiagnosis Department at the PGI to assess the safety and success of the procedure of injecting a gel form to block blood supply to the uterine fibroids proved to be successful in 90 per cent of the cases.

"In order to put an end to the suffering of women who undergo a lot of bleeding and pain during their periods, the method of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) has been very effective," disclosed Dr J.R. Bapuraj. He said though the issue of infertility due to the presence of uterine fibroids was a debated issue, but the UAE procedure seemed to have helped some of our women patients. Dr Bapuraj spoke about the UAE procedure at the Neuroradiology conference being organised at the PGI.

The UAE facility is available only at a handful of institutes in the country, though in the west it is the preferred choice of women. He said though a lot of expertise was required to perform this procedure but extending it to more referral institutes would make it lot easier for women, he said. In fact, the PGI was amongst the first medical centres in the country to start this procedure.

Dr Bapuraj, said there had been instances where the presence of fibroids had hampered the proper formation and growth of the foetus in the womb. He says the conventional method used to tackle uterine fibroids is to either remove the uterus (hysterectomy) or surgical removal of the fibroids called myomectomy. Doppler sonography performed before and after two and six months of UAE showed clinical improvement in the condition of the patients.

Talking about the cost factor of the UAE procedure, Dr Bapuraj said it was not much different from the conventional surgery, except that the PVA particles or gel form which is injected to block blood supply to the fibroids costs about Rs 3,000. He said gynaecologists were involved in the whole process and the patient was discharged within three days.

"Uterine fibroids become such a major health problem for women suffering from it that performing their routine task at workplace and home too becomes difficult," explained Dr Bapuraj, highlighting the suffering of women who had problem of uterine fibroids. On the concluding day of the sixth Conference of the Indian Society of Neuroradiology and Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology being held at the PGI, the role of supporting personnel like nursing staff, technologists and anaesthetists in the field of interventional radiology was discussed.

Blood donation camp by Rotary Club
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 3
The Rotary Club Shivalik and Shri Guru Granth Sahib Seva Society organised a blood donation camp at Parade Ground, Sector 17, yesterday. As many as 90 persons donated blood at the camp. The team of doctors led by Dr Ranjita Hazarika of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine Department conducted the camp. Several members of the club, including its president Bachitter Singh, were among those who donated blood on the occasion. He thanked the donours for their noble gesture and pointed out that Rotary was one of the leading NGOs in arranging blood for the local hospitals.

SPORTS

Roller skating meet concludes
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 3
The fourth CBSE Roller Skating Championship concluded today with an impressive ceremony at the skating rink of KB DAV School, Sector 7, Chandigarh. Mr P.K. Bansal, MP, Chandigarh, presided over the function while Mr P.I. Sabu, Regional Officer, CBSE, Chandigarh, was the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal, KB DAV School, said skating teams from 150 schools comprising 400 skaters from all over the country had participated in the event.

The competitions were held in the age categories of under-8, 12, 14, 16 and 19 years. Thirty gold medals and an equal number of silver and bronze medals were won by the skaters.

A colourful cultural programme was put up by the school students and the teachers of the school to mark the closing ceremony.

The visiting teams and officials commended the quality of food, arrangements for skating and boarding and lodging facilities provided to the participants by the organisers.

The following are the results:

Boys under-8 (rink race-II): — Vedansh (St. George, Delhi) 1, Rohit Aggarwal (DPS, Delhi) 2, Arshdeep Singh (Dyal Singh, Karnal)3; girls under-8 (rink race-II) — K. Lupana Chowdhary (Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Tirupati) 1, Shikah Muley (St. Raphael, Indore) 2, Darshvinder (KB DAV-7, Chandigarh) 3.

Boys under-12 (rink race-II): — Chiranjeev (Amity International, Delhi) 1, Karandeep (The Indian, Delhi) II, Sumit Khurana (Hansraj, Delhi) 3; girls under-12 (rink race-II): — Raveena (Hansraj, Delhi) 1, Mehak (KB DAV-7, Chandigarh) II, Nourin (Bhavan Vidyalya, Panchkula) III.

Boys under-14 (rink race-II): S. Brahma Teja (Timpany School, VSP) I, Manjeet Singh (KB DAV, Chandigarh) II, Salil Tripathi (DAV Thermal, Panipat) III; girls under-14 (rink race-II): — Roopam (GNI, Ludhiana) 1, Karmika Randhawa (Senior Stidy, Amritsar) II,

Amber (Bhawan, Panchkula) III.

Boys under-16 (rink race-II): — Chakshu (Spring dale, Amritsar) I, Mayank (Bhawan, Panchkula) II, Gurdeep Singh (DAV Thermal, Panipat) III; girls under-16 (rink race-II): — Harjapji Kaur (Amity International, Delhi) I, Manasi Shenoliakar (Centre Point School, Nagpur) II, Akshi Bhargav (DAV Thermal, Panipat) III.

