EDUCATION

KVM organises craft competition
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 6
KG section of Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, here organised an inter-class craft activity competition today. The competition was held to energise children through recreational activities and to enhance creativity and imagination in them.

To grace the occasion, Ms Shivani Arora, Principal, Kids Zee Rainbow School, Sarabha Nagar, was invited, who acted as the judge for the day.

Meanwhile, the Ignited Minds Club of the school organised an inter-class science quiz contest today under the aegis of the school Principal, Mr S.C. Saxena.

Out of the 14 teams, who came to participate, only six qualified for the main quiz, which started after the arrival of the chief guest, Dr Lajpat Rai. Karan Khangura, school captain, conducted the quiz efficiently. The KVM and DAV Public School teams emerged as the winners.

Rare feat by city cardiac surgeons
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 6
A team of cardiologists, backed up by cardiac surgeons at SPS Apollo Hospital here, achieved a rare feat by performing “coil embolisation” of a large branch of LIMA (artery supplying blood to arm), which had caused “steal syndrome” in a patient, a couple of years after he had undergone bypass surgery.

Speaking at a press conference here today, Dr R.P. Singh, Head, Cardiology Department of the hospital, said 50-yr-old Sant Manjit Singh, a city resident, had undergone angioplasty of one of the three major arteries at a leading hospital.

But symptoms recurred when he went to a heart institute in Delhi and underwent bypass surgery, in which a branch of LIMA was attached to the blocked artery in order to supply blood beyond obstruction.

He was stable for a short time, but symptoms like breathlessness while walking, along with heaviness in the chest, reappeared. He again consulted the hospital but without getting any relief.

Later, he went to a government hospital in Delhi and a renowned corporate hospital in Punjab, where angiography was repeated, but his problem persisted.

“At the hospital, the patient was examined and a stress echo test revealed that there was decreased blood supply to anterior portion of heart. Coronary angiography of the patient, which followed, showed that one of the branches of LIMA, which should have been clipped at the time of an earlier surgery, was left untouched, which was stealing blood away from heart. A thallium scan confirmed the presence of steal syndrome and the need to block this vessel.”

Dr R.P. Singh, along with his team, including Dr Anupam Srivastava, performed coil embolisation and two inserted “cook coils”, after which the vessel got blocked. The team of cardiologists was supported by Dr K. C. Mukherjee, Dr Anwar Khan, Dr Sanjeev Chandana and Dr. Arun Gupta.

Sant Manjit Singh, who was present at the conference, said he could comfortably walk and even climb stairs without any breathing problem within two days of the procedure.

Dr G.L. Avasthi, Director Medical Services, advised a regular exercise regimen, change in lifestyle and food habits, control of blood pressure, management of diabetes and strict prohibition of smoking.

Minimal invasive surgery performed

Ludhiana, October 6
Surgeons at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here successfully operated upon three patients with tumours in the base of the skull by using minimally invasive surgery technique.

The three patients, Sohan Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Ashok Kumar, were operated upon using this innovative endoscopic modality by Dr Manish Munjal, Associate Professor, ENT Department of the hospital here last month.

According to Dr Munjal, the skull base was the under-surface of the bone that formed the floor of the skull and separated it from the brain. “It is a vital area where important nerves and blood vessels are situated. In the front of this area lies the nose and the bones of the cheek. Tumours of this area are mostly seen in young males and are a major cause of nasal bleeds and nasal blockade.”

The patients, Sohan Singh and Jaspreet, had huge bleeding tumors called the angiofibroma, which were lying behind the nose and the cheek sinuses. The tumours were pushing the eye outward and the brain and major vessels upwards. The tumours were adjacent to the nerve of eye, separated by only a thin, few mm thick bone.

The third patient, Ashok Kumar, had a globular tumour at the same site with a bleeding tendency and an extension to the opposite side. Biopsy reported this tumour to be of adenocystic variety. All three tumours were extending and filling the sinus. OC