A life-saving surgery for morbidly obese people 
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 25
Endoscopic surgeons at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) have for the first time successfully performed keyhole surgery to remove extra flab in three patients. Kapil was one of the three patients of morbid obesity, who were operated upon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) recently. Morbid obesity is clinically defined as a condition in which a person’s body mass index (BMI) is more than 40. The BMI of a normal person ranges between 20 to 25.

According to Dr Pradeep Chowbey, Chairman, Department Of Minimal Access Surgery, SGRH: “About 2 per cent of the population in all Indian metropolises suffer from morbid obesity. This is the first time endoscopic surgery for morbid obesity is being conducted in north India.”

Delhi alone has approximately 2 lakh morbidly obese people and the numbers, said Dr Chowbey, “are rising because of lifestyle factors like junk foods, drinking and a sedentary existence.”

The surgery reduces the capacity of the patient’s stomach by inserting a silicon band. Post-surgery, the patient is put on exercises and other nutritional or hormonal supplements as per his requirement, the target being that the person should lose about 50 per cent of his current weight in the next one year.

The surgery, which costs about Rs 1.4 lakh, is followed by extensive sessions with a physiotherapist, a nutritionist, a psychoanalyst and an endorcrinologist before the condition can be effectively taken care of.

Dr Chowbey clarified: “This is not a cosmetic surgery. It is done only on morbidly obese people as a life-saving surgery. Most of these people die young and suffer from problems like heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis and even certain kinds of malignancies.”

SPORTS

Malhotra hails Indian victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
President of the All-India Council of Sports (AICS) Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra congratulated the Indian cricket team for clinching the five-match One-Day International series against Pakistan at Lahore on Wednesday.

Prof Malhotra praised youngsters Irfan Pathan and Laximapathi Balaji for their superb bowling and V.V.S. Laxman for his brilliant century in the final match. He added that the excellent performance of Mohd Kaif, Ashish Nehra and Rahul Dravid during the entire series, supported by the clever captaincy of Saurav Ganguly, enabled the Indian team record an historic victory.

Prof Malhotra expressed his thanks to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for making the cricket team’s tour of Pakistan a reality as the cricket series has proved to be a soothing balm in the relation between the two neighbouring countries.

Prof Malhotra said Indian sports was poised for a quantum jump with the Prime Minister taking an active interest in fostering of sports in the country.

Rajat Gupta’s century goes in vain
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
A brilliant century by Rajat Gupta went in vain as Collage Group defeated Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) by seven wickets in the SAIL Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground. The tournament was inaugurated by SAIL’s chief of corporate affairs Debjit Rath.

Scores: DDCA President’s XI: 219 for 7 in 40 overs (Rajat Gupta 129, 13x4, 1x6; Dilip T T 48, 3x4; Abhinav Bali 17, Adil Ahmed 4 for 37, Sanjay Gill 1 for 28).

Collage Group: 221 for 3 in 33 overs (Rakes Singh 42, Farman Ahmed 40, Sohail Rauf 68 n o, Vivek Khurana 2 for 38).

Rajat Gupta was named the man of the match. Friday’s fixture: Sahara Airlines vs Sonnet Club—Mohan Meakins ground.

ONGC trounced CWC in DDCA League
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
A fine knock of 57 n o by Radhey Shyam Gupta and deadly bowling by Nitish Malik (4 for 8) helped Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) defeat Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) by eight wickets in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League at the Mohan Meakins ground.

Scores: CWC: 75 all out in 25.3 overs (Rajeev Vinayak 26, Nitish Malik 4 for 8, Rizwan Shamshad 2 for 14). ONGC: 77 for 2 in 6.4 overs (Radhey Shyam Gupta 57 n o).

Food Corporation of India (FCI) defeated Dena Bank by six wickets in a Super A Division match at the Ramjas college ground.

Scores: Dena Bank: 187 for 7 in 40 overs (Sanjay Sharma 41, Manu Nayyar 27, Akash Malhotra 2 for 36, Pankaj Thakur 2 for 22). FCI: 190 for 4 in 35.4 overs (Pankaj Thakur 65 n o, Akash Malhotra 41, Dharmender Phagna 41 n o, Suresh Batra 2 for 32).

Tilak Nagar Colts defeated Pahari Dhiraj by four wickets in an A-I Division match at the Yamuna complex ground. Scores: Pahari Dhiraj: 147 for 9 in 40 overs (Bhupender Lingwal 42, Som Nath 5 for 35, Surender Sharma 2 for 18). T N Colts: 150 for 6 in 33.1 overs (Som Nath 55 n o, Mahesh Kumar 44, Sanjay Kumar 3 for 35).

