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1.08 lakh kids get polio drops Chandigarh, January 4 Owing to thick fog and the biting cold in the morning, the response at booths was very poor. However, during the day more people turned up at the booths. “It appears that the bad weather has mildly affected the turnout as compared to the last year, but during the house-to-house campaign during the next two days, we will cover all those children who could not come to the booths”, said Dr M.P. Minocha, Director, Family Welfare. Last time 1.32 lakh children were covered under the immunisation campaign. The exact number of children covered today was 1, 08, 082, including 87, 899 in the urban areas and 20,183 in the rural areas. The figure on the first day in the last phase of the campaign was 1.18 lakh last year. Health officials believe since almost 15 per cent of the children are generally covered in the house-to-house campaign in the next two days, this year’s figure too is likely to be close to the 1.32 lakh figure of the last year. The campaign was officially launched at Punjab Raj Bhavan last evening with the administering of drops by the Governor and UT Administrator, Justice O.P. Verma (retd). Children were given two additional doses today at the 418 stationary booths, falling under the three zones that the city had been divided. To ensure cent per cent coverage, 43 mobile teams had been deputed to cover roadside dwellers, hutments and construction sites. The Adviser to the Administrator, Mr Lalit Sharma, visited Kumhar Colony, Sector 25 and Kaimbwala. He was accompanied by the Director, Health Services, Dr C.P. Bansal, and Dr Satbir Singh. Ms Madhvi Kataria, Subdivision Magistrate (South), visited Mani Majra, Indira Colony and Colony Number 5. The Central Observer for the campaign, Dr Rajendra Mishra, Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, visited the high-risk area of Bapu Dham, along with UT health officials. Local NGO’s, including the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, NCC and NSS volunteers along with religious and political leaders, helped the staff of the Health Department. Booths were put at the bus stand, railway station and all barriers at entry points to the city. |
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Over 50,000 given polio drops Panchkula, January 4 Dr Shail Gupta, District Immunisation Officer, informed that 10,413 kids in Kalka were given drops while 5,825 children in Pinjore were administrated polio drops. As many as 15,408 children in urban Panchkula and 8,164 kids in old Panchkula were given drops, Dr Gupta added. The break-down for other centres was command area (1,761), Morni (1,742), Barwala (3,639), Hangola (3,075), Kot (4,686) and Raipur Rani (3,772). The children were administered drops at 319 polio booths. The polio drops were administered from 9 am to 5 pm, and bus stand and railway station were also covered. Around 1275 volunteers from the Health Department, anganwari NSS and NGOs were deployed for the effective implementation of the programme. Officers of the Health Department said the drive would continue for two days and health workers would go from door-to-door for the next two days to administer polio drops. Mohali: As many as 12,593 children were administered polio drops in various parts of the subdivision during the first phase of the pulse polio immunisation campaign here today. The health authorities said the immunisation drive drew a much better response than the first day of the last round of the campaign when only 10,000 children were administered the drops. Other than the district coordinator, a large number of health workers and members of the Rotary Club, Mohali, went about various places in the township to oversee the immunisation. Giving details, Mr B.S. Khandpur, president, Rotary Club, Mohali, said the response on the first day of the campaign was better than what had been achieved the last time. All children upto five years in the district were administered the drops in the 66 fixed booths, four transit teams and three mobile teams also covered children in this age group. The polio drops were administered from 9 am to 5 pm, and bus stand and Verka Chowk. The maximum number of children 2436 were immunised at Phase XI and the minimum number of children 499 were immunised at Phase II. From tomorrow the house-to-house immunisation campaign would begin in the township. The Ranbaxy Community Healthcare Society, Mohali, also participated in the programme by setting up booths at Mohali village and Badali here. A total 880 children were given OPV drops as a part of the campaign by the society workers. |
