HEALTH

Dr Kawasaki honoured
Children’s disorders discussed at PGI conference
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29
Several prominent pediatricians from the country and abroad attended the third National Conference of Rheumatology Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, held at PGI today.

Among the most important presentations of the day were the ones by the legendary Dr Tomisako Kawasaki of Japan, who informed doctors about the symptoms of the mysterious Kawasaki disease named after him. Prof K.L. Talwar, Director, PGI, honoured Dr Kawasaki on the occasion.

Earlier, Dr Alberto Martini from Italy spoke on how one should order laboratory tests in children being investigated for rheumatological disorders. Dr G. Narsimulu from Hyderabad was the lead speaker for this session and he favoured the need to rationalise investigations in such situations. Another vital speech came on how Corte steroids are being used (and misused) in many rheumatological disorders and Dr Ross Petty from Canada showed how one could optimise the use of these very powerful therapeutic agents. He, however, cautioned against the misuse of steroids in daily life.

The afternoon session focused on a spectrum of “vasculitic disorders in children.” The term “Vasculitic” refers to inflammation of the vessel wall. These conditions are very tough to diagnose as the spectrum of clinical manifestations can be very diverse. Dr Pradeep Bambery from PGI spoke about the clinical approach to a child suffering from this condition.

Highlight of the day was a session on Kawasaki, which began with a brief presentation by Mr Greg Chin from Boston whose child could not be diagnosed with Kawasaki in a medically advanced region like Boston. After years of struggle, Mr Chin managed to get doctors in Boston acknowledge the disease and help his child. Later, he founded the Kawasaki International Awareness Society to help other parents who had no clue to what the disease was all about.

Parents of children being treated for the disease at PGI - Ms Anju Ahluwalia and Ms Jeewanjyot Kaur - recounted their experiences and talked of how they took very long to accept the disease. Ms Ahluwalia, said “I consulted books to find if there was any such disease. Later, I consulted expert pediatricians who seemed to know little about the disease. Finally I was lucky to have believed Dr Surjit Singh of PGI who gave treatment to my child and saved him from cardiac problems which Kawasaki causes.”

Chandigarh State Games
Kinshuk, Jatin to clash for tennis title
Our Sports Reporter

Nadia Saini (New Public School, Sec-18) 1, Gurvinder Kaur ( A.G.Pb) 2, Meghna (Sacred Heart-26) 3.

Parveen, Munshedi bag gold in rowing

Parveen Kumar bagged gold in boys final (single scull) clocking 3 min 57.44 sec in the Chandigarh State Games Rowing Championship being held at the Lake Club. Munshedi Khatoon won gold in the girls final (single scull) with timing of 4 min 29.60 sec.

Final results:

Boys finals: Single scull (1 x): Parveen Kumar (gold) 3:57.44, Vikinder (silver) 4:12.71, Laxman (bronze) 5:34.64; Double scull (2 x): Laxman and Vikinder (gold) 3:34.47, Shokinder and Manjeet (silver) 3:40.43, Suresh Babar and Rajveer Singh (bronze) 4:00.22; Coxless pairs (2 -): Gaurav Sharma and Ravi Kadian (gold) 3:51.64, Kamal and Manjit (silver) 3:54.40; Coxless fours (4-): Ravi Kadian, Gaurav Sharma, Nanak Chand and Angrej (gold) 3:22.47, Tajinder, Karnail, Vipin and Jatinder (silver) 3:27.75, Gora, Jaweer, Krishan and Rakesh (bronze) 3:36.00.

Women final: Single scull (1 x): Munshedi Khatoon (gold) 4:29.60, Saroj Bala (silver) 4:30.31, Mona (bronze) 4:33.00; Double scull (2 x): Saroj Bala and Kiran (gold) 4:06.43, Mona and Mamta (silver) 4:11.29, Munshedi and Manjula (bronze) 4:29.25; Coxless pairs (2 -): Mona and Munshedi (gold) 4:11.49, Manjula and Priyadarshni (silver) 4:36.94.

Rohan wins cycling title

Rohan Kakar (National gold medallist), a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, won the gruelling 40 km Mass Start Race beating Manmohan Singh and Balwant Singh in the cycling event held near Sukhna Lake as part of the First Chandigarh Games-2005. The events were conducted by the Chandigarh Amature Cycling Association under the aegis of the Chandigarh Olympic Association.

The cycling event, which was introduced at the last moment had many enthusiasts taking part in the lone event in boys and girls categories, sanctioned by the Games Technical Committee despite a number of Olympic cycling events.

Kulbir Kaur won gold in the 10 km Mass Start Race in the girls section with a time of 15M: 43.42 Sec.

The following are results:

40 km Mass-Start Race for Men.

