HEALTH

UK expert delivers lecture on cancer
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 29
In past, prostate cancer could not be diagnosed until symptoms appeared. But by that time, the cancer cells used to produce secondaries and spread to several parts of the body. At present, there is emphasis on early diagnosis and early radical treatment, said Dr David Cranston, Senior Consultant Urologist and Clinical Director at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust, University of Oxford, UK. He was delivering a guest lecture on ‘High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound (HIFU) for Cancer’ at CMCH here yesterday.

Dr Cranston is a pioneer in the application of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in the treatment of liver and kidney cancer. This technology uses the energy source to be focussed. Dr Cranston has special interests in Angiogenesis in bladder cancer and the Oxford Laser Prostate clinical trial.

Blood in urine (Haematuria) warrants immediate attention, pointed our Dr Cranston. In the elderly, the most common cause of blood in urine is due to the cancer of the urinary bladder. Elaborate tests and Cystoscopy help confirm the diagnosis, he said, adding that most of the bladder tumours could be treated by endoscopic operation without incision.

Dr Kim Mammen, Professor and Head, Department of Urology at the CMC Hospital, emphasised that bladder cancer could also be treated now with radical operation where the urinary bladder is removed and the lower urinary tract is reconstructed with intestinal segments. 

SPORTS

Cultural mela by sports club
Our Correspondent

Sahnewal, January 29
A cultural mela was organised by Dharmendra Cultural and Sports Club at Government Primary School at Nandpur village recently. The function was organised in order to make filmstar Dharmendra realise that the people of his hometown Sahnewal were awaiting their beloved star and his return would make them feel importan .The function was a message for him that the people loved him and were proud of him.

Renowned singers like Sardul Sikander, Romy Gill, Angrez Ali, Sohan Sikander, Akhtar Ali, Neetu Virk, Parveen Bhatt, Rupinder, Bhika Pammiawala and Gurdeep Kotli presented Punjabi numbers and regaled the crowd .

Mr Avtar Singh Nandpuri, president, and Mr Jasminder Singh Sandhu, chairman of the club, said the club would make every possible effort to bring the beloved hero back into his hometown they said they would organise various cultural and sports activities so that new talent could t be brought to the fore . Mr Ramesh Kumar, Mr Kuldeep Singh, Mr Prabhjot, Mr Gurdeep Singh Kaul, Mr Suchpal Singh, Mr Ajmer singh, Mr Jagdev Singh Jassowal, Mr Ramnath Sharma, Mr Ved Parkash, Mr Shayam Kohli, Mr Manmohan Singh and Mr Sohan Sikander were among those who attended the function.

Sandeep is best athlete
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, January 29
Sandeep Sandhu, a student of MA-I who secured four gold and one silver, was adjudged the ‘best athlete’ in the 43rd annual athletics meet of the Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, that concluded here today. Sandeep who hails from Moga clinched gold medals in 50m, 100m, 100m hurdles and 200m races, while she finished runner-up in the 1500m race.

Padma Shri Milkha Singh was the chief guest at the prize-distribution function. He called upon the students to take part in the sports in order to keep themselves fit and active. NCC cadets presented a guard of honour to the visiting legendary. A cultural programme by students was appreciated by the audience which included members of the management committee and parents of the students.

Dr Varinder Kaur Thind, Principal, while reading out the annual report, highlighted the achievements of the students during national and international meets.

Results: 100m race: Sandeep Sandhu 1, Simrajit 2 and Jagdeep 3; 100m hurdles: Sandeep Sandhu 1, Simarjit 2 and Jagdeep 3; 1500m- Simrajit 1 and Sandeep Sandhu 2; and old students’ race: Amarjit 1, Alka 2 and Parminder 3.

Childern’s race: Lohit 1, Akashdeep 2 and Manjeet Kaur 3; obstacle race: Sonjit 1, Mandeep 2 and Beant Kaur 3; rope skipping: Ranjit Kaur 1, Dolly Pandey 2 and Jaspreet 3; non-teaching staff race: Gagandeep Kaur 1 and Surjit Kaur 2; slow cycling: Manjinder 1, Payal 2 and Sunaina 3; and chatti race: Amandeep Kaur 1, Ranjeet Kaur 2 and Jasveer Kaur 3.

Milkha not hopeful of Olympic medals
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, January 29
Flying Sikh Milkha Singh is not much hopeful of the Indian athletes winning any medal in the upcoming Olympics scheduled to be held at Athens later this year. The veteran athlete, who missed a medal by a whisker in the 1960 Rome Olympics, expressed these views while talking to reporters at the Khalsa College for Women here, where he had come to preside over the prize distribution function of the college’s annual sports meet.

Milkha Singh was of the view that if the present standing of the Indian athletes was any indication, we stood nowhere in the international competitions. He expressed happiness about India’s hosting the Commonwelath Games in 2010, but maintained that we had more than six years at hand and should start preparing the athletes for the mega event.

When asked about India’s chances of winning any medal in the track events, Milkha Singh replied that except for Anju George (long jump), he was pessimistic about athletes’ performance. “We could win a medal or two in rifle shooting or weightlifting but we are lagging far behind in athletics,” he observed.

He said he had suggested to the Indian Olympic Association and the Amateur Athletics Federation of India to start preparing the players right now as, being the host country, India should fare well in the Commonwealth Games. 

ADMINISTRATION

6 Dy District Attorneys promoted
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 29
The Punjab Government has announced promotions and transfers of Deputy District Attorneys. They have been promoted as District Attorneys. Mr M.P. Singh, who was working as a Deputy District Attorney in Ludhiana, has been promoted and transferred to Bathinda as District Attorney(Prosecution). Mr Sohan Singh from Patiala has been transferred to Fatehgarh Sahib as District Attorney (Prosecution) on promotion.

Mr Gurdial Singh from Patiala has been promoted and transferred to Faridkot as District Attorney (Prosecution). Mr Hari Singh Kang is now District Attorney (Prosecution), Ropar. Mr S.S. Aulakh, District Attorney (Prosecution) has been transferred to Amritsar as District Attorney (Legal). Mr Narinder Singh Kahlon has been promoted and given posting at Amritsar as District Attorney (Prosecution). Mr S.C. Gupta, District Attorney (Prosecution), Amritsar, has been transferred to Moga as District Attorney (Prosecution). Mr Baldev Singh has also been promoted as District Attorney but is awaiting posting.