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eradication: Dr Estess Chandigarh, November 30 He said since 1985 the Rotary had spent over $ 600 million worldwide and more than $ 55.8 million in India for the eradication of this disease. Stating that Rotary was set to achieve one of its most ambitious goals in the history of global public health to immunize the children of the world against polio till its 100th anniversary in 2005. Dr Estess pointed out that remarkable results had been achieved by Rotary in bringing down the number of polio cases in the world. Before the start of this project the number of polio cases across the world were 1,000 a day. He added that if there was even one case that remains unattended in the country it would get exported to other countries of the world, he added. Dr Glenn had visited India in 1998 to participate in the national pulse polio immunization day. An international conference was also organised in New Delhi in August. Health ministers of six Asian countries attended the conference which was addressed by the President of India. When asked if Rotary’s culture was elitist, Dr Estess replied: “Rotary is not an elitist club. Most of our projects are for the community but since the needs of every community differs from another the clubs have to work
differently. He said Rotary had over 30,000 clubs in 166 countries of the world.” Dr Glenn commended the Rotary Club of Chandigarh for promoting voluntary blood donation in the region and for setting up Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre. It was inaugurated yesterday. Dr Glenn also visited the Rotary’s peace monument at the Sukhna Lake, and later met the students being trained in computers, shorthand, typing, embroidery and tailoring at the Rotary Vocational Training Centre in Sector 18, here. He would also meet the two children who had been operated upon at the PGI for congenital coronary cardiac disorders. |
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Rs 9.72 lakh project given to UT Red Cross Society Our Correspondent Chandigarh, November 30 The first case of HIV/AIDS was detected in the city in 1987. HIV and AIDS cases are on the rise and more than 4,000 HIV positive cases have been diagnosed by the Voluntary Confidential Counselling and Testing Centres of the PGI, General Hospital and Government Medical College till November. From 1999 to 2004, 1,027 full blown AIDS cases were admitted in the three major hospitals of the city. Out of these 44 cases were local. Mr Sandeep Mittal, project coordinator, Servants of the People Society, said, “In Chandigarh the main reason behind this is having multi-sex partners, pre-marital and extra-martial affairs. In the near future, the intervenous drug users will be the main area of concern. Truck drivers, migrant workers, labourers, rickshaw pullers, taxi drivers are the main carriers of this disease”. “There is need to bring a change in the working system of the NGOs. Only then we can bring some stability. The working of the NGOs should be decentralised. Practical guidelines to the commercial sex workers should be given. The use of the condoms should be promoted. Approach of the NGO towards people should also be changed,” he added. The National AIDS Control Organisation, Government of India, has sanctioned anti-retroviral drugs treatment centre at PGI, Chandigarh, from December 2004. Under this free ant-retroviral drugs will be provided to AIDS patients. Parent-to-child transmission programme has been started in all three hospitals including PGI, Government Medical College, Sector 32 and General Hospital, Sector 16. One trained counsellor and one qualified lab technician has been deputed in each centre. In the past four months 6,626 ant-natal cases were screened and 13 were found positive. The State AIDS Control Society, UT, Chandigarh, will organise a function at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10. The theme of this year is ‘Women, Girls HIV and AIDS’. The Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator, Gen S.F. Rodrigues, will be the chief guest.
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Awareness camp on AIDS organised Chandigarh, November 30 The message for the prevention and control of HIV\AIDS was given through folk songs and magic tricks. A quiz programme was also organised to increase the participation of the local community. About 250 persons visited the camp and 12 patients were treated for the sexually transmitted diseases (STD). A similar awareness camp was organised by the Servants of People Society at Maloya colony. The camp aimed at motivating public for improving their health care seeking behaviour with regards to STDs. Around 200 persons visited the camp. Dr Sandeep Mittal clarified the misconceptions among the people concerning HIV\AIDS. |
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Painting contest on AIDS awareness Panchkula, November 30 Over 50 students from D.C. Model Senior Secondary School Sector-7, Saupin's School, Sector-9, Jainender Public School, Sector-1, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector-15, and New India Senior Secondary School, Sector-15, participated in the competition. The competition was inaugurated by Civil Surgeon, Dr Satvir Chaudhary. Students were also educated on the prevention and transmission of HIV by Dr Lalit Virmani, District Health Officer. Mr Amit Gupta, Project Manager, Swach, Dr Sangeeta Gupta, Project Coordinator Dhanwantri Education Society and Mrs Anukampa Sangwan Councilor, VCTC, General Hospital, Sector-6, Panchkula were the Judges. The first prize was won by Sonali of Bhavan Vidhalaya, Sector-15, and Anuradha of Jainendra Public School, Panchkula.The second prize was given to Supriya of Jainender Public School and Harpreet Kaur of J. Saupin's School, while the third prize was given to Gagandeep of New India Senior Secondary School and Deepasha Sood of D.C.Model School. The fourth prize was bagged by Urvashi Goel of Hans Raj Public School. Dr Lalit Vermani said that these childrens will be given prizes on December 1, World Aids Day, by Health Minister, Mr M.L. Ranga tomorrow, and the Aids Awareness rally will also be flagged off.
