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Health experts interact with
villagers Panchkula, December 17 The team was led by Dr T. Mathiyazhagan, Reader and Acting Head, Department of Communication of the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, and Mr R P Verma, State Consultant of the Reproductive Child Healthcare programme, Haryana. Dr T. Mathiyazhagan stated that during their visit to the village, the members of the team, interacted with the villagers and assessed the level of their awareness regarding the use of contraceptive among women and causes and preventive measures of tuberculosis among men. He also said the members of the team staged a drama and put up an exhibition displaying posters and slogans to sensitise them on preventive as well as curative measures on tuberculosis. The villagers were also educated on the issue of gender equality. Apart from this, the team also educated the villagers about the significance of small family, role of men in the family welfare programme, sanitation and health education. |
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AIDS control society seeks advanced equipment Chandigarh, December 17 Since the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) are focusing more on the high prevalence states like Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, none of the states in the North have been provided with the flow cytometer and viral load machine, which is used to count the CD4 and CD8 levels. “At present it is only the PGI which has one flow cytometer machine in the region, which helps determine the progression of the disease and drug treatment required by the patient,” explained a PGI doctor. At times when the kits are not available at the PGI, we too have no option but to send the blood samples to laboratories at Delhi or Bombay, he added. The UT AIDS Control Society has sought two flow cytometers machines, one for Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here and another one as stand by for the PGI, with each machine costing Rs 20 lakh. The society has also sought a viral load estimation machine, which again can give a clear picture of the virus position in the body. “Since patients from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal prefer to come to Chandigarh for treatment, we have requested the Health Ministry to treat our case as a special one, since patients from the region would stand to benefit,” said a UT AIDS Control Society official. People who have contracted the HIV fall in three categories and need drug treatment at different stages of the disease. The first category comprises those who follow the typical progression when for the first five to 10 years they do not require drugs in the latency period. The second group comprises the fast progressors who need drug treatment within five years time and last is the small group in whom the disease does not progress much even after several years of the infection. “It is only with the help of the flow cytometer machine that we can know the CD4 count of the patient and when this falls below 200, it becomes mandatory to start anti- retroviral drugs, whereas if it is above 350, the drug treatment may not be necessary,” explained Dr Ajay Wanchoo from the Internal Medicine Department at the PGI. He added that the CD4 count needs to be taken every six months and as the patient is put on drugs, the CD4 count starts going up. Doctors treating patients living with HIV/AIDS say that in the absence of a flow cytometer machine, they treat patients on the basis of the WHO guidelines, but having the machine would give them a more accurate picture of the disease. They said the national guidelines for treating AIDS/HIV patients was being prepared, which would be India specific. |
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Latest hernia treatment at General Hospital Chandigarh, December 17 Interacting with mediapersons here today, Dr Sushil Kumar Gupta, Senior Medical Officer, General Hospital, said the techniques was unique in the sense that it incorporated all benefits of earlier procedures. “Hernia is a condition where a part of the intestine bulges through the weak area in the muscles of the abdominal wall,” he said. The Prolene Hernia System reduced the post-operation pain, discomfort and hospital stay even though the cost might be slightly more. “The surgery takes only 20 minutes and can be done under local anaesthesia,” he added. “Though quite popular in the USA for the past two years, it is only six months since this procedure is being used to operate on hernia patients in India,” said Dr Gupta. He said the facility was available at only few hospitals and medical institutes in the region, while it was only the PGI and the General Hospital, which were doing surgery with the latest technique in the city. Elaborating on the advantages of the procedure, he said it was likely to reduce chances of recurrence to zero per cent, though this fact had yet to be established as the surgeries had been started just four months back. He added hernia was a problem which could recur within two months after the surgery. “Though one can minimise the chances of hernia by undertaking physical exercise, but once the problems starts there is no cure except surgery,” he said. The rate of occurrence of hernia among men is three per cent and two per cent among women, though infants and young children can also suffer from the problem. He said the reason for hernia in children might be congenital, age, injury or surgical incision that weakened muscles. Other factors, he added, could be overweight, constipation, straining while urinating, pregnancy and repeated strain because of lifting objects. “Hernia, is most common among the elderly and generally occurs as inguinal hernia, between the fold of the upper thigh and abdomen, he added. Dr Gupta said owing to poor awareness among the public about hernia, patients usually approached a doctor at an advanced stage. |
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151 donate blood at camp Panchkula, December 17 Dedicated to thalassemic children, the camp was inaugurated by Mr Pawan Bansal, Member of Parliament from Chandigarh, while Mr Subhash Chawla, Mayor of Chandigarh was the guest of honour at the function. Earlier, Mr S.K. Gulati, president of the society, highlighted the achievements of the society and thanked the guests. |
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Sehgal Oration Award
for Shakuntala Kathuria Chandigarh, December 17 In recognition of her
devoted and committed
services, Mrs Kathuria, has earlier been honoured
with the prestigious Sarojini Khosla Nightingale Award in 1996 by the National Institute of Primary Health Care, New Delhi. She also bagged the first prize in model presentation on the theme “Neurorehabilitation in Nursing” during the 21st Society of Neuro Nursing Conference at Chennai in 2000. |
Arjun Atma Ram corners
glory Chandigarh, December 17 In the senior section, Arjun was helped by Sarabjeet and Harmandeep Sidhu, while in the junior section, the team included Harmandeep and Jagraj. Arjun said there was stiff competition in this meet where all top ranked shooters of the country took part.