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50 pc AIDS patients suffer from parasitic infections: expert Chandigarh, January 4 Dr Sobti, in his presidential address on “Molecular epidemiology in post-Genomic era” stressed the need for the study of single nucleotide polymorphism in order to find differential responses to various drugs. He said such studies had been carried out in Japan, China and European countries but no such data was available on Indian population. He presented the data collected by him from all over India with respect to lung cancer and smoking. Prof R.C. Mahajan of the Department of Parasitology, PGI, Chandigarh, dwelt in detail on the role of parasites as opportunistic infections in patients suffering from AIDS due to immunosuppression. Most of the data from around the world suggests that at least 50 per cent of the AIDS / HIV patients suffer from parasite-related opportunistic infections. The most common of these are by Entamocha histolytica giardia and coccidians which may lead to severe and chronic diarrhoea. For this, there has to be a high suspicion index to detect the parasite as early treatment may save the lives of patients. Prof A. Krishan of the Radiation Oncology Department, University of Miami, gave an informative talk on the role of laser flow cytometry in biomedical research. Several new applications of this innovative technology have been developed. This is of great clinical value as the identification of these markers can help in accurate histopathological diagnosis and selection of appropriate therapy. Another use of this technology is focused on monitoring of the drug transport and resistance in tumour cell, hormone-receptor expression and for rapid identification of stem cells in bone marrow. There are about 200 flow cytometers which are being used in India, each unit costing about $ 50,000. Dr N.S. Dhalla from the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada, talked about the factors leading to congestive heart failure, its pathogenests and therapeutics. The congestive heart failure could be as a result of the occurrence of oxidative stress and changes in myocardial metabolism. A compilation of lectures at the section; presented in the form of a volume, “New Horizons in Animal Sciences”, edited by Dr R.C.Sobti, and a volume on “Fishery
Development”, edited by Dr S.C.Agarwal and Dr M.S. Johal, were also released by Dr Srivastava. |
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150 donate blood Panchkula, January 4 According to Mr Chander Mohan and Mr Ramesh Gautam, president and secretary, of the trust, respectively, a multi-speciality camp will be organised at the Mahadevpur by the month-end. Specialists from the General Hospital and Health Department will examine the patients, they added. |
DAV College academy lift cricket trophy Chandigarh, January 4 The centre won the toss and elected to bat first. Gaurav Puri scored 69 runs off 81 deliveries, Guninder secured 21 runs off 30 deliveries and put up a total of 195 runs in 39.5 overs. For the academy, Prashant claimed three wickets for 35 runs, Rohit two wickets for 34. In reply, the academy opening batsman Shivam scored 104 runs off 87 deliveries, which included 17 boundaries. The target was achieved in 33.3 overs with seven wickets still in hand. Mr Chander Mohan, MLA, Kalka, was the chief guest and gave away prizes. Brief scores; Coaching Centre: 16: 195 runs all out in 39.5 overs (Gaurav Puri 69, Gurpreet 18, Guninder 21, Rozel 18, Prashant 3 for 35 and Rohit 2 for 34). Cricket academy: 196 runs for three in 33.3 overs (Shivam 104, Akshit 26 and Vishu 2 for 34).
Fine knock by Gurdeep A superb performance by Gurdeep Rana, who scored 71 runs and bagged two wickets for19 runs, enabled High Court XI in beating Inde-Dutch Systems (IDS) by seven runs to enter the final of the Canara Bank Inter-Institutional League Cricket Tournament organised by the District Panchkula Cricket Association at the sector 3 sports complex. Brief scores; High Court XI: 163 runs for nine in 25 overs (Gurdeep Rana 71, Rajinder Kohli 33, Jagjit Singh 22, Sandeep Gulati 21, Rohit 2 for 21, Rohit Walia 2 for 31 and Jagjit Saini 2 for 39). IDS:156 runs for nine in 25 overs (Jagjit Saini 49, Bhavneet Singh 43 n.o., Rohit Walia 28, Vikram Sharma 2 for 34, Jatinder Kohli 2 for 29, Gurdeep Rana 2 for19 and Davinder 2 for eight). In the second semi-final tie, fine performance by Amit Bhardwaj, who bagged four wickets for 11 runs along with fine knock of 58 runs, helped LIC XI in beating United India Insurance Company Limited by 10 wickets. Brief scores; UIC:
Raj Kumar 28, Ashok 21, Amit Bhardwaj 4 for11, Ricky Singh 3 for12 and Satish Chaudhary 2 for 16). LIC: 98 runs for no loss (Vaneet Chawla 58 n.o., Harminder Singh Bawa 26 n.o.). In the final, LIC XI will meet High Court XI which will be played on January 10 at the Sector 3 sports complex, Panchkula. |
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Manav Mangal kids shine Chandigarh, January 4 Rudra Mukherjee, a student of Class VIII won gold medal, in 11 to 14 years boys’ category. In the 11-14 years girls’ category, both gold and silver medals were won by Kriti Gahlawat and Bharti, respectively. Last year, Rudra and Kirti had represented India in the XIIth World Cup Olympic Yoga Sport Meet held at Portugal and also won gold medals.
Cycle polo meet The Eagle Cycle Polo Club defeated the Hero Cycle Polo Club by six goals to three and win the Chandigarh Cycle Polo Championship played at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here on Sunday. Ravinder scored four goals for the winners. The Tribune Cycle Polo Club secured third place by defeating the DAV Cycle Polo Club by five goals to one. Mandeep scored three, while Rohit two goals for the winners. Mr S.C. Sagar, DSP, Central, gave away trophies. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Cycle Polo Association has selected 16 players for a one-week coaching camp prior to their final selection for the 24th Junior National Cycle Polo Championship to be held at Jaipur. The players are: Rohit, Mandeep, Varun, Rahul, Mukesh, Sunny, Rakesh, Bunty, Raj Kumar, Bharat Bhushan, Himanshu, Ajay, Gaurav, Surjeet and
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