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gynaecologists briefed on hysteroscopy Chandigarh, June 27 The workshop was formally inaugurated by Dr Achintya Moulick, Chairman, Cardiovascular Sciences, MD (USA), MCH, Fortis. The guest of honour was Dr Gurbir Singh, Medical Superintendent, Fortis. The faculty included Dr Rakesh Sinha from Mumbai, Dr Mala Arora from Faridabad and Dr Nirja Chawla from Chandigarh, who was also the course director. Addressing the workshop Dr Achintya Moulick said, “ There is a large incidence of vaginal diseases in the region and not much understanding of the causes. Hysteroscopy is a recent study with which doctors have had a sizeable amount of success in diagnosing and reducing such diseases and complications. Such programmes and workshops for doctors help them understand the practices being followed the world over and help them in treating their patients.” “Hysteroscopy is a sophisticated technique for the management of problems inside the uterus or the womb. Since one is looking directly inside the uterus under magnification, it is easy to locate the exact position of fibroids, growths, lost Copper – T, adhesions and congenital abnormalities in the uterus like a septum. Not only is it excellent for the diagnosis of causes of abnormal bleeding and infertility or inability to conceive but it can be used to cure and treat the patient at the same. Ultrasound examination very often cannot give complete information that can be got by using a telescope passed into the uterus. Tubes blocked at their junction with the uterus and thereby causing infertility can be opened using the hysteroscope without a major surgery in 50 per cent of the cases”, he said. |
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Doctors briefed on nephrology Chandigarh, June 27 Dr Nagpal said the load of patients affected by the disease was enormous which could not be borne by the few government institutes. He advocated the increasing participation of the private sector in managing the patient load. The Director Health Services, Dr C.P. Bansal, was the chief guest . |
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Smoking, alcohol gateway to drug abuse, says BBS Chandigarh, June 27 “We thought that bringing actual violations in light is the best way to mark the International Anti-Drug Day,” said Mr Hemant Ramtirth Goswami, chairperson of BBS. He said that smoking and alcohol consumption was the first step towards drugs and substance abuse; it was rare to come across a drug user who had not graduated into drugs and substance abuse from first being a smoker or alcohol consumer. It was important to pay attention to the basic prevention; that is, taking care that the young people including school-going children did not start the habits of smoking and drinking”, stressed Mr Goswami. Many times the parents themselves unknowingly drove their children towards such maladies. Children of people who smoked were three times more likely to smoke; similarly those who saw their parents drink and many times more likely to take up drinking compared to those whose parent did not smoke or drink, revealed Mr Hemant. Dr Rajesh Kashyap said that “This is because elder people are the role model for the young and when the elders indulge in smoking and drinking, they tacitly accord acceptance to such substance use and give a clear signal to young that such indulgence is acceptable and also desire able”. Mr Goswami said the cost of initial prevention was much less than the cost of de-addiction and the health care or other resulting costs on the society. Criticising the government he said that the “National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse”, proposed to be constituted under Section 7 of the NDPS Act to meet the expenditure incurred in connection with the measures taken for combating illicit traffic in, or controlling abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, was just another accounting head in the Budget and had not been formed to serve the desired objectives. The law enforcement agencies were very lax in dealing with violations of law related to smoking and drinking which served as a first addiction pedestal. Quoting the law relating to advertisement, he pointed out that advertisements of cigarettes and alcohol in contravention of the law could be seen all over the region but the authorities seemed to sleep over them and act in most lenient manner. Since many among the enforcement agencies and the decision making body them were chain smokers and consumed alcohol so they had a dwindling commitment. Camps to detect Cotinine, a major metabolite of nicotine, during the annual health check-ups of the government officials could be a good idea. This way officials who smoked could be removed from the decision-making chain related to enforcement of laws relating to smoking and drug use resulting in increased commitment against laws made in this regard, he suggested. |
Chandigarh beat AP in gateball Chandigarh, June 27 The Punjab team, who had beaten Chandigarh 11-7 and Andhra Pradesh 18-6, joined Orissa on top in pool B. Orissa have maintained a clean slate so far and appear to be among the front-runners. On a rather dull day when not many matches were played, Chandigarh won the hearts of the crowd with some fine showing against Andhra Pradesh whom they beat 11-8. The youngest member of the Chandigarh team, Armaandeep Singh, a student of St. Anne's Convent School, Sector 32, emerged as the highest scorer with five points. The Punjab girls also notched up an impressive win over Uttaranchal whom they beat 22-15. The most impressive performance in women's gateball came from Delhi, who mauled Rajasthan 16-6. Gujarat and Haryana, both placed in pool D, were tied 13-13 to split points. The results: Women's gateball : Gujarat d Haryana 13-13; Delhi b HP 22-9; Haryana b Vidarbha 16-8; Orissa b Punjab 10-7; Gateball (Men): Delhi b HP 25-8; MP b Chattisgarh 18-9; Maharashtra b Rajasthan 19-11; Vidarbha b Gujarat 13-9; Delhi b HP 22-8; HP b MP 13-7; Rajasthan b Gujarat 9-8. International friendship gateball match: Chinese Taipei b India Blues 20-9; Chinese Taipei b India Reds 19-17. |