Shadra Sports defeated Malik Sports by 179 runs in a A-II Division match. Scores: Shahdara Sports: 286 for 8 in 40 overs (Puneet Walia 62, Jaideep 41, Ravi Kumar 39, Muraslin 2 for 35). Malik Sports: 107 all out in 28.2 overs (Muraslin 28, Ravi Kumar 7 for 29).

Teri beat NDTV

Teri defeated NDTV by four wickets in the 11th Teri Cup Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval.

Scores: NDTV: 67 all out in 21 overs (Amitabh 13, K P Eashwar 3 for 5, P Ramakrishna Raju 3 for 4). Teri: 71 for 6 in 12.1 overs (P V Jayaprasad 16, Jiten Bhutani 3 for 19, Rohit Lamba 2 for 23).

Gaurav Gupta hits ton

A brilliant century by Gaurav Gupta enabled Harry Cricket Academy defeat R P Academy by two wickets in a league match of the Mahender Kaushik Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Gaurav was declared the man of the match.

Scores: R P Academy: 218 for 6 in 40 overs. Harry Academy: 220 for 8 in 34 overs.

Prachar Academy in semis

New Delhi, March 25
An all-round performance by Sachin Saraswat (38 and 6 for 9) and dashing knock of 58 by Udit Gupta helped Prachar Cricket Academy defeat Indian Public School by 118 runs and entered the semi-final of the first Mahender Kaushik Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Sachin Sarashwat was declared the man of the match.

Armed Forces Headquarters win
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
Half centuries by Parveen Kapoor (71 n o, 10x4) and Daya Pal (50, 8x4) and deadly bowling by Mohinder Singh (3 for 18) and S K Gotam (3 for 19) helped Armed Forces Headquarters defeat Railway Board by 13 runs and entered the final of the Inter-Ministry Veteran Cricket Tournament at the Vinay Marg ground.

Scores: Air Force Headquarters: 165 for 5 in 25 overs (Parveen Kapoor 71, Dayal Pal 50, C K Suresh 3 for 21).

Railway Board: 153 for 7 in 25 overs (Manoj Kumar 34, Ravinder Mann 58, Mohinder Singh 3 for 18, S K Gotam 3 for for 19).

Bal Bharati School advance

An all-round performance by Chaitnaya Sahwaney (100, 15x4 and 2 for 13) helped Bal Bharati School, Pusa Road defeat Frank Anthony School by 31 runs in the second Pankaj Jain Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Bal Bharati School ground at Pitampura.

Scores: Bal Bharati School: 182 for 7 in 30 overs (Chaitanya Sawhney 100, Rachit Sachdev 29 n o, Nitesh 2 for 18). Frank Anthony School: 152 for 8 in 30 overs (Nitish Verma 30 n o, Ankit 23, Chaitanya Sahwaney 2 for 13).

Global Vantedge beat Xansa

Global Vantedge defeated Xansa by three wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground. Scores: Xansa: 155 all out in 24.2 overs (Rajeev Khanna 32, P C Pandey 20, Prakash Toppo 3 for 22, Girish Chugh 3 for 13).

Global Vantedge: 157 for 7 in 20 overs (Amit Verma 44 n o, Ankit Bhatia 27, Prakash Toppo 25, P K Roy 3 for 24, P C Pandey 2 for 35).

Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust beat New Zealand
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 25
An all-round display by Dhan Raj Singh (4 for 8, 46 n o, 7x4, 37b) and an unbeaten 71, studded with three sixes and six fours off 55 balls by M P Singh, enabled Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust defeat New Zealand High Commission Cricket Club by eight wickets in the third Commonwealth Cricket Tournament for the Raymond Trophy.

Scores: New Zealand High Commission: 212 in 28.2 overs (Rinku 52, 10x4, 45b; Nikko 31, Deepak 30, Kunal 30, Dhanraj Singh 4 for 8, Gurcharan Singh 2 for 38).

Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust: 213 for 2 in 20 overs (M P Singh 71 n o, Ramesh Chopra 49, 5x4, 44b; Dhanraj Singh 46 n o, 7x4, 37b).

Cricket coaching camp

West Delhi Cricket Academy will organise an under-12 and under-16 coaching camp at the Saviour Convent School, Paschim Vihar from April 1. Entries close with Raj Kumar Sharma at 9810030964.