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Quacks flourish in slums
Panchkula, July 3 An estimated 35,000 persons residing in the various slum and labour colonies in the township are exposed to treatment by these ‘doctors’. Delivering babies, including through caesarians conducting operations for piles and for surgically removing pus from wounds, these quacks are doing it all. With dehydration spreading because of the warm weather, the quacks at Rajiv and Indira colonies claim that they get about 20- 25 such patients daily, and they themselves administer glucose and other intravenous fluids. In Rajiv Colony, ‘Bengali doctor’ J.C. Ray (as he is referred to by the residents), says that he is a Registered Medical Practitioner and a qualified BA‘I’MS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic and Indri Medical Science?) doctor, a Registered Medical Practitioner — a degree that he obtained from Kolkata. It is another thing that there are no ayurvedic preparations, but only allopathic medicines and “magic potions” — for better sexual vigour, increasing height etc. — line up in his ‘clinic’. He says that he gets about 40 patients a day and makes about Rs 800 each day. The floor of his ‘operation theatre’ is lined with scum and flies and insects seem to be having a field day. No wonder that patients like 35-year-old Asha Rani, who recently came here for surgical removal of pus from her hand, developed gangrene. In Indira Colony, a string of patients lines up outside “Dr” Ram Chatthi Singh’s clinic. He, too, claims that he has a degree in Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, but he only gives preliminary treatment. “In case the patient is serious, we refer him to nursing homes in Sectors 8, 10 and 11, including one being run by a retired senior HCMS doctor earlier posted at General Hospital here. We have a tie- up with these nursing homes, who also send me trained midwives for child deliveries,” he says. But the Health Department officials do not ask you who you are running these clinics, we ask? “No, on the contrary, officials at the General Hospital have themselves given me these medicines to be distributed to sick patients here,” says “Dr”. Ray, as he shows cartons of medicines neatly stacked under his examination table. Whether these medicines have been sold off to him, or have been pilfered, is a question that he is unwilling to answer. There are about eight such clinics in Rajiv Colony and Indira Colony, and another five in Azad Colony, Sector 3. Besides this, quacks are also flourishing in tents pitched all along the Chandigarh-Old Panchkula road, Industrial Area and on the Chandigarh- Panchkula border at Mauli Jagran. Even in the rural areas of Pinjore, Kalka, Morni and Raipur Rani, quacks are doing brisk business. The Panchkula Civil Surgeon, Dr Satvir Chaudhary, while admitting that a number of quacks have set up shop in the district, said a campaign against them would be launched soon. “We have already set up a committee headed by the District Health Officer, and as soon as we get any complaints, the committee takes action,” he said. |
TT camp ends, so does their hope
Chandigarh, July 3 The Secretary-General of the School Games Federation of India, Mr P.S. Chhabra, had received an invitation from the Department of Education, Malaysia, for the tournament in which many other countries are expected to take part. When contacted, Mr Chhabra said the government was approached to clear the Indian schools team, which had agreed to clear the team in principal if the expenses were not no borne by the government. But at the last moment, a parallel federation of the SGFI formed with Mr Satpal as president gave a statement to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports that there was a rift in the federation and pleaded it not to clear the team. Mr Chhabra said it was ironic that instead of encouraging youngsters, the other faction played with the careers of young children. He said they were willing to pay from their own pocket to facilitate children to take part in the meet. He said the Asian School Sports Federation had also made various phone calls to him to bring the team for a healthy competition. “But some vested interests inimical to the sports sabotaged the team’s participation in the Asian meet,” he said. He said even last year, Indian schools team could not participate in any of the Asian school sports meets held at different venues. Mr Chhabra said even the SGFI wanted to host an Asian school sport meet in India this year also. He alleged that when paddlers were attending a national camp at Chandigarh recently, the parallel federation of the SGFI was busy enjoying holidays by holding an executive committee meeting in Srinagar. “They never showed concern for the team’s clearance, and instead played a negative role.” Chhabra said he would soon call a meeting of the SGFI’s affiliated units to counter the other faction’s role. Meanwhile, Shubham Kundu, Saugata Sarkar, Jayanta Sarkar in the boys section and Agamani Mitra, Kajol Das and Samapati Biswas in the girls section, all from West Bengal, left for their respective homes. |
