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Fighting poverty with compassion Ludhiana, May 12 A function was organised to mark the International Nurses’ Day today at Mata Saraswati Institute of Nursing Education located opposite Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here. Dr
S. N. Tiwari, Civil Surgeon, was the chief guest on the occasion and the function was presided over by Dr Parveen Dhall. Dr Shevender Kaur, Principal, welcomed the guests on the occasion. A cultural programme was presented by the nursing institute students. The theme of the skit was based on the most deplorable practice of female foeticide. The students presented ‘jago’ a popular feature whereby the women dressed in finery go around the village with lighted lamps to invite other women for ‘ladies sangeet’. A colourful dandia from Gujarat was also presented on the occasion. A vote of thanks was presented by Mr Harpal Singh, Secretary of the institution. This year the International Council of Nurses is aiming at increasing the awareness about the link between poverty and health. Good health is an important yardstick to measure a country’s social and economic development. Poverty and health are interlinked as poor health leads to poverty and poverty leads to poor health. He said poverty had many dimensions. It may be defined as a human condition characterised by sustained deprivation of resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Some 1.2 billion persons do not have the basic necessities for leading a healthy life and as many as 24,000 persons, die of hunger daily. Youth, unemployment and poverty form a vicious cycle contributing to higher levels of crime. Therefore, without good health it is difficult to escape from poverty. As health and poverty are interlinked with nurses, so the national nurses associations can work with policy makers and development groups to put health on the poverty agenda, This will involve an approach that views investment in health as beneficial to poverty reduction, he said. The Trained Nurses Association and Students Nurses Association, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, also celebrated the International Nurses Day here today. The celebration at CMCH was marked by the presence of poor patients who were the ultimate focus of the theme of this year’s nurses day. Students of nursing college presented a skit on precautionary measures to fight TB. They guided the general public against the myths associated with communicable diseases like TB. The nurses would also visit slums and make people over there aware of common diseases and distribute medicines free of cost. |
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Unsafe deliveries on the rise Ludhiana, May 12 The project was initiated by Health Minister Sushma Swaraj at the 47th annual conference of Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India held at Agra. Dr Kumkum Avasthi, Professor and HOD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynae, who had attended the conference said, “Ms Sushma Swaraj had appealed to the doctors during the conference to take the benefits of this project, conceptualised by the Government of India, to the pregnant women for safe motherhood and healthy child. DMCH is the only medical college of Ludhiana to start this and we hope that it will go a long way to help the unprivileged women.” Also, under this scheme to reduce maternal and neo-natal mortality in the region, DMCH has decided to extend the state of the art facilities to pregnant women by slashing down the delivery charges. The aim is to motivate women to go for safe deliveries under the right medical supervision and proper medical facilities. Abnormal delivery, including ancillary care, costs a total of Rs 1,200 under the special package. |
Overwhelming response to Lifebuoy Cricket Mela Ludhiana, May 12 Though the mela began yesterday at 7.30 am, the registration of the participants in the three age groups u-15, u-17 and u-19 years went on well till the afternoon. Mr Vinod Chitkara, honorary general secretary of the LDCA said after seeing the enthusiasm among the youngsters, they had allowed the registration beyond the deadline. The LDCA had made adequate sitting arrangements for the participants who were accompanied by their guardians. While inaugurating the mela, Mr Chaman Lal Malhotra, Chairman, Selection Committee, Punjab (Seniors) and Mr Rajinder Mahajan, president, LDCA exhorted the participants to make the most of this mela as the sponsors, HLL had provided the best opportunity to the talented players. The qualified coaches from NIS, Patiala, such as Manmohan Bedi would impart training to the selected players, they added. Lokesh Khanna and Sham Lal, former Ranji stars and the current players Gagandeep Singh Toor, Ankur Kakkar and Gaurav Marwaha gave tips to the participants. Three sessions of fielding were organised during which the players exhibited skills and the best 10 fielders were awarded with prizes. Tips on batting and bowling were too given by the guest players. The main attraction of the mela was a quiz programme. The budding players were spontaneous to the queries. Master Ramneet surprised one and all with his reply Zimbabwe to the typical question which Test playing nation’s domestic cricket tournament is named the Logan Cup. Ramneet received the prize, an English Willow bat for the right answer. Other winners of the quiz programme were also given prizes by Prof S.M. Sharma, Principal of the host college, and Mr Shailesh Suryavanshi, representative of the sponsors, HLL, respectively. The memorable innings of 97 runs by the master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, in the match against Pakistan, played during the last World Cricket Cup at South Africa was shown by the organisers and the participants enjoyed it a lot. Mr Suryavanshi told Ludhiana Tribune that 20 players each in three age categories- u-15, u-17 and u-19 years categories would be selected during the trials scheduled to be held in the month of August. The selected players would be enrolled with the academy and imparted training free of cost.
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16 teams to take part in night cricket tournament Ludhiana, May 12 According to Mr Bhuvnesh Punn of Deepika Sports, the organiser of this three-day tournament, the matches of six overs a side will be played on knock-out basis. Mr Hans Raj, councillor, Municipal Corporation, will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony. The matches will start daily at 8 pm. |
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Softball probables for
Punjab meet Ludhiana, May 12 According to Mr P.N. Passi, honorary, secretary, Punjab Softball Association, the camp for boys will be held at Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School, Miller Ganj, while those for girls at Teja singh Senior Secondary School, Shimla Puri. The probables are: Boys — Balkirat, Ajay, Ritesh and Arun of R.S. Model Senior Secondary School; Mridul Sunil of Alpine International School; Pankaj of SAN Jain School; Vishal of Harkishan Public School; Antarpreet of G.G.N. School; Gurinder and Amrish of A.S. Senior Secondary School, Khanna; Javed and Malkit of SDP Senior Secondary School; and Amit, Harnek, Kulbir, Deepak, Iqbal, Sumit, Suraj, Jaspal and Gurmangat of Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School. Girls — Sukhbir, Neeru, Luxmi, Pardeep, Jaspreet, Shweta, Rajinder and Navdeep of Teja Singh Senior Secondary School; Amandeep, Supuna, Mandeep, Navdeep, Shilpa, Prabhjot, Nitika, Ashima, Veena and Kamalpreet of R.S. Model Senior Secondary School; and Gurpreet and Satvir of Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School. |
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