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HEALTH
 

First registered network of those HIV positive
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
It was a day with a difference. For once, victims of the deadly AIDS virus shed their inhibitions and woke up to the magic of empowerment.

Not only did 50 of them come together to greet each other for the first time, they also formed their network, which has been absent in the region for a decade. Southern states witnessed the phenomenon five years ago. States north of Delhi are still facilitating groupings of HIV infected persons.

Converging on the region, especially Punjab and Chandigarh, 50 infected persons assembled under the network calling it Chandigarh Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (CNPLHA).

The region’s network also created history by becoming the first in the country to be headed by a woman president. Brijesh Dubey, a resource person from Jaipur here to facilitate formation of the network, was more than amazed after the voting, “Nowhere in India does a woman head a network of HIV positive people.”

For her part, the newly elected president, Meena, spoke about the problems. “Now that we are registered, we will have a say in government policies. There are many issues waiting to be addressed - jobs for HIV positive, free travel, training of doctors, free/regular drugs and professionally managed drop-in centres, she said.

All had come from far off places like Amritsar, Sangrur, Adampur and Khumano Mandi to ensure that they were identified for their courage, and not infection.

Secretary of the network, Mr Jagdish Kundra, a retired teacher from Punjab, was the most vocal about the significance of the network. Eldest in the group, he said: “I have spent lakhs on my medicines but have not yet got any reimbursement from the government. The stigma is absolute, so is the indifference. Now that we have a voice, we hope to be heard as well.”

After registration with headquarters in Chandigarh, the network received an invitation from INP + (Indian Network of People Living with HIV+) based in Chennai. Three persons from the executive body of CNPLHA will shortly attend a three day training programme at Chennai to learn about the nuances of network functioning.

Meanwhile, the UT State AIDS Control Society announced that it would immediately provide for a drop-in centre for the infected people. Project Director Dr Sonia Trikha also said the society would employ HIV positive people in its targeted intervention projects, besides urging them to join as peer counsellors at the voluntary testing and counselling centres.

HIV/AIDS in region: some facts

First AIDS case, detected in Chandigarh (1987), was a resident of Punjab

In 1992 first AIDS patient from Chandigarh was detected

HIV screening began in PGI in 1992

Chandigarh has reported 236 HIV positive people; of these 67 have AIDS

Of the 67 AIDS patients, five are children

In 2005 there have been 13 deaths due to AIDS (reported from PGI, GMCH-16 and other centres); of these two are from Chandigarh.

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IMA opposes proposed amendments to MCI Act
 Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
The state branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today opposed the amendments which the Union Government proposes to make in the existing Medical Council of India Act.

Fearing that the Central Government’s move is aimed at curbing the autonomous status of the MCI, Dr B.S. Chavan, state president of the IMA Chandigarh, demanded a public opinion against the proposed changes. He was supported in his demand by Dr Ramneek Sharma, state secretary, IMA.

The IMA all over the country is holding protests against the amendments, which the government is expected to debate when Parliament meets again. The amendment, the Union Government states, is being brought in to curb corruption in the MCI.

Countering the statement, Dr Chavan said, “The Government of India has been harbouring the feeling that there is corruption in the MCI. To allay these fears, the apex court appointed a four-member committee to look into the MCI functioning. After a two-year monitoring, the committee gave a positive report saying that the MCI was moving as per rules.”

Dissatisfied, the government ordered a CBI enquiry into the issue but again nothing came out of it. Referring to the amendments, Dr Chavan said, “If implemented, they will kill the autonomy of the MCI, which has been instrumental in maintaining the high standards of medical education in the country.”

The first amendment which the Union Government seeks is power to nominate four to five members of its own choice to the MCI. These members may not essentially be medical professionals.

The Union Government also wants to amend the Act so as to get the power to nominate members to the MCI in case there is a vacancy. Till now vacancies have been filled through a process of election. The Union Government wants the power to remove MCI’s President and Vice-President by a two thirds majority in case it deems fit.

Dr Chavan said, “Nowhere in any developed country is the power of the autonomous medical councils under threat. Let us not forget that in 2003 the NDA government had given permission for admissions to certain medical institutions, against the recommendations of the MCI. The apex court had cancelled all those. Now the UPA government is trying to push its agenda with the sole purpose of clipping the wings of the MCI and giving the government far-reaching powers over the council. But we will not let that happen.”

Doctors across the country are feeling apprehensive over the latest turn of events which threaten to jeopardise the autonomy of the MCI, which is the apex body of IMAs in India.

