Heart disease control project in city soon
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
To create awareness about the increasing risk of cardiovascular diseases among the city population, the PGI and UT Health Department have decided to join hands in starting the Cardiovascular Diseases Control Project.

The project, under which doctors of any specialisation would be trained to counsel for heart diseases, is funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and expected to start soon in city hospitals.

“The PGI will provide technical training in the project as the experts here will train some 200 odd doctors working in the UT Administration and private medical practitioners with the help of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The idea is to reach the maximum number of people through counselling given by specialised medical practitioners,’’ says the Head of Department of the Community Medicine, PGI, Prof Rajesh Kumar.

The PGI Director, Prof K.K. Talwar, a cardiologist himself, says that the project will be in public interest and would go a long way in creating awareness among the city residents about heart diseases.

The WHO has chosen Chandigarh for this two-year pilot project primarily because of the city’s sedentary lifestyle and junk food culture where the physical activity is reducing and hypertension, obesity and incidents of heart attacks are on the rise.

After rounds of meetings between the PGI representatives and officials of the UT Health Department, it has been decided that all doctors of any specialisation will be given basic treatment guidelines to seek a "behavioural change’’ among the patients, with respect to their status of smoking, eating habits and physical activity. The doctors will be imparted training to provide counselling for ``healthy lifestyle and early specialised medical consultation’’ in case they find any patient prone to cardiovascular diseases.

“If a patient, for instance, approaches an orthopaedician with an injury, he will be given treatment immediately for his problem but at the same time he will be asked by the same doctor about his lifestyle and habits. In case the doctor feels that along with the orthopaedic disorder, the patient is prone to cardiovascular diseases, he will be referred to a cardio clinic,’’ explains Prof Rajesh Kumar about the role of the doctors under the project.

Along with the counselling sessions, for which, a series of workshops are being planned out, the project will also comprise of disseminating the awareness messages through mass media, community-based NGOs, government health workers and other paramedical staff.

Given the better socio-economic status but a sedate lifestyle, Chandigarh has been the preferred destination for the initiation of the project, which if successful here would be replicated in other centres as well.

Experts in the PGI admit that the studies have shown that as many as 40 per cent of the city population above 35 years of age is already affected with hypertension and that as many as 8 per cent people in the same age bracket have suffered heart attacks.

Diksha wins u-10 title in badminton tourney
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 11
Diksha today claimed the under 10 girls singles title but she had to toil hard in overcoming the spirited challenge of Shreya in three games on the penultimate day of the 16th Chandigarh State Badminton Championship being played here at Sector 42 Badminton hall.

In other matches of the day, mens singles semi-finals witnessed a tough tie played between Pawan Malik and Vikas Kundu which former won in three games. The under-13 girls singles’ semi-final played between Nisha and Gunjan also proved to be a thriller before former could win in three games. Today the matches got delayed due to a two-hour power cut. The finals will begin tomorrow at 2 pm followed by prize distribution function.

Today’ results — finals: Under-10 girls: Diksha b Shreya 11-6, 8-11,11-2. Other results (all semi-finals):

Singles — Men’s: Ashish Sharma b Vivek 15-9,15-2; Pawan Malik b Vikas Kundu 15-7, 0-15, 15-5.

Men’s doubles: Ashish and Deepak b Amit and Mandeep15-2,15-9; Vivek and Gurjeet b Robin and Pankaj 15-8, 15-10.

Under-19: boys: Mandeep b Neeraj Kapoor 15-3,15-8; Oscar Bansal b Vinay 15-4,15-5.

Under-16 boys:Oscar b Munish Bansal 15-7,15-0; Sunil Malha b Ankur Sharma 15-9,15-3.

Women: H Sarda b Tanveer 11-3,11-2; Isha Sharma b Roma Pandey 11-8,11-9.

Under-19 girls: Harleen b Neha Sethi 11-9,11-3; Seema b Kanica 11-9,11-5.

Under-16 girls: Purnika b Neha Sethi 11-1,11-1; Seema b Aastha 11-3,11-6.

Under-13 girls: Tanupriya b Japneet Kaur 11-1,11-0; Nisha b Gunjan 10-13,11-6,13-10.

Doubles: Under-13 boys: Tushar and Aman b Harmaninder and Tarush 15-7,15-2; Mohit and Munish b Ravi and Kapil 15-8,15-1.

Under-13 girls: Tanupriya and Gunjan b Nisha and Japneet 15-6,15-4; Chetna and Lubna b Arshya and Sumuksha 15-10,15-2;

Under-16 girls: Purnika and Aastha b Aditi and Neha 15-1,15-0; Seema and Akriti b Tanu and Gunjan 15-4,15-3.