Boys under-19 (rink race - II): Surinder Sodhi (DAV Thermal, Panipat ) I, Kunal Thukral (Amtul School, Nainital) II, Manavpreet (Ajanta, Amritsar) III; Girls under-19 (rink race-II): — Roopam Vats (DAV Thermal, Panipat) 1, Kangan Mahajan (DAV, Amritsar) II, Gurpreet Kaur (GHPSM, Amritsar) III.

Mandeep’s knock puts Haryana in commanding position
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 3
Mandeep Singh showed his brilliant form by scoring unbeaten 60 runs, and put his side Haryana in a commanding position in the North Zone Inter-State Cooch Behar Cricket Tournament tie played against Jammu and Kashmir here at Panchkula. At the close of stumps, scoreboard read 240 for the loss of seven wickets with Mandeep at crease with Ranchal Chaudhary who was batting at seven.

Earlier, hosts decided to bat first after winning the toss. J&K pacemen got an early response when Sohan Lal got the initial breakthrough. Sant Kumar scored 12 runs and he was sent back to pavilion by left arm spinner Umesh of J&K. Pardeep and Mahesh had a partnership of 53 runs.

The match was inaugurated by Justice Amarjeet Chaudhary, patron-in-chief, Panchkula District Cricket Association.

Six-a-side hockey

Hosts St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, and Yadavindra Public School (B-team), SAS Nagar, won their respective matches with ease in the St Stephen’s six-a-side hockey tournament being played here. In the first match, St Stephen’s blanked YPS ‘A’ by 11-0. Aseem Chawla of St Stephen’s was declared man-of-the-match. In the second tie, GGS Public School ‘A’ got walk over from Sanjay Public School ‘A’ team. In the third match, YPS ‘B’ team outplayed GMSSS, Sector 32, 4-1. Kanwarbir of YPS was adjudged man-of-the-match.

Basketball meet

Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, outplayed New Public school, Sector 18, Chandigarh by 83-63 in the final of the 5th SNOSA Basketball Tournament which concluded last evening at Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School, Sector 22. Half-time score was 34-29 in favour of SPS-41. Nikhil Chopra was the main scorer with 33 points, Gursimran got 16 points while for New Public school, Navdeep scored 19 points and Gurinder got 4 points. Subhash Chawla, Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh was the chief guest. He lauded the role of the Old Students’ Association of host school in promoting sports in the region.

Ms S. Khorana, Director-Principal, also appreciated the efforts made by SNOSA in bringing sportsmanship spirit amongst students.

Yoga contest

A yoga competition was organised in the St Soldier’s Divine Public school, Sector 16, Panchkula. Students displayed various yoga skills. In the junior category, Kavita secured first place followed by Tanya and Nishtha. In the senior section, Varun bagged first place while Prateek and Suraj got second and third place, respectively.

Cricket tourney

Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, Chandigarh, defeated Government College, Sector 46, Chandigarh, by 125 runs in the Panjab University Inter-college Cricket (men ‘A’ division zonal match played here today. PEC scored 243 run for the loss of eight wickets with Ruben Verma scoring 84 runs, Rahul Sood 58 runs while Amit Sachdev 35 runs. Yusuf Ali claimed two wickets for 32 runs.

In reply, GC-46 scored 118 runs and were all out in 26.5 overs. Abhineet scored 25 runs, Anil Verma 22 runs while Raj Anmol made18 runs.

Football tourney

Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, displayed their prowess when they overpowered DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, 2-1 in the first semi-final tie of the UT Inter-school Football Tournament in under-19 section being played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22. Both the teams failed to score any goal in the first half.

But it was only after the lemon break, when DAV School boys took the lead by scoring first goal in 44 th minute through the right striker Satwinder Singh. However, Sanjay School boys bounced back in the second half and one goal was scored by Rahul in 50th minute and then by Mohit Raj in 55th minute, In other semi- final tie, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, 2-1. Sanjay Public School will now take on GMSSS-23 in the final to be held tomorrow. 

Govt to honour players: Kang
Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar, November 3
government will honour players who have brought laurels to the country in the Afro-Asian Games and a recommendation in this regard has been sent to the Punjab Chief Minister. This was stated by Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Sports, while talking to mediapersons here today. Mr Kang had come as a chief guest at sports day function of Swami Ram Tirtha Public High School. He said it had yet to be decided as to what amount would be given to winners as a reward as such games were held for the first time. The government is planning to spend Rs 10 crore on providing various facilities in the sphere of sports in the coming year.

When asked about the multi-facility sports complex planned for the town, Mr Kang said meetings were going on in this regard and plans on various aspects of the complex were being worked out. He hoped that the work on the project would start in about two month’s time.

Students of the school took part in various events organised in connection with the sports day. Tiny tots participated in the pair-race while boys of classes II and III took part in the frog race. Girls of classes VI to VIII participated in three-legged race while boys took part in 100 metres race. Boys of classes IV and V took part in the 25 metres back race. Students also took part in a football match.