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PGI to streamline funds allotment to poor
Chandigarh, April 25 Headed by Prof Subhash Verma, Head of Department of Internal Medicine, the committee is formed to monitor and allocate the funds that are collected for the poor patients through appeals in the media and voluntarily donated by the samaritans. Other members in the committee include Dr Meenu Singh, Dr F.D. Patel and Dr Vipin Koushal. “For the allotment of funds below the amount of Rs 2,000, the Medical Superintendent would be the in-charge. The committee would step in when the funds above Rs 2,000 are involved. Earlier, the task of the entire monitoring and allotment of such funds for the poor patients was with the MSs office,” disclosed a senior official. The Institute is frequently criticised for the delay in actual allotment of the funds, which are collected for the poor patients due to the long winding administrative procedures. The newly-formed committee would attempt to amend this lacuna as well. “In fact we are planning to involve the local non-government organisations (NGOs), the city residents and government bodies to contribute towards this fund. In that way we can create a pool for the poor patients and give the poor patients’ the money according to their requirements,’’ added the official. It is also learnt that the portion of the extra money generated by the introduction of the one-time package deals in various department would be diverted to this fund. PGI’s poor patient load: As many as 20 per cent of the patients coming to the PGI daily avail of the benefit of the poor patient status, by which all hospital charges are waived. To afford the expensive cost of treatment in the chronic ailments, many of the patients from the lower economic strata seek help from public to raise money, which is collected at the PGI and managed by the staff. |
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IGMC conference concludes
Chandigarh, April 25 Addressing the conference, Dr T.S. Mahant from Fortis Hospital, Mohali, spoke on the current status of cardiac surgery. Dr Rajiv Bedi from the same hospital spoke on the recent trends in oncology. The souvenir was released by Mr G.S. Bali, Himachal Minister for Tourism and Transport. Prof H.M. Swami, Director-Principal of Government College and Hospital, Sector 32,was the guest of honour. Prominent among those who participated in the conference included Prof Raj Bahadur, Dr Subhash Verma, Dr S.C. Sharma,Dr Meenu Singh, Dr Vijay Laxmi and Prof Ashok
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Haryana beat Calcutta in a cliffhanger
Panchkula, April
25 All the winners won in straight sets. However, the most interesting quarter-final was played between hosts Haryana and Calcutta. Despite being down by two sets Calcutta did not surrender meekly. They fought till the last but Haryana eventually prevailed by 25-13, 25-18, 26-24 in one hour and four minutes. Punjab State Electricity Board, skippered by Harpreet, proved too good for Madhya Pradesh whom they outplayed in all departments of the game in straight sets 25-8, 25-16, 25-17. In the match between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Kerala team defeated Tamil Nadu 25-15, 25-20, 25-15. Bhakra and Beas Management Board ended the winning run of Karnataka 25-7, 25-18, 25-14. Results (quarterfinals): Punjab State Electricity Board bt Madhya Pradesh 25-8, 25-16, 25-17; Bhakra and Beas Management Board bt Karnataka 25-7, 25-18, 25-14; Kerala bt Tamil Nadu 25-15, 25-20, 25-15; Haryana bt Calcutta 25-13, 25-18, 26-24. |
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Chandigarh overall winners
in carrom tourney
