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PGI faculty body meets Ganguly on ACR issue Chandigarh, November 22 Encouraged by Professor Ganguly’s assurance that settling the grievances of doctors and other staff will be his priority, the association has sought his help in getting their long-pending issues settled. Professor Ganguly, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had said that his endeavour would be to get the long-pending issues and demands of doctors settled. The association has given a representation to Professor Ganguly, seeking change in ACR rules, release of the long overdue increments, offices and computers. Senior faculty members pointed out that as per the ACR rules, a person equivalent in position cannot write a colleague’s ACR. “Seeing the internal politics and bickering at the PGI, there have been several occasions when the ACR has been used as a weapon to settle score with others,” admit many doctors. Another issue over which a decision has been delayed for long is the granting of rank of Senior Professor to 25 per cent of the total sanctioned strength of Professors in the PGI. Since this sanctioned strength stands at 68, as many as 17 Professors are likely to be benefitted by the decision, which has already got the approval of the governing body of the PGI. Another issue hanging fire is the grant of two advanced increments, already approved by the Health Ministry. “Though the approval came in 2001, we have still not been given the increments, despite the PGI governing body and standing finance committee clearing the file,” rue the Additional Professors and also some Professors, who will benefit from this. In fact, these senior faculty members had even moved court, seeking the advanced increments and even after the verdict being given in their favour, the PGI administration is sitting over the files. Interestingly, the doctors at AIIMS and NIMHANS, Bangalore, are already getting the increments. Seeking better working conditions, the association has also raised the issue of providing the doctors with office rooms. They pointed out that some of the doctors did not have independent rooms. “Since the past more than a year, the authorities have been assuring us that rooms will be made at the old venue of the Eye OPD on the second floor of the Nehru hospital but we wonder how long it will take,” the doctors said. With many of the doctors still not having computers, there have been repeated requests from them that each one of them should be provided with the gadget, which was a must to remain updated with the latest in the field of medicine. The PGI administration on the other hand is waiting for the computerisation plan to come through before they start providing doctors with individual computers. Having brought these issues to the notice of Professor Ganguly, the association is hoping that he would try and resolve these during his short tenure, till December end. |
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‘Badhai’ costs 3 hospital employees dear Chandigarh, November 22 Following complaints by some patients that employees in the Labour Room and Maternity Ward at the Sector 16 General Hospital virtually harass parents and family members to give them money, the UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma, had directed the authorities to check this practice. The UT Administrator had directed the Director Health Services, to ensure that there was complete check on this practice and even those who were willingly giving money should be stopped. “During the recent past, we found that two sweepers and a ward servant had demanded ‘badhai’ in the form of money or kind from the families of women who had delivered babies at our hospital,” informed Dr N. Kulshreshtha, Medical Superintendent. He said a chargesheet had already been prepared against the three employees and after an inquiry was conducted into the matter, action would be taken against them if found guilty. He said the hospital administration was keeping a watch in and around the labour room and maternity wards to ensure that the hospital staff did not harass family members of the women who had been blessed with a child. Seeking cooperation of the patients, their family members and relatives, the hospital authorities organised an interaction to impress upon them that they too must not encourage the staff by giving them money or sweets as they were just performing their duty for which they were being paid by the government. There have been some instances where women had complained that the hospital staff had harassed them when they refused to oblige by giving them the ‘badhai’. |
DAV College wins PU athletics meet Chandigarh, November 22 In the men’s section, DAV College bagged 87 points while Government College, Ludhiana, got 36 points to remain at number two. The SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh secured third place with 28 points. In the women’s section, GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, got 56.5 points, followed by GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, at second place with 40 points, while the third place was secured by Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, with 36.5 points while GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, with 23 points earned fourth place. Harpreet Kaur of GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, with 27 points was adjudged best woman athlete. Prof Nirmal Singh, Dean Students Welfare, Panjab University, gave away the prizes to the winners.