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India drub Pak in cycle polo
Chandigarh, July 3 The match started amidst a soggy-but-thrilling atmosphere and the local team ruled the field right from the beginning. India’s Vijay Jaiswal opened the account in the first minute. Pakistan team tried to stage a comeback but their hopes were shattered when Rohit Aswal dispatched the ball again to the goal in the fifth minute. With this the score stood at 2-0. In the second round, it was again India’s Mandeep Singh Mann who scored the first goal in second minute. The Pakistan team had some relief when their player Mohammad Faisalur Rehman scored the first goal. This was followed by another goal by Mohammad
Mushtaq. Pakistan led the round 2-1. In the third round, India’s Mandeep Singh Mann and Rohit Aswal proved to be tough for Pakistan and scored one goal each in the seventh and eight minutes of the game. The visitors could not score any goal in the round and lost 2-0. Pakistan came back fiercely in the fourth and final round with striker Shahid Saddique scoring in the first minute. But India’s Vijay Jaiswal and Rohit Aswal crushed their hopes and scored one goal each. The visitors could not resist the challenge posed by the Indian team and lost the match 7-3. Later, City Mayor Anu
Chatrath, who was the chief guest, distributed trophies to the winners and the runners-up. |
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Amandeep shines in pool meet
Chandigarh, July 3 Unseeded Surender Singh put up a good display against fourth seed Sameer Bhalla but Bhalla’s experience came in handy and he made a good comeback to win the second match by five points to four (5-4). In other matches, Vishal got the better of Harpreet Singh of Himachal Pradesh by five racks to three (5-3), while Ankur Nanda also beat Amandeep Singh by five racks to three (5-3). In the last match of the day, Sameer Sharma played well to defeat his opponent Amardeep Bhatia. He made two good shots to take away the last two racks, clinching the match five racks to three (5-3). |
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Camps on self-defence conclude
Chandigarh, July 3
The camps were held in parks of Sector 38 West, Sector 40 A, Sector 48, Sector 20 and Sector 23 in mornings. A separate class for females was also held at Mair Rajput Bhavan, Sector 24. The participants underwent training blocks, punches, kicks, kata, swords, nanchak and sai and breaking burning tiles. The girls gave a demonstration in self-defence during chain snatching, manhandling and assault incidents. Speaking on the occasion, Rajesh Sharma, president of the unit, said their aim was to brief the participants about the mission and the benefit of self-defence training in daily life. He also gave tips on self-defence with regards to hand grab, bear hug, hold and other unsafe situations. Mr Jagdish Arora, president of Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, was the chief guest and lauded the role of the front in mobilising people towards self-defence. |
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Golf tourney from tomorrow
Panchkula, July 3 Maj Gen K. Khorana (retd), chairman of the tournament committee, said events in various age groups will be held during the tournament. In the 15-17, 13-14 and 11-12 years categories, with handicaps of 9, 12 and 18, respectively, golfers will play 72 holes over a period of four days. In under 10 years category, having a handicap of 30, players will play 54 holes over three days. The golf course, which came into being in 2002, is spread over 130 acres. Only first nine holes having narrow fairways were offered to players in April, 2003. Another nine holes with broader fairways were completed in June, 2003. This course is now an 18-hole par 72 course with a length of 6,904 yards and conforms to the USGA standards. |
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Match called off
Mohali, July 3 Both teams reached the venue at the scheduled time i.e. 6 am and waited for over two and half hours for the removal of covers from the pitch. The groundsman reached the stadium around 8.30 am, only to tell the teams that the field could not be used for another hour and a half. With overcast sky, both teams were left with no option but to call off the match. Meanwhile, none of the PCA officials was available for comment. |
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Pawan to lead soccer team
Chandigarh, July 3 The tournament will be held from July 9 to 16. |
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