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Health camp for slum children organised
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 16
Breaking the routine of marking the Children’s Day celebrations with cultural functions, the UT Red Cross authorities have been involved in spreading health awareness among the children of rural areas in various identified slum colonies and villages located on the periphery of Chandigarh.

In continuation with its series of health camps for children, inaugurated by the president, Red Cross, Mr R.S. Gujral, on November 14, the Indian Red Cross Society today organised yet another health camp at the Lions Club dispensary in Ram Darbar. The camp covered the children of Karsan Colony. Second in the series of 16 major health camps planned to make Children’s Day celebrations purposeful, today’s camp ended with over 605 children being examined. Significantly, 105 children out of the total lot examined, were detected for dental problems, while about 50 were reported to have eye infections. The rest complained of general health problems like stomach infection, cough and cold.

A team of doctors from Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 and Dr (Brig) M.L. Kataria of Health Care India along with his team provided free health check-up facility to the kids. Also involved in the camp was a team from Family Welfare Centre of Panjab University, which provided medicines free of cost during this camp.

Volunteers of the local Aaganwadi were also involved in the camp. St John’s Ambulance Brigade also helped in general management of the camp.

The next camp slated to be held at Government High School, Bapu Dham, will cover the entire child population of the area.

Refresher course on mother and child care
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 16
To address issues like low infant mortality rate due to pre-mature low weight babies, the Chandigarh chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics today organised a refresher course on “Mother and Child Health for Nurses” at the Reproductive Child Health Centre in Sector 22.

This is the first time that the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) organised a continuing education programme on pre-natal, neo-natal and post-natal for nurses, who spend the maximum time taking care of the mother and newborn. “We realised that nurses formed an important component of healthcare. So, we decided to hold refresher courses to create awareness pertaining to prevention and treatment of diseases afflicting the infant,” explained Dr Shakuntala Lavasa, President of the society.

About 200 nurses from government and private hospitals, attended the programme, where they were informed about the practical aspects of nursing care, which could help reduce high infant mortality rate in India. “What we stressed was that there was the need to take care of the child right from the time of conception, when it comes in the womb,” said Dr Lavasa.

She said because of lack of awareness in maternal courses, the child was born with a number of complications and at times even nurses were unable to handle the situation. The objective of the programme was to instill confidence among the nurses and educate them about immunisation. Another issue that was highlighted was that mother’s milk was the safest to keep the child protected from all infections and diseases.

A manual, with the entire course content, was distributed to the nurses, which can prove be a useful companion for them.

SPORTS

JJ Sports Club beat Minerva Academy
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, November 16
In the rain-affected final of the Lieut-Col IS Deol Memorial Cricket Tournament played today at the PCA Cricket Stadium, SAS Nagar, Minerva Academy XI went down fighting the JJ Sports Club.

Ms Rupan Deol Bajaj, a senior Punjab IAS officer, gave away the prizes to the winners. Other dignitaries who were present on the occasion included Mr BR Bajaj, IAS, Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad, Mr IS Bindra, president, Punjab Cricket Association and Mr DK Mukerjee, founder of the Chandigarh Badminton Association.

Batting first, the JJ Sports Club were at one time 131 runs for the loss of four wickets in 31 overs when the match was called off by the umpires due to rain. Later when the sun appeared again, the match was resumed, but with a revised target of scoring 119 runs in 23 overs for the Minerva Academy. But Minerva Academy XI were all out for 113 runs in 22.4 overs.

Former Ranji player Rakesh Jolly was given the Man of the Series award while the best bowler award went to Harish Garg. The best batsman award was won by Harpreet Sunny and the best fielder award went to Ranji Bajaj. The best wicket keeper award was shared by Rakesh Sethi and Umesh Kashyap.

Brief scores: JJ Sports Club: 212 runs for seven in 40 overs (Kulwinder Singh 45, Harpreet Sunny 49, Harish Garg 3 for 31).

Minerva Academy: 113 runs all out in 22.4 overs (Ranji Bajaj 27, RP Singh 26, Gurinder Saini 23, Major Singh 3 for 34, Kulwinder Romy 3 for 11).

V. Remya excels in inter-varsity swimming meet
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 16
V. Remya of Calicut University, Calicut, stole the limelight on the penultimate day of the All-India Inter-University Swimming Championship here today at the Panjab University swimming pool. Remya won a gold medal each in 100-metre backstroke and the 400-metre free style event.

