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Health centre needs clean-up
Chandigarh, July 24 The centre is attached to Government Medical College, Sector 32, where the authorities are dissatisfied with the work. GMCH pointed out several lacunae in the executed work while the contractor maintains that he had carried out his work as per the requirements. Even before the new institute was inaugurated, it is in a state of utter ruins. Congress grass grows rampantly all over the campus. The entry gates are broken following an attempted theft. Taps and many other accessories have also been picked by thieves. The entire area has also witnessed the use of the premises by certain drug addicts who also grappled with the security personnel on a couple of occasions. The centre is witnessing no work for completion of the project from the past several months, an employee on security duty said. The place needs setting up of the power supply connections and circuit. The basins are without water taps. The place needs a massive cleaning. The hospital has no approach road. The only possible way inside the campus is full of potholes and dirty water. The centre is surrounded by slum dwellings on three sides. Mr Manmohan Singh, the contractor, said: “I was allotted the construction in 2001 and had completed the same by July, 2004. I received 75 per cent of my security deposit in November which comes three months after the completion of the project. The hospital is pointing out new requirements which were never mentioned in the original plan.” The special training centre has operation theatres, labour rooms and also a reception on the ground floor. On the first floor, it has patient wards. It also has a provision for 16 bedroom apartments for the resident doctors on the top floor of the three-storeyed building. The site also has provision for their kitchen and laundry services. Mr Manmohan Singh said that the trouble had arisen because of poor coordination. “I am not being paid my full amount on account of enhancement of rates which are genuine.” Prof H.M. Swami, Director\Principal of the GMCH, Sector 32, said: “We will be taking the possession of the building very shortly. Majority of the centre related work just needs a finishing touch. So I expect we will have the hospital operational within a month.” Professor Swami said: “The hospital also wanted early commencement of the services because we are currently working from one room in the adjoining village. There were certain structural problems with the operation theatres and other arrangements which have been sorted out.”
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Seminar on medical education
Mohali, July 24 The first session was conducted by Dr Arvind Sahni in which he deliberated on the management of hepatitis C. Dr Jagmohan S. Varma talked about syncope diagnosis and management. Syncope is a sudden fall of blood pressure resulting in loss of consciousness and about 5 per cent of the world’s population has syncope at some point in life. Dr Ambuj Chaudhary spoke on heart attack or acute myocardial infarction. |
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Blood donated
Chandigarh, July 24 The blood donation camp was the eleventh camp organised by Hotel Heritage. “We will organise more such camps in the future to help such patients,’’ added Mr Ashok Dua, MD of the hotel. |
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Himal, Pallak win chess titles
Chandigarh, July 24 More than 120 participants took part in the meet which was organised by The Fahuns, an organisation formed by PEC students. Sahil Bhatia and Gagandeep Singh grabbed the 2nd and 3rd postions, respectively, in the Under-14 category. Amit Gulati and Amol Razdan were tied at the 2nd place in the Under-20 category. With national players taking part in the contest, duration of the matches varied from 4 moves to 2 and a 1/2 hours. |
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Shishu Niketan lifts karate trophy
Chandigarh, July 24 The sector 20 Club and the AKSIPS, Sector 41, had to content with the 1st and 2nd runners up position, respectively. The meet was organised by the local Sports Wing of the AIATF, in which around 225 participants from various schools and clubs of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula took part. Later Col K.D. Pathak (retd) gave away the prizes to the winners. Following are the results. Sub Junior Girls: (below 17 Kg) Jagriti, Dev Samaj School, Sec 21, 1; and Ishiqa, Ryan International School, Sec 49, 2; (below 20 Kg) Muskan, AKSIPS 41, 1; and Komal, St Joseph 44, 2; (below 23 Kg) Ganga, Sector 20 Club, 1; Priya, GMHS 39, 2; and Reetika, St Joseph 44, 3; (below 26 Kg) Jasveen, AKSIPS 41, 1; Priyanka, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Baljit Kaur, GMSSS 10, 3; (below 29 Kg) Pankaj, Sector 20 Club, 1; Ayisha, GMHS 39, 2; and Raveena, GMHS 38, 3; (below 32 Kg) Manisha, GMSSS 10, 1; Aastha, St Joseph 44, 2; and Anurana, GMHS 39, 3; (below 35 Kg) Reetika, GMSSS 10, 1; Gurbachan, GMHS 39, 2; and Kiranpreet, Shishu Niketan 22, 3; (below 38 Kg) Varsha, Sector 20 Club, 1; Sonam GMHS 38, 2; and Neetika, AKSIPS 41, 3; (below 41 Kg) Priyanka, AKSIPS 41, 1; Sunita, Sector 20 Club, 2; and Kiran, GMHS 38, 3; (above 41 Kg) Meenu Sharma, GMSS Club 22, 1; Navjit Kaur, AKSIPS 41, 2; and Deepa, Sector 20 Club 3; Junior Girls: (below 38 Kg) Jyoti, Sector 20 Club, 1; and Dimple, GGSSS Sector 23, 2; (below 42 Kg) Hema, Sector 20 Club, 1; Neelam, Sector 20 Club, 2; and Pooja, Sector 20 Club, 3; (below 46 Kg) Rekha, Sector 20 Club, 1; and Vandana Rajput, GMSS Club 22, 2; (below 50 Kg) Sneh Sharma, GMSS Club 22, 1; and Monica, Sector 20 Club, 2; (below 54) Anita, Sector 20 