645 patients examined at Rauni medical camp
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 30
The Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), in association with the Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Rauni, held a one-day medical and dental camp at Rauni village. Consultation, treatment and medicines were provided free of cost to patients at the camp. The committee also arranged a free langar for the patients. A team of 22 doctors from nine specialities and 25 staff members of the CMCH participated in the camp.

As many as 645 patients were given medical advice in various specialities, including dental, paediatrics, gynaecology, surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, ophehalordogy, dermatology and general medicine.

Mr Manohar Singh, president of the committee presented with trophies and saropas to the CMCH team. He said the objective of these camps was to provide treatment to villagers at their doorsetps.

Dr John Abraham, Medical Superintendent, CMCH, said people living in rural India were deprived of appropriate treatment and hygienic living conditions, which made them more susceptible to diseases.

The CMCH, keeping in mind its motto of care and commitment, had worked out many strategies for peripheral areas of the Ludhiana, The implementation of these strategies had already started, he added.

Experts give tips to ophthalmologists
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, March 30
The Ludhiana Ophthalmological Society, in collaboration with Gurdev Hospital, organised a state-level workshop here yesterday. It was attended by around 120 delegates.

Dr J.S. Thind from Jalandhar, Dr Kapil Vohra from Ambala and Dr K.P.S. Milk from New Delhi gave practical tips for the benefit of ophthalmologists.

The scientific session was conducted by Dr Ravijeet Singh form Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital and Prof Dr G.S. Bajwa from New DMC, Ludhiana. Meanwhile, Bausch and Lomb India today launched the India Phaco Experts Club, which comprises a select group of expert cataract surgeons.

GNIMT athletes score a hat trick
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, March 30
The local Guru Nank Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Model Town, secured 69 points to win the overall championship for the third successive year in the 7th annual athletics championship of the Punjab Technical University held on March 26 and 27 at the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib.

GNIMT athletes reaped a haul of 22 medals, including 12 gold, besides overall athletics trophy. Navneet bagged 5 gold medals (200 m, 800 m, 100 m hurdles, high jump and relay race) while Simrat won three gold (long jump, triple jump and relay race) and as many silver (100 m, 200 m and javelin throw).

Another student of the institute, Harpreet Kaur won one gold (relay) and two silver medals (400 m and 1500 m ) and two bronze medals (100 m hurdles and 800 m). Baldeep Kaur finished runner up in two events and had to content with silver medals in shot put and discus throw.

For their outstanding performance, Navneet (20 points) and Simrat (19 points) were declared best and second best athletes of the meet in which more than 1,000 students of over 50 affiliated colleges of the Punjab Technical University took part.

The president and general secretary of the GNIMT have joined Director, Dr A.S. Bansal in congratulating the athletes for creating history by winning the championship for the third consecutive year. They appreciated the teachers and coaches for the hard work put in by them in preparing the students to win laurels to the institute and the city as well.

Shivani, Manuj adjudged best athletes
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, March 30
Shivani Sharma and Manuj Uppal of the BAMC, Daudhar, secured 56 and 30 points, respectively, and were declared best athletes among girls and boys in the second annual sports meet of the Shaheed Kartar Singh Ayurvedic Medical Colleges and Hospitals held from March 24 to 28 at Sarabha, about 20 km from here. The BAMC, Daudhar, also annexed the overall trophy in this five-day meet in which colleges from Punjab and Haryana took part.

Results: (Boys) high jump-Sanjay Yadav of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Rahul Jain of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Vikas Dev of DAC, Jalandhar-3; shot put- Mandeep Singh of DBCA, Gobindgarh-1, Sanjeev of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Ravish of Gobindgarh-3; table tennis- SSMD, Moga-1, DBCA, Gobindgarh-2 DAC, Jalandhar-3; badminton- SSMD, Moga-1, BAMC, Daudhar-2, DAC, Jalandhar-3;cricket- SSMD, Moga-1, GAC, Kurukshetra-2, BAMC, Daudhar-3; volleyball- DAC, Jalandhar-1, SKSS, Sarabha-2, SSMD, Moga-3; (Races)100 m- Manuj Uppal of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Ranjan of DAC, Jalandhar -2, Amandeep Singh of SKSS, Sarabha 3; 200 m- Manuj Uppal of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Ranjan of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Sanjay Yadav of BAMC, Daudhar-3; 400 m- Manuj Uppal-1, Amandeep Singh of SKSS, Sarabha-2, Ranjan of DAC, Jalandhar-3; 800 m- Kamal Kumar of DAC, Jalandhar-1, Amandeep Singh of SKSS, Sarabha-2, Gurpreet Singh of DAC, Jalandhar-3; 1500 m- Amandeep Singh of SKSS, Sarabha-1, Vikramjeet Singh of SSMD, Moga-2, Kamal of DAC, Jalandhar-3; 4x100 m relay- DAC, Jalandhar-1, LNAC, Amritsar-2, BAMC, Daudhar-3; javelin throw- Gagandeep Tiwari-1, Puneet of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Iqbal Singh of BAMC, Daudhar-3; discus throw- Navjot of DAC, Jalandhar-1, Himanshu of DBAC, Gobindgarh-2, Gurjeet of SSMD, Moga; long jump- Vishav Sharma of DBCA, Gobindgarh-1, Ashish of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Amandeep Singh of SKSS, Sarabha-3.