Chandigarh, April 25 In men’s section, Gagandeep Singh, Neeraj Bharti and Mohamad Shahzad won the title. In the women’s section, the duo of Susheela Parshad and Bhanu Sadana remained unbeaten while Heena Habib was the lone winner from Punjab. The Haryana men’s and women’s teams were runners-up in both the events whereas the team from Punjab were third. Mr S.K. Sharma, general secretary of the All-India Carrom Federation and secretary general of International Carrom Federation awarded the prizes to the participating teams. Results: Men: Chandigarh bt Punjab 3-0: (Gangandeep Singh bt Vikrant Sharma 25-0, 25-0; Mohd. Shahzad bt Harpreet Singh 26-12, 14-25, 25-6; Sudhir Sidhu and Beerai Bharti bt Harsimrat Singh and Amarpreet Singh 25-0, 25-5. Haryana bt Punjab 3-0: (Mohinder Sharma bt Harsimrat Singh 25-0, 25-0; Mukesh Sethi bt Vikrant Sharma 25-0, 25-5; Vinod Goyal and Anand Prakash bt Harpreet Singh and Amarpreet Singh 25-3, 25-12. Chandigarh bt Haryana 3-0: (Gagandeep Singh bt Mohinder Sharma 25-12, 25-0; Neeraj Bharti bt Mukesh Sethi 25-5, 25-24; Sudhir Sidhu and Md Shahzad bt Vinod Goyal and Anand Parkash 25-4, 25-6. Women: Haryana bt Punjab 2-1: (Archana Garg bt Kulpreet Kaur 25-0, 25-0; Keka Mukarjee bt Sukhpreet Kaur 21-4, 25-0, Anita lost to Heena Habib 0-25, 3-25. Chandigarh bt Haryana 3-0: (Sushila Parshad bt Anita Garg 25-0, 25-0, Bhanu Jain bt Archana Garg 22-9, 25-4, Bhanu Sadana bt Keka Mukarjee 25-16, 25-8. Chandigarh bt Punjab 2-1: (Bhanu Jain lost to Heena Habib 11-23, 1-25, Bhanu Sadana bt Kulpreet Kaur 25-0, 25-0, Sushila Parshad bt Sukhpreet Kaur 25-0, 25-0. |
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Easy sail for top seeds at tennis tourney
Chandigarh, April 25 The boys under-14 main draw first round matches were played in the morning session. All the top seeded players made it through to the second round with ease. The top seed Nirav Thakkar of Gujarat beat Shiven Bali of Chandigarh 6-1,6-1,whereas his twin brother, the second seed, Deepak Thakkar moved to the second round by beating qualifier Karan Bhai of Chandigarh, 6-1, 6-1. The toughest match in the under-14 category was played between qualifier Vaibhav Gupta and Shikhar Nehru, both from Chandigarh. The first set went to Vaibhav at 6-4 with one break of serve. In the second set, Vaibhav played scintillating tennis to take the lead at 5-2, but Shikhar came back strongly to win the next four games in a row to lead 6-5. Vaibhav served very well to level the score at 6-6 and in the tie breaker Vaibhav committed unforced errors and conceded the second set 6-7 (4-7). In the third and final set it was Vaibhav all the way as he outclassed his opponent 6-1. In the boys under-16 category almost all the matches were one sided affairs. According to Mr Devender Kapoor, tournament Director, all the boys and girls under-14 matches will be played tomorrow morning at 7.00 a.m. whereas the boys and girls under-16 matches will be played in the evening session at 3:30 PM. Results: Boys under-14 first round: Nirav Thakkar (Guj) beat Shiven Bali 6-1,6-1; Vishal Suri (Chd) beat Ajay Yadav (Hry) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Imanbir S Mann (Chd) beat Bhavya Jain (Chd) 6-1,6-1; Karanvir Singh (Chd) beat Digvijay S Naruka (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Digvijay Singh (HP) beat Sidharth Bhardwaj (Chd) 6-0, 6-0; Akshat Joshi (Chd) beat Jivtesh Kang (Chd) 6-2, 6-0; Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) beat Shikhar Nehru (Chd) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1; Abhairaj Singh (Chd) beat Shreshth Jain (Chd) 6-0, 6-0; Gauravinder S Toor (Chd) beat Artim Kumar (Pun) 6-0, 6-4; Sadeev Kang (Chd) beat Anmol S Bains (Chd) 7-5, 6-1; Sonam Phunstok (Chd) beat Jashanveer Singh (Pun) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Arjun Sehgal (Pun) beat Nitin (Chd) 6-3, 6-1; Garry S Amor (Chd) beat Raghav Singhal (Chd) 6-3, 7-6 (5); Gurinder Singh (Pun) beat