To defeat the amendment Bill, the heads of IMA branches all over the country have written to all departments concerned in the Union Health Ministry. Dr Chavan said, “We have also written a letter to the PM, hoping he will realise the urgency of our fear.”

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SPORTS

Mehar Football Academy holds CFA
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
Mehar Football Academy split point with Chandigarh Football Academy, when their match against the CFA drew at 1-1 on the third day of the Chandigarh Junior Challenge Football Cup Tournament for Boys (under-17) that held at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

In a match played at Sector 17 football ground, the Youth Football Club, Rurka Kalan, drubbed Coaching Centre, Ambala, by 4-2. Harjit Singh scored two goals for Rurka Kalan and Gurdeep Singh and Baljit Jassi scored one goal each. Amit Kumar and Vikas Kumar scored one goal each for Coaching Centre, Ambala.

In another match played between Nawanshahr Football Club and Gurdaspur Football Club, Gurdaspur Club edged past Nawanshahr Club by 3-2.

In another match that ended in a draw at 1-1 was played between SAI, Kolkata and DDA, Delhi. Jaskaran scored the goal for DDA, Delhi, in the 52 nd minute while Mithun scored the equaliser for the SAI, Kolkata, in the 60th minute of the play.

Overage players?

Allegations and counter allegations marked the third day of the Chandigarh Junior Challenge Football Cup Tournament for Boys (under-17) that held at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

The CFA submitted a protest letter to district Sports Officer D.S. Negi against the overage players being played with the MFA. Acting on it, the players of the MFA were called to undergo the medical test to ascertain their age. Till the filing of the report, the decision in this regard was awaited.

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City, Bengal teams lead in carrom meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
The Chandigarh girls team along with Bengal, Hyderabad and Bihar were leading in their respective pools during the 33rd sub-junior national and inter-state carrom championship being hosted by the Chandigarh Carrom Association at Skating Rink Hall, Sector 10, Chandigarh.

Today’s results: Boys team championship: Andhra bt. Tripura by 3-0 - D. Rao bt. A. Bhowmik 25-0, 25-0; Faiz bt. K.Sarkar 25-2, 25-0; AS Teja & Rahul bt. S.Saha & S. Das 25-0, 25-0.

Kerala bt. Orissa 3-0 - M. Sarath bt. R. Anupam 18-17, 23-19, D.J. Mathew bt. BR Patra 25-0, 25-4; RS Vaishnav & S.K. Murthy bt. R. Mohanty & A Dwivedi 25-3, 25-0.

Hyderabad bt. Gujarat 3-0 - K. Srinivas bt. P. Gala 25-0, 25-5; D. R.Nehta bt. R. Seth 25-0, 25-5; S. Shiva & S. Saibaba bt.D. Chauhan & N. Kanshara 25-0, 23-5.

Tamil Nadu bt. Uttaranchal by 3-0 - D.Dilli Babu bt.D.chandana 25-0, 25-0; Ashok Kumar bt. A R Goel 25-0, 25-0; K. Suresh & D. Sri Ram bt. A. Singh & K. Khan 25-0, 25-0.

Maharashtra bt. M.P. by 3-0 - V. Ambavale bt. S. Ram Purja 25-8, 25-8; R. Chavan bt. N. Chandra 25-0, 25-0; S. Sadvilalkar & D. Nishad bt. Bhupendra & K. Ramaiya 25-4; 25-0.

U.P. beat Chandigarh by 2-1 - V. Tanveer lost to Raj Kumar 14-18, 23-18, 12-25; Md. Adil bt. P. Sood 25-15. 25-9; Hareesh & Vinay bt. Md. Hassan & M. Nazar 25-4,25-0.

Bengal bt. Delhi by 2-1 - S. Mandal bt. Dhruv 21-7, 23-7; A. Kangsabanik bt. Rashid 24-20, 20-17; S. Ghosh & K. Chakravorty lost to Suhail & Arshad 8-24, 25-13, 1-25.

Chattisgarh bt. J & K by 3-0 - Zariff Khan bt. Suhail Nazar 25-0, 25-0; Muzeeb Khan bt. Vikar 25-0, 25-0; Sumit Soni & Mithlesh Soni bt. M H Faizan & Gaffar 25-0, 25-0.

Punjab bt. Tripura by 3-0 - Kanwar bt. Agarjit 20-0, 22-5; Shubdeep bt. Kirpesh 25-11, 25-0; Agan & Harjit bt. Sujit & Sushanta 25-0.25-0.

Haryana bt. Kerala by 2-1 - Parikshit bt. D. J. Matherw 15-14,20-25, 14-9; Arpit lost to S. K. Murthy 17-22, 11-25; Ankit J & Ankit G bt. Sarvan & Saradh 21-14, 13-17,18-7.

