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Dharna against ‘anti-teacher’
Ludhiana, March 17 The dharna is one of the programmes of the PCCTU to awaken the insensitive authorities, whose unjust and unfair attitude is playing havoc with the future of the young generation. The dharna will also continue tomorrow as stated by the president and secretary of the unit Dr T.S. Anand and Prof Rajinder Singh in a press note. Exemption:
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Award conferred on PAU Registrar
Ludhiana, March 17 Dr Sharma , born in Gurdaspur in 1947, did his schooling from Jalandhar. He did his B.Sc from Government College, Ludhiana, in 1965. He joined the first batch of Agricultural Engineering Programme in PAU and graduated in 1969. He was a merit scholarship holder throughout his studies at PAU. Immediately thereafter he joined as a Research Assistant. Dr Sharma did his MS in September 1975 from Ohio State University, USA, and Doctorate in Engineering form Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, in 1990. Dr Sharma joined as Head, Department of Farm Power and Machinery in 1991. Since then he has remained on administrative positions of the university like Additional Director of Research (Engineering) and Registrar since March 2002. He also held additional charges of University Librarian and Comptroller, PAU, for quite some time. He is the first academician Registrar of the University.
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Farewell party held
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, March 17 Ramanjit was adjudged Ms Farewell while Lovepreet and Charanjit were adjudged first and second runners-up, respectively. Gurpreet and Ruby were Ms Well Dressed and Ms Beautiful Smile, respectively. Miss Farewell: Juniors at Master Singh College bid adieu to their seniors here today. The Miss Farewell contest proved to be very popular. Navpreet Kaur ws adjudged Miss Farewell.Meanwhile a farewell party was also organised on the premises of Kamla Lohtia SD College here on Wednesday.
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School students given uniforms, study material
Amloh, March 17 He also announced three prizes to the students of class V who got first three positions in the examination and three prizes for players every year a cash prize of Rupees 1,000/- for the teachers was diverted to the students. Mr Devinder Singh Punia, President Democratic Teachers Front, who presided over the function said that it is the result of the guidance of headmaster Harbans Singh Neelon that Ameen Khan a student of the school participated in national level competitions. Jagdeep Singh and Ravi Singh won first position in the education competition. School children also presented cultural programme.
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Class of ’55
relives memories at alumni meet
Ludhiana, March 17 It was an occasion to relive their memories and share life experiences. This gathering, initiated in 2003 on the initiative of the world renowned Dr Gurdev Singh Khush and Dr Beant Singh Ahluwalia, has now become an annual phenomenon. Dr Dalbir Singh Dev and Dr Bikkar Singh Sandhu organised today’s programme. Those attending the get together said they were proud of the distinguished achievements of their classmate Dr Khush who is “undoubtedly Father of the Green Revolution in rice farming and has to his credit more than 25 national and
international prestigious awards and honours”. They also spoke high of their alma mater i.e. Govt Agriculture College, Ludhiana, which had played a pivotal role in bringing about green and white revolutions in India.
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20 accident cases settled
Ludhiana, March 17 The Additional Sessions Judges, Mr Inderjit Kaushik, Mr Sukhdarshan Singh Khaira, Mr J.S.Bhatia, Mr Vijay Singh and Mr B.S.Sodhi asked the litigants to provide necessary documents to counsels or officers of the insurance company so that their cases may be settled. Officers of the insurance company were directed to expedite the completion of the files so that the cases may be put up in the next adalat on March 23 and 24.
