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HEALTH

Prostate check-up must after 40 years: expert
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 14
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a non-malignant enlargement of the prostate due to excessive growth of both glandular and stromal elements of the gland. The problem associated with the prostatic growth that characteristics BPH in men is the result of this anatomic location surrounding the urethra at the outlet of the bladder.

About 50 per cent of men above the age of 50 are at risk to this problem. Early assessment and investigation can prevent any untoward complication to the kidneys and the urinary tract. Symptoms due to BPH can be successfully managed by medications and patients can be treated by endoscopic removal of the prostate gland. This was stated by Dr Parminder Singh Sethi, visiting consultant urologist from California, USA, during an interaction with the faculty and students of the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here yesterday.

He emphasised that every male must have a prostate check up once a year after the age of 40. This should include a visit to the urologist, have a digital rectal examination (DRE) and a blood test (PSA) and a trans-rectal ultrasound of the prostate (TRUS) if necessary.

TB treatment gets good response
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 14
The Central Government-aided scheme for tuberculosis patients, Directly Observed Treatment (DOT), which was introduced in December, 2003, has got a very good response in the district. Health officials stated that more than 4,200 patients were regularly taking the medicine.

Giving details about the success of the project, Dr S.N.Tiwari, Civil Surgeon, said the industrial city had provided jobs to the migrant population. But unfortunately majority of them suffer from tuberculosis and have no resources to get medication.

“The diagnosis of the disease under the scheme will be based on sputum microscopy instead of chest X-ray,” said Dr Tiwari.

He further added that under the DOT system health workers and NGOs give medicines to patients under supervision. “Though the programme has been started in seven more districts of Punjab, but patients in Ludhiana have benefited the most. Patiala district comes at number two,” claimed Dr Tiwari. The patients can get medicine on every alternate day from the tuberculosis units.

Ludhiana district with a population of 30,30,352 has been divided into seven areas in this regard. Each part has been named as a tuberculosis unit.

SPORTS

DMCH dominate in indoor games meet
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, February 14
Hosts Dayanand Medical College and Hospital won most of the matches in all disciplines on the second day the North Zone Inter-Medical Colleges Indoor Games being held at the Dumra Auditorium of the DMCH here today.

In table tennis, DMCH won two matches each in the men and women section. In the men’s team event (badminton), DMCH ‘A’ and DMCH ‘B’ teams recorded victories to advance into the semifinals. In the first quarter-final, DMCH ‘B’ defeated Government Medical College, Chandigarh, 3-1, while DMCH ‘A’ blanked Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, 3-0.

Results: badminton (men’s team event), quarter-finals — Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, b ASCOM, Jammu, 3-0; Dayanand Medical College and Hospital ‘B’ b Government Medical College, Chandigarh, 3-1; Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College, Ludhiana, b Government Medical College, Faridkot, 3-0; and Dayanand Medical College and Hospital ‘A’ b Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, 3-0.

Women: Government Medical College, Amritsar, b Dayanand Medical College and Hospital ‘B’, 2-1; and Government Medical College, Chandigarh, b Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, 2-1.

Table tennis (boys) — DMCH ‘A’ b Government Medical College, Chandigarh, 3-0; Government Medical College, Patiala, b Dashmesh Institute of Research and Dental Studies, Faridkot, 3-1; Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, b ASCOMs, Jammu, 3-1; Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College, Ludhiana, b Government Medical College, Amritsar, 3-0; Government Medical College, Patiala, b Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, 3-0; DMCH ‘B’ b ASCOMS, Jammu, 3-1; CMCH, Ludhiana, b Government Medical College, Amritsar, 3-0.

Women: DMCH ‘A’, Ludhiana, b Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, 2-0; Government Medical College, Amritsar, b DMCH ‘B’, 2-0; DMCH ‘A’, Ludhiana, b DMCH ‘B’, 2-0; and Government Medical College, Amritsar, b DMCH ‘A’, 2-0.