Rahul Batra of VTU, Balgaum, won a gold medal in the 400-metre free style event in men’s section.

Earlier during the day, the events had to be stopped due to intermittent rain. In the 400-metre free style event, Parikshat Shetty of Mumbai University secured the second place. The third place went to Ankur Kanojia of Bangalore University. In the 400-metre free style (women), V. Remya of Calicut University got the first place while Archana Bhushan of Bangalore University bagged the second place. Meenakshi Tokar of Delhi University won the third place. In the 100-metre backstroke, women’s event, V. Remya won the first place while Tumpa Mondal of Calcutta University, Kolkata, got the second place. M. Mallick, also of Calcutta University, clinched the third place.

In the 100-metre backstroke for men’s section, V. Arun of Madras University, Chennai, secured the first place while Varun Sethi of Delhi University, Delhi, won the second place. Shetty Parikshat of Mumbai University, Mumbai, bagged the third place.

In the 4x200-metre free style relay for men, VTU, Belgaum, got the first place while swimmers of Gujarat University bagged the second place. Kerala University, Kerala, team won the third place in this event.

In the 4x200-metre free style for women, Calicut University hogged the limelight when they won a gold medal. Calcutta University bagged the second place while Bangalore University swimmers won the third place.

Major Ahlawat best rider at horse show
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 16
Constable Suresh Kumar, riding Tap Dancer and representing the ITBP, got the pride of place in the individual tent pegging event while Swr (Rdr) Balvinder Kumar of the RVC and riding Miraz cornered glory in the Open Jumping Six Bar on the concluding day of the Shivalik Horse Show here at the Railway TA grounds. Justice OP Verma, Governor, Punjab, gave the prizes to the winners.

An enthusiastic response to the horse show was evident from the fact that more than 1,000 persons from all age groups thronged the venue to watch the daredevils, including, sky diving participants. Wing Commander Venkatesh, Akash Ganga, was adjudged the best. Another event which captivated the audience was the Open Jumping Six Bar event where Swr Balvinder Kumar of the RVC on Miraz made the show thrilling and won it. Major Deep Ahlawat and Havildar Lakhbir Singh of Assam Rifles on Tufan were declared joint winners in this event.

Fifteen-year-old Mehar Sidhu, a student of Vivek High School, Sector 38 here who represented the Chandigarh Horse Riders Society, gave an impressive display by winning the Ladies Hacks event. Later she said for the past six years, she was into riding and had earlier taken part in the Delhi horse show. She regularly trains at the local Lake Club under the guidance of Jasdeep Toor. Gagandeep got the second place while Surpeeet was placed third.

Another rider of the Chandigarh Horse Riders Society who impressed the gathering was 10-and-a-half-year old Ishraj Singh Ranauta. He won the first place in Children’s Boot and Hay race along with Kamalpreet. Charanpreet and Vattandeep Singh of PPS, Nabha, got the second place while Utsav and Arman were placed at the third place.

In the successive relay novice and preliminary rounds, Lieut-Col R.K. Dahiya and Major Deep of the RVC got the first place followed by Dfr Ravinder Singh and GC ABS Singama of the IMA. Major R.K. Swain of 854 AT Coy ASC on Napolean cornered glory by winning the novice jumping knockout event while Swr Shivaji Poonia of the RVC on Moon Flower won the second place. Simranjeet Singh of 1Pb R&V Sqn NCC riding Sagar clinched the first place in the sub-junior hacks event.

In the fancy dress competition, Avantika of the SRPC on her horse Old Gold was given the first prize while Jaskirat of the CHRS on Hema bagged the second prize. Utsav, again of the CHRS, on Naushera won the third prize.

The Best Junior Rider of the show award went to Udai Singh while the Army Commander’s trophy for the best rider of the show went to Major Deep Ahlawat of the RVC. In the trick riding display, Ris Barbole of 61 Cavalry was adjudged first while RM Saudagar Singh of Punjab Public School, Nabha, secured the second place. In Band display, 3/5 Gorkha Rifles secured the first place, followed by 15 Garhwal Rifles, PPS, Nabha (boys), and PPS, Nabha (girls).