St Kabir, St John’s win St Kabir High School, Sector 26, and St John’s High School, Sector 26, were declared joint winners in the UT inter-school Cricket Tournament for Kabir Trophy here today at the Sector 16 Cricket stadium. Mr S.S. Bawa, secretary of the UT Cricket Association said due to heavy fog, a decision was taken to reduce the tomorrow’s semi-final tie of under-19 section to be of 30 overs a side. The tie will be played between DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, at 11 am.
Sabeeha Dhillon Local shooter Sabeeha Dhillon today created a flutter when she bagged bronze medal in the .22 rifle event in senior
category.
Trekking exp The Chandigarh Adventure Club has sent trekking expedition to Churdhar Peak, the highest peak in Shivalik Hills. As many as 15 students of the Chemical and Engineering Department, Panjab University, started from Nauradhar, a remote tiny village. The members will trek 19 km to reach at the top. According to Rakesh Mohindra, secretary of the Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association, the team is: Vivek Sharma, Arjun Moudgil, Saurav Saggi. Abhishek Jindal, Vipul Soni, Abhishek Gularia, Ajay Negi, Naveen, Karan Karir, Rohan Talwar, Mandeep Manocha, Abhishek, Amandeep Singh, Pankaj and Sanjeev.
Taekwondo meets The Taekwondo Association of Chandigarh will hold the IX Male Black Belt, 19th Female, 21st Male Colour Belt National Taekwondo Championship from December 19 to 21 at the Skating Rink, Sector 10. This was stated by Mr Vishnu Sharma, president of the association. |
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Shivalik Public School honours spikers Chandigarh, December 17 Team coach Mohan Nagreta of the Sports Authority of India was also honoured. The team returned from Faridabad last evening. Others who were present on the occasion included Mr Vijay Pal Singh, General Secretary of the Chandigarh Volleyball Association. Mr Bedi said the players were being rigorously trained with special emphasis on physical conditioning in morning and evening hours and they had been showing good results for the past many years. He said 22 teams drawn from various parts of the country had participated in the meet. The matches were played on league-cum-knockout basis. The team coach said in the first match, Shivalik School outplayed DAV School, Patna, 2-0, then in the second tie, they overpowered BVB Rajashri Vidya Mandir, Gulbarga, 20-0. In the third tie, Shivalik School spikers downed Sant Esher Singh Memorial school, Ludhiana, 2-0, while in the fourth tie, they defeated Police DAV Public School, Amritsar, 2-0. In the quarter-final, SPS-41 beat Meera Model School, New Delhi, 3-1, while in the semifinal, they got the better of Shah Satnam Ji School, Sirsa, 3-1. In the final, SPS boys outscored the hosts, DAV Public School, Faridabad, 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 15-19). Balwinder Singh was applauded for his excellent performance. Raju Chauhan, captain of the team, was adjudged the best all-rounder. Nagreta said the present win had boosted the morale of the boys who would be taking part in the forthcoming National School Games and the Junior National Volleyball Tournament. |
MC mulls over multiplex
parking Chandigarh, December 17 In this regard, a committee of Punjab Engineering College experts, that was constituted to study the feasibility of the project, is likely to submit its report shortly. Subsequently, the project would be taken for execution, said Mr M.P. Singh, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, here today. Talking on the sidelines of a conference on urban infrastructure, Mr M.P. Singh claimed that despite introduction of the paid parking system in Sectors 17, 8 and 9, major business centres of the city were facing scarcity of parking space. Further, sharp rise in number of cars and two-wheelers every month in the city was resulting in frequent traffic congestion. A number of persons were daily challaned since they could not park their vehicles at the earmarked areas. Traders in Sector 17 said since that area was becoming a major tourist and commercial centre in the North India, a large number of people from Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and even Delhi were coming here. But they face difficulty in parking their vehicles and had to face harassment at the hands of the Traffic Police. The Business Promotion Council of Sector 17 has taken up the matter of parking space with the MC from time to time, but without any result. At present, the corporation is earning about Rs 1.6 crore annually from the paid parking. That amount can be utilised to further develop the parking space, said a dealer of jewellery. So far, the MC is claiming that the entire amount is spent on recarpeting and beautification of markets. Mr M.P. Singh said,”We would soon introduce paid parking in other commercial sectors like Sectors 22, 34 and 35 to generate resources. Consequently, the corporation and the administration would have to plan for creation of multi-story buildings to meet the future requirements”. |
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Mayor’s poll
on Jan 1 Chandigarh, December 17 The election is scheduled for 11.30 am at the Assembly Hall of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The Deputy Commissioner has nominated Ms Amar Kulwant Singh to preside over the meeting. The nomination forms can be had from the Secretary of the Municipal Corporation. |
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Admn notifies dry days Chandigarh, December 17 As per today’s order, no liquor shops, hotels, restaurants, clubs and other establishment selling or serving liquor situated in and around the UT villages shall be permitted to sell or serve liquor to anyone on the said dates. |
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