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Administration to implement rural health scheme
Chandigarh, June 12 At a meeting held under the Chairmanship of Home Secretary Krishna Mohan, it was decided to provide primary-level health facilities to residents of Mani Majra, Burail and Maloya villages through primary health centres (PHCs) and community health centres (CHCs) there and also provide ambulance services free of cost to ferry pregnant women. It was also decided to ply buses on particular days and routes to ferry rural patients to hospitals. For effective implementation of the mission, the Deputy Commissioner has been made the Nodal Officer and asked to submit a detailed project report for approval. Various state and district-level committees have been formed. During the meeting, stressed was laid on the need for public-private partnership and involvement of NGOs for proper implementation of various schemes at grassroots-level. The mission also emphasised the need for a female accredited social health activist (ASHA) for every village to act as an interface between the community and the public health system and to strengthen the health centres for quality, preventive, promotive, curative, supervisory and outreach services. New initiatives will be launched to control non-communicable diseases. Disease surveillance system at village-level will be strengthened and mobile medical unit at district-level will be provided for improved outreach services. Emphasis was also laid on a health plan prepared through a local team headed by the Health and Sanitation Committee of the panchayats. |
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Sale of cheap drugs: Health Ministry criticised
Chandigarh, June 11 Thousands of Central Government employees and retirees avail of the CGHS facility at the dispensary. The irregularity had been pointed out by a sub-committee, constituted under the coordination committee to asses the functioning of the dispensary. The sub-committee had pointed out that medicines prescribed by the doctor were not available at the dispensary and that patients had to pay repeated visits to the dispensary to get the medicines. Other complaints regarding indifferent attitude of the staff keep pouring in before the members of coordination committee. The findings of the sub-committee were also sent to the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare stating that the “coverage of the CGHS should be restricted to the pensioners till it accomplishes full infrastructure in terms to adequate staff and dispensaries”. Headed by Mr L.K. Puri, Chief Post Master General, Punjab Circle, the committee had demanded that the patients be allowed to avail of medical facilities directly from the PGI and other government-run hospitals. Also, the amount of medicines purchased from the open market be reimbursed on the Delhi pattern. Demanding the provision of additional facilities at the dispensary, it was pointed out that the alternative systems of medicines should also be included in the CGHS panel. |
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Health Dept team visits Amb Sahib colony
Mohali, June 11 A team led by Dr S.P. Singla, SMO in charge of the local Civil Hospital, visited the colony along with doctors and health workers from Ropar. |
SAI office to be shifted to Sonepat
Chandigarh, June 12 But politics is likely to cripple the functioning of the centre, which is now being shifted to a remote place in Sonepat district, much to the displeasure of its employees. The Chandigarh centre was carved out from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, and in the past two decades there have been frequent changes and transfers, asked by various in charges of the centre, thus creating crisis in its working. Most of the officers, who were of the rank of Director, never wanted to stay in Chandigarh as their families used to reside in Delhi. Two years back, Mr K.R. Singh, who was also sent for a few months as the Director of the centre, mooted a proposal with the then Chautala government for a piece of land for the SAI office in Sonepat district, so as to remain closer to Delhi. As a result, the Corporate Office of the SAI has finally decided to shift the Regional Office from Chandigarh to Sonepat by June 30. What is more surprising is that even the centre has been renamed as Tau Devi Lal Northern Centre as the proposal was accepted during the tenure of the Chautala government. Even the local member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Bansal, had asked the then Union Sports Minister Sunil Dutt for keeping the office in Chandigarh as this caters to all the Northern states and the city is the hub of sports activity in the region. A public interest litigation (PIL) was also filed last week by Mr H.S. Lucky, a lawyer, which demanded to put off the decision of the SAI Corporate Office to shift the centre. Mr Lucky has given seven-day time, after which the matter will be taken in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. One of the senior coaches said even there was proposal to shift and merge the Bhiwani centre with the Sonepat centre, but that decision had been stalled at the initiative of Ms Kiran Chaudhary, MLA from Tosham. Another senior coach said the absence of a full fledged Union Sports Minister after the death of Sunil Dutt was also one of the reasons why the SAI Corporate office was in a hurry to implement the decision in order to favour a few of its officials. Interestingly, only a few days back, Mr Suresh Harmilapi was appointed the new Regional Director of the Sonepat centre. The same officer had earlier served at the Chandigarh office but had sought transfer to Delhi. The SAI Northern Regional Office caters to five states/UT — Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. Another sports official said to derive best from a sportsperson, one needs a soothing environment and the Sonepat centre sans this. |
