DMC teachers’ body
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 8
Dr Rekha Goyal and Dr Sanjeev Uppal have been unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the DMC Teachers Association at a general body meeting held here.

Other office-bearers of the association are Dr N.S. Khaira — senior vice-president, Dr B.S. Shah — vice-president, Dr Rupinder Kaur — joint secretary, Dr Rajinder Mittal — treasurer, Dr Dinesh Jain — joint treasurer and Dr Harpal Singh — press secretary.

Dr (Ms) R.K. Grewal, Mr Vineeta Malhotra, Dr (Ms) J. Bindra, Dr Ashok Gupta, Dr Lily Walia, Dr Kuldip Singh, Dr Renuka Sood, Dr Jaspal Singh, Dr Harpreet Kaur, Dr Sandeep Sharma, Dr (Ms) Navjot Bajwa, Dr H.S. Pannu, Dr Gagandeep Singh, Dr P.L. Gautam, Dr Ashwani Chaudhry, Dr Rajnish Garg, Dr Shalini Arora, Dr Gaurav Agnihotri and Dr Tarundeep Singh will be members of the executive committee. 

Special treat for special  kids at Citibank
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 8
An exhibition-cum-charity gala was organised at Citibank NA, Feroze Gandhi Market, Ludhiana, here yesterday. The main event was declared open by Tushar, one of the special children from Ek Prayas. Ms Sameera Bector of Ek Prayas lighted the lamp. There was laughter and gaiety all around as the little ones made the most of their first visit to the bank. A small prize distribution ceremony was held. A vote of thanks was presented by Mr Ankush Changothia.

A day earlier Citibank and Sparkle Nursery School had organised a painting competition for students of the school. The idea was that the children should be given an opportunity to sharpen their creative talent and inculate the spirit of healthy competition. The paintings would be available for preview and sale on Citibank premises and the proceeds would be donated to Ek Prayas, a school for mentally challenged children. ‘Ek Prayas’ has won great apperception for working for a section of children neglected so far. Citibank took cognizance of Mrs. Sameera Bector’s efforts in this direction and invited her to be the guest of honour.

Declamation contest: A declamation contest was organised by RS Model Senior Secondary School in Arya Samaj , Maharishi Dayanand bazaar here today. Seven students participated in the competition. The function was presided over by Mr Roshan Lal Arya.

The topic of the contest was ‘female foeticide — the biggest crime’. The first prize was bagged by Supinder Kaur of Class XI while second prize went to Nadeep Kaur of Class IX and Vishal of Class X won the third prize.

A painting competition was also organised on the occasion. Mr Vijay Danav, the chief guest, condemned the practice of female foeticide. He said that the sex determination tests should be banned.

HEALTH

500 attend CME on hernia
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 8
Nearly 500 surgeons from Punjab and other adjoining states attended a CME and live workshop on Endo-hernia, organised by Dewan Hospital and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Centre here today.

Dr Amarjeet Singh, former principal and head of surgery of the Government Medical College, Patiala, inaugurated the conference by lighting the lamp of learning. He said private institutions should spearhead education programmes as they were not tied down by the red tape.

Presiding over the CME, Dr Livtar Singh Chawla, former Vice-Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, appreciated the initiative for updating the technical skills of the surgeons. He asked the medical professionals to adopt a humane approach and take up community health service projects, particularly for the benefit of economically weaker sections and poor patients.

Dr M.C. Mishra, head, Department of Surgery, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Dr Parveen Bhatia from Global Hospital, New Delhi, Dr S.P. Dembla from Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, Dr G.S. Sidhu from Doraha and Dr Narotam Dewan from the host institution, presented their papers and demonstrated their skills which were projected live through audio-visual system.

The presentation by Dr Dewan on “Evolving surgical scenario”, depicted futuristic surgery in the pipeline. This demonstration included robotic surgery, space surgery, real time imaging - combining computers, CT scan, MRI scan and latest visual systems like stereoscopic cameras. He also illustrated latest training techniques for the surgeons with life-like simulators. Unlike dissection carried on the dead bodies, where the arteries did not bleed and pulsate, these simulators provided a better and quick training on life-like body dissection images. The delegates also got the chance to record and later review their work.

A souvenir, containing diagramatic details of latest laparoscopic hernia repair, articles on laparoscopic gall bladder surgery, breast cancer awareness and a photographic depiction of day-to-day working of Dewan Hospital, was released by Dr Amarjeet Singh on this occasion. Twenty free hernia surgeries were carried out in the workshop by Dr Dewan and other visiting surgeons.