Rohan Kakar (GMSSS-35) 1, timings: 01H:13M:56.04 Sec, Manmohan Singh (SGGSKC-26) 2, 01H:14M:05.46 Sec, Balwant Singh (Chandigarh Cycling Club) 3, 01H:14M:35.92 Sec.

10 km Mass-Start Race for Women

Kulbir Kaur (SGGSKC-26) 1, 15M:43.42 Sec, Satnam Kaur (GGSS-35) 2, 17M: 42.41 Sec, Anju (SGGSKC-26) 3, 17M: 45.40 Sec.

Raj adjudged best wrestler

Raj Singh was declared the best wrestler during the Chandigarh State Games being organised by the Chandigarh Olympic Association at the Sector 42 Multipurpose Hall here today. Raj Singh won gold in the 84 kg category free style competition, while the second position went to Rohtas in the same category. Dimple bagged gold in the 50 Kg category.

Other results:

Men: 60 kg (free style): Jitender 1, Ram Mehar 2, Rajesh 3;

60 kg (greeco roman): Satish 1, Jagminder 2, Sarvind 3;

66 kg (free style): Narinder 1, Ashok 2, Krishan and Mandeep 3;

66 kg (greeco roman): K Baljit Singh 1, Virender 2, Sarwan and Deepak 3;

74 kg (free style): Vinod Kumar 1, Jaspal 2, Parminder and Badal 3;

74 kg (greeco roman): Surjit 1, jitender 2, Bijender and Joginder 3;

84 kg (free style): Raj Singh 1, Rohtas 2, Parveen and Parvesh 3;

84 kg (greeco roman): Jasbir 1, Karambir 2, Naresh and Saurabh Verma 3;

96 kg (free style): Vinod 1, Satinder 2, Gautam and Bijender 3;

96 kg (greeco roman): Ramesh Kumar 1, Mukesh Kumar 2, Bahadur and Raj Kumar 3;

+ 96 kg (free style): Jagmit 1, Bahadur 2, Amit and Sunil 3;

+ 96 kg (greeco roman): Ashwani 1, Vinod 2, Gurdial and Padom 3.

Harjinder, Parnita lead in golf

Harjinder Kang and Parnita Garewal, both of the Chandigarh Golf Club, today carded 79 and 75, respectively, in golf competitions in the Chandigarh State Games. Harjinder scored birdie on the fifth hole.

One stroke behind the leader were Dinesh Kumar, Abhijit Chadha and Anupinder Singh (80 each).

Leading scorers:

Men: H.S. Kang 79, Dinesh Kumar, Abhijit Chadha, Anupinder Singh 80 each, Arun Bath, Sagar Bhatia 81 each, Aman Guron 82, Khem Raj, Harinder Singh, Rabbin Saini, Dhrav AS Ghai 83 each.

Women: Parnita Garewal 75, Mani Chander 80, Kankia Minocha 85, Preet Inder Kaur 87, Paulin G.M. Singh 89, Tina Anand 95.

Shivalik spikers in volleyball final

Spikers of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, today made it to the volleyball final in the Chandigarh State Games-2005, being played here at Sector 7 Sports Complex.

In the semifinal, SPS-41 boys prevailed over Chandigarh Police 3-0 with scores being 25-20,25-18, 25-22. Rohit and Yogesh played brilliant game to down opponents. Tomorrow the SPS-41 will play with Khalsa College, Sector 26, in the final.

Coaching Centre in handball final

Coaching Centre, Sector 42, and MB Coaching Centre will meet in the men’s handball final to be held at DAV, Sector 8, as part of the Chandigarh State Games.

The fight for the women’s crown will be between Coaching Centre, Sector 42, and SD College, Sector 32.

Handball (men):

Semifinals: CC-42 beatt CC -23 by 30-18.

M.B.C.C.G.M.S.S.S Sec-19 beat DAV School-8 Club by 30-28.

Handball (women):

Semifinals: CC-42 beat Sacred Heart School, Sec 26, by 15-11, S.D. College, Sec-32, beat CC-19 by 17-12. 

Cricket euphoria ends as teams leave city
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29
The euphoria over cricket is over here as both teams of India and Sri Lanka left the ‘City Beautiful’ in the afternoon today to play the third ODI of the current series at Jaipur.

The teams checked out of hotel at 2.45 p m to take the flight for the next destination minus any farewell ceremony. Despite tight security arrangements a large number of fans and autograph hunters managed to sneak into the five star hotel premises.

The islanders, who are lagging behind by 2-0 in the ongoing seven-match series for Videocon Cup 2005, did not make their fans disappointed as most of the team members spent almost half an hour in the reception area to oblige their fans with autographs and photographs.

Leaving the hotel, Sri Lanka’s skipper Marvan Atapattu was hopeful of making a come back in the series. “We have scanned our weaknesses. We would definitely click in the next matches of the ongoing series to clinch the cup”, said Atapattu. However, he refused to disclose the strategies and other details.

