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GMCH to start therapy session for diabetics
Tribune News Service

Symptoms of diabetes

* Sudden increase or decrease in weight

* Increased blood sugar levels.

* Unusually long time in healing of wounds

* Getting tired easily

* Feeling more thirsty and more hungry

Precautions

* Have meals on time and do not skip meals

* Include more dals in the diet and avoid excessive oils in cooking

* Avoid sugar, honey, sweetmeat and cold drinks.

* Prefer vegetarian diet

* Avoid alcohol and smoking

* Do not skip the daily dose of medicine

Chandigarh, September 1
Working on the premise that patients discuss their problems more openly with their peer group in an informal setting, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, is introducing a special three-hour group therapy session for diabetic patients from Thursday.

In all, 25 diabetic persons will be included in each special session, which will be held on every first Thursday of the month. They will discuss their problems in an informal way with the experts.

“Though we get 10 to 15 new cases of diabetes every week in the hospital, the patients are not aware about its complications. Either they approach us at a stage when the diabetes has already affected their eyes, kidneys or heart or they come with different complications which later on are diagnosed as diabetes. That is why we have started sessions to create more awareness ,’’ said Dr Manju Mathur, Chief Dietician at the GMCH.

Calling India as the “diabetic capital of the world,’’ the doctor said at present there will nearly 3.5 crore people affected with the disease. The number is likely to rise to six crore in the coming years. ``The occurrence rate of the diabetes is seen more in the South Asia, due to genetic and life style reasons. Studies in western countries have established that though the disease cannot be cured, it can definitely be controlled by taking the appropriate diet for healthy living. This is the message that we want to spread through the clinics,’’ added Dr Mathur.

In its first session on Thursday, the department will also display the nutritional packed lunches for schoolchildren. ``We have observed that mothers hurriedly prepare the same tiffin items for their children daily, which is not healthy. We want to tell them that the variety of options available,’’ added a senior doctor of the department.

To be a part of these sessions, the patient have to get themselves enrolled with the department on the last week of every month. The session will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

SPORTS

Hockey umpire returns from Athens
Our Sports Reporter

Satinder Sharma

Chandigarh, September 1
Chandigarh-based Satinder Sharma, who made a debut in umpiring hockey matches at the Olympics, reached Chandigarh today. In a brief interaction, Satinder shared his rich experience while umpiring five matches.

His maiden Olympics tie was between Great Britain and Egypt followed by Spain and Great Britain, then Australia and South Africa.

Other matches were between Pakistan and Korea and Egypt and South Africa.

An employee of the State Bank of India, Satinder did his first umpiring in 2000 in Egypt during an international hockey meet.

Later he umpired junior world cup, senior world cup, the Asian Games 2002, the Champions Trophy and Olympic qualifiers. Describing his Athens experience, Satinder said there were 15 umpires and he was the only one from India.

Prior to the Olympics, they were given a three-day orientation-cum- training in Rome.

He said this was a unique experience with the first two days devoted on team building and the last one day on a Video session having analysis of various techniques and matches.

He said Peter Wonreth from Holland was the team manager.

When asked on the India’s performance, he said the boys were capable of doing much better.

However, they played good and fast hockey in their matches against Australia and Korea.

On his future assignment, Satinder said, may be the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan.

St Joseph’s teams bag titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 1
Hosts St Joseph’s Coaching Centre, Sector 44, emerged winners in both girls and boys’ section in the VIIIth Chandigarh Junior (under-19) State Ball Badminton Championship played at St Joseph’s centre today.

Mr Ravinder Talwar, Secretary, Chandigarh Olympic Association, gave away prizes.

Nishi Rajan of IS Dev Samaj Girls School, Sector 21, was declared best player among girls, while Manoj Lama of Government Model High School, Sector 36, among boys.

In the girls’ final, St Joseph’s centre beat Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, by 29-10, 29-7. The third place in this section went in favour of IS Dev Samaj School.

In the boys’ final, it was again St Joseph’s centre outplayed Government Model High School, Sector 36, by 28-29, 29-14, 29-4. The third place was bagged by Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37.

Cricket trials

As many as 54 youngsters in under-12, under-15, and under-17 were selected for the Sanjay Cricket Academy, the trials for which were held at Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, on Wednesday.

A total of 105 players took part in the trials.

The selected probables are: under-12: Mohammad Kafil, Lalit, Vikas, Nitesh, Jaspreet, Gagandeep, Rishab, Angad Singh, Ajay, Pankaj, Nilesh, Arjun and Sumit Jaswal.

Under-15: Rohit, Preetej Singh, Gupreet Singh, Niket, Ayush, Ashutosh, Jasleen, Vishesh, Ravi, Mandeep Singh, Shekhar, Lakshya, Vivek, Pritam Singh and Avtar Singh.

Under-17: Rohit, Gauravjeet, Gurpreet Singh, Vikram, Tushar, Bhagwant Singh, Satinder Singh, Sharanjeet Singh, Lalit, Rafat, Lokesh, Harleen Singh, Rohitash, Nipun, Sandeep, Vishal, Sachin, Abhideep, Chetan, Naresh Dogra, Satish, Maridul Jaitley, Rahul, Alok, Jaspreet, Amit Sharma and Gursimranjeet.

CLTA to focus on junior players
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 1
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) will focus on its junior players where it has a joint venture with the Western Command. According to Mr Rajan Kashyap, Chairman, CLTA, the CLTA had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Western Command, Chandimandir, in training the youngsters. He said 12 boys, were selected and receiving training.

At the general body meeting of the CLTA, recently, members commended the performance of junior players, especially Saurabh Singh, Tushar Liberhan, Sanam K. Singh, Uday Karan Puniha, Shiva Sangwan, Vijayant Malik and Kinshuk Sharma during the year 2003-2004. All these nationally ranked players were supported by the CLTA both for training and participation in tournaments.

The report of CLTA’s treasurer Viswajeet Khanna on expenditure and budget and also the adoption of a computerised management information system was approved. The meeting was attended among others, by Justice SS. Sodhi, (retd), president, CLTA, Mr S.M. Sharma, honorary secretary.

At the meeting tributes were paid to CLTA’s founder member Kanwar Mahinder Singh, who died on August 15.

Sportsmen donate blood
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 1
Fifty persons, including tennis players and other sportsmen, donated blood at a blood donation camp organised in the Sector 10 tennis stadium. The camp was organised by the CHIRAG Blood Resource Centre, a joint venture of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh and the Blood Bank Society.

Ms Kanta Saroop Krishen, honorary secretary of the centre, said there had been enthusiasm among various institutions in the city to hold camps and contribute to the noble cause. She announced that during this month, camps would be held in Sector 34 gurdwara on September 4, in The Tribune office on September 8 and in Dev Samaj College on September 18.

Dr R.S. Shah, director of the centre, said the donor sportsmen could resume their training the very next day since the body would replenish blood quickly.