Club, 1; and Geeta, GMSSS 10, 2; Senior Girls Open Weight: Sangeeta, MCM Dav College 36, 1; Richa, MCM DAV College 36, 2; and Mallika, MCM DAV College 36, 3; Sub Junior Boys: (below 35 Kg) Vinay, GMSSS Club 22, 1; Saransh, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Mosses, AKSIPS 41, 3; (below 38 Kg) Sumit Ranjan, Sector 47 Club, 1; Pulkit, St Kabir 26, 2; and Sabir, GMHS 39, 3; (below 41 Kg) Rohit Chechi, Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Amandeep, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Amit Sharma, AKSIPS 41, 3; (above 41 Kg) Rupak Kumar, AKSIPS 41, 1; Satinder, Shishu Niketan 22, and Daman, St Joseph 44, 3; Junior Boys: (below 46 Kg) Sahil Sood, Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Abhishek Rana, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Puneet Chibber Shishu Niketan 22, 3; (below 50 Kg) Ashish Thakur, Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Akshay, HANU Club, 3; and Paras, Sector 47 Club, 3; (below 54 Kg) Mandeep Singh, Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Sukhwinder, Sector 47 Club, 2; and Sidhharth, Hans Raj Public School, 3; (below 58 Kg) Ashwani, HANU Club, 1; Twinkle, HANU Club, 2; and Gurpreet, AKSIPS 41, 3; (below 62 Kg) Deepak, DAV Sector 8, 1; Navjot HANU Club, 2; and Amandeep, Sector 47 Club, (above 62 Kg) Sarabjit, HANU Club, 1; Vijay Singla, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Mohit Chopra, Shishu Niketan 22, 3; Senior Boys: (below 60 Kg) Parminder, Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Lovejeet, Shishu Niketan 22, 2; and Daya Shanker, GMSS Club 22, 3; (above 60 Kg) Maneesh Shishu Niketan 22, 1; Ravjot, Sector 47 Club, 2; and Pankaj, Sector 20 Club, 3.
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Schools seek special sports buses
Chandigarh, July 24 In St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here, Mr Harold Carver, Principal, has made available a separate bus for its football academy boys which picks children from their houses and after having coaching session on the football ground, drops them. A few schools like Strawberry Fields World School have also introduced sports for its children after school hours. Mr Ravinder Talwar, Principal of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, said with increasing traffic problem, it was difficult for boy or girl to come at its own. The Chandigarh Administration could introduce a special sports bus which could run in the afternoon to select coaching centres after charging a nominal fee. Mr D.S. Bedi, Director Principal of Shivalik Public School, said playing children could be issued monthly passes for sports bus which could be managed by the Sports Departments in association with the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking. Mr Krit Serai, Principal of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula said parents could jointly pool in their own transport and pick and drop four or five children. He said this could be possible when children go for sports practice in their schools. He said if the District Sports Office, Panchkula, started a regular bus service from various Sectors to the Sector 3 Sports Complex, it would help encourage more children to join sports.
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Making players mentally fit
Chandigarh, July 24 The players are given mental training by Dr J. P. S. Sidhu, Joint Director of Chandigarh Sports Department and psychologist-cum-coordinator of the team. Terming the training necessary for every sportsperson, Dr Sidhu said, “These exercises helped them in improving their concentration and inculcating firm and positive thinking. Besides this, these also give them respite from pressure and tension.” The training schedule has been divided into different exercises and activities like breathing exercise, gazing activity, demeanour and outings at regular intervals. “The purpose of the gazing activity is mind control while the demeanour activity, in which one has to make one’s face out of shape, relaxes the players immediately,” said Dr Sidhu. “Because hockey is a fast game and the players have to run for long, so the breathing exercises are compulsory for them,” he added. The mental training being a tiresome and tough programme, oral rehydration solution (vitamin C, B carotin and juices) supplements and a more advanced form of liquid diet is being given to the players. Dr Sidhu has been imparting the training to the Indian hockey team since 2000.
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Vibhuti hits target
Chandigarh, July 24 The event was part of the 10-day coaching programme being conducted by the CLTA under the guidance of international coach Akhtar Ali who distributed the prizes to the winners. Automatic ball machines and the radar guns, which the CLTA imported recently, were used in the event. “This would be a regular feature every month at the CLTA and it will help us detecting the emerging talent and will give a further boost to the game also," said Rajan Kashyap, Chairman, CLTA. Following are the winners in various categories. Target hitting: (girls under-10) Vibhuti Khullar; (boys under-10) Pranav Suri; (girls under-12) Nonie Sidhu; (boys under-12) Ajay Yadav; and (boys under-14) Aarush Goel. Fastest Serve: (girls under-12) Ikttesh Chahal; (boys under-12) Ashmeet Singh; (boys under-14) Amrinder Singh; and (girls under-14) Poorna. Consistency: (girls under-10) Vibhuti Khullar; (boys under-10) Digvijay Singh Naruka; (girls under-12) Ikttesh Chahal; (boys under-12) Ajay Yadav; and (boys under-14) Gagandeep Singh Gill. Consolation prizes were given to Simran, Kritarth, and Shilpa Naruka. |
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