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Docs adopt novel method to save 4-year-old SAS Nagar, November 11 Talking to The Tribune, Dr G.S. Kalra, Head of Cardiology and Senior Consultant, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Heart Institute, said the patient, Subash, was suffering from patent ductus arterious (PDA). He said 2 per cent to 5 per cent children had congenital heart defects, but PDA was the most common among them. For many years the disorder was treated only through surgery and later a non-surgical method was deviced to treat it. Talking about the non-surgical method Dr Kalra, who had treated about 1,000 such cases, said a tube was inserted through a vein of the leg that connected the heart and a device called amplatzer was introduced there. This device was made of nitinol (nickel titanium alloy), which could be compressed even up to 2 mm and could attain a particular shape. The shape and the size of the device were tailor-made according to the hole, but selecting the shape and size of the device was very
important. He said in the case of Subash he had to adopt a rare procedure as the vein of the leg that connected the heart was blocked and he had to insert the tube through a vein of the neck. He was reluctant initially as he had never treated such a patient and neither had he come across such a case reported in medical literature. Though medically it was different type of case, he was able to introduce the device which fitted like “a cork in a bottle”. Dr Kalra said the routine type of PDA cases were being handled by a number of centres. In fact, he said, he had introduced the amplatzer device, which had been named after Dr Kurt Amplat, Director of Radiology in Minnesota, Minneaplois, USA, in about 30 centres across the country. The cost of the device was Rs 50,000 which was about three times lower than the cost in many European countries. Asked why children suffered from such heart problems Dr Kalra said though there could be some genetic reasons, viral infections during first three months of pregnancy could also lead to such problems. Mr Thum Bahadur, father of the child , said Subash was not keeping good health. He used to cry a lot and even did not have his food properly. He even used to have cough and fever. He was taken to doctors but after some time the family members were told that the child was suffering from a heart problem. |
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Chautala opens Gymkhana Club Panchkula, November 11 The Chief Minister was addressing mediapersons after inaugurating the newly-constructed Gymkhana Club in Sector 3 this morning. He said although Panchkula was a beautiful and unique city , yet it was the duty of the government to provide all basic amenities to its people. Talking to mediapersons, Mr Chautala said Haryana was the first state in the country to introduce self-assessment scheme up to Rs 5 crore and added that a number of other facilities had also been provided to traders like simplification of tax structure, abolishing a number of tax forms and octroi system. While referring to the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) system in the state, Mr.Chautala said the decision had been taken by the Union Government to introduce VAT system in the country, but keeping in view the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections in some states, the decision had to be deferred. He said only such people were opposing the VAT system, who were in the habit of indulging in tax evasion. The Chief Minister said an innovative health check-up scheme had also been launched for the residents of the state. Under this scheme, spectacles would be given to those above 60 years of age, free of cost. Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated an augmented water supply scheme at Pinjore constructed at a cost of Rs 2.87 crore. With the commissioning of this water supply scheme, the people of Pinjore town would get 70 litres of potable water per capita per day. He said the state government had also approved a water supply scheme for Kalka costing Rs 1.32 crore. Under the scheme, pipelines would be laid so that the people of Kalka could get ample potable water. Similarly, the work on two projects costing Rs 46.31 lakh to lay sewerage system at Kalka was also under progress. He said the water supply had already been augmented in 52 villages of Panchkula during the tenure of the present government. Among others who accompanied the Chief Minister were the Town and Country Planning Minister, Mr Dhirpal Singh, and senior officers of the state government and district administration. |
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St Joseph’s retain championship in fencing Chandigarh, November 11 Results: Foil: finals: St Joseph’s SSS-44 b GMSSS-33 (2-0); Sahil b Kamal 4-2, Rajat b Harpratap 5-2. Third place: GMHS-41 and
GHS, Khuda Lahora, won the third place jointly. Semi-final: St Joseph’s SSS-44 b GMHS-41( 2-0); Sahil b Aman Bhardwaj 5-1;Rajat b Baljinder 5-2. Semi-finals: GMSSS-33 b
