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HEALTH

40,000 city residents are asthmatic: doc
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 17
Not withstanding its claim to cleanliness the city has a large number of asthmatic patients in the country. Highlighting this fact at the 19th annual update in pulmonary and critical care medicine which was held at PGI today, Dr D. Behera of the PGI said: “The presence of pollen in the air is comparatively high in the city leading to more asthma cases.

The presence of dust is also high and due to weather conditions the city witnesses more cases of allergic diseases.’’

Precautions in case of acute bronchitis

If respiratory distress along with yellow sputum is not cured even after taking medicines over a period of time, it could be symptom of acute bronchitis.
Only an expert physician should be consulted if symptoms persist.

Nearly 40,000 persons are suffering from asthma in the city and a majority of them have it by birth approximately 3 to 5 per cent of the city population is affected with the allergic disease. The disease aggravates when seasons change — especially during March, April and September and October with patients requiring medication and inhaler to keep the complications at bay.

Over 150 delegates from the region, including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, held discussions on “Acute respiratory care’’ which included discussions on management of acute asthma, acute chronic obstructive, and acute respiratory failure.

In the scientific sessions, doctors deliberated on the critical care needed by the patients in case of acute bronchitis. The doctors said the patients should be able to identify when they are slipping into acute bronchitis, which is a respiratory distress.

Its common causes include medicines taken for a long period of time which prove ineffective and cough along with sputum in case of acute respiratory problems, only expert physician should be consulted rather than consulting a general physician.

“Our critical care units in the department of pulmonary medicine at the PGI are always full to their capacity. We, therefore, always press for the need to develop good critical care at the primary health centres for better health care,” said Dr Behera.

Provide dental care in rural areas: VC
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 17
The Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Dr A.K. Chawla, has stressed the need for providing latest dental care at the doorsteps of people in rural areas.

Dr Chawla was delivering the convocation address at the second convocation of BRS Dental College and Hospital at Kot Billa village, near here, today.

Congratulating those who received their degrees today, Dr Chawla urged them to devote more time for providing relief to the underprivileged. He was all praise for the management of the college for providing dental care and health services in remote areas by setting up this college.

Dr Chawla honoured two best graduates — Dr Abhimanyu and Dr Minni. The bachelor of dental surgery degrees were conferred on the graduates by the Principal of the College, Dr Ravi Kapur.

Later in the evening, Dr (Maj-Gen) Virendra Singh, Director, BDS Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, inaugurated the annual function of the college by lighting a traditional lamp.

SPORTS

Haryana, Rajasthan kabaddi champs
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 17
Haryana and Rajasthan emerged champion in women and men’s section respectively at the conclusion of the 16th North Zone Kabaddi championships here today at Football Stadium, Sector 17. The four-day meet was organised by the Chandigarh Kabaddi Association.

Earlier Mr Karan Avtar Singh, Finance Secretary, UT gave away the prizes.

Results; women: Final; Haryana b Delhi 58-53; Third place: Punjab b Chandigarh 21-20.

Men: Final: Rajasthan b Punjab 34-26.

Third place: Chandigarh b Jammu and Kashmir 41-40.

Tushar, Varun surge ahead
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 17
On the third day of the ongoing HEAD Total tennis Championships being played at YMCA Courts, Sector 11, the seeded players in the men’s section had an easy time. Top seed Tushar Sharma trounced more experienced Gagan Wasu by the sheer power of his ground strokes.

Initially both players matched each other point to point and stroke to stroke. The match was evenly poised till 3-3 but then youth prevailed over experience. Tushar took five straight games to finish the match with score reading in his favour at 8–3.

Second seed in men’s section Vikas Sharma, too, had an easy encounter against Bhupinder Singh. Vikas played with ease, picking the strokes and points at his own pace.

In the boys under-18 section, while top seed Varun Sharma defeated Tanveen Sandu 7–2, the same score was posted by second seed Mandeep Gill against Ankit Mahajan.

Results: Men’s Singles:
Tushar Sharma beat Gagan Wasu 8-3; Gaurav Sharma b Sharnveer Singh 8-5; Varun Sharma b Gurpreet 8-1; Arvind Sharma b Karan Patnaik 8-5; Sanjeev Kumar b Gurusewak 8-0; Pardeep Kumar b Anil 8-7(2); Sunny Sapra b Maneshwar Goel 8-1; Vikas Sharma b Bhupinder Singh 8-2;

Boys under-18 second round

Varun Sharma b Tanveer Sandhu 7-2; Maneshwar Goel b Nitin 7-3; Aman Thind w/o Gagan; Manish Bumbak w/o Rohan Kapoor; Nitish Sharma b Santosh 7-5; Karan Patnaik b Ashutosh 7-3; Jagneet Singh w/o N.B.Singh ; Sharanveer Singh b Gaurav Inder Toor 7-2; Jay Vinod b Arjun Sehgal 7-4; Shiva b Jaswinder Singh 7-4; Navdeep S.Uppal w/o Malli; Bhupinder Singh w/o Rohit Sharma; Saurav Sharma w/o Sahir; Gaurav Sharma b Ruben 7-4; Prabhjot Singh b Rohit 7-2; Mandeep Gill b Ankit Mahajan 7-2;

Boys under-14 second round

Mandeeep Singh Gill b Tanveer Sandhu 6-0; Vishal Suri b Safal Gill 6-0; Jivtesh Singh b Karan Kumar 6-3; Aseem Jain w/o Gaurav Inder Toor; Nitin b Sidharth Chhabra 6-1; Shobit Futella b Gurupeer 6-1; Himanshu Arora b Gagandeep S. Gill 6-4 ; Abhai Raj Singh b Jashanvir Singh 6-0; Arjun Sehgal b Artim Gupta 6-2; Raghav Singla w/o Tejeshwar Singh Nishant Sood beat Vikramjeet Kang 6-5(5); Fateh S.Ladhar w/o Arjun Sood; Jaskaran Singh b Tejvansh 6-0; Karanvir Singh b Sunny Bajaj 6-1; Digvijay S.Mehta b Vaneet Benipal 6-2; Saurav Sharma b Nitish 6-1.

2 silver, two bronze for Chandigarh
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 17
Chandigarh clinched two silver medals and an equal number of bronze medals in the 7th Senior and Junior National Sports Aerobics Championships which concluded here today at Shivalik Public School, Mohali.

The three-day event was organised by the Chandigarh Gymnastic Association under the aegis of Gymnastics Federation of India. Earlier, Mr Karan Avtar Singh, Finance Secretary, UT, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes.

Mr D.S. Bedi, Director Principal of the host school, said that next month, Shivalik School would also play host to the National Sub-Junior and Senior Rythmic Gymnastics Championship.

Chandigarh gymnasts who won silver medals were, Jaiprakash and Ritu in mixed pair senior event and Rishab Dev in junior boys Individual section. The bronze medals for Chandigarh came in women singles individual won by Ritu Aaithani and in the junior trios event, by a team of Sudipta, Varinder and Mohan.

Results (all finals):

Senior: men singles (Individual): Manvinder (J&K) 1, KH Inobi Singh (SSCB) 2, Aditya Joshi (Mah) 3; mixed pair: Amya and Vaishali (Mah)1, Jai Prakash and Ritu (Chd) 2, Gaurav and Priyanka (Har)3; trios:Y Ranjan, Sunil and Naresh Bisht (SSCB)1, Aditya Joshi, Amya and Tarak Das (Mah) 2, Amit Pramanik, Randhir Rana and Vivek Sharma (Uttrl) 3.