Satluj tennis tourney The Third Satluj Open Tennis tournament began here today at the Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula. The two-day meet was inaugurated by Mr Krit Serai, Principal of the hosts school. More than 48 children are taking part in this meet which has events in under14, under 19 in both the boys and girls section. Various winners of today’s events are under 14-boys: Akrish (Gymkhana club, Panchkula), Madhav (Government College, Panchkula), Karan (DAV-8, Panchkula), Amish, Abhishek (both from Government College, Panchkula), Kamaldeep (Satluj Public), Sidharth (CLTA), Simran, Mohit (both Government College, Panchkula), Pranil (Marketing Board), Anshul, Nitin, Rohan Raghav (Government College, Panchkula). Under19 boys-Amish (Government College, Panchkula), Gursimran (YPS), Bhupesh (Bhavan Vidyalya), Aman (Marketing Board), Anshul (Government College, Panchkula), Ankush and Mohit (both Government College, Panchkula) and Sahil (Satluj Public). The under 14 and under 19 girls matches will be played tomorrow while the prize distribution function to be held at 3 pm. |
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60 countries members of world draughts body Chandigarh, November 22 He hails from Holland (Netherlands) and has come here at the invitation of the Draughts Federation of India. In a brief interaction with the Chandigarh Tribune, Springer said at present 60 countries were members of the world body. There was an increasing trend to know more about this sport all over the world. He said though this originated sport was in Holland itself, after its popularity in Europe, it was gradually picking up in other parts of the world and Asia was one of these regions. Springer, 69, said his association with the sport was now more than four decades old. He had devoted more than four decades, to playing this sport and then working for the development of this sport. When asked if it was similar to chess, Springer said this question had been put to him many times, but in draughts “we have more of thinking time”. He was of the view that draughts required more patience from a player. He was hopeful that in India this sport could easily become popular since it matched with the lifestyle here and Indians had more perseverance. On its inclusion in the Olympics, Springer said their federation was striving hard to achieve this goal, adding that it might get recognition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
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DAV College wins Sambhang trophy Chandigarh, November 22 The festival progressed with children and youth putting their best foot forward. The running trophy for the evening went to DAV College, Sector 10, for the play “Ashwatthama hatohata”. Dev Samaj College for Education, Sector 36 bagged the second prize in the college category for “Katare vichh”. Government College for Men, Sector 11, bagged the third prize for “Panchnama”. The best actor prize went to Ayushmann of DAV College. Samdeep of GCM, Sector 11, won the second best actor award and the third prize in this section went to Anish Oberoi of SGGS, Sector 26. The best actress award in the college category went to Bhavna of Government College of Education, Sector 20. Devinder Kaur of Dev Samaj College of Education and Tejinder of DAV College, Sector 10, won the second and third prize, respectively. In the school category, St Stephen’s students won the best production award for “Kashmir di vidambana”. C.L. Aggarwal School, Sector 7, was awarded the second prize for “Nasha”, while Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, finished third with “Toya”. In the individual category, the award for best actress went to Manya Sharma of St Stephen’s School. The second best actress was a small girl (not named), who played a significant role in “Samajhdaar log”, presented by Mount Carmel School, Sector 47. The best actor award went to Hemant of Manav Mangal School, while consolation prizes went to Amrita and Abhinaya of DAV Model School, Sector 8. The highlight of the event was the special award conferring ceremony, in which actor Pankaj Berry, a contemporary of Prabhat Gupta, was honoured with the Sambhang Theatre Award 2003. The earlier awards have been presented to Dr Mahendra, Neelam Mansingh, Kumara Verma, Gursharan Singh and Sahib Singh, among others. |
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DAV-8 wins trophy for best skit Chandigarh, November 22 In the folk song competition the first prize was bagged by the Institute for the Blind in Sector 26. In the ghazal competition, the first prize was bagged by Chaman Lal DAV Public School, Sector 11, Panchkula and Sarvhitkari School, Sector 27, Chandigarh. In the classical vocal competition, the first prize was bagged by Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh. In the classical instrument competition, the first prize was bagged by Major R.N. Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37. |
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Inter-school primary games conclude Chandigarh, November 22 Draughts tourney International Grandmaster D.Erdenebileg of Mongolia was
leading with 19 points an the penultimate day of the Asian Draughts championship being played here at the Lake club. G. Ganjargal of Mongolia with 17 points was at the second place while G. Sarsekeev of Kazakhastan at 16 points followed at the third place. J. Usenov of Kazakhastan got 15 points and A. Artikoov of Uzbekistan scored 13 points. Karan Rampal of India got four points.
Netball tournament Government Model High School, Sector 28-D, bagged boys’ and girls’ titles in the UT-Inter School Netball Tournament here. In boys’ section, GMHS-28 overpowered Bhavan Vidayalya, Sector 27, 17-10 while in the girls’ section, GMHS-28 beat St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, 15-4.
Ball badminton St Joseph’s Coaching Centre, Sector 26, and hosts Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, made it to the final of the Fifth Chandigarh Senior State Ball Badminton Championship. In men’s section, SGGSM-26 and DAV College, Sector 10, will clash in tomorrow’s final.
Power drive Maruti Udyog Limited will organise a women’s power drive here on December 7, which will also lay emphasis on safe driving and adherence to traffic rules. Speaking at a press briefing, Mr Hardeep Singh Brar, Regional Manager, MUL, said the event was an attraction among women drivers. |
40 shops demolished Chandigarh, November 22 The shops had come up years ago when the land was part of villages. Over the years, it had been acquired but the shops remained and slowly an electrical repair market sprung up. The cattle sheds were also on the land that had been acquired. The shopkeepers had moved court and were given time for six months. The period lapsed and the Administration moved in to get the land vacated. |
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