GHS, Khuda Lahora, 2-0 (Kamal b Sandeep 5-2; Harpratap b Naveen 5-3). Epee: final: GMSSS-10 b GMSSS-33 (2-0); Amandeep b Manuwinder 5-4; Labh Singh b Harpratap 5-4. Third place: St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, and GMHS-41, joint third. Semi-finals: GMSSS-33 b GMHS-41(2-1): Manwinderb Chetan 5-1; Harpratap lost to Balwinder 4-5; Sandeep b Baljinder 5-3. Semi-finals: GMSSS-10 b St Joseph’s-44 (2-1) Amandeep b Sahil 5-2; Labh Singh b Rajat 5-3; Parminder b Lalit
5-3. Sabre: final: GMSSS-10 b St Joseph’s-44 (2-1); Amandeep b Jatinder Singh 5-3; Labh Singh lost to Varun 3-5; Parwinder b Sazaj 5-3. Third place: GMHS-41 and GMSSS-33, joint winners. Semi-finals: ST Joseph’s SSS-44 b GMHS-41 ( 2-0); Jatinder Singh b Aman Dogra 5-1; Varun b Aman Bhardwaj 5-3. Semi-finals: GMSSS-10 b GMSSS-33 (2-0); Amandeep b Kamal 5-2; Labh Singh b Jatinder
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DAV, GGS colleges win relay races championship Chandigarh, November 11 The local SGGS College, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, and Government College, Ludhiana, finished second, third and fourth, respectively. 4x100-metre relay (men): DAV College, Chandigarh (Lakhvir Singh, Jatinderbir Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Jatinder) 1, 43.75 sec; SGGS College, Chandigarh (Avtar Singh, Bikram Singh, Hardeep Singh and Gurmeet Singh) 2, 44.17 sec; Guru Nanak College, Moga (Gurtej Singh, Harpreet Singh, Ram Ji Singh and Taranjeet Singh) 3, 45:15 sec. 4x800-metre relay (men): DAV College, Chandigarh (Vikas Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh, Manmohan Singh (Sr) and Manmohan Singh (Jr) 1, 08:09.52 sec; SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Satnam Singh, Balbir Singh, Dalbir Singh and Kanwalpreet Singh) 2, 08:30.09 sec; GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar (Jasvir Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Gurminder Singh and Satnam Singh) 3, 08: 53.63 sec. Half marathon (men): Zulfkar (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) 1, 1:14:53.00 sec; (Satbir Singh (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 2, 1:15:08.00 sec; Baljeet Singh (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 1:15:31.00 sec. 20 km walk (men): Khalar Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 1, 1:51:10.30 sec; Guranjan Singh (DAV College, Chandigarh) 2, 2:05:59.24 sec; Pardeep Kumar (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 2:13:30.91 sec. Decathlon (men): Sandeep Singh (Government College, Ludhiana)1, 5608 points; Jagroop Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh) 2, 4913 points; Ramandeep Singh (DAV College, Chandigarh) 4,696 points. Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University inter-college relay races (women) championship for the year 2003-04 with 30 points. GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, and Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, got the second, third and fourth positions, respectively. 4x100-metre relay (women): GGS College for women, Chandigarh (Veena Yadav, Pawandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur and Jyoti Bharti) 1, 52.56 sec; GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Jasmine Kaur and Harpreet Kaur)2, 53.17 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Narinderpal Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 3, 56.10 sec. 4x400-metre relay: GGS College for Women, Chandigarh (Veena Yadav, Pawandeep Kaur, Nirmala and Jyoti Bharti) 1, 4:09.52 sec; GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Jasmine Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur) 2, 4:09.74 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Narinderpal Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 3, 4:25.95 sec. 4x800-metre relay: GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana (Harpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Spinder Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur) 1, 10:17.63 sec; Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana (Rajdeep Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Inderjit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur) 2, 10:40.98 sec; GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya (Lakhvir Kaur, Iqbal Kaur, Sunita Rani and Kamaldeep Kaur) 3, 10:53.09 sec. Half marathon (women): Jasbir Kaur (SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur) 1, 1:26.09.00 sec; Rajdeep Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 2, 1:28:40.00 sec; Jatinder Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 3, 1:45:29.00 sec. 5 km walk (women): Rajwinder Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 1, 30:16.17 sec; Navpreet Kaur (Ramgarhia Girls, Ludhiana) 2, 32:16.78 sec; Ramandeep Kaur (SGGS Khalsa, Mahilpur) 3, 33:14.95 sec. Heptathlon (women): Harpreet Kaur (GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana) 1, 3269 points, Kamaljit Kaur (GKSM Government College, Tanda Urmar) 2, 2824 points, Reena Rani (MG Khalsa College for Girls, Kottan) 3, 2333 points. |
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Haryana score 248 in under-15 cricket tournament Chandigarh, November 11 Earlier Saini won the toss
and opted to bat first. Saini opened the innings along with Manish and