Carom (girls), first round — Navpreet of DMCH, Ludhiana, b Priya of Government Medical College, Amritsar; Rupinder of Christian Dental College, Ludhiana, b Amanpreet of DMCH, Ludhiana; Shweta of Government Medical College, Chandigarh, b Meenakshi of DMCH; Shiv Naveen of DMCH b Simran of Government Medical College, Chandigarh; Amrinder Kaur of DMCH b Kiran of Government Medical College, Chandigarh; Monica of Government Medical College, Amritsar, b Harneet of DMCH, Ludhiana; and Harpreet of DMCH b Kanu of Christian Dental College, Ludhiana.

Carom (boys) — Hanish Kataria of DMCH b Rajandeep Singh of ASCOMS, Jammu; Neeraj of CMC, Ludhiana, b Deepak Bansal of DMCH, Ludhiana; Simranjeet Singh Doad DMCH, Ludhiana, b Ripul Oberoi of CMC, Ludhiana; Sushil Jindal of Government Medical College, Patiala, b Vikrant of DMCH, Ludhiana; Rajan Gupta of DMCH b Tejinder of Government Medical College, Patiala; Manmeet of CMC, Ludhiana, b Dr Vikas of DMCH; Sandeep Bansal of DMCH b Samir of Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College, Ludhiana; Dr Lalit Kumar of DMCH b Qasid Khan of ASCOMS, Jammu; Dr Vikram of DMCH b Amit Pathak of CMC, Ludhiana.

Chess (boys), first round — Parmbir Dulai of DMCH b Sushant of Christian Dental College; Mansumeet of DMCH b Bhavaman of Faridkot; Sandeep Bansal of DMCH b Amandeep Garg of Government Medical College, Patiala; and Preet Mohinder of DMCH b Munish Kumar of CMC, Ludhiana.

Girls: Monica Kharbanda of DMCH b Kashish of Government Medical College of Chandigarh; Priyanka of DMCH b Sandhya of Christian Dental College, Ludhiana; Harleen of DMCH b Navdeep of Christrian Dental College; and Jigyasa of DMCH b Shilpi of Government Medical College, Chandigarh.

Cricket match

The District Taxation and Bar Association (DTBA) is organising a cricket match between District Taxation and Bar Association (Direct Taxes) XI and Income Tax Department XI at the Punjab Agricultural University ground on February 15. This was stated by Mr Pankaj Bhakoo, joint secretary, DTBA.

Mr M.N.A. Choudhary, Commissioner of Income Tax-II, Ludhiana, will be the chief at the inaugural ceremony, while Ms Sudha Sharma, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, will preside over the prize distribution function.

Sports meet at school
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, February 14
Students of Spring Dale Senior Secondary School, Sherpur, took part in various regular events and fun games during the 23rd annual sports meet of the school yesterday.

Mr Amar Nath Ahluwalia, chief editor, Ahluwalia Gazette, was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony. Ms Avinash Kaur Walia, founder and Director Principal of the school welcomed the chief guest.

Results: boys (secondary): 100 m race — Domar Singh 1, Parminder 2, Karan 3; 200 m race — Atul 1, Prabhjot 2, Sachinder 3; discus throw — Ravinder 1, Pawanjeet 2, Harwinder 3; shot put — Amrinder 1, Harminder 2, Prabhjot 3; 100 m race — Naveen 1, Ashok 2, Gaurav 3; 200 m race — Gagan 1, Ankur 2, Ashish 3; 100 m race — Jasvinder 1, Munish 2, Kunal 3; 200 m race — Surjit 1, Parvinder 2, Mohit 3; shot put — Ajay 1, Anubhav 2, Munish 3; discus throw — Anubhav 1, Ajay 2, Jaskaran 3.

Primary section: flat race — Aditya 1, Anmoldeep 2, Gursagar 3; reverse race — Aditya 1, Karan 2, Anmoldeep 3; flat race — Prabhjot 1, Jasjeet 2, Surpreet 2; reverse race — Dilpal 1, Vishal 2, Salil 3; flat race — Rishav 1, Devinder 2, Harmanjeet 3; reverse race — Gurpreet 1, Mandeep 2, Sharfraz 3; flat race — Deepak 1, Akhil 2, Gagandeep 3; obstacle race — Abhilash 1, Jatin 2, Rahul 3; flat race — Navdeep 1, Ramneet 2, Tamanpreet 3; obstacle race — Rahul 1, Rahneet 2, Varinder 3.