Under-19 girls; Harleen and Aastha b Seema and Mehak 17-14,15-7; Kanika and Purnika b Neha and Jaspreet 15-3,15-5.:

In the masters above 35 singles winners of various matches were Sanjeev, Munish, Vijay Pandit, Sanjay Sharma and Dr Bedi. In above 35 doubles, winners were Col Raj Parmar and Maj Rajiv Mehta, Dr Bawa and Manmohan Sharma and Vijay Pandit and Gurpreet. In veteran above 45 doubles, Virinder Mehta and MP Dogra moved ahead while in other match of this section, Arun and Saini also surged ahead.

Vohra memorial hockey

Top-ranked institutional hockey teams will participate in the 34th SN Vohra Gurmit Memorial Hockey tournament to be played in the Astro-Turf Hockey stadium, Sector 42 from September 23 to October1. According to Mr YP Vohra, organising secretary of the meet, the tournament would be played as per latest rules of the Indian Hockey Federation. Mr Vohra said the tournament had been accorded grade A. Doordarshan Sports would telecast live the finals of the tournament.

The teams which were expected to take part, Punjab and Sind Bank, Punjab Police, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Army XI, India Junior XI, Border Security Force, Rail Coach Factory, PSB Academy, Corps of Signals, EME, Northern Railway, CRPF, Indian Air Force, Western Railways, Central Railway, ONGC, Sikh Regimental Centre, All India Post and Telegraphs, Ropar Hawks, CISF, ITBP, Chandigarh XI and Dhanraj Ballal Hockey Academy.

Anmol, Himal lead in chess tourney

Anmol Razdan and Himal were leading with four points each in the under-17 and under-11 section of the Chandigarh Chess Tournament for under-17 and under-11 played here today at St Kabir Public school, Sector 36.

The point position is: under-17 boys: Four pts: Anmol Razdan, Himal and Karandeep. three pts; Simranjeet, Shishir, Abhishek, Rahul Nayyar, Sahil Bhatia and Dharamveer.

Under-11 Boys: four pts: Himal.

Three pts: Prateek Munjal, Ishjeev, Satveer, Sahil, Ikshit, Sangeet and Akhil Gupta.

Girls: under 17: three pts: Rishu Rathi. two pts: Shweta, Pallak Grewal and Shikha.

CCA to host Ranji trophy match
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
The Chandigarh Cricket Association (CCA) affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) has decided to host a Ranji Trophy match this season. This was decided at the Executive Committee meeting of the association held here last evening.

When this match comes about, it will after more than a decade that a Ranji Trophy match will be played at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. The Haryana Cricket Association while allotting the match to Chandigarh has not yet decided which match will be played here.

The CCA will also host a number of matches of the Haryana Inter-District Cricket Tournament (under-15) which gets under way on September 15 across various centres in Haryana. On September 15 itself Chandigarh are scheduled to play Panchkula. This match will be played at DAV School, Sector 8, ground as the pitch at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium is still not ready. The association will host another match of the same tournament on September 18.

In an effort to boost the game in the Union territory the CCA has decided to give kits to poor players in various age groups. The association runs nets at the Sector 19 Government Senior Secondary School.

Meanwhile, the CCA also constituted its cricket selection committee. The members of the committee are Harminder Singh, Vaneet Khosla, S.K. Walia and Daniel Banerjee. Mr Surinder Singh, Secretary of the CCA, will be the chairman of this committee.

Yesterday’s meeting nominated Mr Akshay Goel as one of the Vice-Presidents of the CCA. 

DAV-10, GGSCW-26 win TT titles
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 11
DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh in men’s section and GGS College for Women, Sector 26, won their respective matches with ease in the Panjab University Inter College Table Tennis played here at PU Gymnasium. DAV outplayed SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh 3-0 while GGS College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh defeated PU Campus 3-1. In another women’s section tie, MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, Chandigarh beat AS College for Women, Khanna 3-0.

Earlier, at the PU Inter College Softball (men) tournaments also played at PU Campus grounds, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh beat DM College, Moga by 10-0 homes while DAV College, Sector 10 got the better of Arya College, Ludhiana also by 10-0 homes. In the last match of the day, SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana defeated Government College, Sector 11 by 3-2.

Swimming panel for disabled

The Swimming Association of Chandigarh for disabled has been formed for the promotion of swimming for this section here. It has also been given the affiliation by the Swimming Association of India for Disabled. Mr Ram Kumar Malik is the president and Dr Amanendra Mann, secretary. The UT team for disabled will also take part in the 5th National Swimming Meet for Disabled to be held at Mumbai from October 1 to 4.