Mismatched blood groups, matched kidneys
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, April 27
They had never seen each other, had never heard of each other. But they both had one thing in common — their husbands were suffering from kidney failure. There was another thing common. The two wives were helpless because of a “mismatch”. Today they donated kidneys to each other’s husbands. The transplants were out carried successfully by the doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here.

The condition of both was reported to be stable.  “If all goes well, they would be discharged after about a week,” said a doctor attending the couples.  The two couples would not have met each other had they not arrived at the PGI in search of hope about four months back.

“They talked and realised that the problems faced by them were identical. Wasting little time, they went in for the necessary tests,” he added. “The results filled their bleak lives with hope as the blood groups matched”. Giving details, the doctor asserted that one operation was carried out on Monday, the other was performed today. He added that Mritunjaya Singh of Bihar got kidney from Suman Devi of Shimla, while her husband Kishori Lal got kidney from Meera. 

SPORTS

Dr Chadha’s fitness tips to golfers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 27
Dr Ravinder Chadha, former doctor/ physio of the Indian cricket team gave important tips to golfers attending the IGU North Zone camp at CGA Range for maintaining fitness in golf and also to avoid golf injuries. 

He was of the view that golf may be having low level of physical activity, but most of the injuries were due to overuse of muscles, improper technique and playing without warm-up and stretching. He demonstrated stretching exercises, which every golfer should do before teeing off.

Unlike other sports, he stressed the need of balance which he said was important for a golfer while taking a swing especially in uphill or downhill shots. He showed some balancing exercises on the wobble board.

At the end, Dr Chadha stressed the need for a 10-minute warm-up before teeing off, besides three days in a week strength training with the help of resistance tube-board for fitness and to avoid injuries.

Canara Bank in cricket tourney
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 27
Canara Bank outplayed United India Assurance by 93 runs to win the second Tikka Lal Taploo Memorial Cricket Tournament organised by Harmukh Cricket Club at PEC grounds, here today.

Canara Bank batsmen amassed a huge total of 254 runs in 25 overs, which included an opening partnership between Rampal Raghav and Balwinder, who gave a 10 runs per over average. Krishnamurthy scored a hurricane knock of 40 off 15 deliveries, including five fours and two sixes. 

United India Assurance team were bowled out for 161 runs. Rampal Raghav of Canara Bank was adjudged the man-of-the-match.

Brief scores: Canara Bank:254 for six (Rampal Raghav 67, Balwinder 50, Krishnamurthy 40, Sanjeev Sekri 22, Vikas 19, Deepinder Chhabra 4 for 28, Amarjit 2 for 34); UIC: 161 in 25 overs (Amarjit Kumar 26, Deepinder Chhabra 26). 

Budding stars

 Simratjeet Singh Bawa and Anmol Ladhar, students of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, have brought accolades to the school in cricket and tennis respectively. Simratjeet has been selected in the Chandigarh cricket team to take part in the National under-17 meet. He is the only player from Chandigarh to be selected for the National Cricket Academy being run under the aegis of the BCCI. Anmol has won the inter-school tennis meet conducted by Forest Hill Resort. He has been playing various AITA and other national level tournaments.

Memento given Gurjiwan Singh Sidhu won the gold medal in the shot put event in the 25th National Masters Athletics Championship in Hyderabad recently. The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Justice Binod Kumar Roy, presented a memento to Mr Sidhu on behalf of the Bar association while Mr Justice Rajive Bhalla presented a gold medal to him.

New vice-president Dr Puneet Bedi, Principal of MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, has been nominated vice-president of the Adventure Sports Association of Chandigarh. She is fond of trekking and has undertaken various expeditions. 

Under-19 team

 The Panchkula District Cricket Association has selected the following under-19 players after selection trials held today: Vishal Goel, Varun Khanna, Anil Kumar, Mandeep Singla, Sunny Sharma, Mansoor Ali, Prayas Panchuri, Gaurav Chhabra, Amandeep Sudan, Jatin Kaushal, Jitender Billa, Yashvardhan, Kunal Tarnach, Arvind Rawat, Amanpreet Singh, Nelson Saini, Karan Malik, Sandeep Singh, Narinder Goel and Tejwinder Gill.