Supporting Atapattu’s views Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody gave full credit to the way the Indians had gone about in the first two games and hoped to bounce back in the series.

The ecstatic Indian team members came after their counterparts and got into the bus amidst applause by cheerful fans. Sachin Tendulkar, who thrilled the cricket buffs with his yesterday’s dynamic performance, was the cynosure of the cricket lovers. The fans started pushing each other to catch a glimpse of Tendulkar and cheered their idol with slogans and clapping when he came out of the hotel.

The next match of the series will take place on October 31 at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

Israeli journalist here to see cricket madness
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, October 29
It was the love for cricket that brought him to Chandigarh, but later except cricket it were other sport disciplines which caught his attention and gave him much delight. Here we talk about Amir Katz, 27-year-old photo journalist-cum-economist from Israel, who came to India last week as a tourist. As he says, he saw football madness in Europe and other countries and when he came to know that the same mania prevails for cricket in India, he decided last Thursday while in Delhi to visit Mohali to watch the India-Sri Lanka cricket tie.

But to his dismay, he could not procure any ticket or complimentary pass for which he worked very hard throughout the day, but landed at Sector 7 sports complex. It was at this place when he became friendly with youngsters playing volleyball and he clicked hundreds of photographs with his digital camera. Katz, who hails from Modiin, a small town with a population of nearly 50,000, said he was amazed to watch young players playing with so much of vigour and spirit. Narrating his useful experience, Katz said when he came to know about the Chandigarh state games, he made a visit to DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, to meet Mr Ravinder Talwar, secretary-general of the Chandigarh Olympic Association (COA), he was impressed with the organisation of 24 sport disciplines at one go thus making it a real mega games. Katz also watched the local archers and later went to Football Stadium, Sector 17, to have interaction with the players.

Katz wondered why India not be at any standing in the Olympics.

When asked how youth in Israel fare in sports, Katz said the three years of compulsory military job in Israel help them in having an edge over other countries. He said though soccer was one of the popular sport in Israel, but Israel youngsters were also coming up well in tennis and basketball.

Katz still has plans to make an attempt to visit Jaipur for the third one-day match between India and Sri Lanka on October 31.

Sports meet for blind students ends
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29
The annual sports meet of blind students concluded at the Institute of Blind, Sector 26, here today. As many as 139 junior and senior students participated in the meet organised in collaboration with Rotaract Club, Chandigarh.

The meet was sponsored by Wah Dilli, Pepsi and New India Insurance.

The following are the results:

Boys above 16 B1 (100 metres): Hardeep Singh 1, Rampal 2, Parminder Singh 3; 200 metres: Hardeep Singh 1, Rampal 2, Parminder Singh 3; Shotput: Rampal 1, Hardeep Singh 2, Ram Sharan 3.

Girls above 16 B2 (100 metres): Mansi 1, Alka Gupta 2, Mamta Priya 3; 200 metres: Mansi 1, Alka Gupta 2, Mamta Priya 3.

Girls above 16 B1 (100 metres): Mamta Sharma 1, Karamjeet 2, Kirti 3; 200 metres: Mamta Sharma 1, Karampreet 2, Kirti 3.

Girls above 11 B1 (100 metres): Sandhya 1, Soni 2, Parminder 3; 200 metres: Palvir 1, Parminder 2, Princy 3.

Girls above 11 B2 (100 metres): Ramdei 1, Suman 2, Yogita 3; 200 metres : Ramdei 1, Suman 2, Jyoti 3.

Boys above 11 (100 metres): Amit 1, Sunil Kumar 2, Ravi 3; 200 metres: Amit Kumar 1, Abhishek Chawla 2, Sunil Kumar 3.

Condoled
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29
The Indian cricket team today condoled the death of the wife of Daljit Singh, PCA pitch curator. In a letter, signed by Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and coach Greg Chappell on the behalf of the whole team, the members expressed their condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul. It may be recalled that Kamla, 57, died of an heart attack last evening in Mohali.

Volleyball players of Government Model High School, Sector 26, Chandigarh, with winners of the Inter-School Championship of Under-14 and Under-17 in Chandigarh. — A Tribune photograph

GMHS-26 retain volleyball title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 29
Government Model High School, Sector 26, spikers retained the winners’ title (U-17 and U-14) during the Inter School State level Volleyball tournament held at Sports Complex, Sector 7, here yesterday. In the under- 17 category, GMHS-26 defeated GHS, Kaimbwala, 20-25, 25-19, 22-25,25-22, 15-9 and in the under-14 category, GMHS-26 beat GMSSS-16, 25-18, 22-25, 20-25, 25-20, 15-9.