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Health watch Experts led by Dr S. K. S. Marya and Mr Derek McMinn, inventor of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Surgery, demonstrated how hip surfaces can be safely transplanted using bone preserving techniques and wear-resistant bearings. The early failure rate of hip surface transplant was strikingly high due to the enormous volume of polyethylene debris produced. This had earned the hip-resurfacing concept a bad reputation. The modern or the newer generation hip resurfacing devices, which employ a ‘Metal on Metal’ bearing, have a dramatic success rate of over 98 per cent. Currently with more than 100 surgeons taking it up actively in Europe, most major orthopedic implant manufacturers are developing their own version of ‘Metal on Metal’ hip resurfacing systems. The resurfacing procedure is by far most relevant in the Indian sub continent and the rest of Asia where primary hip osteoarthritis of the elderly is extremely rare and most individuals who require arthroplasty of the hip are young. Further, certain social demands like sitting or praying on the floor that are integral to many Asian cultures, is made feasible only after the hip resurfacing option. Max Healthcare is the country’s first comprehensive provider of standardized, seamless, integrated and world-class healthcare services. Focused on the National Capital Region for the first phase, Max Healthcare has two primary care clinics, (Dr Max™ Clinics), ten Dr. Max™ Implants and three Secondary Care Hospitals at NOIDA, Panchsheel and Pitampura. The tertiary care hospital at Saket is in advanced stages of construction and is scheduled to be opened in phases. A 100-bed hospital at Gurgaon is also under construction. Max Healthcare is also seeking to establish its presence in East Delhi. As part of its vision of achieving medical excellence, Max Healthcare Institute Limited has been organizing series of ‘Continuing Medical Education’ programmes from time to time. |
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BODY&MIND The main purpose of holding the session was to discuss various clinical situations that could help general physicians, surgeons and gynaecologists in their day to day practice. Three surgical oncologists, Dr Arun Goel, Dr M. J. Ganesh and Dr Pawan Gupta, the Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr Dinesh Singh, and his colleague, Dr Sandeep Agrawal and Medical Oncologist, Dr Malaya Nandy, addressed the participants on various aspects of breast cancer including surgical options in early breast cancer, treatment options after surgery, line of treatment in locally advanced breast cancer, advanced breast cancer, breast cancer, which has spread to the lungs and hormonal management. Dr Dinesh Singh, who has been associated with DCHRC even before its inception ten years ago, says that there is a discernible rise in the number of breast cancer cases. “Most women who are referred to my department for treatment are suffering from breast cancer. Unmarried women, married women who have no children, women who have family history of breast cancer in first degree relatives or women who are obese are in the high-risk group of breast cancer. Monthly self-examination of breasts is necessary for timely diagnosis. This has brought down mortality due to breast cancer in the West. If a woman feels a lump in the breast, she should consult the doctor immediately. In the early stage of breast cancer, removal of the entire breast is not required. The treatment involves removal of tumour with two centimetre margin followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy,” said Dr Singh.
HFI submits MoU to Kalam Mr Anil Lalwani, President of Hemophilia Federation (India) (HFI), a self-help non-government organisation run by Persons With Hemophilia (PWHs), led a ten-member delegation to Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday, to submit a memorandum of appeals to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. In their appeal on the eve of the World Hemophila Day (April 17), the delegation sought Dr Kalam’s intervention to ensure provision of free Anti-Hemophilic Factor (AHF) to all Persons with Hemophila and inclusion of Hemophila in various categories of disability in The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. Hemophilia is a lifelong genetic bleeding disorder. AHF is needed for management of hemophilia. Due to high cost of AHF, most PWH in India have to depend on infusion of unsafe, wet blood products as Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) or lyophilised cryoprecipitate. This exposes them to blood-borne infections as HIV/AIDS and other Hepatitis infections. The HFI feels that declaration of Hemophilia as a disability would entitle the PWHs to special considerations promised in the Act. According to Mr Lalwani, there are as many as 70,000 Persons with Hemophilia (PWHs) in India. The delegation also appealed for grant-in-aid to HFI, which has vast network of 63 chapters across the country. The Pune-based President of HFI, who is suffering from severe hemophila, said that Dr Kalam gave them a patient hearing and promised to forward their memorandum to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He offered to explore the possibility of indigenous manufacture of AHF by speaking to biotechnologists. For the first time in December, the Ministry of Health imported 12.5 lakh units of AHF. The Ministry has promised to get another 12.5 lakh units. Mr Lawani said that distribution of the first consignment of AHF would begin this week through the HFI chapters.