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Gateball has ‘bright future’ Chandigarh, June 27 Talking to The Tribune today at the Panjab University grounds, Mr Deshmukh said both gateball and woodball had a bright future in India. "Look at the youngsters here. They have picked up the game so fast," he said after presiding over a meeting of officials from various state associations. Stating that the federation's priority would be to take the game to every nook and corner of the country, Mr Deshmukh announced that henceforth the nationals would have different age groups, including the under-14 subjunior, under-19 junior, senior, and masters. The federation has allotted the fourth nationals to Ghaziabad which would be held in January, 2005. Since two important international events, the World Gateball Chairman's Cup and an international woodball meet are scheduled to be held in Taiwan, Japan and Singapore this year, every effort would be made to prepare strong national teams, he said. A coaching camp in this regard will be organised in Chandigarh shortly, Mr Deshmukh said. The GFI president also revealed that an international woodball meet would be held in India in the near future. " There are certain modalities which need to be worked out, including provision of equipment which at the moment is imported. Many state associations have demanded that the equipment for woodball and gateball should be easily available in the Indian market. As regards the interest shown by various affiliated state associations to popularise the game, Mr Deshmukh said he was pleased to know that many of them had already offered to sponsor budding players. To streamline the functioning of the national federation, Mr Deshmukh said various committees, including the technical committee, affiliation committee, and the referees' board had been constituted. Earlier, Mr Desmukh met the foreign participants, including those from Chinese Taipei, who participated in an international gateball friendship match. |
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Amit clinches two titles in tennis Chandigarh, June 27 The girls under-12 title was grabbed by Prabhamrit Kaur when she defeated Shilpa Naruka in a match which lasted for more than two hours. In the second final, Prabhamrit lost to her practice partner Purna in a tough battle . The final score read 7-5, 6-4 in favour of Purna. The boys under-10 title was taken by top seed Samin Bhargav when he defeated the second seed Nishchay Rawal in a one-sided affair at 6-2, 6-1 in 45 minutes. Shivangi Bansal and Sonali Bansal won promising player prizes. Mr Surjeet Singh Rajput IAS, Secretary Personnel and General Administration, Punjab gave away the prizes to the prize winners. Results: (Finals): Boys under-10: Samin Bhargav b Nishchay Rawal 6-2, 6-1. Boys under-12: Amit Chauhan b Garry S Amor 6-0, 6-4. Boys under-14: Amit Chauhan b Akshat Joshi 6-0, 6-1. Boys under-14 doubles: Abhairaj/Sidharth b Akshat/ Akshay 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3). Girls under-12: Prabhamrit Kaur b Shilpa Naruka 6-3, 6-0. Girls under-14: Purna b Prabhamrit Kaur 7-5, 6-4. Anupam Sweets XI triumph Anupam Sweets XI won the inaugural Vishnu Pal Memorial Inter-Institutional Cup Cricket League Cricket Tournament played here today. They overpowered Elder Xi by a narrow margin of eight runs. Kulwinder Rambo of Anupam Sweets Xi was declared man of the match. Ms Seema Chowdhry, President, Municipal Council, Panchkula distributed the prizes. Brief scores: Anupam Sweets XI:189 for eight in 30 overs (Ravi Verma 55,Vaneet Chawla 38, Narinder Walia 28, Narinder 27, Sanjay Bhatia 22, Sunil Sharma 3 for 20, Munish Sethi 2 for 31, Amandeep 2 for 22). Elder XI:181 for nine in 30 oves (Harvinder Singh 38, Ravinder 26, Ranjeet Gill 29, Sunil Sharma 22, Kulwinder Rambo 4 for 41, Amarjit Kumar 3 for 18, Harish Kumar 2 for 23). |
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Two tennis titles for Neha Chandigarh, June 27 Results: finals:
Boys under 18: Deepinder Singh b Rupinder Singh 6-4, 6-3; semifinal: Deepinder Singh b Sandeep Roy 6-0, 6-3; Rupinder Singh b Abhairaj 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.
Girls under-18: final: Neha b Simer 6-3, 6-2. Semi-finals: Simer b Sonia 6-2, 6-1; Neha b Poorna 2-1 (conceded). Girls
under-14: final: Mehak b Poorna 6-3, 6-4. Boys under-18
doubles: final: Karan Patnaik and Sidharth Baidwan b Mandeep Yadav and Gurmohit 6-2,7-6, 6-5. Doubles:
final: Neha and Simer b Amanpreet and Sonia 6-2, 6-0. finals: Neha and Simer b Mehak Thakur and Anchal 6-0, 6-0; Amanpreet and Sonia b Poorna and Rakshita 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. |
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Bhiwani DCA XI win Chandigarh, June 27 Brief scores: Suratgarh Cricket
Academy:120 all out in 38 overs (Parveen 27, Manohar 20, Rajesh Raja 14, Rajiv 3 for 11, Lalit 3 for 13, Pawan 2 for nine, Kapil 2 for 18). Bhiwani District Cricket Association
123 for five in 26 overs (Pawan 27, Rajiv 18 n.o., Vikas 18 n.o., Ramzan 2 for 28). |
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Anant in limelight Chandigarh, June 27 |
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Stadium opened Chandigarh, June 27 |
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