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HEALTH

Cell separator machine inauguration on April 30
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, April 26
A cell separator machine — recently installed in the Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion in Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital — will be inaugurated on April 30. A seminar in this regard is also being organised by the department on the same day.

The machine would enable the removal of only the desired blood components like platelets, red cells or plasma from the donor, unlike the usual procedure where whole blood was removed from the donor.

This, would improve the safety and efficacy of blood transfusion. At the same time, it would minimise the unwanted effects seen with blood transfusion. The state-of-the-art equipment, based on modern technology and presently available at very few transfusion centres in the country, would be inaugurated by the Director-Principal of the college, Professor H.M. Swami.

For updating the technology of blood components, a seminar was being organised with the objective of highlighting the significance of using a single donor’s blood for a number of patients requiring specific components according to their individual requirements.

About a 100 delegates from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh would be participating in the seminar. Transfusion experts from Delhi, Mumbai and the region would also deliberate on aspects of the technology and its potential benefits for patients.

Health camp by VLCC centres
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 26
In another attempt to make people health-conscious and shape their confidence, VLCC centres in Chandigarh and Panchkula organised a health camp here yesterday.

Consultants on orthopaedics, gynaecology and skin problems — Dr Paramjeet Singh Kapoor, Dr R.K. Garg, Dr Anjali Aggarwal, Dr Abha Gupta, and Dr Rohit Bansal — were available for patients. Offers on various slimming packages for inch loss programme and figure correction programme were made.

Many facilities, consultations and tests were offered under one roof. Bone density was checked to detect osteoporosis (calcium deficiency). Detailed skin analysis was done through video dermascopic technique to find out the cause of skin disorders. Pathological tests, including serum calcium test, serum phosphorus test, serum alkaline phosphate test, thyroid stimulating hormone test, random blood sugar test, serum cholesterol test, uric acid test, serum creatinine test and electrocardiography, were conducted. Free diet and nutritional consultation was provided to create awareness. A free session on fat mobilisation and low-calorie snacks were other attractions.

SPORTS

Coaching camp for junior golfers begins
Tribune Reporters

Chandigarh, April 26
The IGU north zone junior golf coaching camp began at the CGA Golf Range today. The camp is being conducted by golf professional Jesse Grewal who is the coach of most of India’s top junior golfers. Twenty juniors from Chandigarh, Chandi Mandir, Jalandhar and Kapurthala who had been ranked in the IGU merit list are attending the camp. Prominent among them are Ajitesh Sandhu, Fatehbir Dhaliwal and Rahul Bakshi. They are the leaders in their respective categories in the IGU merit list and have been coached by Jesse Grewal.

The Junior team is leaving for the Jakarta on May 2 to take part in the Asia-Pacific Golf Championship. Three of the four members of the team are local golfers. Ajitesh Sandhu, Ganganjit Bhullar and Fatehbir Dhaliwal.

The camp will be held for three hours daily and will cover all aspect of the game. Video analysis will be extensively used to make the players understand and correct their mistakes.

Dr Ravinder Chadha, former physio of the Indian cricket team, will guide the juniors in fitness.

Mr P.S. Pruthi, president, CGA, and Mr J.S. Cheema, senior vice-president CGA, welcomed all juniors and said the CGA was committed to the improvement and development of junior golf.

The players attending the camp are Ajitesh Sandhu, Fatehbir Dhaliwal, Navjosh Singh, Bhawani Parmar, Arsh Tiwana, Rahul Bakshi, Rohan Bakshi, Abhijit Chanda, Dhruv Ghai, Aman Guron, Raghev Bhandari, Shabaz Gupta, Dilsher Sukhija, Tarundeep Chadha, Sahil Saluja, Dhruv Bannerji, Karan Singh and Shrey Chopra.

Netball tourney

The first UT Sub-Junior Netball Championship will be held on May 3 and 4 at Mount Carmel School in Sector 47. The players should not be more than 16 years of age as on May 20.

The UT netball teams in boys and girls sections will also be selected during this championship. They will take part in the 10th Sub-junior National Netball Championship in Bangalore from May 16 to 20.

Cricket trials

Trials to select the Panchkula district under-19 cricket team will be held tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. at Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula. Players born on or after September 1, 1985, are eligible.

Mountain biking

Rohan Kakar and Ashi emerged winners in the below 16 age group in the boys and girls section, respectively, in the Open Mountain Biking at Forest Hill Resort, near Karoran village, last evening. The route was 2.5 km long and had 300 metres of rough mountainous terrain.

Paulose for Athens

Paulose P.T. of India has qualified in the single scull event of the Athens Olympics on the basis of the Olympics qualification championship held at Shanghai, China, from April 21 to 24. More than 17 countries participated in the championship.

Tennis prodigy going places
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, April 26
Tennis prodigy Vijayant Malik, a Class X student of DAV Public School, Sector 8, has won laurals in tennis at the national level. He is only 14 years old and is India’s number two player in the below 14 age group, In the last DSCL Nationals held in Delhi, he was runners-up.

Vijayant said the recent AITA super series tennis title was the most memorable and was able to play to his full potential in the presence of many big names. He said when he upset top seed Yuki Bhambri and later second seed Sri Ram Balaji, it give him more confidence.

Vijayant said in the near future, he might go to Australia to play another international meet if selected by the AITA. He said he was happy getting guidance at the CLTA Stadium, Sector 10. He said now he was happy to be under the CHART scheme.

Vijayant was all praise for school Principal Sarita Manuja. He said three years back, when he came to the city, somebody had advised him to join DAV Public School.

Vijayant said his target was to make a name for himself in this sport in times to come and he was trying to gradually go up the ladder. His father had been a volleyballl player and mother a kabaddi player.

He said he did not have much interest in cricket.