Girls (secondary): shot put — Snehdeep 1, Suman 2, Varinder 3; 200 m race — Sharan 1, Monika 2, Priyanka 3; 100 m race — Nandini 1, Sapna 2, Varinder 3; 100 m race — Kanika 1, Amanpreet 2, Vandna 3; 200 m race — Amanpreet 1, Rajni 2, Ritu 3; 100 m race — Saroj 1, Monika D 2, Monika N 3; 200 m race — Saroj 1, Neha 2, Manpreet 3; shot put — Manpreet 1, Shruti 2, Richa 3.

Primary section: flat race — Shivani 1, Akriti 2, Manpreet 3; reverse race — Heerat 1, Simran 2, Geetika 3; flat race — Amarjot 1, Manisha 2, Shinu 3; reverse race — Aarti 1, Amanjot 2, Tavleen 3; flat race — Balvinder 1, Reeti 2, Amandeep 3; reverse race — Parul 1, Pallavi 2, Sarita 3; flat race — Amanpreet 1, Pooja 2, Sakshi 3; obstacle race — Shveta 1, Rimaljeet 2, Vandeep 3; obstacle race — Maninder 1, Sheeba 2, Parminder 3.

AMLOH

Sports meet

A three-day annual sports-cum-cultural meet organised by Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Saunti village, 2 km from here, concluded on Saturday.

The meet was inaugurated by Mr Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, MLA, Amloh, on Thursday. The following players were awarded the first prizes in various sports events:

Races (boys): 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1,500 m events —Kapil, Nikhil Kumar, Kapil, Paramjit Singh and Satbir Singh, respectively; girls: 100 m, 200 m events — Suneeta got the first position in both; shot put (boys): Ranjeet Singh Takhi; shot put (girls): Ravinder Kaur; discus throw (boys): Ranjeet Singh Takhi; discus throw (girls): Ravinder Kaur; badminton (boys, singles): Amit Marwah; boys, doubles: Amit Thakran; girls, singles and doubles: Gurpreet Kaur; table tennis (boys, singles): Raveesh Chauhan; boys, doubled: Arvind Kanda; girls, singles and doubles: Sonia Sood.

Long jump (boys): Ranjeet Singh Takhi; girls: Rajwinder; high jump (boys): Ranjeet Singh Takhi; girls: Gurinder Jeet Kaur; cricket: the team of Gurnam Saini 1 and the team of Abhishek Viz 2; volleyball: the team of Makhan Singh 1 and team of Gurnam Singh 2.

National players honoured
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, February 14
A district-level function to honour players from different schools of the district, who have won distinctions at the state or national level, was held here. Mr S.K. Ahluwalia, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, was the chief guest at the function.

Council chief Joginder Pal Singla, who is also the president of the school managing committee, welcomed the chief guest and the participants.

Principal V.K. Aggarwal spoke on the achievements of the school. Mr Gulshan Kumar Narang managed the stage.

The following national-level players of different schools were honoured: Manpreet Kaur (shot put), Sanipur; Jaswinder Singh (long jump), Ashoka Sirhind; Maninder Singh (kabaddi), Naraingarh; Vikas Singh, Ramnik Singh and Inderpreet Kaur (fencing); Sandeep Singh (kho-kho), Khamano; Sanjay Singh (table tennis), Arya Gobindgarh; and Kotla Bjawara School in Tug-of-war.

SAMRALA

Sports Festival: A four-day village sports festival is being organised by the Sports Club of Muttan village from March 3, according to Mr Harpreet Singh Happy, Sarpanch. Dog races, bullock-cart race, horse race and kabaddi in 32 kg to 62 kg category (one village, club open) will be the main events.