Recognising good work Kolkata-based Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped and Delhi-based Action for Autism (AFA) have been selected for the Rotary India Award 2003 ‘Caring for the Mentally Challenged’ and Special Commendation respectively. The awards will be presented by the Vice-President, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, at a function at Chinmaya Mission here on Monday. While the Rotary India Award carries Rs 2 lakh in cash and a citation, the special com mendation carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a citation. Dr Sharada Fatehpuria, Founder Director-Secretary of Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute and Merry Barua, Founder of AFA, will receive the award on behalf of their organisations. While Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute has been selected for the Rotary India award for its outstanding contribution to the care and rehabilitation of mentally challenged citizens, AFA has earned a special commendation for spreading awareness about autism. Dr Fatehpuria is credited with the growth of the Kendra and her exemplary work for the rehabilitation of differently abled persons. A training and advocacy organisation, AFA supports the rights of children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and multiple mental disability. AFA was founded by Merry Barua in 1991, after her son was diagnosed as being autistic and she could not find any organisation working in this area. AFA is now recognised as the national body of autism in India and fosters the growth of parents’ organisations. Rotary Awards for Service to Humanity (India) Trust was set up in 1991 by prominent Rotarians to identify individuals, corporate or institutional initiative and contribution in different areas of community service and to recognise and reward excellence in service to humankind. A jury presided over by the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission,
Justice A.S. Anand selected the awardees for the 12th Rotary India Award after scrutinising 98 nominations sent to the Trust. Other members of the jury were Dr Aloka Guha, Chairperson, National Trust for Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, Dr Abid Hussain, former Ambassador to the USA, and Mr H. K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune. The Rotary Awards for Service to Humanity (India) Trust has so far given awards in various areas of humanitarian service as literacy, family
planning, environment, child welfare and development, education of the girl child, public health and sanitation, elimination of child labour, population stabilisation and development, empowerment of women and water management. |
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Digvijay, Jumman to meet in title clash New Delhi, April 17 In the second semi-final, Jumman beat Rafiq Ali 3 and 1 to enter the 36-hole final. Vijay Kumar opened the day’s round with a birdie. A one-iron and two putts on the green saw Vijay go one up early on. On the very next hole, Digvijay dropped a shot from the centre of the fairway to hand his opponent a two-hole lead. On the seventh, Vijay Kumar found the rough with this five-iron to drop his first shot of the day, thereby reducing his margin of lead by one hole. Two halved holes later, the duo headed to the tenth tee box with the scoreline reading one-up in Vijay’s favour. On the 10th, Vijay hit his second shot past and to the left of the green to lose the hole to Digvijay. The score at this stage was even. Then, Digvijay went on to script a memorable victory. He won the 13th with a par and the 15th and 16th with birdies. The Jumman-Rafiq tussle was like a see-saw battle, but Jumman went one-up with a par on the ninth. The duo birdied to win two each of the first four holes. With the tenth and 11th holes tied, Jumman managed to win the 12th with a par, thanks primarily to Rafiq’s journey into the rough. Roles were reversed on the following hole with Jumman’s driver finding the left jungle and Rafiq playing it safe for par. On the 14th, Rafiq overshot the green to drop a shot and hand Jumman back a two-hole lead. The 15th and 16th were halved with birdies and pars, and Rafiq faced the daunting prospect of winning two straight holes to stay in the game. But he bogied on the 17th to give Jumman victory on a platter. |