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Ludhiana win cricket tournament
Mohali, June 12 Minor District Zone A won the toss and elected to bat. It scored 297 in 87.2 overs. In reply, Ludhiana made 359 in 75 overs and took the lead of 62 runs. In its 2nd innings, Minor District team were playing at 50 for no loss at the end of the day. Ludhiana won the match on the basis of first innings lead. Brief Scores:
Minor District Zone-A team (1st Inning): 297 all out in 87.2 overs (Vivektas Bawa 77; Gurmukh 58; Rahul 35; Karan Goel 6 for 64; Yogesh 2 for 23). Ludhiana (1st Innings ): 359 all out in 75 overs (Tarun Passi 125, Chintan Sehgal 44, Dushyant Kohli 32, Sanjay 41, Rattan Bricher 33 not out, Vivek Tas Bawa 5 for 74, Swaranjeet 2 for 59 and Jagdeep 2 for 70). Minor District Zone - A team (2nd
Innings): 50 for no loss in 12 overs (Gurmukh 12 not out and Varun 21 not out). |
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DAV school lift trophy
Chandigarh, June 12 Batting first, DAV School-8 scored 201 runs in 39.1 overs. Vishal Thind, who was rightly adjudged the man of the match, bolstered their innings with a quick knock of 69 which comprised 12 fours. In reply, Satluj School were bundled out at 107 in 24.5 overs. Rohit Singh was the main contributor for Satluj who made 36 runs and took two wickets for 47 scores. The other wicket-taker was Ashish Sardana ( 2 for 47). Brief scores:
DAVSSS-8: 201 all out in 39.1 overs (Vishal Thind 69, Anil Sihag 23, Vipul Chadha 3 for 35, Ashish Sardana 2 for 23, Rohit 2 for 47). Satluj Public School, Panchkula:
107 all out in 24.5 overs (Rohit Singh 36, Karan Malik 27, Anshul Tripathi 3 for 18, Rahol Singh 2 for 8). |
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Andhra lads defeat Kerala in final
Chandigarh, June 12 After surrendering the first set easily at 8-29,Andhra boys won the second set at 29-14. They did not make any mistake in the deciding set which they won by 29-27. Maharashtra finished third after defeating Tamil Nadu by 29-26, 29-18. In the girls section, Karnataka toppled the defending champions Kerala in the final by 29-25, 29-6. Hosts Chandigarh finished at fourth position after Andhra won by margin of 29-13, 29-5. |
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Nutrition vital for sportspersons: expert
Chandigarh, June 12 When asked a few of the local people associated with sports gave their opinion on nutrition. Ms Bandhana Bhaika, fitness freak who runs a gym-cum-health management centre in Sector 34 says, they guide and counsel sportspersons who come to them for preparing diet plans. She says the personal trainers also help individuals manage the diet which is rich in nutritional value. She said unfortunately sports nutrition is not high on one’s list, but it is the need of the hour. Ms Bhaika said taking sugar before any tournament to store energy was a myth. In fact, eating too much sugar immediately before or during exercise can increase the risk of gastrointestinal problems, such as cramps, nausea, diarrhoea. Sabeeha Dhillon, an international rifle shooter, said all these years when she took to this sport, no body guided her in this field. She said it was her mother Ms Agnese who made her schedule for do’s and don’ts of food. She said as she was purely vegetarian, sometimes it was a surprise for many of her fellow players, but that did not deter her from having strict and managed diet. But she said one was not always ready access to sports dietician due to the lack of time. Sabeeha, a law student at Panjab University, said she was of the view that there should be diet counsellers when they play and also government should take the services of nutrition experts to accord priority to this sector. She said good nutrition can give any athlete the winning edge. Mr Sanjay Sardana, Principal, Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, Chandigarh said coaches need to be educated on nutritional front. He said but now a days, the school-going children who come for practice are quite aware of nutritional facts and guided by parents and coaches, they do carry along food items, glucose, lemon water during scorching heat. He said the school also plays a vital role in giving proper diet guidance to its sportspersons. |
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Karate training camp
Chandigarh, June 12 There is no age bar to attend this camp and separate camp for women will also be held. According to Mr Ramandeep, Secretary-General of the association, the participants will be taught the techniques of self defence by national level instructors Sukhjeevan Sharma and Pawan Kumar. |
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