Pondicherry bt. Gujjarat by 2-1 - Karthikeyan bt. Amit 25-4, 25-5; Dinesh lost to Palash 21-14, 12-24, 8-17; Srinivasan & Lokesh bt. Siddharth & Divyajeet 16-25, 25-7, 25-0.

Bihar bt. Andhra by 2-1 - Zunaid bt. Rahul 25-8, 11-20, 25-5; Vikash lost to Dileswar 8-25, 12-25; Nandan & Dharmender bt. Payan & Faiz 25-14, 25-1.

Manipur bt. Orissa by 3-0 - Arnayut bt. BR Patra 25-5, 25-0; Surjeet bt. Anupam 25-0, 25-7; P. Quinton & Krishan bt.BR Mohanty & Abhilash 25-10; 25-2.

Hyderabad bt. Jharkhand by 2-1 - Ram Vikash bt. Abhishek Sunny 25-5, 8-19, 17-15; K. Sriniwas lost to Anant 25-14, 14-16, 4-25; Shiva & Saibaba bt. Mohd. Sehjad & A. Raja 22-13, 20-12.

Tamil Nadu bt. Chhattisgarh by 3-0 - G.D. Ashok Kumar bt. Arif Khan 25-0, 25-8; D. Dillibabu bt Muzeeb Khan 22-8, 21-5; R. Suresh & C. Kumar bt. Mithlesh & S. Soni 25-5, 25-5.

Maharashtra bt. Tripura by 3-0 - R. Chavan bt. Agrajit 25=6, 25-0; V. Ambavani bt. Kripesh 25-0, 25-0; D. Nishad & D. Sadvilkar got walk over.

U.P. bt. Keral by 3-0 - Mohd. Adil bt. S. K. Murthi 25-1, 25-1; Hareesh bt. D. J. Mathew 19-16, 17-14; U. Tanveer & Vinay bt. Vaishnav & Sarath 25-4, 25-1.

Bengal bt. Gujarat by 3-0 - Shubhdeep bt. Palash 25-6, 25-5; A. Kangsbanik bt. Nilay 25-0, 25-1; S. Das & G. Pal bt. Amit & Divyajeet 25-4, 25-4.

Vidarbha bt. J & K by 3-0 - Sumit Raut bt. Furkal 25-0, 25-0; D. Bhaisare bt. Vikar 25-0, 25-0; Sohail Mohd. & Piyus bt. Gaffar & Mannan 25-0, 25-0.

Bihar bt. Punjab by 3-0 - U. Nandan bt. K. S. Singh 25-5, 25-6; V. Kumar bt. S. Singh 25-5, 25-2; Zunaid & Dharmender bt. Birinder & Harjot 25-0, 25-2.

Manipur bt. Haryana by 3-0 - R. K. Amarjit Singh bt. J.A Nikit 25-0, 25-2; N. Surjit Singh bt. Parikshit 25-1,25-3; PQ Singh & S. K. Singh bt. Arpit & G. Ankit 15-11, 24-20.

Jharkhand bt. Pondicherry by 3-0 - A. Sunny bt. D. Kumar 25-0, 25-0; a. Sindhu bt. Karthikeyan 25-4, 25-9; Rishabh & Mohd. S. Khan bt. Srinivasan & L. Raj 1-21, 16-14, 15-13.

Andhra bt. M.P. by 3-0 - Rahul bt.. A.Ramaiya 25-0.25-0; D.Rao bt. B. Ramaiya 25-0. 25-0; Neeraj & Sanjay bt. Faiz & Sairam Teja 10-20, 14-13, 21-15.

Chandigarh bt. Orissa 3-0 : Piyush Sood bt.R.Anupam 25-0, 25-0; Raj Kumar bt.A Dwivedy 25-0, 25-0; and Mohd.Aquib & Mohd. Hassan bt. R R Mohanty & B R Patra 25-4, 22-4.

Hyderabad bt. Delhi 2-1: R V Nehta bt. A Rashid 25-0, 20-13; K Srinawas bt. A Arshad 24-4,25-0; and S.Shiva & Saibaba lost to Suhail & Dhuruv 25-14,5-25, 17-18.

Chhattisgarh bt. Vidharbha 2-1: M Khan lost to S.Rawat 23-15,14-24,8-20; Z Khan bt. D Bhaisare 12-25,25-18,19-3; and Sumit & Bharat bt. Piyush & Sohel 25-12, 22-17.