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Kartik, Kunal move up in Hans Raj School TT New
Delhi, April 17 In the
kid boys second round, Himanshu Kumar beat Shubham Bhambri 11-7, 11-5,
11-9 while Kanishik Nanda defeated Sahil Bansal 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11,
11-5. Around 425 players are competing in the tournament. Results:
Kid boys second round: Utkash Gupta beat Dev Khan Dalwas 11-8, 11-3,
11-5; Sahil Sachdeva b Karti Key Aggrawal 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4;
Nikhil Jain b Shubham Matta 11-1, 11-4, 11-6; Aayush Singh b Anmol Kumar
11-4, 11-9, 11-13, 11-6; Raghav Jain b Pranav Aggarwal 11-1, 11-6, 11-7;
Karan Wadhwa b Rohan Pratajethi 2-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-2; Sushanshu Grover
b Abhishek Jaggi 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Kanishk Nandh b Tushar Jain 11-13,
11-6, 11-7, 11-3; Abhishek Madan b Kanwar Nanda 11-3, 11-8, 11-4. Sub-Junior
boys second round: Kartik Kukreja b Chirag Sachdeva 11-6, 11-4,
11-7; Kunal Kathuria b Ankit Kausil 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Arnav Kalia b
Himanshu Taneja 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, 6-11; Sahil Guleria b Nakul Gupta
8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5; Aman Ahuja b Sarpreet Bhatia 11-8, 11-4, 11-9;
Gaurav Khurana b Surya Bhasin 14-12, 12-14, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8; Siddharth
Negi b Rahul Nanwani 11-4, 11-9, 12-10; Dipesh Tekchandani b Sahil Verma
4-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5; Rahul Arora b Sarabjeet Singh 11-8, 11-9,
11-9; Sajal Khandalwal b Luv Gupta 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Nikhil Gupta b
Akshit Dhall 4-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8; Shashwat Roy b Siddharth Chhabra
5-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-8; Sarthak Gandhi b Sagar 11-4, 11-3, 11-6. |
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Youngsters trounce Kishanganj New
Delhi, April 17 Scores:
Youngsters: 182 all out in 34.5 overs (Jitender Gulia 42, Amit
Chaudhary 34, Dinesh Yadav 4 for 21, Ajeet Chandela 3 for 21). Kishanganj:
148 all out in 30.2 overs (Suresh Tanwar 42, Gaurav Sharma 31,
Jitender Solanki 4 for 20, Mohit Saini 4 for 24). S B Youth defeated
Delhi Administration by 96 runs in a Super A Division match at the
Yamuna complex ground. Scores: S B Youth: 186 all out in 35
overs (Sangram Singh 78, Kapil Kumar 3 for 35, Subhash Chand 2 for 28). Delhi
Admn: 90 all out in 18 overs (Mohan Singh 26, Rajneesh Gautam 4 for
26, Rohit Roy 4 for 27, Ravi Uniyal 2 for 23). GG Dutt defeated
Telefunken by seven runs in an A-I Division match at the University
ground. Scores: GG Dutt: 206 for 6 in 35 overs (A Sharma 60,
Rakshit Tokas 2 for 38). Telefunken: 199 all out in 34.5 overs
(Neeraj Sharma 41, Lalit Chaudhary 39, Vishal Rajput 63 n o, Brijesh Roy
2 for 27, Ankit Bhargava 2 for 48). Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) beat Golden Hawks by seven wickets in a Super A Division match at
the Mohan Meakins ground. Scores: Golden Hawks: 157 all out in
in 29.5 overs (Vivek Srivastava 33, Kuldeep Rawat 28, Nitish Malik 2 for
32, Mohd Saif 2 for 42). ONGC: 158 for 3 in 27.1 overs (Amit
Sharma 43, Gagan Khoda 41, Rizwan Shamshad 40 n o, Vishal Tyagi 2 for
30).