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Blood test can detect onset of prostate cancer
Ludhiana, March 17 These observations were made by Dr Mohan Verghese, head of Uro-Oncology at the Washington Cancer Centre in the USA, while on a visit to the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here, yesterday. Delivering a guest lecture at a workshop, he said PSA could prove to be a major breakthrough in early detection of prostate cancer. The normal PSA values ranged between 0 to 4. With the value between 4 to 10, the person had 30 per cent chances of suffering from prostate cancer while those with above 10 value, had at least 50 per cent chances of being afflicted with cancer of prostate. He, however, added that a high PSA value could be indicative of some other disorders as well and a transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy by an expert urologist or radiologist could make the confirmed diagnosis. Dr Verghese also highlighted the role of radical prostatectomy and radical radiotherapy for organ confined prostate cancer. “Recent published studies have shown that incidence of prostate cancer is lower among those who had an active sexual life. Also, the scientists have been able to identify certain anti-oxidants that form a part of our diet that are responsible for some protective action against the disease. These are found in abundance in tomatoes and green leafy vegetables. Other than these, vitamin E, Vitamin D, Soya products, and certain fish oils, found in salmons, mackerels also help in prevention of the disease.” Dr Kim Mammen, professor and head of urology at the CMCH, remarked that in cases where the cancer spread to bones and the lymph nodes, radical surgery did not help. In such cases surgical castration or medical castration was undertaken, he said, adding that most of the curative procedures of this cancer did not have a negative impact on the potency of the patient. “Castration could lead to a reduced libido but not impotency. Even in radical surgery we try to preserve the potency of the patient,” maintained Dr Kim Mammen. Stating that the enlargement of the prostate was one of the many symptoms of cancer, Dr N.K. Mohanty, head of the department of urology at the Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, said a slow stream of passing urine, incomplete urination, increase in frequency of urination, occasional bleeding in urine, backache and loss of sensitivity in lower limbs were some of the other symptoms of prostate cancer.
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Rare laparoscopic surgery performed
Ludhiana, March 17 Addressing a press conference here today, Dr Ghosh said Sahil, a four-year-old boy, was suffering from constipation since birth. He could not pass stool satisfactorily, even with laxatives. On investigation and biopsy, he was diagnosed to be suffering from a disease where a segment of his rectum was not innervated properly, so it did not move for evacuation of stool. The condition was known as Hirschprung’s disease. “Conventionally one operation (in two or three stages) is required to remove a part of the bowel and to restore continuity, bypass the diseased rectum. However, a laparoscopic procedure was performed on Sahil through four keyholes. This reduced the pain, hospital stay and ensured excellent
cosmesis, while at the same time reducing the chance of incisional hernia later.” Very few of such
laparoscopic-modified Duhamel’s operations had been reported in the world literature and at least none from India. Probably this was the first of its kind in the country, claimed Dr Ghosh. In another innovative laparoscopic surgery, Kirandeep Kaur, a 25-year-old woman and mother of two children, was cured of a chronic ulcerative colitis. The patient used to have loose motions, with a frequency of about 12-15 times every day, associated with blood and mucus for the past more than one and a half years. On clinical examination and investigation, she was diagnosed to be suffering from ulcerative colitis (a condition in which colon is studded extensively with ulcers) and
malrotation-embryological abnormality in which intestine is wrongly rotated and not fixed. A very major
laparoscopic-assisted proctocolectomy with ‘ileal-pouch anal
anastomosis’ (IPAA) was performed on her, whereby the entire diseased large bowel was resected and the bowel continuity was artificially restored. In traditional surgery, the operation would have required a big incision, resulting in an ugly scar and postoperative morbidity. Laparoscopically done, the IPAA with five keyholes ensured less pain, less blood loss, excellent
cosmesis, and at the same time, it reduced wound infection and later hernia formation, remarked Dr Ghosh. Dr Rajan Isaacs, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, who was also present, observed that these advanced laparoscopic procedures were now routinely done at the hospital, producing effective results.
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Local surgeon to chair global conference
Ludhiana, March 17 Giving this information, Ms Neeta Dewan, director of the hospital said more than 200 delegates from all over the world would be attending the conference where national and international faculty would deliver lectures and perform live surgeries covering the fields of general surgery, laparoscopic surgery, urology, cancer and cardio-thoracic surgery. The global meet would provide an opportunity to younger surgeons to get practical training and share the knowledge with their senior colleagues. Dr Dewan, before setting up his own hi-tech surgical centre, had started performing laparoscopic minimal access surgery at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here.
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70 tubectomies performed at welfare camp
Ludhiana, March 17 According to Dr Manorama Awasthy, district family welfare officer, free of cost blankets were distributed to those opting for operations, besides providing them medicines and advice free of cost on follow up. She said a special family welfare camp for stitchless vasectomies would be held at Civil Hospital here on March 18 to promote family planning. The Sigma Society has offered to present one blanket each to the those at the camp, to be organised in collaboration with the ‘Rogi Kalyan Samiti’.
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