Nishant Kumar (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Jaskaran Singh (Pun) beat Paramveer S Toor (Chd) 6-0, 6-2; Deepak Thakkar (Guj) beat Karan Bhai (Chd) 6-1, 6-1. Boys under-16 First round: Shiva Sangwan (Chd) beat Arvinder P Singh (Chd) 6-3, 6-1; Mandeep Yadav (Chd) beat Gauravinder S Toor (Chd) 7-5, 6-2; Nirav Thakkar (Guj) beat Sonam Phunstok (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Chandam Shoilin (Chd) beat Shivang Mahajan (J&K) 6-2, 6-3; Parul Verma (Chd) beat Imanbir S Mann 6-0, 6-2: Abhairaj Singh (Chd) beat Arjun Sehgal (Pun) 6-1, 6-0; Deepak Thakkar (Guj) beat Karanvir Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Gurmohit Singh (Chd) beat Sadeev Kang (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Vijayant Malik (Chd) beat Artim Kumar (Pun) 6-0, 6-1; Shubham Kamboj (Hry) beat Sukhjot Singh (Pun) 6-2, 6-2; Akshit Choudhary (Chd) beat Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) 6-4, 6-3; Anmol S Laddar (Chd) beat Vikram Singh (Hry) 7-5, 6-2. |
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Chandigarh overcome early jolts to post 275
Chandigarh, April 25 Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat, but lost opener Manan Vohra on the very first ball of the innings. Chandigarh was struggling at 75 for 7 but Gurinder Singh’s superb 121 helped Chandigarh post a respectable total. In reply Amritsar was 12 for 3. Brief scores: Chandigarh 275 all out (Gurinder Singh 121, Ayush 33, Anshul Tripathi 41, Pankaj Chowdhary 3 for 77, Nakul 2 for 17). Amritsar 12 for 3 ( Ankit 2 for 5, Vishal 1 for 5). |
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PFC to meet Canara Bank in final
Chandigarh, April 25 In the second semifinal of the day, Canara Bank beat Haryana Financial Corporation by 163 runs. Brief scores: HSIDC-XI 135 for 8 in 25 overs (Arun Sood 37, Rean 22 no, Deepak 5 for 27); PFC XI 136 for one in 17 overs (Manoj Kumar 82 no, Munish 32 no.). Canara Bank XI 205 for 8 in 25 overs (Vikas 52, Ram Pal 42, Dinesh 4 for 15). HFC XI 142 all out (Vishal 29, V S Rawat 27, Krishna Murti 3 for 16). |
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Secretariat Cricket Club beat RBI Club
Chandigarh, April 25 Brief score: PSCC 250 all out in 25 overs (Jaswinder Gill 88, Sunil Sharma 45, Ravinder Nain 2 for 40 and Harminder 2 for 30) RBICC 115 all out in 19.5 overs (Bunty 41, Harminder 26, Lakhbir 4 for 13, Bhupinder 4 for 20). |
MLA authorised to elect MC chief
Panchkula, April 25 The meeting of the councillors was held at the residence of the BJP councillor, Mr C.B. Goel. Interestingly, Mr Randhir Malik, who is an INLD supporter, was also present in the meeting. Three councillors- Ms Renuka Rai Walia, Ms Jagdamba Gupta and Ms Jalmegha Dahiya, who did not attend the meeting, had already given their nod to any consensus reached by the majority of the councillors. The councillors, other than Mr Randhir Malik, reportedly decided that Mr Chander Mohan would select the new president and vice-president. They later met Mr Chander Mohan and conveyed their decision. The MLA reportedly assured them that a decision would be announced soon. Meanwhile, it is learnt that another group of four councillors, supporters of the Congress, had met Mr Chander Mohan yesterday. These councillors were, however, not present in today’s meeting. |
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2 HCS officers sent to UT
Chandigarh, April 25 Already Mr R.C. Verma, General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Fatehabad, has been posted to Chandigarh. The three officers will relieve Mr Kulwant Kalson, Mr S.P. Arora and Mr Ashok Sangwan. They are expected to join in the next few days. |
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MC meeting put off
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