Manipur bt. Kerala 2-1: R K Singh bt. D J Mathew 8-22, 25-3, 25-4; N Surjit Singh bt.S K Murthy 25-11, 25-0; and P Q Singh & S K Singh Lost to Vaishnav & M Sarath 4-25,21-22.

Jharkhand bt. Gujarat 3-0: A Sindhu bt.Raunak 25-2, 25-0; A Sunny bt. P Gala 25-0, 25-0; and A Barnowal & Mohd. S Khan bt. Divyajeet & Siddhartha 25-13, 13-15, 24-11.

Girls’ team championship: Haryana bt. Chhattisgarh by 2-1 - Anjum lost to A. Naik 8-9, 16-18; Anchal bt. S. Jawaliwala 17-20, 19-12, 23-18; Geetika & Jyoti bt. Dimple & Mrinalini 21-08, 25-0.

Bengal bt. J & K by 3-0 - S. roy bt. Amani 25-0, 25-5; K. Singh bt. Mevish-Ul Nissa 25-0, 25-9; Aruna & S. Deb bt. Epzat & Sobiya 25-0,25-0.

Andhra bt. Gujarat by 3-0 - Sandhya bt. T. Dani 23-3, 14-19,21-11; Harika bt. D. Desai 25-0,25-1; Bhavani & Raj Laxmi bt. P. Patil; & Ruchita 25-0, 25-0.

M.P. bt. Punjab by 3-0 - Neha Raj bt. B. Kaur 25-0, 25-0; N. Mahor bt. Mansa 25-0,25-0; R. Raj & R. Chanderia bt. Akansha & S. Saini 25-0, 25-0.

U.P. bt. Haryana by 3-0 - Kamna Gupta bt. Jyoti 25-0, 25-0; Shamama bt. Anchal 25-0, 25-0; K. Jain & E. Pandey bt. Anjum Ayesha 25-0, 25-0.

Maharashtra bt. J & K by 2-1 - Shiveta bt. Eizat Mustaq 25-0, 25-0; P. Pingle bt. Mehrunissa 25-0, 25-0; There was no team against Ammani & Mevish of J & K.

Andhra bt. Jharkhand by 3-0 - Harika bt. A. NIshita 25-0, 25-1; Sandhya bt. A. Kumari 25-8, 25-5; R. Laxmi & Bhawani bt. Anima & S. Khatun 0-25, 21-7.25-4.

Tamil Nadu bt. Punjab by 3-0 - V. Srividhya bt. B. Kaur 25-0, 25-0; S. Ritambara bt. Mansha 25-0, 25-0; R. Arthy & M. Kangdhara bt. A. Akawaksna 25-0, 25-0.

U.P. bt. Chhattisgarh by 3-0 - K. Gupta bt. Saba 25-0,25-0; S. Iqbal bt. Akansh 25-0, 25-0; K. Jain & R. E. Pandey bt. Dimple & Ashima 25-0, 25-0.

Bengal bt. Maharashta by 2-1 - S. Roy lost to Shweta 16-25, 9-23; K. Singh bt. P. Pringle 17-11, 21-19; There was no team against A. Chakraborty & Sangita of Bengal.

Gujarat bt. Jharkhand by 2-1 - Toral bt. Aditi 25-5,25-11; Dhwani bt. Ashwani Kumari 9-24, 21-15, 13-10; Hirvi & Ruchit lost to Anima KUmari & S. Khatu 9-21, 9-22.

Tamil Nadu bt. M.P. by 3-0 - Sri Vidya bt. N. Mohar 25-0, 25-0; S.Ritambari bt. N. Raj 25-0, 25-0; Arthy & M. Kangadara bt. R. Raj & R. Chanderia 25-6, 25-6.

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Ludhiana college girls annex judo title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
Arya College, Ludhiana, won the overall championship with 21 points in the Panjab University Inter-College Judo (Women) Championship held at Panjab University campus, here, today.

SGGS College, Chandigarh, and the DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, bagged the second and third positions, with 18.5 points and 15 points, respectively, while Malwa College, Bondli, had to content with the fourth position with 9 points only.

Other results: Judo (men) 56 kg — Bhupinder Singh 1, Vikas Verma 2, Rohit Bhala 3 and Bhagwan Singh 3; 60 kg — Suraj Parkash 1, Manjit Singh 2, Tarun Sharma 3, Balwinder Singh 4; 66 kg — Hardeep Singh 1, Vinod 2, Kamaljit Singh and Satnam Singh 3; 73 kg — Mandip Singh 1, Ashwani Kumar 2, Rajesh Kumar and Jaspal Singh 3; 81 kg — Anil Joura 1, Harshgeet 2, Neeraj and Lovekesh 3; 90 kg — Amrinder Singh 1, Jaspreet Singh 2, Sahil and Haninderpal Brar 3; 100 kg — Dilshad Ahmed 1, Ginnipreet Singh 2, Prabh Manak Singh and Rajanpal Singh 3; open weight — Dilshad Ahmed 1, Haninderpal Brar 2, Kulwinder Singh and Prabh Manak Singh 3.