Harry Academy win Deadly bowling by Gagandeep (4 for 35) and
Pankaj Arora (3 for 19) and half centuries by Dhruv Kumar and Arvind
Rana helped Harry Coaching Centre defeat Ramakant Achrekar Cricket
Foundation by two wickets in the Achrekar Under-15 Cricket Tournament at
the Paschim Vihar ground. Scores: Achrekar Foundation: 257 all
out in 47 overs (Maninder Singh 55, Adis Jain 40, Rahul Sonkar 48, Akhil
Goyal 45, Pankaj Arora 3 for 19, Gagandeep 3 for 31). Harry
Coaching: 258 for 8 in 48 overs (Dhurv 69, Arvind Rana 50, Sunil
Pankaj 3 for 27, Karan Bhola 2 for 18, Akhil Goyal 3 for 19).
Rajdhani
lift title Searing bowling displays by Sonu Vaid (3 for 10) and Kapil
Mehta (3 for 10) helped Rajdhani Sports, Rajouri Garden defeat Interface
by 63 runs in the third Najafgarh Cup Cricket Tournament at the
Najafgarh cricket ground. Scores: Rajdhani: 154 all out in 34
overs (Agnesh Surya 59, Parmod Bhatti 50, Mohd Atiq 4 for 24, Dinesh
Yadav 2 or 24). Interface: 91 all out in 27 overs (Deepak
Bhatnagar 43, Ashwani Kapoor 30, Sonu Vaid 3 for 10, Kapil Mehta 3 for
10). |
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Joginder,
Ashish star for Rajdhani Sports New
Delhi, April 17 Joginder Singh, who bailed out
Rajdhani Sports when they were struggling at 165 for 7 in 32.4 overs,
was named the Pepsi man of the match. National umpire Devender Sharma
presented the award. Scores: Rajdhani Sports: 239 in 40 overs
(Joginder Singh 62, Abhishek Sharma 63, Aditya Jain 39, Ravi Yadav 30,
Pankaj Gupta 4 for 33, Anshu Jain 2 for 36, Shalender Gehlot 2 for 44,
Ranjeet Singh 2 for 60). Rajasthan Colts: 216 in 39.1 overs (Anshu
Jain 43, Vinod Chawria 35, Rohit Jhalani 32, Rajesh Vishnoyi 27,
Abhijeet Sharma 20, Sunil Rawat 3 for 23, Joginder Singh 3 for 43,
Jitender Solanki 2 for 48). Sunday’s fixture: VDC Academy vs MUS XI,
Jodhpur.
Rahul Ahuja hits ton A fine century by Rahul Ahuja (123,
15x4, 2x6) and deadly bowling by Deepak (3 for 33) helped Inborn Club
beat Champion Chemical by 77 runs in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji
Cricket Tournament at the Vinay Marg ground. Rahul was named the man of
the match. Scores: Inborn: 231 for 4 in 30 overs (Rahul Ahuja
123, Rohit Sharma 35, Vipin 2 for 31). Champion Chemical: 154
all out in 24.4 overs (Vipin 31, Deepak 3 for 33, Manu Kapoor 2 for 32). |
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Collage Group to meet Shastri Club in final New
Delhi, April 17 Scores:
Collage Group: 228 for 9 in 40 overs (Rajender Bisht 83, Adil Ahmed
45, Rakesh Singh 40, Ashwani Parashar 3 for 42, Sandeep Rana 3 for 32,
Tony Singh 2 for 40). I G Stadium: 199 all out in 39.4 overs
(Pankaj Joshi 45, Vijay Bhardwaj 39, Suhail Rauf 30, Anuj Sharma 3 for
25, Sanjay Gill 3 for 29).
Soumik slams century An unbeaten century by
Soumik Chatterjee and deadly bowling by Abhishek Sakuja (4 for 41)
helped VSPK School, Rohini beat U K World by six wickets in a league
match of the VSPK Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara Club
ground. Scores: U K World: 210 for 6 in 40 overs (Anshul Gupta
101 n o, Sunny Sohal 30, Abhishek Sakuja 4 for 41). VSPK: 214 for 4 in
36.4 overs (Soumik Chatterjee 110 n o, Saleem Ansari 37, Yogesh Kumar 3
for 28). |
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