‘CME’s important for upgrading skills of doctors’
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Ludhiana, November 27
The kneejoint replacement surgery has come of age in India. Now the joint replacement has become a common feature. However, the orthopaedic experts need to be thoroughly trained and well versed with technique to ensure good results.

Delivering the Dr Lionel Henry Lobo Memorial Lecture at Christian Medical College and Hospital here today, Padma Bhushan Prof K.H. Sancheti, Director, Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics, Pune, said there was the need to popularise it so that maximum number of people benefitted from it.

Dr Lobo, was a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, former professor, Head of Department Orthopedics and principal of CMCH. In his memory, Department of Orthopaedic, CMCH, jointly with the Dr L.H. Lobo Memorial Trust organised the 22nd Annual Dr L.H. Lobo Memorial Oration and continuing medical education (CME) on ‘total knee arthroplasty’ here today.

Dr John Pramod, acting director, CMCH and Dr Mohan Verghese, Principal, Christian Medical College were the guests of honour. Mr Sukpat Rai Wadhera, president; Dr S.K. Chopra, honorary secretary and Dr J.C. Saha, honorary treasurer of Dr L.H. Lobo Memorial Trust and Dr Daljit Singh, Principal, DMCH, were also present on the occasion.

Dr Pramod, while speaking on the occasion emphasised the importance of CMEs in upgrading the skills of the medical practitioners and instilling quality in the services provided to the patients. He expressed his admiration for the orthopaedic surgeons to keep the world mobile.

The CME was held after the oration, wherein eminent orthopaedic surgeons from the country and abroad with extensive experience in the field, delivered talks on various topics. They included C.V. Ananthakrishnan, Texas; Dr D.K. Gupta, New Delhi; Dr S.K.S. Marya (New Delhi), Dr N.K. Aggarwal (Ludhiana); Col. B.K. Singh (New Delhi); Dr A. Rajgopal (New Delhi); Dr P.S. Maini (New Delhi) and Dr O.N. Nagi. More than 300 delegates participated in the programme.

City skaters win 13 gold medals
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Ludhiana, November 27
Ludhiana skaters proved their mettle by winning 13 out 29 gold medals which were decided in the 16th Punjab State Roller Skating Championship for boys and girls being held at the Leisure Valley Rink today. Amritsar followed the hosts with nine gold while Patiala fetched four titles.

Earlier, Mr Surinder Dawar, Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, inaugurated the championship in which 350 skaters of different age groups from all over the state are taking part.

Results: rink race I- (boys) (0 to 6 years)-Abhishek of Fatehgarh Sahib 1; Karandeep Singh of Ludhiana 2; and Gungeet Singh of Patiala 3; (girls)-Gurnoor Kaur of Ludhiana 1; and Annaditya of Ludhiana 2; (boys six to eight years)-Sargunpreet Singh of Amirtsar 1; Horesh Kalra of Sangrur 2; and Anmolpreet Singh of Amritsar 3; (girls six to eight years)- Harneet Kaur of Ludhiana 1; Ramandeep Kaushik of Sangrur 2; and Deepender Kaur of Sangrur 3.

Boys (eight to 10 years)- Harsh Dholkia of Amritsar 1; Bhavneet Singh of Ludhiana 2; and Lavartar Singh of Ludhiana 3; (girls eight to 10 years)- Simran Sagar of Ludhiana 1; Rinshika of Ludhiana 2; and Yashika Dhawan of Amritsar 3; (boys 10 to 12 years)- Sawtantar Pal Singh of Amritsar 1; Tanveer Singh of Amritsar 2; and Bandhul Hans of Ludhiana 3; (girls 10 to 12 years)- Sini Nagpal of Amritsar 1; Sehar Sabharwal of Ludhiana 2; and Mehak Preet of Ludhiana 3.

Boys (12 to 14 years)- Gulrajan Singh of Sangur 1, Satinder Pal Singh of Sangrur 2 and Tajeshwar Mahal of Patiala 3; (girls 12 to 14 years)- Gurmanpreet Kaur of Ludhiana 1; Kanudarpan Kaur of Ludhiana 2; and Preet Kamal of Patiala 3; boys (14 to 16 years)- Iqbal Singh of Amritsar 1; Varun Vaid of Ludhiana 2 and Varinder Singh of Patiala 3.

Boys (above 16 years)- Gurinder Singh of Mansa 1; Ankit Vij of Patiala 2; and Pardeep Singh of Patiala 3; girls (above 16 years)- Heena Bharti of Patiala 1; Gaganjot Kaur of Ludhiana 2; and Shabreen Kaur of Ludhiana 3.

Rink race II- boys (below six years)- Ibadat Mander of Sangrur 1; Anmoldeep Kaura of Patiala 2; and Aditya Sharma of Amritsar 3; girls (six to eight years)- Jaswinder Kaur of Amritsar 1; Ramandeep Kaushik of Sangrur 2; and Harmeet Kaur of Ludhiana 3; girls (eight to 10 years)- Aishwariya of Ludhiana 1; Navpreet of Sangrur 2; and Simran Sagar of Ludhiana 3; boys (10 to 12 years)- Bandhul Hans of Ludhiana 1; Mandeep Singh of Ludhiana 2; and Avneet Singh of Amritsar 3; girls (10 to 12 years)- Sini Nagpal of Amritsar 1; Karanveer Kaur of Sangrur 2; and Jaspreet Kaur of Ludhiana .