Overall championship: Arya College-1; SGGS College, Chandigarh - 2; DAV College, Chandigarh-3 and Malwa College, Bondli-Samrala - 4.

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SD College boxers dominate
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
It was the overall dominance of SD College, Sector 32, on the opening day of 29th Chandigarh Senior State Boxing Championship held at Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today.

Today’s results: fly weight — Sohan Singh (SD-32) bt Dharminder (BCC-42); Bantam weight: Jatinder (DAV-10) bt Rajesh (BCC-42); Prem ( SD College-32) bt Amit Dhawan (SGGS College-26); light welter weight — Suman Saurabh (SD-32) bt Davinder (United Club); Sandeep Negi (DAV-10) bt Arshdeep (SGGS College-26); Sachin Bhardwaj (Sharda-40) bt Vishal Sharma (BCC-42); and Amandeep Singh ( PU) bt bt Sugam Nain ( Burrial Club).

Welter weight — Sanjay Kumar (SD-32) bt Charanjit Singh (Burrial Club); Light weight — Amit Kumar (DAV-10) bt Parshant (PU); and Vikas Kumar (Sharda-40) bt Sunil (Burrial Club); middle weight — Ajay Singh (United Club) bt Davinder Singh (GC-46); and light heavy weight — Khushal Pall (United Club) w/o Vinod K. Sharma (Burrial Club).

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Shivalik school girls in last four
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
Shivalik Public School-41 prevailed over fancied Government Model Senior Secondary School , Sector 10, by 3-2 and moved into semifinals of the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls under-17 Football Tournament for the Shivalik Trophy at Shivalik Public School ground in Sector 41 here today.

Komal’s spot kick went past Government Model Senior Secondary School goalkeeper Shakuntla to give Shivalik Public School the lead. However, the lead shortlived as Pushpa beat Shivalik School goalkeeper Ishleen.

At the end of the second session of sudden death tie-breaker, the teams were tied 2-2. Jasmeen converted her penalty to put Shivalik Public School ahead. However, Renu immediately restored parity for Government Model Senior Secondary School-10. Muskan clinched the issue for Shivalik Public School with a rising spotkick which kept GMSSS-10 goalkeeper Shakuntla rooted at one place and GMSSS-10 player Harinder muffed her penalty.

Tomorrow’s fixtures: Group B: GMSSS-46 vs St Xavier’s-44 (9 a.m.); St Stephen’s-45 vs GGSSS-23 (10 a.m.).

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Surajpur academy win table soccer title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2
The DAV Surajpur Table Soccer Academy representing Haryana has been declared as overall champion in the All-India Table Soccer Championship-2005 concluded at DAV, Sector 8 here today.

The championship was organised by Chandigarh Table Soccer Association.

The results are: u-17 Girls Singles- Kamalpreet b Natasha by 10-6; u-17 boys singles- Maninder b Tajinder by 10-0; u-17 boys doubles Manpreet and Gurpinder b Gunjeet and Ramandeep by 10-5; u-17 girls doubles- Kamalpreet and Jasleen b Garima and Gurpreet by 10-7; U-19 Singles Boys- Rahul b Lalit Bansal by 10-9; U-19 Girls Singles- Kirti b Parveen by 10-6.

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Cricket trials today

Chandigarh, September 2
The trials to select the Chandigarh u-15 cricket team which will participate in the Haryana state inter-district tournament will be held on September 3 at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, Chandigarh, at 2 pm.

The players born on or after September 1, 1990, are eligible to participate in the trials. TNS

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ADMINISTRATION
 

Three SIs promoted
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 2
The Inspector-General of the Chandigarh police yesterday promoted three sub-inspectors (SI) as inspectors following the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee.

A spokesman of the Chandigarh police said on the recommendations of the DPC, the IGP had promoted SI Sukhdev Singh Bhullar, posted at the Operation Cell, SI Prem Singh currently posted at the Sector 36 police station and SI Darshan Singh posted at the Police Lines in Sector 26 to the rank of inspectors.

He added that the UT Senior Superintendent of Police was in charge of DPC along with two others.

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