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Talk on drug abuse among youth
Chandigarh, September 22 Dr B.S. Chavan, Head of the Psychiatry Department at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, delivered the talk. He called upon the parents to keep a watch on the abnormal changes in the behaviour of children so that the problem could be tackled in the early stages. He said in most cases, adolescents started with smoking, cough syrups, and opium, followed by charas, ganja and heroine, which led to drug addiction. He said the GMCH had started a helpline, ASHA, where counsellors advised callers on how to give up drugs. He said the youth must be given parental care, support and advice to keep them away from drugs. |
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Conference on liver diseases
at PGI
Chandigarh, September 22 The conference will be attended by more than 250 doctors. The first day will focus on intensive care therapy in liver diseases which will include ICU care, liver dialysis, pre and post-transplantation care and care of patients suffering from acute and chronic liver failure. The conference will be attended by hepatologists from abroad and India, including Prof Alistair Lee, Prof J.B. Dilawari, Dr Raj Prasad, Dr Andrew V. Thillainayagam (UK), Dr Saeed Hamid (Pakistan), Prof B.N. Tandon, Prof S.K. Acharya (New Delhi), Prof Abraham Koshy (Bangalore), Prof Kartar Singh (Lucknow), Dr Deepak Amrapurkar and Dr Sameer Shah (Mumbai), Dr George Kurian (Vellore), Dr S.A. Zargar (Srinagar) and Dr Abhijit Choudhary (Kolkata). A clinicopathological conference for physicians would also be held. |
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‘Delivery Hut’ opened at Ramgarh
Panchkula, September 22 The delivery hut was inaugurated by the Health Minister, Ms Kartar Devi. She said that the aim for launching the scheme of delivery huts was aimed at improving the social and health status of women in the state. “In spite of being one of the most prosperous states in the country, the status of women in Haryana has not shown any improvement. The sex ratio is declining because of the preference for male child, and not much attention is being paid to the maternal and child health, especially in the rural areas. Fearing expensive treatment, most people avoid coming to hospitals for child birth, thus risking the life of the mother and the baby. The delivery hut in the rural areas will ensure safe delivery in aseptic conditions,” she said. The Health Minister said Rs 10 lakh had been earmarked for setting up delivery huts in the rural areas. Rs 1 lakh for each hut will be spent by the district health authorities for civil works and for buying equipment for facilitating child birth. Primary Health Centres (PHC), wherever auxiliary nurse and midwife (ANM) stays and those located within the phirni of a village, have been chosen to be converted into delivery huts. Two other huts — at Barwala and Kot — will be operational in
October. The buildings of these sub-centres will be renovated and furnished with delivery tables, autoclaves, sterilisers and other equipment. The ANMs in these delivery huts are being initially given Rs 10,000, which will be deposited in a bank. The savings account will be jointly operated by the ANM and a woman panch/sarpanch to ensure that there is no cash crunch for buying medicines or repair of equipment needed for safe delivery. All women who deliver children in these huts will be given 100 tablets each of B complex, iron and calcium. Among others present on the occasion were the Financial Commissioner, Health, Ms Urvashi Gulati, the Director Health Services, Dr Sushma Madan, the Deputy Director, Family Welfare, Dr K.K. Kapoor, the Civil Surgeon, Dr GP Saluja and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Brijendra Singh. |
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Docs examine old-age home inmates
Chandigarh, September 22 Apart from checking the inmates at the home, the doctors collected blood samples to ascertain blood sugar, uric acid and haemoglobin of those examined. Mr A.K. Ummat, convener of Sri Sathya Sai Trust, said medical camp had been organised as part of the celebrations to mark the 80th birth anniversary of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Dr Deepti, administrator at the age old home, said the inmates were examined regularly as they were suffering from one or the other ailment and required regular check-up. The Sathya Sai Trust also bore the expenses of medical treatment of the inmates. |
Pargat’s appointment a cue for Chandigarh
Chandigarh, September 22 It also signifies how serious Punjab is in giving thrust to the sports. Earlier also, Mr Kartar Singh Arjuna, awardee in wrestling, had been Director, Sports. But it has once again sent a message to Chandigarh where, for years, the post of Director, Sports, has been entrusted to a civil servant. More than a decade back, it was Mrs Nirmal Milkha Singh, a former International Volleyball player and wife of ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh, who gave a tremendous boost to sports in the city. The Sector 42 sports complex was her creation and it was her visionary planning and initiative which gave a new direction to sports in the city. But after her retirement, the onus of sports in the city went to either an HCS officer or a PCS officer. A sports official, on the condition of anonymity, said, the post of Director, Sports, should be given to an eminent sportsperson as under present circumstances the officer occupying Director’s post was always loaded with other departments, thus finding little time for sports. He said though UT now had a Joint Director (Sports), it did not carry much weight as most of the decisions with higher authorities were taken only with the consent of Director, Sports, who was rarely available. Another former national-level sportsman was of the view that the city, with more than one million residents, had got the maximum facilities for sports and it had been a good host to many big international sports meets. He said, it would be worthwhile to have a corporate sports structure and added that the UT Administrator was taking pains to develop Chandigarh on modern lines and that he should ensure that sports was always managed by professionals with proven sports management experience. Another suggestion from a sportsman was to follow the Andhra Pradesh’s pattern where the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh was formed and thus a Sports Authority of Chandigarh could also be formed. |
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BBSBEC team lift kabaddi trophy
Mohali, September 22 The tournament was inaugurated by the Principal of the SSIET, Dr. I. P. Singh. Eighteen teams participated from all over Punjab. The opening match was played between the host team and IET, Bhaddal, which was won by the host team. BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Bhai Moha Singh College of Engineering, Muktsar reached the finals by beating CEM, Kapurthala, and SBS,
Ferozepore, respectively in the semi- finals. The trophy was lifted by the last year winner team, BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib. The silver medal went to BMS, Muktsar, and CEM, Kapurthala, retained its last year’s position by winning a bronze medal. |
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Powergrid thrash Power Finance in kabaddi
Chandigarh, September 22 In another match the Bhakra Beas Management Board team got the better of the Ministry of Power (MOP) team by 23-20 points whereas the PFC hammered MOP by 12-5. In pool B, the Central Electricity Authority lost to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd by 4-52.
— TNS |
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