Girls- 100 m- Shivani of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Sunita of Mandi Gobindgarh-2, Sanam Gupta of Jalandhar-3; 200 m- Shivani of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Shikha of DAC, Jalandhar-2, Aditi Jindal of MBCA, Muktsar-3; 400 m- Shivani of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Sanam Gupta of DBCA, Mandi Gobingarh-3; 800- m Shivani Sharma of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Kulwinder Kaur of MBCA, Muktsar-2, Shikha of DAC, Jalandhar-3; 4x100 m relay- DAC, Jalandhar-1, BAMC, Daudhar-2, MBAC, Muktsar-3; javelin throw- Monika of Maibhago, Muktsar-1, Deep Shikha of BAMC, Daudhar-2, Kiran of DAC, Jalandhar-3; discus throw- Ravinder Kaur of DBAC, Mandi Gobindgarh-1, Manjinder Kaur of GNAMC, Gopalpur-2, Deep Shikha of BAMC, Daudhar-3; long jump- Shivani Sharma of BAMC, Daudhar-1, Ashima of BAMC, Daudhar-2, Sunita of DBAMC, Mandi Gobindgarh; High jump- Amandeep of Maibhago, Muktsar-1, Shivani Sharma of BAMC, Daudhar-2, Nisha of DAC, Jalandhar-3; shot put- Ravinder Kaur of DBAC, Mandi Gobindgarh-1, Monika of Maibhago, Muktsar-2, Deep Shikha of BAMC, Daudhar-3; table tennis- DAC, Jalandhar-1, BAMC, Daudhar-2, LNAC, Amritsar-3; badminton- SKSS, Sarabha-1, SSMD, Moga-2, Maibhago, Muktsar-3.

29 selected for cricket coaching
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, March 30
Forty players (u-15 years) turned up for the trials conducted here today at the Arya College for Boys ground by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA). Of these, 29 were selected for the regional coaching centre being run by the association.

According to Mr Vinod Chitkara, general secretary, LDCA, a panel of four selectors — Mr Chaman Lal Malhotra, Mr Lokesh Khanna, Mr Pawan Pandey and Mr Naresh Marwaha — shortlisted the young players. They will to undergo coaching before they participate in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Championship for the Sushil Bali Trophy scheduled to begin from April 13.

The names of the probables are: Sushyant Kohli of Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Gagandip Dhand of GRD Academy, Lalit Malhotra of Sacred Heart School, BRS Nagar, Geetansh Khera of Kundan Vidya Mandir School, Vishwajit Singh of DAV Public School, Arjun Puri of Kundan Vidya Mandir School, Atul Kohli of Sanatan Vidya Mandir School, Amrinder Brar of BCM School, Shastri Nagar, Varun of Sacred Heart School, BRS Nagar, Deepak Bansal of RBVM School, Vineet Sehgal of SAN Jain School, Jashan Sidhu of Sacred Heart School, BRS Nagar, Sakun Jindal of BCM School, Salil Verma of Kundan Vidya Mandir School, Akhit Goel of Sacred Heart School, BRS Nagar, Tarsem Singh of Hellyantus School, Sumit Bhalla of CFC School, Hippan Arora of Spring Dale public School, Dilpreet Grewal, Vinay Garg of Tagore Public School, Kumar Joshi of Nauhria Mal Jain School, Akash Juneja of Kundan Vidya Mandir, Shivam Passi of St R.K. Anand School, Sahil Arora of SAN Jain School, Ravi Muchhal of Jeevan Model School, Harjot Singh of GNP School, Srijan Trikha of DAV Public School, Prince of Baba Ishar Singh Public School and Sanchit Gosain of Kundan Vidya Mandir School.