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Slogan-writing contest on AIDS Chandigarh, November 30 |
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3 BRD to organise hockey championship Chandigarh, November 30 Friendship series In the first match of the Friendship Cup Series, Lawyers Cricket Club, Chandigarh, beat the Punjab and Haryana High Court XI by seven runs here today. The Punjab and Haryana High Court XI won the toss and asked the opposition to bat. The Lawyers Cricket Club scored 196 for 4 in 25 overs. Openers Harpreet Hundal and Deepak Aggarwal gave a solid opening partnership of 127 runs in 13 overs. Harpreet scored 115 in 60 balls with the help of seven sixes and 10 fours. Deepak scored 43 in 30 balls with the help of two sixes and six fours. In the final overs, Jai Kapil scored 30 of just 12 balls with the help of six fours. In reply, the Punjab and Haryana High Court XI could only manage 189 for five in the allotted 25 overs. Brief scores: The Lawyers Cricket Club 196 for four (Harpreet Hundal 115, Deepak Aggarwal 43, Jai Kapil 30, Premjeet Hundal two for 35), the Punjab and Haryana High Court XI 189 for five (Arpinder Bedi 70, Sukhdeep Sidhu 44, Gagan Deep Singh three for 32, Sunil Kalra two for 40). Doubles
title Parul Verma, a student of DAV Model School, Sector 15, Chandigarh, and his partner Subhash Chandra Rao of Delhi won the under-14 doubles title at the AITA Super series Championship at Rourkela, Orissa. Olympic Bhavan Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Haryana Chief Minister, will dedicate to the public the first phase of the Haryana Olympic Bhavan in Sector 3, Panchkula tomorrow. It will have a gym, a multi-purpose hall, club facilities, a library dedicated to sports, a media centre and the Haryana Olympic Association secretariat. Chess Championship The Chandigarh Chess Association will organise the under-7, under-9 and under-13 boys and girls chess championship to select teams in the three categories to represent Chandigarh in the nationals being held at Calicut, Ahmedabad and Vijayawada, respectively. The selection trials will be held at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, on December 4 and 5. |
Encroachments on roads removed Zirakpur, November 30 The IGP (Zonal) also directed the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat authorities to clear the highways and other government land of trucks illegally parked here. He directed the police personnel to challan the trucks parked illegally at various places in the Zirakpur area. While holding a meeting of officials here, the IGP directed them to remove the encroachment from either sides of the highway, so that there would not be any traffic congestion. He warned the encroachers and said their establishments encroaching the highway and government land would be impounded and the owners would be fined heavily. Mr S.S. Virk, SP (D), Patiala, Mr Manmohan Kumar Sharma, DSP of Dera Bassi, Mr Sanjeev Bansal, tehsildar of Dera Bassi, Mr Narinder Kumar Sharma, president of Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat, and office bearers of the Zirakpur Market Welfare Association, were also present in the meeting. While talking to the Chandigarh Tribune, Mr Manmohan Kumar Sharma, said the IGP also conducted a meeting with the police personnel and reviewed the traffic management in view of the ‘torch of the 1st Indo-Pak Punjab Games’ to be taken to Patiala from Chandigarh on December 5. The Chandigarh Tribune has been highlighting various problems including that of traffic congestion due to encroachment in the Zirakpur area and illegal parking of private goods-carriers including trucks and multi-excel vehicles on the government land adjacent to the intersection of the Chandigarh-Ambala and the Panchkula-Patiala highways. Following the directions of the IGP, the Nagar Panchayat authorities today removed some rehris and establishments that had come up on the highway.
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