HEALTH

DMC heart centre functioning to resume today
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 20
Normal functioning of the Hero DMC Heart Institute, an affiliate of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, where the employees called off a strike yesterday, is likely to resume tomorrow.

The Director of the Institute, Dr G.S. Wander, said the entire institute was being fumigated today as part of a hygiene drive as the place had remained closed for about two weeks.

He said the patients would be received in the institute tomorrow onward, including admissions.

The strike was called off after the employees reached an agreement with the management. The union assured cooperation to the management after all its demands were met.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that the management had kept alternative channels of negotiations with employees open. It had constituted a committee led by senior faculty member Tej K. Kaul, head of the Department of Anaesthesia.

While the management was talking to the union, it had reportedly given authority to the committee to look into the grievances of the employees.

Sources in the DMC revealed that the management had been getting feedback on the employees' mood through this committee. A senior member of the management revealed that the committee indicated to the employees that the management was concerned about their problems.

The seven-member committee consisted of members of the faculty who enjoyed the confidence of both the management as well as the union.

The union is learnt to have assured the management that it would not go on strike in future, or at least will not let the functioning of the hospital or the heart institute suffer. 

New wing of ESIC inaugurated
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 20
The new hospital wing of ESIC Model Hospital became operational today. Dr Hardial Singh, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said new hospital building would accommodate 262 indoor patients. At present the casuality (emergency), laboratory, labour room, obstetric and gynae ward and radiology wing have been shifted. The causality of the hospital is open 24 hours a day.

He further added that the extension of the old hospital was much needed as the bed occupancy of the hospital had increased substantially in the past two years. It has been more than 100 per cent at present for a 100-bedded hospital.

Elaborating about the facilities available in the hospital, he said almost all major specialities were available in the hospital. Moreover, a tie up for special investigations like MRI, C.T scan, ultrasound, ECHO, ECG etc exists with the private centers. Similarly, for blood transfusion, a tie up has been made with the Red Cross Blood Bank. 

CMCH services for Army men
Our correspondent

Ludhiana, September 20
Christian Medical College and Hospital has been providing personalised priority services to many empanelled government and non-government corporate houses like Northern Railways, Army Group Insurance, BSNL, Nestle, etc for executive health check ups, trauma, outpatient and inpatient services. Latest addition to this long list is the prestigious empanellment of ex-servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) run by the Ministry of Defence for retired army personnel and their family members.

CMCH is 774-bedded hospital with 110-bedded multi speciality critical care units and with all other modern facilities required of a tertiary hospital and is ranked first in Punjab and ranked 11th in the country among health institutes. Besides the trauma centre at CMCH is equipped to handle any kind of medical eventuality. Backed by ambulance and mobile rescue services, it becomes an ideal choice for ECHS empanelment. The official agreement on the tie up was signed by Brig B. Chakarvarty, Station Commander, Military Station, Ludhiana, and Dr John Abraham, Medical Superintendent, CMCH, on September 10, 2004 and it will be applicable with immediate effect. 

SPORTS

Salil steers MC XI to win
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, September 20
Salil Kaushal remained unconquered on 73 as MC XI recorded an easy seven-wicket victory over All-Rounder Club in the cricket tournament being played at the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College for Boys ground here yesterday.

Batting first, the club set a target of 163 runs for their opponents. The main contributors for the club’s total of 162 for 9 in the stipulated 25 overs were Pradeep and Anil, who made 59 and 43 runs, respectively.

For MC XI, Salil Kaushal (2 for 22), Raju (2 for 25) and Harmit Batra (2 for 30) took maximum wickets.

In reply, MC XI scored 167 runs for the loss of just three wickets after 22.3 overs. Salil hammered 73 runs which included 12 hits to the fence. Other notable scorers were Sunny (36) and Harmit Batra (24).

Monu of the club chipped in with two wickets, conceding 25 runs.

Mandi Gobindgarh

Volleyball tourney: A three-day Cluster XVI (Punjab) CBSE Volleyball Tournament will be organised at Gobindgarh Public School, Mandi Gobindgarh. Mr P.I. Sabu, Regional Manager, CBSE, Chandigarh will be the chief guest on the opening day on September 25.

Mr Rajan Gupta, Inspector-General of Police, will give away prizes on the concluding day, said Mr Bhadur Singh, Principal of the school, here today.