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Vision loss on rise among newborns, says doctor Chandigarh, December 13 Expressing concern on the drifting trend of the disease in India, which has so far been associated with low birthweight babies across the globe, Dr M.R. Dogra of the Department of Ophthalmology, PGI, said the PGI would now study such cases to find concrete causes for the occurrence of such cases. “The care of newborn babies is so variable in our country that the babies who weigh more than 1,250 gm at the time of birth too develop the disease, which leads to total blindness, if not treated in time,” said the doctor. After the preliminary studies, the doctors here have attributed the cause of such a trend on increasing infections among babies at the time of birth, blood transfusion, anaemia, and respiratory distress leading to the ROP, where the blood vessels originating from the brain leading to the eyes develop defect and the child loses vision. “I have presented these cases at various international conferences, which have enthused a lot of curiosity among experts from across the globe. Now we are going to find out the exact causes of the occurrence of the disease among the higher weight babies,” added Dr Dogra.
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St John’s lads lift cricket trophy Chandigarh, December 13 In the final, they outplayed DAV Academy by seven runs. DAV Academy won the toss and put St John’s to bat. Skipper Gaurav Malhotra guided his team to reach 145 runs for five. DAV Academy only managed to score 138 runs for nine in their allotted 25 overs. Karan Goel claimed five wickets for 24, while Shahbaz bagged three wickets for 29 for CCA. Karan was declared man of the match, while Saurav Chopra was declared man of the series. Brief scores: CCA St John’s Academy:145 runs for five in 25 overs (Karan Goel 42, Amandeep 48, Rohit 26, Jatin 2 for 35). DAV Academy: 138 runs for nine in 25 overs (Manan Vohra 33, Saurav 24, Rakesh 32, Karan Goel 5 for 24, Shahbaz 3 for 29). Ravinder Chaudhary, secretary of the Amateur Athletics Association, Chandigarh, has successfully passed the Asian Technical Official’s Examination conducted at Jakarta (Indonesia) on December 11. The examination was held under the aegis of the International Association of Athletics Federation. According to Mr Chaudhary, 27 officials from various countries of Asia appeared in the examination and were tested on questions pertaining to athletics. The examination comprised both theoretical and practical aspects. Earlier, Mr Chaudhary was nominated the Joint Secretary of the Athletics Federation of India.
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Nine Famous women clinch softball title Chandigarh, December 13 Dr P.S. Sangha, former Principal of the SGGS, Sector 26 gave away the prizes. Snoker tourney
Pradeep Kinger defeated Rajbir 3-2 to surge in the last four of the ongoing Saurav Khattar Memorial Haryana State Snooker and Billiards Tournament played here today. In the matches held today, Manish beat Divya Sharma 3-0 (77-18, 69-41,77-31), Bhupinder defeated Deepak Goel 3-1 (52-25,70-52, 25-76, 59-31), Rajbir Vassan beat Anand Sharma 3-1 (69-61, 63-39, 33-42, 56-41) and Pradeep Kinger defeated Rajbir 3-2 (70-38, 04-60, 92-20, 12-52, 66-42). Rajinder cricket
Minerva Academy sailed in the finals of the first Rajinder Singh Memorial Open Cricket Tournament defeating Shekhar Cricket club by three runs in a match played here today at Military Grounds. Brief scores; Shekhar CC:Parminder 42, Devinder 27, Harish Garg 3 for 30, Sudhir 3 for 24). Minerva Academy:148 runs for seven in 17.2 overs (Ranjit Bajaj 58,Tejwinder Gill 29, Harish Garg 19, Islam 3 for 39). |
CHB chief to be Secy Health too Chandigarh, December 13 The work of Secretary Health was being handled by the Finance Secretary, Mr S.K. Sandhu, while the work of Secretary MER was being handled by the Home Secretary, Mr Krishna Mohan. Mr Krishna Mohan’s predecessor, Mr R.S. Gujral, was the first IAS to be Secretary MER. In the past, the Director Principal of the Government Medical College and Hospital has had held the charge of Secretary MER. It was only when Prof V.K. Kak retired and Prof S.B.S. Mann was selected as Director of GMCH that the work of Secretary MER was handed over to the Home Secretary. Mr S.C. Poddar will continue to hold all his present duties in the CHB and also as Chairman and Managing Director of the Chandigarh Industrial Tourism Corporation. Also in today’s orders the FS was formally appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer. Normally the HS is the CVO in Chandigarh. Only for brief period Ms Vineeta Rai, the then Adviser, had held the work of CVO in 1999. |
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