HEALTH

Special postage cover released
Camps mark World Blood Donors Day
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
A number of functions and blood donation camps marked the world’s first Blood Donors Day here today. The main theme was to create awareness regarding voluntary blood donations and to work on the motto of “each one enroll one”.

During the celebrations at the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the PGI, a blood donation camp was organised in which more than 100 persons donated blood.

Special postage cover was released by Chief Postmaster-General, Punjab, and Chandigarh circle L.K. Puri as a mark to honour to donors.

The Director of the PGI, Prof K.K. Talwar, and the Director Health Services, Chandigarh, Dr C.P. Bansal, were also present. Prof Talwar inaugurated the blood donation camp organised by the All-India Medical Laboratory Technologists Association.

Blood donation camps were also organised at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, where more than 75 persons came forward to donate blood.

Banners with the theme “blood, a gift for life” were put up at all health institutions and dispensaries by the State Blood Transfusion Council, Chandigarh.

The Department of Transfusion Medicine (PGI) and State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh, honoured star blood donors (men who have donated more than 100 times and women with more than 50 donations).

Prof Talwar honoured seven men donors and two women donors.

Those honoured include Mr Harish Sharma (139 times), Mr Arun Aggarwal (132 times), Mr Prag Raj Sharma (124), Mr Rajinder Garg (118), Mr Satpal Bansal (115) Mr L.K. Goyal (111) and Mr Parveen Moudgil (105).

The women donors that were honoured are Ms Harkiran Kaur (57) and Ms Usha Rao (65).

Dr Bansal, meanwhile, inaugurated a blood donation camp at the General Hopital, Sector 16, where the camp was organised primarily for women donors.

Panjab University students, meanwhile, formed the PU Blood Donors Association today.

The president of the association, Anshu Kataria, said in the coming days, blood donation camps would become a regular feature on the campus.

More than 100 students of the Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes donated blood at a blood donation camp organised on the institute’s campus.

MOHALI: A blood donation camp was organised at the Commando Complex, Phase XI, here on Monday on the occasion of World Blood Donors Day. Mr H.S. Dhillon, IGP (Commando), inaugurated the camp.

Mr Paramraj Singh, Commandant, 3rd Commando Battalion, and Mr Vivek Mishra, SP, donated blood on the occasion.

A team of doctors headed by Dr Ravneet Bedi and Dr Gagan from the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, supervised the camp.

About 100 units of blood were donated by the Commando Officers and jawans belonging 3rd and 4th Commando Battalions of Punjab.

Woman needs kidney donor
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
Savita Khurana, a 46-year-old housewife and a resident of Sector 33, needs a kidney donor after renal failure. The doctors attending to her at Silver Oaks, have certified that since there is no one in Savita’ family to be suitable to be a kidney donor, the family has appealed to the public for a donation. Savita, wife of a city businessman, is currently on dialysis at the hospital. Her blood group is O positive. The contact number of the family is 0172-2614222, and 9814512242. 

3 PGI employees suspended
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
Three PGI employees who were caught stealing the sanitary ware from the sanitary store of the institute on Saturday have been suspended by the authorities today. The accused include Sanjeev Sharma, sanitary inspector, Sanjeev Kalra, work inspector, and Naveen Sharma, telephone operator. They were caught by the PGI security guard after they were trying to escape in their Contessa car after loading the stolen items in it. 

A national-level skater at 13
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, June 14
Manjeet Singh, a 13-year-old skater from KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, has grown into a national-level roller skater, thanks to the support from the school management, coaches and his parents.

In the just concluded 41st Senior National Roller Skating meet held at Visakhapatnam, Manjeet was the only skater from the city to secure the gold medal in the speed event in the individual section of the Rink Race II. He also captained the UT sub-junior roller hockey team and again brought the gold medal. In the road race, Manjeet won the silver medal.

Prior to this, Manjeet had won scores of medals in the CBSE National Roller Skating meet held in Chandigarh and Faridabad in 2002 and 2003, respectively.

In the 46th National School Games held in 2000 at Panchkula, Manjeet created a scare for senior skaters by winning the gold medal in the Rink Race I and the bronze medal in the Rink Race II.

Manjeet began skating as a student of Bhavan Vidyalya, Sector 15, Panchkula, and his first coach was AD Sharma. He later learned the finer points of the speed event and the roller hockey event from various coaches namely Bhupinder Singh, Harpreet Singh, Balwinder Singh and Sarabjeet Singh.

Manjeet says he has been offered 50 per cent fee concession and bus service free of cost by his school. But he feel that unlike Punjab and Haryana governments, the Chandigarh Administration is not doing any significant contribution to promote the cause of skating. He says his parents have always encouraged him to perform in skating. 

Indo-Pak peace snooker tournament
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 14
The coveted Rexello Castors Indo-Pak Peace Snooker Tournament will be telecast live on all four days by Doordarshan Sports. The event will be held for the first time here. It will telecast the matches from 11 am to 6.30 pm daily. A team of 42 technicians and cameramen of Doordarshan will be involved in covering this historical event live through 2 OB Vans.

According to Mr Alok Kumar, Arjuna awardee, Doordarshan will place five cameras at vantage points at the tournament venue to catch the action as the Indian players rub their shoulders against their arch rivals Pakistan and vie for the Rs 3,00,000 prize money.

According to Mr Aneesh Bhanot of the Triple A syndicate, organisers of this meet, “the first-ever Indo-Pak Snooker Tournament in India is being held in Chandigarh, in association with the Chandigarh Club from June 17 to 20.

The top five players each of India and Pakistan will vie for the peace cup.

India and Pakistan have the world class best snooker players as the current World Champion is India’s young sensation Pankaj Advani, while the world no. 2 is Saleh Muhammad of Pakistan.”

Cricket tourney: Chandigarh put up a total of 348 runs all out in 90 overs in their first innings in the under-17 section of the Punjab State Inter-district ML Markan Cricket trophy semi-final tie played today at the PCA Stadium, Mohali.

Sidharth Sharma scored 155 runs while Gurkirath Singh hammered 100 runs.

Vikramjeet Singh claimed five wickets for 115 runs while Sumit Kalia bagged two wickets for 106 runs. Jalandhar were 18 runs for no loss in three overs.

Site allotment scheme amended

Chandigarh, June 14
The UT Administration has amended the allotment of sites on a leasehold basis to auto spare part dealers and auto repair mechanics in Chandigarh scheme-1999, to allow allottees to raise loans for the payment of premium or for business/ construction purpose from any of the scheduled banks in Chandigarh.

For this, the lessee will have to obtain permission of the Estate Officer. In such cases, the first charge on the booth/shop site shall be retained by the Estate Officer, Union Territory, Chandigarh, according to an official announcement here today. TNS