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Tsunami victims need counselling: doctors
Ludhiana, February 19 This feedback was received here from a team of Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and the National Lutheran Health and Medical Board, which, along with its other associates, Bethseda Hospital, Ambur and Josephs Eye Hospital, Trichy in Tamil Nadu have continued to provide medical and psycho-social relief to the tsunami victims at Cuddalore and Tranqubar, along the east coast, one of the worst affected regions in the country since January 7, 2005. The 30-member relief team consisting of doctors, nurses, paramedics and volunteers from the NGOs, was looking after the tsunami victims by providing relief. According to information received from Dr John Abraham, medical superintendent of CMCH here, as many as 4,695 patients were seen at the camp. In addition, 1,265 patients were seen at village camps and 798 schoolchildren were screened. About 50 patients with curable orthopaedic surgical problems were now being attended to by medical specialists. “In collaboration with local government officials, a survey was conducted to identify serious victims in the tsunami-affected areas. An eight-member medical team from Trichy has been trained in disaster care and sent to Tranqubar, south of Cuddalore. This team is attending to more than 200 patients everyday. The second team comprising senior orthopaedic surgeons, which reached the base camp on February 3, has so far performed 14 surgeries. Patients have been brought to the camp to facilitate surgeries due to limited facilities. Dr Abraham further said the teams of community medicine specialists, health workers and paramedics were visiting nearby villages, covering a population of around 25,000. The medical relief operations providing secondary level care were to be sustained for six to eight weeks to provide effective care. According to the CMCH team, as the time passed, the serious problems have become manageable. However, the psychological trauma was becoming more serious than imagined. Trauma counselling and mental health management had become the most important task. With the experience gained during the relief operations after the Gujarat earthquake in 2001, and help of the psychology faculty of Luthern University, a new concept had been developed and put into action. “So far, 300 volunteer counsellors, who will function as community counsellors, have been trained. Over 100 village health workers and senior workers from the Health Department are among those who received training. The district administration is providing full support to the medical relief work at the affected areas,” the CMCH team said.
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Lecture on healthy, living organised
Ludhiana, February 19 Mr Mittal explained importance of good health, methods of healthy living without medicines. He also explained the reasons of sickness. Various food items were discussed along with their remedial properties, that helped a person to live a healthy life. Emphasis was on natural hygiene which was also called ‘Science of Naturopathy’. Benefits of raw eating were also explained. Mr Mittal dwelt upon yoga exercises, beneficial qualities of amla and honey as well as curative properties of wheat grass, bottle gourd and many other eatables. He explained simple and natural methods to get rid of pimples, indigestion, heart diseases and diabetes. A brochure on healthy living was distributed among students. Questions by students and teachers were dealt with by Mr Mittal. Books on the subject was also presented to the library of the institution and 40 charts connected with the subject were exhibited.
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300 examined at
medical camp held
Ludhiana, February 19 Mr R.K. Sharma, senior regional manager, Mr Anil Sama, chief manager, Mr N.C. Bhatia, chief manager of PNB as also Mr G.L. Pawha, Mr Hari Kishan Gupta, Mr Gopal Dass Sharma, Mr M.P. Goyal, Mr K.K. Behal, office bearers of the Hospital Managing Committee were present.
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Punjab circle win two golds in cycling
Ludhiana, February 19 Punjab riders won 1500-m team time trial and 4000-m team pursuit events to stamp their authority. In the 1500-m team time trial, the second and third positions were bagged by Rajasthan circle and Andhra Pradesh circle while in the 4000-m team pursuit, Rajasthan got the second spot and Andhra Pradesh annexed the third spot. In the 36-km road race, Mahavir Gauri of MTNL, Mumbai, clocked 1.05.22 secs to fetch the gold medal. Punjab’s Jaswinder Singh took 1.05.25 secs to content with the silver while the bronze medal went to Babu Lal Jat (1.05.26 secs) of Rajasthan. Mr S.C. Chaudhary, Director (Operations), BSNL Board, New Delhi, gave away prizes to the position holders.
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IHF one-man show, says Ajitpal Singh
Ludhiana, February 19 When asked about the statement of Mr
Jyotikumaran, general secretary of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) in which he had said that Mr K P S Gill had hijacked the federation, Ajit Pal Singh said the federation had been marred by controversies for quite some time. He termed it as “one-man show”. The former captain was of the opinion that the game should be broad based to get better results. This should be organised professionally so that more and more talented players could get the chance to take part in the tournaments. Ajit Pal opined that the national hockey league, started recently, would definitely bore fruits as the best hockey players available, would get a platform to perform. He criticised the IHF’s decisions to change the national coaches so frequently. “This result in
demoralising the players rather serving any purpose, the former captain added.
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MC warning on irregular
water connections
Ludhiana, February 19 Joint Commissioner Jaswant Singh said that the irregular connections were not only causing loss of revenue for the MC but was also contributing to the spread of diseases in the city.
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