began playing on a confident note. Manish was out for just nine runs,
but Saini kept the morale high. Haryana made 248 runs. At the close of
the play, Himachal Pradesh were eight runs for the loss of one
wicket. Brief scores: Haryana: First innings: 248 runs all out (Nitin
Saini 101, Amit Prashar 28, Narinder Sharma 34, Tanuj 17, Sat Pal 4
for 73, Mounty Sharma 3 for 69). Himachal Pradesh: 8 runs for one
(Jarnail 3 n.o., Pawan one for two runs). |
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CBSE hockey meet from November 17 Chandigarh, November 11 Dr Bedi said, the top two teams from all four zones would take part in the meet which would be played on a knock-out basis. He said, Dr Ajmer Singh, Arjuna awardee, would be the guest of honour on the opening day. The teams taking part in the meet are under-19 boys Ganga International School, New Delhi, Shah Satnam Ji Boys School, Sirsa; under-14 boys: SGGGJ Khalsa Academy, Amritsar and Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar Cantonment; under-19 girls: Maharaja Agarsen Girls School, Sirsa, and Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar; under-14 girls-Maharaja Agarsen Girls School, Sirsa, and Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar. South Zone: Prashanti Niketan, Ghatkopar, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhimavaram; under-14 boys-St John’s School, Chennai, and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhimawaram; under-19 girls- Lawrence School, Ooty, and Bhavan’s Ramakrishna ,
Secunderabad; under-14 girls- Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhimavaram, and Lawrence School, Ooty. East Zone: under-19 boys: Greenwood School, Rampur, UP; JKG Public School, Ghaziabad; under-14 boys: St Anthony School, Rampur, and DAV Centenary School, Ghaziabad; under 19 girls: St Mary’s school, Rampur and Greenwood School, Rampur; under-14 girls: St Anthony’s School, Rampur, and Guru Nanak Public School, Rampur. West Zone: Under-19 boys: Mayo College, Ajmer, and White Eagle School, Devpur; under-14 boys: Mayo College, Ajmer, and SVM Public School, Jaipur. |
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St Stephen’s beat YPS in cricket tournament Chandigarh, November 11 |
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Taekwondo players excel
Chandigarh, November 11 Chaudhary Bhajan Lal, former Chief Minister, Haryana, praised the efforts of the taekwondo players. He asked the players to bring glory to the state at the national and the international levels.  |
Ambala SP gets additional charge of Panchkula Panchkula, November 11 Talking to mediapersons today, Mr Akil said he proposed to conduct a joint operation by the police of the two districts for tracing the accused involved in the Raipur Rani bus robbery case and the Pinjore bus robbery case, besides increasing the frequency of night patrolling on the highways, especially between 3 am to 5 am in the morning. “We suspect that those involved in the two incidents are either locals or they have been staying here for quite some time,” he said. Mr Akil said other than this, he would also emphasise on the need of traffic management in the township. He said keeping in mind the staff shortage an effective mechanism for following traffic rules and regulations would be evolved. He said people’s participation was important for effective policing and suggested that if approached by various residents’ organisations, he would also like to set up committees of four or five residents in various sectors, which would assist the police in verification drives and also act as mediators between the police and residents. |
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PSEB workers suspended SAS Nagar, November 11 It is learnt that Davinder Kumar, who was working as a regular team mate, and Shiv Murti, an Assistant Lineman, were suspended yesterday and the orders to this effect were issued by the Additional Superintending Engineer, Distribution, Special Division, Mr K.S. Sidhu. The orders said the employees were suspended because they were allegedly indulging in corrupt practices and were also responsible for pilferage of the Board’s material. An inquiry in this regard had been conducted by an Assistant Executive Engineer of the Technical Division No 1. According to the inquiry report, residents of Manana village had given in writing that a vehicle had broken low tension wires connected to the transformer in the area and the villagers had stopped the vehicle for causing damage. The PSEB employees concerned were also informed in this regard. The complainants had said three employees, including Davinder Kumar and Shiv Murti came to the spot and allegedly took Rs 2,800 from the vehicle owner to let him go. The employees had that time given an assurance to the villagers that they would
install a new pole and lift the wires to a higher level. But this was not done. The report had further pointed out that the villagers were not satisfied with the services of the employees as they failed to take immediate action during power failures and at times even allegedly asked for gratification for making the transformer functional. |
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