Boys (12 to 14 years)- Abhinav Singla of Ludhiana 1; Amarjit Singh Ghai of Patiala 2; and Amanveer of Sangrur 3; girls (12 to 14 years)- Shivani Gupta of Ludhiana 1; Gurmanpreet of Ludhiana 2; and Ramandeep of Sangrur 3; boys (14 to 16 years)- Sumit Singh of Amritsar 1; Shamsher Singh of Sangur 2; and Ridhamdeep of Ludhiana 3; girls (14 to 16 years)- Runeet Kaur of Ludhiana 1; Munisha Sharma of Sangur 2; and Yashdeep Kaur of Ludhiana 3; boys (above 16 years)- Ramanpreet Singh of Patiala 1; Gurvinder Singh of Mansa 2; and Balwinder Singh of Amritsar 3; girls (above 16 years)- Inderpreet Kaur of Ludhiana 1; Rekha of Amritsar 2; and Shvreen Kaur of Ludhiana.

Rink race-inline 1000m- boys (eight to 10 years)- Darvesh Singh of Amritsar 1; Jasleen Lotey of Ludhiana 2; and Ritesh of Fatehgarh Sahib 3; boys (10 to 12 years)- Nitish Sohi 1; girls (10 to 12 years)- Alisha Puri of Ludhiana 1; and Lovleen Lotey of Ludhiana 2; boys (12 to 14 years)- Gurshish Pal of Ludhiana 1; girls (12 to 14 years)-Roopan Dhillon of Ludhiana 1; Suranshi Thukral of Ludhiana 2; and Jasmine Puri of Ludhiana 3.

Jalandhar athletes win 5-km walk
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Ludhiana, November 27
Hardeep Singh and Sukhdeep Kaur, both of Jalandhar romped home victorious in the gruelling 5-km walk in the boys and girls (u-19 years) sections respectively on the second day of the Golden Jubilee Punjab Schools Inter District Athletics Meet being held at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

In the boy’s section, Antar Singh of Sangrur and local lad Hardeep Singh secured the second and and third position respectively while in the girl’s section, Kamaldeep Kaur of Ludhiana and Ranjit Kaur of Ropar finished second and third respectively.

Other results: (Girls) — 3000m (u-17 years) Navjovan Kaur of Hoshiarpur 1, Bhavanjeet Kaur of Ludhiana 2 and Harwant Kaur of Ropar 3; 3000m (u-19 years) — Savita of Gurdaspur 1, Rajvinder Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Ranjit Kaur of Hoshiarpur 3; Triple jump (u-17 years) — Ramandeep Kaur of Sangrur 1, Harpreet Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Rupinder kaur of Ferozepur 3; Triple jump (u-19 years) — Gurdeep Kaur of Nawan Shahr 1, Parmjit Kaur of Sangrur 2 and Parminder Kaur of Patiala 3.

Hammer throw: (u-17 years) — Manpreet Kaur of Fatehgarh Sahib 1, Parminder Kaur of Sangrur 2 and Gurbinder Kaur of Amritsar 3; Hammer throw (u-19 years) — Jasvir Kaur of Ropar 1, Rupinder Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Sarbjit Kaur of Gurdaspur 3; High jump (u-14 years) — Beant Kaur of Sangrur 1, Jagroop Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Jasdeep Kaur Dhaliwal of Ludhiana 3; Long jump (u-19 years) — Paramjit Kaur of Sangrur 1, Gurdeep Kaur of Nawan Shahr 2 and Manpreet Kaur of Nawan Shahr 3; Long jump (u-17 years) — Ramandeep Kaur of Sangrur 1, Sarpreet Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Rupinder Kaur of Ferozepur 3.

(Boys) — 3000m (u-17 years) Parminder Singh of Jalandhar 1, Rajinder Kumar 2 and Gumakh Singh of Fatehgrh Sahib 3; High jump (u-14 years) — Gurdeep Singh of Muktsar 1, Avtar Singh of Gurdaspur 2 and Manveer Singh of Gurdaspur 3; Discus throw (u-19 years) — Simranjit Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib 1, Dalbir Singh of Jalandhar 2 and Sangat Singh of Amritsar 3; Discus throw (u-17 years) — Harpreet Singh of Ludhiana 1, Gurvinder Singhof Ropar 2 and Gurjot Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib 3.

Hammer throw: (u-19 years) — Dalbir Singh of Jalandhar 1, Tejinder Singh of Amritsar 2 and Rajveer Kaur of Sangrur 3; Hammer throw (u-17 years) — Rajinder Kumar of Kapurthala 1, Amrik Singh of Jalandhar 2 and Maninder Singh of Ludhiana 3; High jump (u-19 years) — Malkit Singh of Ludhiana 1, Gurvinder Singh of Gurdaspur 2 and Sukhvinder Singh of Amritsar 3; High jump (u-17 years) — Ajaypal Singh of Gurdaspur 1, Daljit Singh of Gurdaspur 2 and Devinder Singh of Jalandhar 3.

30 cyclists attend camp at PAU
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Ludhiana, November 27
More than 30 cyclists drawn from different colleges, affiliated with Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, are currently attending training –cum- coaching camp at the velodrome of Punjab Agricultural University.

Mr Tejinder Singh, a former national-level cyclist, who is also working as lecturer in the Physical Education Department of a local college, said these boys and girls had been undergoing strenuous training since October 25. The training would end on November 29. Their schedule includes training in the road as well as track races.

The cyclists of BBK DAV College, Amritsar, HMV College, Jalandhar, SDAM College, Dina Nagar, and Khalsa College, Amritsar, would vie for top honours during the one-day Guru Nanak Dev University Inter-College Cycling Championship to be held here on Novermber 30, Mr Tejinder Singh added.